Leon the slalom dribbler, goal scorer and flash-pass-goal-preparer (attack): Leon is the leader of the Wild Soccer Bunch and is especially characterized by his will to win, his stubbornness and his loyalty towards the team. Initially, he was more fixed on his personal success; e.g in the first volume he throws Raban and Joschka out of the team, because he thinks they would jeopardize the win against the Unbeatable Winners. At the end of the first volume, he realizes that the success of the team is more important to him than his own. On one hand his loyalty towards the Wild Soccer Bunch shows through his actions of always trying to help friends and fellow players out of difficult situations and on the other hand he has a rejecting attitude towards new members in the third volume. At first he does not want Vanessa nor Deniz in the team until they convince him of themselves with the help of a few team members. His big idol is Gerd Müller whose shirt number 13 Leon is wearing. His best friend is Fabi, they are called the Golden Twins and they often play the attack together.
Fabi, the fastest right wing in the world (right wing): Fabi is the best friend of Leon. Together they are the Golden Twins, the attack and goal machinery of the Wild Soccer Bunch. Unlike Leon, Fabi is already interested in girls. In the eighth volume Fabi is recruited by the FC Bayern, but when he realizes how important his friends from the Wild Soccer Bunch are to him, he leaves the FC Bayern and the Wild Soccer Bunch wins a significant game with his help.
Marlon, the number 10 (midfield): Marlon is Leon's brother. He is the heart, the soul and the intuition of the team. When Marlon ruptured his cruciate ligament in book 10, he loses the believe in his soccer career and declares it to be over. By using a trick, the Wild Soccer Bunch bring him to the Team Doctor of FC Bayern Munich where he finds his intuition again. In the same book, Vanessa and Marlon have a crush on each other, which both don't want to admit.
Raban, the Hero ('Spare-goalscorer'): Raban wears glasses with Coca-Cola-lenses. Without them he basically would be blind which leads to his permanent position on bench. In book 6, he asks the great 'Soccer-oracle', if he would become a professional one day. However, he shall not become a professional, but the manager of the Wild Soccer Bunch instead.
Markus, the Invincible (goalkeeper): Markus lives in a huge house with servant and money. His father wants Markus to play golf instead of soccer, which is why Markus sneaks out to go to the training.
Juli "Huckleberry" Fort Knox, a four-man backfield defence in one person (defence, last man): Juli plays in the defence and, furthermore, he built the three-level tree house of the Wild Soccer Bunch: Camelot, which is destroyed by Gonzo Gonzales, the head of the flamehats, in book 9 but is rebuilt afterwards. In book 4, Juli is blackmailed by the 'Fat Michi'. With the help of his friends he escapes the threat and finds his father whom he had not seen in years.´
Joschka, the 7th cavalry (defense, very last man): Joschka is Julis’s youngest brother. On his 7th Birthday (Book 9) he reclaims the Devil’s pot from the flamehats.
Vanessa, the undaunted (midfield): Vanessa aims to be the first women of the men’s national soccer team. After she moved from Hamburg to Munich (Book 3), she not only became team member of the Wild Soccer Bunch, but also became one of the leaders together with Leon and Fabi.
Maxi “Tippkick” Maximilian, the man with the most powerful shot in the world (defensive midfield): Maxi doesn't talk. To him soccer means everything, but when it comes to his friends he sacrifices his freedom and hazards the consequences being week-long grounding and strickt soccer ban. Then he even brakes his silence.
Deniz, the loco (striker, in fact everywhere): Deniz is a Turk. During his time with the Wild Soccer Bunch he learns that he needs glasses (Book 5), that he is not on his own and that friends are way more important than personal victories.
Jojo who dances with the sun (outside left): Jojo comes from an orphanage. He never owned proper soccer shoes and was playing soccer with patched sandals until he receives some as a gift in Book 11. Apart from that, he also learns that friendship is more important than material possessions.
"Gonzo" Gonzales, the pale vampire, is the leader of the flamehats, the skatergang of the bording school "Nebelburg".
Fat Michi is the leader of the Unbeatable Winners. Due to the victory of the Wild Soccer Bunch, he became one of their friends. Although he is still waiting to finally get his revenge.
The beastly beasts is a girls soccer team from Hamm. They challenged the Wild Soccer Bunch to a match to finally bear the title of "Wildest soccer team in the world". The game ties with 1:1, which results in the Wild Soccer Bunch keeping their title.
The Silverglades behind the mist live in the fog that is in front of the gates of Ragnarök. The fog comes around every year before the final game of the season. This is also a challenge that Leon and the guys gladly accept.
The Shadow Seekers behind the horizon live in an old metal castle. The Shadow Seekers (Vampires) consist of Darkside, Blossom, Gyroscope, Terry, Mary, Jeckel and Hyde. In the Soccer63D, the WIld Soccer Bunch can not keep up with them, but in the final match with the support of Maxi and Vanessa as vampires they achieve victory.
The fat cousin is the older cousin of fat Michi. He lives in the Black Hills and considers himself the chief of the thieves.
The Wolves of Ragnarök is a football team that organizes the freestyle soccer contest. They have lived in the forest for three years.
