| Player | Nat | Birthday | Comment | Goalkeepers |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAMSE, Jochen | GER | 12 Nov 71 | Playing for WSV II. |
| HEINEN, Harald | GER | 07 Jun 66 | FC Seraing/Belgium | Defenders |
| HAJRADINOVIC, Elvis | MAZ | 01 Aug 72 | TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus |
| MADEMANN, Richard | GER | 25 Apr 68 | Joined from FC Homburg in 1995. |
| MENZEL, Ingo | GER | 27 May 71 | With club since 1994. |
| MÜLLER, Rudolf | GER | 28 Sep 60 | With club 1989-93, 1995. |
| OMANOVIC, Edin | BOS | 04 Apr 70 | With club since 1995. |
| WÜSTER, Frank | GER | ? | From WSV-II. Promoted Mar 97. |
| Midfielders | |||
| BECKER, Matthias | GER | 15 Sep 71 | . |
| BREITZKE, Günter | GER | 29 Jun 67 | Joined club in 1995. |
| BROOS, Christian | GER | 30 Mar 60 | With club since 1991. |
| DACIC, Semsudin | BOS | 10 Mar 69 | Left club 1/97 |
| HARTWIG, Knut | GER | 13 Nov 69 | With WSV since 1992. |
| KAUL, Markus | GER | 16 Nov 74 | With WSV since 1995. |
| MANGA, Ben | CIV | 11 Jun 74 | Fortuna Düsseldorf, ? A for Ivory Coast. Left club |
| N'GOMBO, Daniel | ZAI | ? | Standard Liege/Bel. 76 A for Zaire |
| SIMMES, Daniel | GER | ? | Alemannia Aachen. Left club 1/97 |
| REICHERT, Dirk | GER | 15 Sep 77 | . |
| STEUP, Sven | GER | 09 Oct 75 | With WSV since 1994. |
| TÖNNIES, Dirk | GER | 28 Mar 74 | With WSV since 1994. |
| WALBRÖHL, Sascha | GER | 09 Mar 76 | With WSV since 1995. |
| ZILLES, Frank | GER | 29 Jan 64 | With WSV 1986-87, 1991. |
| PANAIT, Aurel | ROM | ? | Joined WSV from Steaua Bucharest in Jan.97; contract thru May 97 | Forwards |
| GOULET, Brent | USA | 19 Jun 64 | RW Oberhausen, Bonner SC, Texas Longhorns, 2 A for USA |
| MEINKE, Gerit | GER | 14 Sep 67 | SC Verl |
| WEBER, Achim | GER | 11 Mar 69 | Deserted WSV for Oberhausen!! |
| N'DIAYE, Babcar | SEN | F | Joined 12/97 |
| OSWERE, Lucky | NIG | ? | Joined 1/97. Playing for WSV II. Release granted 3/97. |
Additions / Zugänge:
Palic
N'Diaye (Union Solingen)
Oswere (Nigeria)
Panait (Romania) - contract thru May 97
Wüster (WSV II)
Outgoing / Abgänge:
Manga (Bayer Uerdingen Amat.)
Weber (RW Oberhausen)
Sturm (RW Oberhausen)
Dacic (Atlas Delmenhorst)
Simmes (Belgium / Belgien) - contract expired 31 Dec 96
Dagdas (SpVgg Erkenschwick)
Prior to 96-97 season / Vor der Saison:
Additions/Zugänge:
Heinen (FC Seraing/Belgien)
Goulet (RW Oberhausen)
Hajradinovic (TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus)
Meinke (SC Verl)
Manga (Fortuna Düsseldorf Amat.)
N'Gombo (Standard Lüttich/Belgien)
Simmes (Alemannia Aachen)
Dagdas (ex WSV, Türkei)
Outgoing / Abgänge
Richter (VfB Lübeck)
Pröpper (RW Oberhausen)
Sturm (1.FC Köln Amat.)
Elsenrath (ASV Wuppertal)
Krzeszowiak (Polen)
Szewczyk (Polen)
Dagdas (Türkei)
Klauss (Darmstadt 98)
Lenz (Ziel unbekannt/ parts unknown)