Fixtures

Germany 3.Liga 04/07 14:30 32 Rot-Weiss Essen vs MSV Duisburg - View
Germany 3.Liga 04/14 14:30 33 Arminia Bielefeld vs Rot-Weiss Essen - View
Germany 3.Liga 04/21 11:30 34 Waldhof Mannheim vs Rot-Weiss Essen - View
Germany 3.Liga 04/24 17:00 31 Saarbrucken vs Rot-Weiss Essen - View
Germany 3.Liga 04/27 12:00 35 Rot-Weiss Essen vs FC Ingolstadt - View
Germany 3.Liga 05/04 12:00 36 Sandhausen vs Rot-Weiss Essen - View

Results

Europe Friendlies 03/23 13:00 - Rot-Weiss Essen v FC Veres Rivne W 3-1
Germany 3.Liga 03/17 12:30 30 [9] Rot-Weiss Essen v Borussia Dortmund II [6] W 4-0
Germany 3.Liga 03/10 15:30 29 [14] Verl v Rot-Weiss Essen [9] D 1-1
Germany Landespokal 03/06 19:00 - KFC Uerdingen 05 v Rot-Weiss Essen W 1-3
Germany 3.Liga 03/02 15:30 28 [7] Rot-Weiss Essen v Unterhaching [11] L 1-3
Germany 3.Liga 02/24 13:00 27 [2] Dynamo Dresden v Rot-Weiss Essen [7] D 2-2
Germany 3.Liga 02/17 13:00 26 [4] Rot-Weiss Essen v SSV Ulm 1846 [3] L 0-2
Germany 3.Liga 02/10 13:00 25 [1] Jahn Regensburg v Rot-Weiss Essen [6] W 1-3
Germany 3.Liga 02/06 18:00 18 [14] 1860 Munich v Rot-Weiss Essen [5] L 2-0
Germany 3.Liga 02/03 13:00 24 [8] Rot-Weiss Essen v SC Freiburg II [20] W 4-3
Germany 3.Liga 01/28 12:30 23 [12] SC Preussen Munster v Rot-Weiss Essen [7] L 2-1
Germany 3.Liga 01/23 18:00 22 [5] Rot-Weiss Essen v FC Viktoria Köln [13] W 3-1

Stats

 TotalHomeAway
Matches played 51 26 25
Wins 25 14 11
Draws 10 7 3
Losses 16 5 11
Goals for 97 51 46
Goals against 73 40 33
Clean sheets 14 8 6
Failed to score 11 5 6

Wikipedia - Rot-Weiss Essen

Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.

The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latter success qualified them to the first season of the European Cup.

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.[] In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund Bergeborbeck that allowed the two clubs to field a football side.[] 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 Gauliga Niederrhein, one of sixteen premier divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich, and came within a point of taking the division title in 1941. In 1943, they played with BV Altenessen as the combined wartime side KSG SC Rot-Weiß Essen/BV 06 Altenessen.[] The next season this club was in turn joined by BVB Essen, but played only a single match in a stillborn season as World War II overtook the country.

Rise and golden years

Historical chart of Rot-Weiss Essen league performance

The club returned to first division football in the Oberliga West in 1948, where a series of strong seasons saw them win divisional championships in 1952 and 1955, as well as finishing runners-up in 1949 and 1954 and third in 1950 and 1953. The pinnacle of the club's success came with a 2–1 win over Alemannia Aachen in the 1953 DFB-Pokal final, followed by a national championship in 1955 when it beat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–3. The following season, Rot-Weiss became the first German side to qualify for the European Cup.

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 Oberliga West at the end of the season. The club then played most of the 1960s as a second division side, though it did make a first appearance in the top-flight Bundesliga in 1966–67. It returned to the Bundesliga for two seasons in 1969–70, and again, for four seasons beginning in 1973–74.

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 Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) in 1998–99. During this period, the club was plagued by financial problems that saw it denied a licence in 1984, 1991, and 1994, leading to relegation from the 2. Bundesliga each time as a result. Bright spots during this period included winning the German amateur championship in 1992 and an appearance in the 1994 DFB-Pokal final, which they lost 1–3 to SV Werder Bremen.

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).

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.[] They won the fifth level NRW-Liga in 2010–11 and returned to Regionalliga West for the 2011–12 season.

Rot-Weiss Essen is a professional soccer team based in Essen, Germany. The team was founded in 1907 and has a rich history in German soccer. They play their home matches at the Stadion Essen, which has a capacity of 20,650 spectators.

The team's colors are red and white, which are reflected in their name, Rot-Weiss, meaning "red-white" in German. They have a strong fan base and are known for their passionate supporters who create a lively atmosphere at their home matches.

Rot-Weiss Essen has had success in both national and international competitions. They have won the German Cup twice, in 1953 and 1955, and have also competed in the UEFA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

The current squad is made up of talented players from Germany and other countries, including Poland, Serbia, and the Netherlands. The team is known for their attacking style of play and their ability to score goals.

Overall, Rot-Weiss Essen is a respected and competitive team in German soccer, with a proud history and a bright future ahead.