Veterans: Successful benefit match in Neitersen

On Tuesday night, a large number of big names from Bayer 04's club history came together for an important reason on and off the pitch in a small community in the Rhineland Palatinate district of Altenkirchen. The Old Boys team of Wiedbachtaler Sportfreunde Neitersen staged a benefit match in support of flood victims.

Over 40s cup: Veterans go through with 4-0 win

Successful restart for the Leverkusen Veterans team. The first match for the legends after a six-month break due to Covid-19 produced a 4-0 win away to SG Hoppstädten-Weiersbach.

Veterans back in action

The Bayer 04 Veterans team started training again last week and have a clear target in sight: To put last season's defeat in the German Over 40s Cup behind them and get going again.

Veterans: Emotional tournament

Film production from 1993: Ulf and Rudi in action

The clip is one minute and 23 seconds long and has been on You Tube since October 2019: Two children board the Bayer 04 Leverkusen team bus in 1993 on its way to the Cup final in Berlin. Ulf Kirsten lends the pair 100 Deutsch Marks and suggests to Rüdiger Vollborn putting the “small one in goal as a mascot.” How did it all come about? What sort of film is it? Searching for the answer – 36 years later.