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On matchday 25, Bayer 04 travel to the newly promoted team from Ulm who are making a very good impression in thirteenth place six points ahead of the drop zone. FC Bayern are away to Hertha Berlin who need every point to secure a UEFA Cup spot.
When both games kick off at 15:30 CET, the Berlin spectators do not imagine they will be looking at the scoreboard much on the day.
The FC Bayern captain, Stefan Effenberg, spoke to the waiting journalists after match: "I picked up on the constant murmur through the crowd. You don't see that every day." Bayern could live with a draw in Berlin but the current form of the Werkself worried the champions: "It's remarkable how Leverkusen are playing, said general manager Uli Hoeneß.
What happened? The newly promoted SSV Ulm fielded the same team as they did a week before in a 2-1 win at HSV. Frank Juric was in goal for the Werkself and in front of him a back three of Jens Nowotny, Carsten Ramelow and Robert Kovac. Emerson, Michael Ballack, Ze Roberto and Stefan Beinlich worked their magic in midfield with Oliver Neuville, Ulf Kirsten and Paulo Rink playing up front.
Emerson, Paulo Rink and Ulf Kirsten scored the first three goals in the first 20 minutes. Bayer 04 played "cat and mouse" with their opponents (Kicker online). It was 4-0 at half-time with another goal from Emerson. And if the Sparrows, as Ulm were known in their hometown, hoped the Werkself would ease off to the end of the game then they were disappointed. It only took 20 minutes for Oliver Neuville to score the fifth goal but then the Werkself upped their game again. Four more goals from Ze Roberto (2), Michael Ballack and substitute Bernd Schneider took the score up to 9-0. SSV Ulm netted a consolation goal on 90 minutes. The game ended with a 9-1 scoreline and that remains the biggest win for Bayer 04 in the Bundesliga.
There were celebrations at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin after the match and not just because of the draw for Hertha. There was great joy in the stands – with the exception of the away end – after the final score in Ulm was announced. The Werkself were now level on points with FC Bayern and the goal difference was only five less. That goal difference prevented Bayer 04 becoming champions of Germany first time on the final matchday in Unterhaching. We were only able to overcome the trauma of Unterhaching and the treble runners-up season two years later last season!
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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