Bayer Uerdingen

Bayer Uerdingen are one of German football's most compelling footnote clubs, a blue and red outfit from Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia whose greatest moment in football history came on a single unforgettable night in 1986. Founded in 1905 and bolstered by a merger with Bayer AG's sports division in 1953, the club spent a decade in the Bundesliga, won the DFB-Pokal in 1985 over Bayern Munich, but it is the Miracle of the Grotenburg that ensures their name will never be forgotten.

Founded on 17 November 1905, Bayer Uerdingen (now KFC Uerdingen 05) are based in Krefeld, Germany. Their historic home ground is the Grotenburg-Kampfbahn. Key honours include 1 DFB-Pokal (1985, defeating Bayern Munich), a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final run in 1986, and Bundesliga football across the 1980s, including a best-ever third-place finish.

Bayer Uerdingen's blue and red colours earned them the Blau-Roten nickname and gave them a distinctive look during their Bundesliga years. The blue home shirt was worn during the club's finest era in the mid-1980s, when they beat Bayern Munich in the cup final and then produced one of the great European comebacks. Trailing 3-1 at half-time in the second leg of their Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final against Dynamo Dresden, Uerdingen scored six unanswered second-half goals to win 7-3 on the night. Those blue shirts from the Grotenburg that evening are among the most mythologised in German football.