Wuppertal Team Roster, 1997-98

Preseason Review

Player Nat YOB Joined Former Club, Comment
Goalkeepers
GRAMSE, Jochen GER 1971 1996 WSV II
HEINEN, Harald GER 1966 1996 FC Seraing/BEL. (injured)
RICHTER, Thomas GER 1963 1997 VfB Lübeck, WSV
OGRINC, Alexander GER 1968 1998 Hessen Kassel
Defenders
BACKHAUS, Sven GER 1968 1997 Admira-Wacker Wien/AUT
BECKER, Matthias GER 1971
VfB Wissen
DIONE, Hussein SEN ? 1997 Union Solingen
HEINZMANN, Dirk GER 1977 1997 WSV II
MADEMANN, Richard GER 1968 1995 FC Homburg
MENZEL, Ingo GER 1971 1994 SC Verl
PIRVU, Ionel ROM 1970 1997 PAOK (GRE) ?, Steaua (ROM)
WUESTER, Frank GER 1976 1997 WSV-II
Midfielders
BEN KREMA, Abubakr LBY 1970 1997 Sachsen Leipzig
BROOS, Christian GER 1960 1991 VfL Bochum
BUCUR, Bogdan ROM 1970 1997 Steaua Bucharest
GLAVAS, Vlatko BOS 1962 1997 Fortuna Duesseldorf
KNEZEVIC, Damir CRO 1969 1996 WSV II
KAUL, Markus GER 1974 1995
LEHNHART, Sascha GER
1997 Leicester City
PALIC, Damir CRO 1972 1996 WSV-II, Tura Düsseldorf
PANAIT, Aurel ROM 1968 1997 Steaua Bucharest/ROM. SOLD TO MAINZ
RADUTA, GABI ROM 1967 1997 FC Nacional (ROM)
RONTEA, Constantin ROM 1972 1997 Nistru Otaci (MOL), Rapid Bucharest (ROM)
REICHERT, Dirk GER 1977 1996 WSV-II
SIEGLOFF, Christian GER
1998 WSV-II
STEUP, Sven GER 1975 1994 WSV-II
WALBROEHL, Sascha GER 1976 1995 WSV-II
ZILLES, Frank GER 1964 1991 FC Wülfrath, WSV
Forwards
GOULET, Brent USA 1964 1996 RW Oberhausen, Bonner SC. ex-US intnl
MEINKE, Gerit GER 1967 ? SC Verl
N'DIAYE, Babacar SEN 1973 1996 Union Solingen. SOLD TO HANNOVER 96
OSWERE, Lucky NIG 1972 1997 WSV II
SELELA, Benson RSA
1998 Juventus Capetown
AUT=Austria, BEL=Belgium, BOS=Bosnia, CRO=Croatia, GER=Germany, LBY=Libya, MOL=Moldavia, NIG=Nigeria, ROM=Romania, RSA=South Africa, SEN=Senegal, USA=United States

Head Coach:
Karl-Heinz "Ali" Hoefer (since 97/98) - FIRED NOV. 97
Rudi Gores (since Nov. 97)
Assistant coach:
Rudi Mueller (Head coach WSV-II Jan. 98)
Roman Geschlecht (Nov.97)

Roster changes

Additions: 

Backhaus	(Admira Wien, Austria)   
Ben Krema 	(Sachsen Leipzig)        
Bucur		(Steaua, Romania)		
Dione 		(Union Solingen)	
Glavas 		(Fortuna Duesseldorf) 	
Lehnhart	(Leicester City, England)
Mba 		(Waldhof Mannheim and Nigeria)
Ogrinc 		(Hessen Kassel, winterbreak)
Pirvu 		(PAOK Thessaloniki, Greece) 
Puscas 		(Steaua Bucharest, Romania) 
Richter 	(VfB Luebeck) 		
Selela 		(Juventus Capetown, South Africa) 
Siegloff 	(WSV-II) 
Viorel ?	(Otellul Galati, Romania) 
Raduta 		(FC Nacional, Romania) 		
Rontea 		(Nistru Otaci, Moldavia)

Outgoing: 

Hajradinovic 	(RW Essen, offseason) 	
Hartwig 	(Preussen Muenster, offseason) 	
Breitzke 	(Alemannia Aachen, offseason) 	
M'Ba 		(unknown, winterbreak)		
Omanovic 	(Bonner SC, offseason) 	
N'Diaye 	(Hannover 96, January 98)
N'Gombo 	(Charleroi, Belgium, offseason) 
Panait 		(Mainz 05, December 97) 		
Puscas 		(unknown, contract not renewed, Nov 97) 
Simmes 		(Belgium, offseason)

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