When was bayer leverkusen formed

That was also the year that the club wore the familiar "Bayer" cross for the first time. They made their first appearance in upper league play in , in the Oberliga West and played there until , after which they were relegated.

SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen would not return to the upper leagues until , just one season before the formation of Germany's new professional league, the Bundesliga. The next year saw the club in the Regionalliga West, tier II, where their performances over the next few seasons left them well down the league table. SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen made something of a breakthrough in , by winning the division title, but were unable to advance through the playoff round to the first division.

They were relegated again in , but made a quick return to what was now called the 2. Bundesliga after just one season spent in the third division. Four years later, the team handily secured a place in the Bundesliga to start to play there in the —80 season. By the mids, SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen had played their way into the upper half of the league table and were well-established there by the end of the decade. It was during this time, in , that the two-halves of the club that had parted ways over a half century earlier were re-united as TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.

The new club took red and white as their colours. In addition to becoming an established Bundesliga side, the club earned its first honours with a dramatic win in the UEFA Cup.

Down 0—3 to Espanyol after the first leg of the final, they drew even in the return match and then captured the title 3—2 on penalty kicks. That same year, long-time Bayer Leverkusen executive Reiner Calmund became the general manager of the club. This is regarded as one of the most important moves in the club's history, as Calmund ushered in a decade and a half of the club's greatest success through shrewd, far-sighted player acquisitions.

The three players would become instant crowd favourites, and make significant contributions to the team. Calmund also established groundbreaking contacts in Brazilian football, befriending Juan Figer, one of Brazil's most powerful player agents. The club captured its next honour in , with a 1—0 win in the German Cup over a surprising Hertha Berlin amateur squad on 12 June In the following season, in a game also known for its 45 m "German Goal of the Year" by Schuster a goal which was later also named "Goal of the Decade" , Bayer 04 played against Eintracht Frankfurt early in the season, and, as both a "tip of the hat" to their own history as well as an attempt to perhaps upset the Frankfurt team, Bayer played in its new 3rd colors, which were old-fashioned red and black stripes.

The jerseys were similar to the ones Frankfurt generally wore at the time. This proved so popular with the fans that, very shortly thereafter, the team reverted to its "retro" colors of red and black, colors used on all home jerseys since then.

Daum was later to be famously fired for a cocaine scandal that also cost him his ascent to the role of the national team coach. However, little of this would be possible without the very strong group of players that make up the squad.

Leverkusen is one of the best teams in the Bundesliga in terms of possession. Bosz instructs his players to build from the back. Central defenders, Sven Bender, Jonathan Tah, or Aleksandar Dragovic will advance with the ball, usually shadowed by a wing-back offering superiority. Kai Havertz will usually drop down to the center of the pitch, where he was played last season, in a bid to overload the area. Charles Arranguiz will act a pivot, while the wide players on the opposite side of where possession is kept will advance in a bid to encourage longer passes.

In the final phase of attack, Leverkusen act as quickly as they can, creating triangle shapes, and looking for numerical superiority in areas where the ball is played. Peter Bosz demands that his players press high up the pitch, as soon as the ball has been lost. When successful, this approach causes the opposition to have to pass the ball back, or vertically. This encourages attacking avenues, but it means that a smaller group of players will be left to mark and defend when the opposition is on line to attack.

The Bundesliga is more disputed than ever before it seems. Login or Sign up and act like a real football manager! The land made available by the paint companies — then trading as I. The club is lucky as the paint companies do not extend the colony after following the fourth building phase as planned so that the large areas north of Rathenaustrasse remain vacant.

And the municipal building plan that envisaged the construction of a small housing estate is not implemented. And the newly formed community residential building society does not build on the whole area. The ground is opened on 4 September and the first games follow. Our first team played their first home match of the championship against Jugend Kalk and run out winners. The women's outdoor handball team are playing on the neighbouring pitch in this wonderful Am Stadtpark facility at the same time.

Before that there was the clash of the reserve teams and their handball players were allowed onto the new turf for the first time at eleven in the morning. Thousands of fans surround the two pitches. This venue is the home ground of our works football players until The Am Stadtpark sports ground in just after completion.