It was Gert ENGELS who served as manager of Sanga at that time, who had been the last manager of Flugels, and who had led the team to victory in the last official game for Flugels, the Emperor's Cup final on New Year's Day in 1999, and made the team round off its career by winning the Emperor's Cup.
その時に監督を務めていたのはフリューゲルス最後の監督であり、フリューゲルスにとって最後の公式戦だった1999年元日の天皇杯決勝でチームを勝利に導き、天皇杯優勝という有終の美を飾ったゲルト・エンゲルスだった。