later coached the German national team, started his career with SSV and later played with WSV. In his early days as a coach at Rot-Weiss Essen he used Günter Pröpper only rarely, which caused that player to move on to Wuppertaler SV. Mohammad Reza Adelkhani, played the 1968–69 season in Wuppertal. He joined Tehran club Esteghlal FC in 1973 and was capped 17 times for Iran. Thomas Litjens José Valencia Track and field SSV Wuppertal brought their track and field department to the 1954 union that formed Wuppertaler SV. Athletes from the club have competed in the European and World championships as well as the Olympics. Some notable athletes from the club are: Manfred Kinder, 400m-Runner, European Champion, Olympic medalist Maria Jeibmann, 400m-Runner, German champion Manfred Knickenberg, 100m-/200m-Runner, Olympic participant, European championship medalist, German champion Maren Collin, 100m-/200m-Runner, European championship runner-up, German champion Ruth Limbach, 100m-/200m-Runner, German championship runner-up (1949) Former coaches Raymond Schwab (1954–1956) Edmund Conen (1956–1957) Walter Werner (1957) Jupp Schmidt (1957–1958) Emil Melcher (1958–1959) Willibald Kreß (1959–1961) Robert Gebhardt (1961–1965) Adi Preißler (1965–1967) Kuno Klötzer (1967–1968) Horst Buhtz (1968–1974) János Bédl (1974–1975) Diethelm Ferner (1975–1976) Herbert Burdenski (1976–1977) Erhard Ahmann (1977) Herbert Burdenski (1977–1978) Bernd Hoss (1978–1979) Rolf Müller (1979–1980) Heinz Lucas (1980) Rolf Müller (1980–1981) Kalli Hoffmann (1981–1982) Jonny Hey (1982–1983) Manfred Reichert (1983) Thomas Bartel (1983) Manfred Reichert (1983–1984) Detlef Pirsig (1984–1986) Günter Pröpper (1986) Rolf Müller (1986–1989) Dieter Tartemann (1989–1990) Wolfgang Jerat (1990–1992) Gerd Vom Bruch (1992–1993) Michael Lorkowski (1993–1994) Dieter Tartemann (1994) Werner Fuchs (1994–1996) Wolfgang Jerat (1996–1997) Ali Höfer (1997) Rudi Gores (1997–1999) Roman Geschlecht (1999) Frantisek Straka (1999–2001) Jonny Hey (2001–2002) Georg Kreß (2002–2004) Werner Kasper (2004) Uwe Fuchs (2005–2007) Wolfgang Jerat (1990–1992) Wolfgang Frank (2008) Christoph John (2008) Uwe Fuchs (2008–2010) Peter Radojewski (interim) (2010) Michael Dämgen (2010–2011) Karsten Hutwelker (2011) Hans-Günter Bruns (2011–2012) Jörg Jung (2012–2013) Peter Radojewski (2013) Reinhold Fanz (2013) Peter Radojewski (2013–2014) Thomas Richter (2014–2015) Stefan Vollmerhausen (2015–2018) Christian Britscho (2018) Adrian Alipour (2018–2019) Andreas Zimmermann (2019) Alexander Voigt (2019–2020) Pascal Bieler (2020) Alexander Voigt (2020) Björn Mehnert (2020–) References External links Official website Official Facebook site The Abseits Guide to German Soccer (Wuppertaler SV) The Abseits Guide to German Soccer (Borussia Wuppertal) Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1954 Sport in Wuppertal 1954 establishments in West Germany Bundesliga clubs 2. Bundesliga clubs 3. Liga clubs