Wolfgang "Maxe" Steinbach (born 21 September 1954) is a German former football player and manager who spent most of his career playing for 1.

At international level, he made 28 appearances for the East Germany national team scoring one goal.

FC Magdeburg until 1987, when he left for his home town club of Motor Schönebeck where he spent the next one and a half years in the second-tier DDR-Liga.

[2] He was part of the East Germany squad that won the Silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

FC Magdeburg, Steinbach won three East German championships and four FDGB-Pokal titles.

Since October 2008 he has the role of director of sports at SV Wilhelmshaven, but took over as manager again in the spring of 2009.