Additions
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1980 |  | Hause | DF | |||
| 07/1980 | | Christoph Stech | DF | |||
| 07/1980 | | Brehm | MF | |||
| 07/1980 | | Rasch | MF | |||
| 07/1980 | | Rupert Gerl | FW | |||
| 07/1980 | | Dirk Vedder | FW |
Departures
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/1980 | | Dietmar Wiese | GK |  | SpVgg Erkenschwick | Erkenschw. |
| 07/1980 | | Uli Borowka | DF |  | Bor. Mönchengladbach II | M'gladbach II |
| 07/1980 | | Henning Keese | DF |  | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Oberhausen |
| 07/1980 | | Jürgen Sobieray | DF |  | Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund |
| 07/1980 | | Klaus Wischniewski | DF |  | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | RW Lüdenscheid |
| 07/1980 | | Hans-Jürgen Oehler | MF | | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | RW Lüdenscheid |
| 07/1980 | | Ingo Peter | MF |  | Chicago Sting | Chicago Sting |
| 07/1980 | | Eckehard Eigenwillig | FW | | SpVgg Erkenschwick | Erkenschw. |
| 07/1980 | | Roland Kosien | FW |  | Hannover 96 | Hannover |
| 07/1980 | | Peter Leske | FW | | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Oberhausen |
| 07/1980 | | Karl-Heinz Timmler | FW |  | Rot-Weiss Essen | RW Essen |
| 07/1980 | | Toni Burghardt | MA |  | TeBe Berlin | TeBe Berlin |