2023–24 Rot-Weiss Essen season

Rot-Weiss Essen
2023–24 season
Chairman	Marcus Uhlig
Manager	Christoph Dabrowski
Stadium	Stadion an der Hafenstraße
3. Liga	8th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marvin Obuz (4); All: ; Leonardo Vonić; Marvin Obuz; Torben Müsel; (5 each)
	← 2022–23

The 2023–24 season is Rot-Weiss Essen's 117th season in existence and second consecutive in the 3. Liga. They will also compete in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 September 2023^[1]

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	GER	Jakob Golz
2	DF	GER	Sascha Voelcke
3	DF	GER	Aaron Manu
4	DF	GER	Felix Bastians (captain)
6	MF	GER	Björn Rother
7	MF	GER	Andreas Wiegel
8	MF	GER	Cedric Harenbrock
9	FW	GER	Ron Berlinski
10	MF	GER	Thomas Eisfeld
11	FW	GER	Marvin Obuz (on loan from 1. FC Köln)
14	FW	GER	Lucas Brumme
16	DF	GER	Mustafa Kourouma
17	DF	GER	Ekin Çelebi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GER	Nils Kaiser
19	DF	GER	Eric Voufack
20	FW	CRO	Leonardo Vonić
21	DF	GER	Sandro Plechaty
23	DF	GER	José-Enrique Ríos Alonso
24	MF	GER	Felix Götze
26	FW	GER	Torben Müsel
27	MF	GER	Vinko Šapina
29	FW	GUI	Moussa Doumbouya
30	FW	USA	Isaiah Young
31	GK	GER	Ole Springer
35	GK	GER	Felix Wienand
37	DF	GER	Fabian Rüth

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SUI	Ben Heuser (at FC Cosmos Koblenz until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Felix Götze	FC Augsburg	€100k	1 July 2023	^[2]
MF	Vinko Šapina	SC Verl	€40k	1 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Moussa Doumbouya	FC Ingolstadt	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Ekin Çelebi	Hannover 96	Free	1 July 2023	^[5]
FW	Marvin Obuz	1. FC Köln	Loan	7 July 2023	^[6]
FW	Leonardo Vonić	1. FC Nürnberg II	€100k	25 July 2023	^[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Simon Engelmann	SV Rödinghausen	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Niklas Tarnat	1860 Munich	Free	21 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2023 Friendly	VfB Bottrop	0–8	Rot-Weiss Essen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

8 July 2023 Friendly	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2–5	Rot-Weiss Essen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

15 July 2023 Friendly	FC Gütersloh	1–3	Rot-Weiss Essen
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

22 July 2023 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–0	Rot-Weiss Essen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)

26 July 2023 Friendly	Adler Union Frintrop	0–6	Rot-Weiss Essen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	4 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1		34	16	7	11	53	47	+6	047.06
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					35	16	7	12	56	51	+5	045.71

Last updated: 24 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

3. Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	15	15	8	60	43	+17	60
6	Erzgebirge Aue	38	16	12	10	51	47	+4	60
7	Rot-Weiss Essen	38	17	8	13	60	53	+7	59
8	SV Sandhausen	38	15	11	12	58	57	+1	56
9	SpVgg Unterhaching	38	16	7	15	50	49	+1	55

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[8]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	7	11	53	47	+6	55	11	2	4	32	23	+9	5	5	7	21	24	−3

Last updated: 24 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position	16	14	16	11	8	7	12	8	13	15	11	6	5	3	3	4	6

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 July 2023.^[9]

4 August 2023 1	Hallescher FC	2–1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Halle
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Baumann 2' Hug 24' Halangk 32' Baumgart 39' Lofolomo 85' Wolf 90'	Report	Young 69' Wiegel 86'	Stadium: Leuna Chemie Stadion Attendance: 12,429 Referee: Patrick Kessel

20 August 2023 2	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Essen
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Müsel 30', 68' Doumbouya 51'	Report	Seitz 17', 61'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 15,117 Referee: Patrick Schwengers

23 August 2023 3	Viktoria Köln	0–0	Rot-Weiss Essen	Köln
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Philipp 45+2'	Report	Berlinski 42' Young 56'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis

27 August 2023 4	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–0	Preußen Münster	Essen
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šapina 30' Götze 90+1' Eisfeld 90+3' Vonić 90+7'	Report	Kyerewaa 76' Koulis 90+9'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 18,677 Referee: Lukas Benen

