
1996-97 Rot-Weiss Essen Roster
Germany, Level II
Team Record: 8-21-5 - 29 points
Finishing 17th in Bundesliga2
Location: Essen, Germany
Rot-Weiss Essen of 2. Bundesliga ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 8 wins, 5 draws and 21 losses for 29 points finishing seventeenth in Bundesliga2.
The team recorded 47 goals and surrendered 74, most in the league. Angelo Vier scored 18 goals for the team, while Wolfram Klein and Goran Milanko contributed five or more, too.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jörg Beyel | F | October 2, 1969 | 5'9" | 146 | Brachelen, Germany |
| Michael Bitting | June 16, 1973 | , Germany | |||
| Christian Dondera | January 25, 1969 | 5'7" | 143 | , Germany | |
| Michael Goldkuhle | G | January 27, 1977 | , Germany | ||
| Oliver Grein | September 3, 1966 | 6'0" | 163 | , Germany | |
| Dirk Helmig | May 3, 1965 | 5'9" | 157 | Essen, Germany | |
| Peter Hobday | April 9, 1961 | 5'11" | 176 | London, England | |
| Frank Holick | January 16, 1965 | 5'8" | 150 | , Germany | |
| Wolfram Klein | September 8, 1968 | 6'2" | 181 | Breyell, Germany | |
| Frank Kurth | G | March 15, 1962 | 6'2" | 198 | Velbert, Germany |
| Günter Kutowski | D, M | August 2, 1965 | 5'10" | 163 | Paderborn, Germany |
| Jürgen Margref | January 6, 1969 | 5'9" | 159 | , Germany | |
| Waldemar Matysik | September 27, 1961 | 5'9" | 157 | Stanica Wielka, Poland | |
| Goran Milanko | October 30, 1968 | Split, Croatia | |||
| Robert Milne | November 2, 1970 | , South Africa | |||
| Alexander Ogrinc | G | December 10, 1968 | 6'1" | 183 | Kuppenheim, Germany |
| Marc Petrick | G | April 19, 1973 | 6'2" | 179 | , Germany |
| Ingo Pickenäcker | D | April 7, 1962 | 6'0" | 161 | Essen, Germany |
| Mike Pribyla | March 26, 1976 | , Germany | |||
| Robert Ratkowski | M | August 3, 1975 | 6'0" | 163 | , Germany |
| Frank Scharpenberg | M | November 30, 1971 | 6'0" | 174 | Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany |
| Christian Schreier | F | February 4, 1959 | 5'9" | 154 | Castrop-Rauxel, Germany |
| Mike Schürmann | August 25, 1972 | 6'0" | 168 | Bielefeld, Germany | |
| André Schuster | September 29, 1975 | 5'9" | 152 | , Germany | |
| Miloš Tomaš | January 9, 1968 | 6'1" | 185 | , Slovakia | |
| Angelo Vier | F | April 23, 1972 | 6'3" | 198 | Berlin, Germany |
| Kristian Zedi | August 31, 1974 | 6'2" | 187 | Essen, Germany |
