Rot-Weiss Essen

Full Name: Rot-Weiss Essen
City: Essen
Country: Germany
League: Regionalliga West
Founded: 1907
Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion - Hafenstrasse (25,250)
Colors: Red, White
Previous Names: SV Vogelheim (1907-13), SSV Emscher-Vogelheim (1913-18), SS 1912 (1918-23)
Nicknames: RWE
Rivals: Wuppertaler SV, SW Essen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Schalke

Official Website: rot-weiss-essen.de

Translation: Red-White Essen. Formed as SV Vogelheim on February 1, 1907 by the merger of SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. Three years later they created a joint football team with Turnerbund Bergeborbeck. Three years after that, the football team separated to create an independent club (SSV Emscher-Vogelheim) which returned to the earlier alliance with Turnerbund Bergeborbeck to create Rot-Weiss Essen. In 1943 they joined with BV Altenessen for a season as KSG SC Rot-Weiß Essen/BV 06 Altenessen. Vogelheim is a neighborhood of Essen. Rot-Weiss Essen were the first German club to play in the European Cup. The stadium is named for a former club president. It was the first in Germany to have floodlights.

Trophy Room:
* German Championship (1955)
* DFB Pokal (1953)

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