During the Second World War, the Betriebssportgemeinschaft tried to keep sport going. That became increasingly difficult over the years. Nevertheless, there were competitions and games again and again both in field handball as well as football. One competitive match at Viktoria in Cologne lasted over six hours because the players and spectators had to keep going into shelters because of air raid warnings. Again and again there were different line-ups because some players were available on home leave and others had been called up.
The players stationed nearby, for example in anti-aircraft units, were picked up for matches and later returned to the units. The sportsmen looked to bring some relief in these difficult times with these events. With the handball players and the athletes there was a brief link in April 1940 between TuS 04 Leverkusen and the Betriebssportgemeinschaft as a Kriegssportgemeinschaft so that enough men could be brought together to be able to maintain competitions.
On Tuesday, 18 August 1942, the members of the club came together for a meeting in the Wiesdorfer Hof near Lützenkirchen, as the restaurant on Kurtekottenweg was popularly known. The Betriebssportgemeinschaft again becomes the Sportvereinigung Bayer Leverkusen 04 and, with immediate effect, joins the subdivision of the NSRL (National Socialist Reichsbund for physical exercise
Claus-Dieter, known as ‘Pele’, Wollitz was born in Brakel on 19 July 1965 in Brakel. He earned the nickname of the Brazilian global super star at the age of six because he was able to the juggle the ball for a long time as a child. What was originally meant as a stunt would follow him all his life. Every football fan associates the name Wollwitz with his nickname: Pele.
Show moreJosé Roberto da Silva Junior, Zé Roberto for short, was born in the Brazilian city of São Paulo on 6 July 1974. He started playing football at the Pequeninos de Joquey soccer school at the age of seven. Via the club Palestra Sao Bernardo, the left footer moved on to the professional club Portuguesa de Desportos where he made his debut in 1994.
Show more25 years ago, the Bayer 04 U19 team under their two coaches Thomas Hörster and Dirk Dreher were Regional League West champions and thereby participants in the finals of the German championship.
Show moreAfter promotion to Bundesliga 2, the football boss Hermann Bacall had his hands full putting together a powerful team. For the first training session at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium on 14 July 1975 there were nine new signings including five players who became regular starters in the team that won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979.
Show moreAfter the success of the previous year, the gymnastics and sports club Leverkusen hold the ‘Wiesdorfer Sportwoche’ week of sports for a second time (the city of Leverkusen is only founded in 1930). The week of sport started on Sunday, 12 July 1925. In the years before World War I there were municipal gymnastics and games festivals. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the club in 1924 the board and many helping hands started the week of sports. An internal municipal games festival developed into a national event which made a name for itself after a year particularly due to the relay element.
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