Rot-Weiss Essen
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Full name | Rot-Weiss Essen e. V. | ||
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Nickname(s) | RWE[citation needed] | ||
Founded | 1 February 1907 | ||
Ground | Stadion an der Hafenstraße | ||
Capacity | 20,650 | ||
Chairman | Marcus Uhlig[citation needed] | ||
Manager | Christoph Dabrowski | ||
League | 3. Liga | ||
2022–23 | 3. Liga, 15th of 20 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently[when?] plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the
History
Early years
The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche.[citation needed] In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund Bergeborbeck that allowed the two clubs to field a football side.[citation needed] The footballers left in 1913 to set up their own club, Spiel- und Sportverein Emscher-Vogelheim, which changed its name to Spiel und Sport 1912 after World War I. Finally, in 1923, this side turned again to Turnerbund Bergeborbeck to create Rot-Weiss Essen.
Breakthrough to the Gauliga
In 1938, RWE broke into entered top-flight football in the
Rise and golden years
The club returned to first division football in the
The club remained competitive for the remainder of the 1950s, continuing to finish in the division's the top half, but 1961 saw a sharp decline leading to relegation from the
Financial problems and slow decline
Between 1978 and the end of the century Rot-Weiss was a second- or third-tier club, with just one season spent in the regional
RWE returned to the Regionalliga Nord (III) in 1999, but dropped to the Oberliga (IV) the next season. In 2004, they won promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga, but stumbled to a 17th-place finish and were relegated once again.
In November 2005, Pelé became an honorary club member (membership number 23101940).[1][2]
The team reappeared in the 2. Bundesliga after winning the Regionalliga Nord in 2006, but narrowly missed staying up when they lost the critical final match of the 2006–07 season 3–0 to Duisburg.
Rot-Weiss became a fourth division side following the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 and a fifth division team after insolvency in 2010.[citation needed] They won the fifth level NRW-Liga in 2010–11 and returned to Regionalliga West for the 2011–12 season.
Stadium
Until 2012 Rot-Weiss played in the Georg-Melches-Stadion (capacity 15,000), named in honour of a former club president. In 1956, the team's home field became the first stadium in West Germany to have floodlights.[3]
Since August 2012, RWE has played in the new
Supporters
Rivalries
In the past, the local derbies versus
Friendships
The RWE followers have a strong fan friendship with SV Werder Bremen, while another with Borussia Dortmund ended.
Attendance
Although mostly playing in lower divisions, the club enjoys strong fan support, with an average attendance of better than 7,000 per game in the Regional Liga West and over 16,000 since returning to the 3Liga according to statistics compiled by Transfermarkt.
Season | Average crowd | Division |
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2019–20 | 10.742 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2018–19 | 7.275 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2017–18 | 6.951 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2016–17 | 7.863 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2015–16 | 7.349 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2014–15 | 8.208 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2013–14 | 7.684[8] | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2012–13 | 8.008 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2011–12 | 6.815 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2010–11 | 7.008 | NRW-Liga (V) |
2009–10 | 5.956 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2008–09 | 7.077 | Regionalliga West (IV) |
2007–08 | 10.021 | Regionalliga Nord (III) |
2006–07 | 13.436 | 2. Bundesliga (II) |
2005–06 | 12.290 | Regionalliga Nord (III) |
2004–05 | 14.176 | 2. Bundesliga (II) |
Honours
The club's honours:
League
- German championship
- Champions: 1955
- German amateur championship
- Champions: 1992
- Oberliga West
- Regionalliga West(II)
- Champions: 1973
- Regionalliga Nord (III)
- Champions: 2004, 2006
- Oberliga Nordrhein (IV)
- Champions: 1985, 1986, 1993, 1999
- Regionalliga West (IV)
- Champions: 2022
- NRW-Liga (V)
- Champions: 2011
Cup
- DFB-Pokal
- Winners: 1952–53[citation needed]
- Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers 3–5)
- Winners: (10) 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023[citation needed]
Current squad
- As of 9 November 2023[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Former coaches
- Elek Schwartz (1955–1957)
- Fritz Pliska (1965–1967)
- Erich Ribbeck (1967–1968)
- Herbert Burdenski (1969–1971)
- Janos Bedl(1971–1972)
- Horst Witzler (1973)
- Ivica Horvath(1975–1976)
- Diethelm Ferner (1978–1979)
- Rolf Schafstall (1979–1981)
- Rolf Bock (1982–1983)
- Janos Bedl(1983–1984)
- Siegfried Melzig (1984)
- Horst Hrubesch (1986–1987)
- Peter Neururer (1987)
- Horst Franz (1987–1988)
- Siegfried Melzig (1988)
- Hans-Werner Moors (1989–1991)
- Jürgen Röber (1991–1993)
- Wolfgang Frank (1994–1995)
- Rudi Gores (1995–1997)
- Klaus Berge (1998–1999)
- Fritz Fuchs (1999)
- Klaus Berge (1999–2001)
- Harry Pleß (2001–2003)
- Holger Fach (2003)
- Jürgen Gelsdorf (2003–2005)
- Uwe Neuhaus (2005–2006)
- Lorenz-Günther Köstner (2006–2007)
- Heiko Bonan (2007–2008)
- Michael Kulm (2008–2009)
- Ralf Aussem (2009)
- Ernst Middendorp (2009)
- Ralf Aussem (2009–2010)
- Uwe Erkenbrecher (2009–2010)
- Waldemar Wrobel (2010–2014)
- Marc Fascher (2014–2015)
- Jürgen Lucas (2015)
- Markus Reiter (2015)
- Jan Siewert (2015–2016)
- Sven Demandt (2016–2017)
- Argirios Giannikis(2017–2018)
References
- ^ "RW Essen ernennt Pelé zum Ehrenmitglied" (in German). fussball.com. 28 October 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Pelé Ehrenmitglied bei RWE" (in German). Morgenpost.de. 29 October 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Vereinsgeschichte" (in German). Rot-weiss-essen.de. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Vor dem Essen-Derby: Die goldenen Jahre von RWE und ETB: Barfuß und Lackschuh". 11freunde.de. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Schmahld, Ralf. "ETB gegen RWE: Schwarz Weiss Essen gewinnt Derby und Pokalfinale". turus.net. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Schwarz-Weiss Essen". abseits-soccer.com. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Weiguny, Bettina (14 January 2013). "Armut und Reichtum: Essen: Die gespaltene Stadt". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Regionalliga West 2013/2014 » Zuschauer » Heimspiele" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Team" (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
External links
- Official website (in German)