Clemens Fritz is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder. He is mostly known for his 11-year spell at Werder Bremen.
Arie van Lent is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a forward. He was most recently the manager of SpVgg Unterhaching.
Christoph Dabrowski is a German football manager and former player who manages Hannover 96. He played for Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld, Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum.
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
Mario Basler is a German football manager and former professional player who mainly played as a right midfielder. He is currently at TSG Eisenberg as a player and advisor.
Wilfried "Willi" Landgraf is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender and made a record 508 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga.
Horst Hrubesch is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed Hamburger SV. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European Cup title in 1983. He was a key member of the West Germany team that made it to the final of the 1982 World Cup, losing to Italy. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills as a centre forward.
Dennis Grote is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or midfielder for Austrian club Wacker Innsbruck. In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the German under-21 football team.
The 1993–94 2. Bundesliga season was the twentieth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was the last season the league consisted of twenty clubs as it would operate with eighteen from 1994–95 onwards.
The 1993–94 DFB-Pokal was the 51st season of the annual German football cup competition. 76 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 1 August 1993 and ended on 14 May 1994. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Rot-Weiß Essen 3–1 thereby claiming their third title.
The 1992–93 DFB-Pokal was the 50th season of the annual German football cup competition. 83 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 18 August 1992 and ended on 12 June 1993. In the final Bayer Leverkusen defeated the second team of Hertha Berlin 1–0. It was the first time a third-tier team made it to the DFB-Pokal final, and the only time a reserve team has.
Manfred "Manni" Burgsmüller was a German professional footballer who played mainly as a striker; he also occasionally operated as a midfielder.
Niklas Andersen is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is the son of Jørn Andersen.
Stefan Lorenz is a German football manager and former footballer. He is currently a player-head coach at FC Blau-Gelb Überruhr.
Björn Kluft is a German footballer who plays for TVD Velbert.
Stadion an der Hafenstraße, known as Stadion Essen until 2022, is a stadium in Essen, Germany. Located in the borough of Bergeborbeck, it has a capacity of 20,650 spectators. It is the home of Rot-Weiss Essen in the fourth-level men's Regionalliga West and SGS Essen in the women's Frauen-Bundesliga and replaced Georg-Melches-Stadion.
Cebio Soukou is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen. Born in Germany, he represents the Benin national team internationally.
Björn Rother is a German professional footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for FC Hansa Rostock.
Christian Titz is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of 1. FC Magdeburg. Besides coaching, Titz has published several specialised books on football training methods.
During the 1993–94 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.
