FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz

FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz, known as TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz until 2021, is a German association football club from the city of Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga Südwest in 2018–19.

FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz
Full nameFC Rot-Weiß Koblenz e.V.
Founded14 June 1947
GroundStadion Oberwerth
Capacity9,500
ChairmanPit Arndt
Head coachHeiner Backhaus
LeagueRegionalliga Südwest
2020–2110th

The club should not be confused with the better-known TuS Koblenz which has, from 2006 to 2010, played in the 2. Bundesliga and is also based in Koblenz.

History

The club was founded on 14 June 1947 in a merger of local clubs KTSC 1860, T.G. and VfL 06/07. Initially it was named Sportfreunde Rot-Weiß Koblenz, being prohibited by the French occupation authorities to carry the title Turnen (English: Gymnastics) in its name or have a gymnastics department. In 1951, after this ban had been lifted, the club adopted the name, TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz.[1]

Throughout its history the club has been playing in local amateur leagues until a league championship in the tier seven Bezirksliga Mitte in 2010–11 took it up to the highest league of the Rhineland Football Association, the Rheinlandliga. After finishing in the top four in its first three seasons Koblenz came only tenth in 2014–15 but won the league the following season, 2015–16.[2][3]

Through this title the club earned promotion to the tier five Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, where it played from 2016 to 2017.[4] In 2019 Rot-Weiß won promotion to the fourth tier Regionalliga Südwest. By the time the season was abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, they had only earned 5 points in 22 games without a single win, finishing in last place. Because it was decided that there would be no relegation that season, they will play in the same league again in the 2020–21 season.

On 1 July 2021, the football department was split off from the rest of the sports club and was renamed to FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz.[5]

Current squad
As of 23 September 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Carl Leonhard
3 DF Germany GER Alem Koljic
4 DF Germany GER Maurice Buckesfeld
5 DF Montenegro MNE Miroslav Kovačević
6 MF Greece GRE Iosif Maroudis
7 FW Germany GER Danny Breitfelder
8 DF Germany GER Christopher Spang
9 FW Germany GER Osman Atilgan
10 MF France FRA Quentin Fouley
11 FW Germany GER Ali Ceylan
13 MF Germany GER Johannes Bender
15 DF Germany GER Tim Brdaric
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Guinea GUI Marius Samoura
18 MF Dominican Republic DOM Alexis Weidenbach
19 FW Germany GER Felix Käfferbitz
20 FW Germany GER Nils Fischer
21 MF Germany GER Jakob Lemmer (on loan from Kickers Offenbach)
22 DF United States USA Dominic Duncan
23 DF Egypt EGY Rhami Ghandour
24 GK The Gambia GAM Baboucarr Gaye
25 FW Ivory Coast CIV Dylan Esmel
26 MF Germany GER Marko Stojanovic
27 MF Germany GER Shamsu Mansaray
29 DF Germany GER Arthur Ekallé

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]

Season Division Tier Position
2003–04 Bezirksliga Mitte VI 12th
2004–05 Bezirksliga Mitte 10th
2005–06 Bezirksliga Mitte 6th
2006–07 Bezirksliga Mitte 8th
2007–08 Bezirksliga Mitte 7th
2008–09 Bezirksliga Mitte VII 5th
2009–10 Bezirksliga Mitte 5th
2010–11 Bezirksliga Mitte 1st ↑
2011–12 Rheinlandliga VI 3rd
2012–13 Rheinlandliga 4th
2013–14 Rheinlandliga 3rd
2014–15 Rheinlandliga 10th
2015–16 Rheinlandliga 1st ↑
2016–17 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar V 5th
2017–18 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 7th
2018–19 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar 1st ↑
2019–20 Regionalliga Südwest IV 18th
2020–21 Regionalliga Südwest 10th
2021–22 Regionalliga Südwest
  • With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
Key
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

References
  1. "History". rw-koblenz.de (in German). TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. "Historic German football league tables". f-archiv.de (in German). Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "TuS RW Koblenz". fussball.de (in German). German Football Association results website. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. "FV Engers kann Rot-Weiß-Aufstieg in die Oberliga nicht aufhalten" [FV Engers can't stop Rot-Weiß promotion to the Oberliga]. rhein-zeitung.de (in German). Rhein-Zeitung. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. "Rot-Weiß-Fußballer spielen jetzt unter "FC-Flagge"" [Rot-Weiß footballers now play under "FC flag"]. vorstadt-kult.de (in German). FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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