
1977-78 Rot-Weiss Essen Roster
Germany, Level II
Team Record: 21-9-8 - 50 points
Finishing 2nd in Bundesliga2
Location: Essen, Germany
Rot-Weiss Essen of 2. Bundesliga ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 21 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses for 50 points finishing second in Bundesliga2.
The team scored 82 goals and gave up 49. Horst Hrubesch netted 41 goals for the team, while Hans-Jürgen Sperlich, Gerd Wieczorkowski and Frank Mill each tallied five or more also.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckhard Berlau-Kirschstein | July 5, 1953 | , Germany | |||
| Heinz Blasey | G | January 1, 1948 | , Germany | ||
| Siegfried Bönighausen | M, D | March 20, 1955 | 5'10" | 163 | Gladbeck, Germany |
| André de Nul | July 14, 1946 | 5'9" | 154 | Lebbeke, Belgium | |
| Hans Dörre | November 14, 1946 | 5'5" | 143 | , Germany | |
| Peter Ehmke | July 22, 1953 | , Germany | |||
| Günter Fürhoff | October 6, 1947 | 5'9" | 163 | Essen, Germany | |
| Jószef Horváth | D | May 21, 1949 | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Horst Hrubesch | F | April 17, 1951 | 6'2" | 194 | Hamm, Germany |
| Hartmut Huhse | D | August 22, 1952 | 5'10" | 172 | Greifswald, Germany |
| Jürgen Kaminsky | December 7, 1957 | 5'5" | Essen, Germany | ||
| Dietmar Klinger | January 8, 1958 | 6'1" | 183 | Essen, Germany | |
| Hans Krostina | August 14, 1948 | , Germany | |||
| Heinz Martens | August 15, 1953 | , Germany | |||
| Frank Mill | F | July 23, 1958 | 5'9" | 165 | Essen, Germany |
| Hans-Günter Neues | November 14, 1950 | 6'2" | 172 | Büttgen, Germany | |
| Wolfgang Patzke | M | February 24, 1959 | 5'10" | 168 | Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany |
| Hans-Jürgen Sperlich | February 29, 1948 | , Germany | |||
| Roland Spott | G | October 20, 1957 | , Germany | ||
| Gerd Wieczorkowski | M | July 24, 1948 | 5'11" | 157 | Hamburg, Germany |
| Detlef Wiemers | July 15, 1953 | , Germany | |||
| Gerd Wörmer | August 28, 1944 | , Germany |
