**Rot Weiss Ahlen** is a football club which plays in Germany. After the first relegation from the 2. Bundesliga the club was renamed from *LR Ahlen* into *Rot Weiss Ahlen*, because of retirement of the main sponsor *LR International*.

History
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The club has its roorts in different local clubs in the early 1900s. Coalminers often played football then. In 1917, Freie Sportclub Union (FSCU) Ahlen was founded and became one of the region's best known teams. During the time of Nazi rule in Germany the club was dissolved because most of the players came from abroad. A new club, Tus Germania Ahlen, was formed in 1933. This side merged with the strong local club Wacker Ahlen to create the town's largest sports association.

After the Second World War the 8 local clubs formed TuS Ahlen in 1948.Leichtathletik Rasensport Ahlen was formed on 1 June 1996 when TuS Ahlen merged with Blau-Weiß Ahlen to begin play in the Regionalliga West/Südwest in 1996–97. 2009 they were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga and next season from 3rd league due to insolvency. At present they play in the NRW-Liga.

Current squad
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*As of 17 August 2011*

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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| 1 | GK | Germany Germany | Turgay Tapu |
| 24 | GK | Germany Germany | Alexander Hahnemann |
| 2 | DF | Germany Germany | Christopher Nas |
| 3 | DF | Germany Germany | Alexander Thiele |
| 4 | DF | Germany Germany | Patrick Dutschke |
| 5 | DF | Germany Germany | Alexander Thamm Captain |
| 12 | DF | Germany Germany | Fabian Nienhaus |
| 15 | DF | Turkey Turkey | Erskin Kusakci |
| 20 | DF | Germany Germany | Marco Köhler |
| 6 | MF | Germany Germany | Oliver Glöden |
| 7 | MF | Turkey Turkey | Adem Cabuk |
| 8 | MF | Germany Germany | Toni Musto |

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| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 | MF | Germany Germany | Bernhard Venker |
| 13 | MF | Germany Germany | Kevin Schulski |
| 14 | MF | Germany Germany | Nico Hecker |
| 17 | MF | Germany Germany | Sebastian Stroemer |
| 21 | MF | Germany Germany | Lukas Schuster |
| 23 | MF | Germany Germany | Pierre Szymaniak |
| 9 | FW | Germany Germany | Marcel Ramsey |
| 11 | FW | Lebanon Lebanon | Said Chamdin |
| 18 | FW | Spain Spain | Marcos Brandao Bello |
| 19 | FW | Germany Germany | Steven Behrens |
| — | FW | Germany Germany | Christophe Nilius |

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### Staff

**Head Coach:**

* Thomas Berndsen

**Assistant Coach:**

* Björn Lerbs