Rot-Weiss Essen

**Rot-Weiss Essen** is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga West, at the Stadion Essen.

|Season|Average crowd|Division|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2013–14|7.684|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**
    - Champions: 1952, 1955
- **Regionalliga West (II)**
    - Champions: 1973
- **Regionalliga Nord (III)**
    - Champions: 2004, 2006
- **NRW-Liga (V)**
    - Champions: 2011
- **Oberliga Nordrhein (IV)**
    - Champions: 1985, 1986, 1993, 1999

### Cup

- **DFB-Pokal**
    - Winners: 1952–53
- **Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers 3–5)**
    - Winners: (10) 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020

## 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)

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Rot-Weiss Essen
- **fullname**: Rot-Weiss Essen e. V.
- **nickname**: RWE
- **founded**: 1 February 1907
- **ground**: Stadion Essen
- **capacity**: 20,650
- **manager**: Christian Titz
- **league**: Regionalliga West (IV)
- **season**: 2019–20 Regionalliga#Regionalliga West, 2019–20
- **position**: 3rd
- **website**: http://www.rot-weiss-essen.de/splashscreen/
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