1.06.2025Bayer 04

Rudi recounts…: Vollborn reports June highlights

Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…

Vollborn looks back at goals, matches, personalities and stories away from the pitch from the Bayer 04 club history. For the month of June, the Leverkusen legend takes fans back to the promotion season of 1974/75. He also talks about the first friendly against FC Köln in 1950 and - in a new category - about club legend Bernd ‘Schnix’ Schneider. Click here for all the articles.

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