...the tales of yesteryear. Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, is Bayer 04’s record appearance holder in the Bundesliga with 401 games, and is the only Leverkusen 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 encyclopaedia takes Werkself fans on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month with our series ‘Rudi recounts…’.
Andreas ‘Zecke’ Neuendorf was born in Berlin on 9 February 1975. He spends his childhood in the southern district of Steglitz and in his youth he plays for Stern 1900, Blau-Weiß 90, BFC Preußen and the Reinickendorfer Füchse where he also makes his debut for the senior team.
Show moreSven Demandt was born in Cologne on 13 February 1965. In his youth he played for the Cologne side TuS Höhenhaus. In 1984 he joined the reserves at Fortuna Düsseldorf, made his first appearance in the Bundesliga on Matchday 3 in the 1984/85 season at the Betzenberg when he comes on as a substitute on 74 minutes, and in 1986 he signs his first professional contract at Fortuna.
Show moreBayer 04 are second in the First Oberliga West in February of the 1954/55 season. The Werkself travel to Dortmund on 20 February for an away game. 6,000 spectators want to see the match on a snow-covered pitch at the Rote Erde Stadium.
Show moreIn this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of February. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
Show moreIt's Friday, 15 December 1989. The Bayer 04 players are completing their final training session ahead of the last match before the winter break. They are set to play next to bottom FC Homburg at home on the following day. During the training session our kit man Klaus Zöller comes onto the pitch and speaks to coach Jürgen Gelsdorf who gets everybody together and announces:
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