club back up to the Regionalliga. Recent seasons Honours The club's honours: Regionalliga West Champions: 1972 Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) Champions: 1990, 1992, 2000, 2003 Oberliga Niederrhein (V) Champions: 2016 Lower Rhine Cup Winners: 1981, 1985, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2021 Fans Despite the club's relative poor on field performance, the club draws big support. There are currently 18 supporter groups: Red Blue 1954, Treue Löwen, Die Wuppys 04, Die Falken, Teamgeist, Pflegestufe 4, Schwebende Jonges, Zooalarm Wuppertal, Red Blue Fanatics, Opus W, Sektion Gegengerade, Tradition 1954, Wupper-Piraten, WSV Fans Mittelrhein, Wupperlümmel's, Die Mecker Oppas, Wupperschlümpfe and Debakel Arrenberg. Many of the club's fans sympathise with Schalke 04, and have a long-standing friendship with Lok Leipzig; in the past the fans maintained somewhat amiable relations with fans of Hertha Berlin. Rot-Weiss Essen are the fiercest rivals, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Alemannia Aachen are the other fierce rivals, as are VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Current squad Notable players Striker Günter "Meister" Pröpper (born 12 August 1941) played with Wuppertaler SV from 1970–79 and represents the club's golden era of the early 70s. His 52 goals in the club's 1971–72 campaign set a second division record that still stands. In 87 Bundesliga matches he scored 39 goals. After retiring he settled in Wuppertal and has remained associated with the club. Outside forward Horst Szymaniak, who was with WSV from 1956–59, participated in two World Cups. He is the only player from the club to be called to play for the national side while playing in Wuppertal, where he earned 20 of his 43 caps. He was one of the first German players to follow the big money to play professionally in Italy and won the European Champions Cup in 1964 with Inter Milan. Szymaniak was also an unfortunate member of the worst-ever Bundesliga side Tasmania 1900 Berlin, While Erich Probst enjoyed only limited success during his stay in Wuppertal (1956–58), he made 19 appearances for the Austria national football team and participated in the World Cup 1954 where Austria finished third. Probst scored six goals, tying him for second place with two other players among goalscorers at the competition. Alfred "Coppi" Beck, 1955–58, capped once for Germany when with FC St. Pauli. Erich Haase, 1956–68, played one international match for East Germany while with Turbine Halle. Waldemar Ksienzyk, 1992–94, played one international match for East Germany while with Dynamo Berlin. Erich Ribbeck, who