26.04.1980 Bayer 04 vs Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1
71’ Peter Hermann (The speedy winger scores after a great one-two)
03.04.1985 Bayer 04 vs FC Kaiserslautern 3-0
24’ Dieter Bast (The team captain after a solo run from the halfway line and a one-two)
12.04.1990 Bayer 04 vs Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1-1
48’ Andrzej Buncol (Cross, header, volley – the midfielder nets the equaliser)
22.04.1995 Bayer 04 vs MSV Duisburg 2-0
40’ Hans-Peter Lehnhoff (The pacy winger scores with a header from a corner)
30.04.2000 Hamburg SV vs Bayer 04 0-2
30’ Jens Nowotny (Like Dieter Bast in April 1985 – team captain Jens Nowotny scores after a solo run from the halfway line and a one-two)
16.04.2005 SC Freiburg vs Bayer 04 1-3
83’ Dimitar Berbatov (The win sealed by the Bulgarian centre forward from a great counter-attack)
10.04.2010 Bayer 04 vs Bayern Munich 1-1
59’ Arturo Vidal (The much celebrated equaliser scored by the Chilean midfielder)
11.04.2015 FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayer 04 2-3
73’ Hakan Calhanoglu (Brilliant free kick from the midfielder)
Willi Korth was born in Essen on 12 April 1955. He was a youth player at TuS Essen 81. After coming to the attention of Schwarz Weiss Essen, he signed for them in the Bundesliga 2 North for the 1977/78 season. He made 24 appearances and scored one goal. The Black and Whites from Essen were relegated at the end of the season.
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Rudolf ‘Rudi’ Völler was born in Hanau on 13 April 1960. His father took the young Rudi as an eight-year-old to training at TSV 1860 Hanau. In the sedate Hessen town on the Main he came to the attention of Offenbach Kickers. But Rudi completed his secondary school and started training to become an office administrator.
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Jean Pierre de Keyser was born in Cologne on 13 April 1965 as the son of a Belgian NATO soldier stationed in Spich and a German mother. His childhood dream of becoming a vet was resolutely followed at school initially. But football threw a spanner in the works.
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The third last matchday in the 1954/55 season brings a big showdown at the Stadion Am Stadtpark – the Werkself entertain second-placed SV Sodingen. A win for Bayer 04 would take them above Sodingen and qualify for the finals of the German championship if the last two games of the season in the Oberliga West 1 are also won.
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In this video you can watch impressive and important goals in the history of Bayer 04 in the month of April. It is not always about the beauty of the goals but also about remembering special games and players.
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