SG Wattenscheid 09 — snapshot around 1995/96

SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German football club from Wattenscheid (a borough of Bochum), founded in 1909. The club’s traditional colors are blue and white and their home ground is the Lohrheidestadion.

• Competition level (mid‑1990s): Around the 1995/96 period Wattenscheid 09 were competing in the professional tiers of German football (the club spent the early 1990s in the Bundesliga and then played in the 2. Bundesliga during the mid‑1990s).
• Coach: Franz‑Josef Kneuper is recorded as being involved in the club’s coaching setup around the mid‑1990s. Contemporary listings and season summaries attribute managerial duties to him during that general timeframe.
• Domestic cup: As with most German professional clubs, the team also participated in the DFB‑Pokal in seasons around that era.
• Stadium: Lohrheidestadion (home matches).

Notes and sources

• For precise, season‑by‑season details (full squad lists, match results, final table positions for 1995/96, exact start/end dates of Kneuper’s tenure), consult specialist archives: worldfootball.net, transfermarkt, kicker.de and RSSSF, or contemporary local press archives and the club’s own historical pages.
• Available public databases and club records are the best way to confirm match‑level stats and exact managerial appointment dates if you need a definitive season report.

If you would like, detailed season data (match results, final league position, full squad and appearances, or a managerial timeline with exact dates) can be compiled from those sources into a single season summary for 1995/96.