| Player | Nat | YOB | Joined | Comment | Goalkeepers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAMSE, Jochen | GER | 1971 | 1996 | |
| WIESNER, Wolfgang | GER | 1967 | 1998 | Suspended near end of season |
| Defenders | ||||
| BACKHAUS, Sven | GER | 1968 | 1997 | |
| HEINZMANN, Dirk | GER | 1977 | 1997 | Transferred midseason to FC Remscheid |
| JASAREVIC, Murat | BOS | 1969 | 1998 | Bosnian international |
| KLEMMER, Frank | GER | 1973? | 1998 | Signed midseason from FC Remscheid |
| MADEMANN, Richard | GER | 1968 | 1995 | |
| MENZEL, Ingo | GER | 1971 | 1994 | |
| WUESTER, Frank | GER | 1976 | 1997 | |
Midfielders |
| BROOS, Christian | GER | 1960 | 1991 | |
| de WITT, DIRK | GER | 1971 | 1998 | Suspended near end of season |
| KAUL, Markus | GER | 1974 | 1995 | |
| LEHNHART, Sascha | GER | 1973 | 1997 | |
| NIEDZKOWSKI, Daniel | GER | 1976 | 1997 | Transferred midseason to FC Remscheid |
| PANAIT, Aurel | ROM | 1968 | 1997 | On loan from Mainz 05 |
| RADUTA, GABI | ROM | 1967 | 1997 | |
| RONTEA, Constantin | ROM | 1972 | 1997 | contract dispute |
| STEUP, Sven | GER | 1975 | 1994 | |
| WALBROEHL, Sascha | GER | 1976 | 1995 | |
Forwards |
| DENGEL, Christoph | GER | 1974 | 1998 | Suspended near end of season |
| MEINKE, Gerit | GER | 1967 | ? | |
| SOARES, Valdimiro | BRA | 1972 | 1998 | |
| TRUMMEL, Christian | GER | 1976 | 1999 | Promoted from WSV-II midseason |
| WOHLFAHRT, Roland | GER | 1963 | 1998 | 120 Bundesliga goals |
Head Coach:
Rudi Gores (Nov 97 - Dec 98),
Roman Geschlecht (start: Jan 99)
Assistant coach: Roman Geschlecht (Nov 97 - Dec 98)
Additions:
Christoph Dengel (Fortuna Koeln) Murat Jasarevic (FSV Zwickau) Dirk de Witt (Fortuna Koeln) Aurel Panait (loan from Mainz) Uwe Scherr (1.FC Koeln) Valdimiro Soares (Internacional Porto Alegre/Brazil) Christian Trummel (WSV-II) Wolfgang Wiesner (Fortuna Koeln) Roland Wohlfahrt (VfB Leipzig)
Outgoing:
Matthias Becker (retired - sport invalid) Bogdan Bucur (Romania) Hussein Dione (unknown) Vlatko Glavas (unknown) Brent Goulet (SV Elversberg) Harald Heinen (sport invalid) Dirk Heinzmann (loaned to Remscheid - winterbreak) Damir Knezevic (unknown) Abubakr Ben Krema (SpVgg Erkenschwick) Daniel Niedzkowski (loaned to Remscheid - winterbreak) Babacar N'Diaye (Hannover 96 - end 9798) Alexander Ogrinc (Preussen Muenster) Lucky Oswere (unknown) Damir Palic (unknown) Ionel Pirvu (Fortuna Duesseldorf) Dirk Reichert (unknown) Thomas Richter (unknown) Constantin Rontea (contract dispute) Uwe Scherr (contract terminated, Dec 98) Christian Siegloff (unknown) Ion Viorel (VfL Bochum) Frank Zilles (retired; coach of WSV-II)
