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Oakland Stompers
File:Oakland stompers logo.png
Full nameOakland Stompers
Nickname(s)Stompers
Founded1978
Dissolved1978; 46 years ago (1978)
GroundOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Capacity50,000
ChairmanMilan Mandaric
LeagueNASL

The Oakland Stompers were a soccer team in the North American Soccer League (NASL) which played the 1978 season in the NASL. The Stompers played in the Western Division of the American Conference and finished the year with a 12-18 record. This placed them in third place out of the four teams in their conference, and out of playoff contention.

Team history

At the end of the 1977 NASL season, the Connecticut Bicentennials relocated to Oakland where the team renamed itself as the Stompers. While in Oakland, the team's home field was Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. At the end of the 1978 season, the team was sold and moved to Edmonton, Alberta where the team was renamed the Edmonton Drillers.

Year-by-year

Year League W L T Pts Regular Season Playoffs Avg. Attend.
1978 NASL 12 18 103 3rd, American Conference, Western Division Did Not Qualify 11,929

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Shep Messing
2 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Joe Raduka
3 DF England ENG Alec Lindsay
4 DF Germany GER Volker Fass
4 DF England ENG John Rowlands
5 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Blagoje Paunović
6 MF Germany GER Peter Enders
6 DF Canada CAN Bruce Twamley
7 FW South Africa RSA Geoff Wegerle
8 MF Nigeria NGA Andy Atuegbu
9 FW Israel ISR Ehud Ben-Tovim
9 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Miro Djordjevic
9 FW United States USA Mike Flater
10 MF Germany GER Karl-Heinz Mrosko
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW United States USA Mark Liveric
12 FW England ENG Andy McCulloch
13 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Bogdan Turudija
14 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Alex Lesh
15 DF United States USA Lee Atack
16 FW United States USA Tony Graham
17 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Mike Dokich
17 DF Poland POL Franciszek Smuda
18 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Božidar Ban
19 GK United States USA Gene DuChateau
20 FW United States USA Archie Roboostoff
21 MF Israel ISR Shmuel Rosenthal
22 FW United States USA Johnny Moore

Coaches

References

[[Category:1978 disestablishments in California]]