2 September 2023 5	SC Freiburg II	0–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Freiburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Makengo 8'	Report	Harenbrock 51' Obuz 90+4'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 2,027 Referee: Nicolas Winter

16 September 2023 6	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–0	Jahn Regensburg	Essen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Schönfelder 17' Gebhardt 44' Geipl 74'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Martin Speckner

24 September 2023 7	SSV Ulm	2–1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Ulm
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chessa 19', 80' Ahrend 27' Reichert 53'	Report	Šapina 18', 86' Götze 57' Harenbrock 63' Berlinski 82'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 8,692 Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann

1 October 2023 8	Rot-Weiss Essen	3–1	Dynamo Dresden	Essen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Götze 25' Bastians 26', 80' Šapina 40' Voufack 85' Müsel 86' Doumbouya 89'	Report	Vlachodimos 90+7'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 18,657 Referee: Tobias Reichel

4 October 2023 9	SpVgg Unterhaching	4–0	Rot-Weiss Essen	Unterhaching
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fetsch 28', 45+1', 57', 89' Ortel 52' Maier 83'	Report	Wiegel 88'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Felix Prigan

7 October 2023 10	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–5	SC Verl	Essen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rother 85'	Report	Stöcker 13' Lokotsch 39' Batista 60' (pen.), 62', 74' Otto 80' Ochojski 82'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 14,907 Referee: Eric Weisbach

13 October 2023 11	Borussia Dortmund II	1–2	Rot-Wiess Essen	Dortmund
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Michel 57' Hettwer 70'	Report	Kourouma 30' Dabrowski 56' Müsel 58', 76' Plechaty 90+1'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 17,093 Referee: Riem Hussein

22 October 2023 12	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–1	1. FC Saarbrücken	Essen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Young 7' Vonić 18', 83' Voufack 50' Götze 81' Dabrowski 83' Voelcke 87' Berlinski 89'	Report	Thoelke 29' Naifi 40' Boeder 64' Gaus 67'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 17,217 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

28 October 2023 13	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Duisburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stierlin 45+1' Esswein 59' Jander 70' Šapina 89' (o.g.) Müller 90+2' Bitter 90+4' Müller 90+7'	Report	Alonso 44' Obuz 63' Kourouma 90+3'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 25,845 Referee: Florian Lechner

4 November 2023 14	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Essen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Obuz 22' Götze 85' Berlinski 90+1'	Report	Oppie 86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Felix Bickel

12 November 2023 15	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–0	Waldhof Mannheim	Essen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brumme 47' Harenbrock 68' Obuz 74' Alonso 83'	Report	Bahn 45+5' Rieckmann 58' Arase 87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Referee: Robert Kampka

25 November 2023 16	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Ingolstadt
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mause 17' Kopacz 21', 89' Fröde 57' Funk 68' Malone 75' Keidel 87' Kügel 90+4'	Report	Harenbrock 30' Götze 48' 74'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 10,610 Referee: Felix Prigan

2 December 2023 17	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–2	SV Sandhausen	Essen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berlinski 74'	Report	El-Zein 13', 38', 65' Stolze 22' Burcu 25' Otto 81' Weik 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Attendance: 15,307 Referee: Patrick Kessel

19–21 April 2024 34	Waldhof Mannheim	v	Rot-Weiss Essen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

26–28 April 2024 35	Rot-Weiss Essen	v	FC Ingolstadt	Essen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße

3–5 May 2024 36	SV Sandhausen	v	Rot-Weiss Essen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

10–12 May 2024 37	Rot-Weiss Essen	v	1860 Munich	Essen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße

18 May 2024 38	VfB Lübeck	v	Rot-Weiss Essen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2023 Second round	Rot-Weiss Essen	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Essen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Müsel 42' Doumbouya 56' Brumme 83'	Report	Jatta 37', 54' Krahn 40' Glatzel 66' Van Der Brempt 72' Ramos 98' Ambrosius 106' Bénes 117' Königsdörffer 120+2'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Referee: Felix Zwayer

References

^ "Team" (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
^ "Felix Götze wechselt per Option fest an die Hafenstraße - Rot-Weiss Essen". May 24, 2023.
^ "Rot-Weiss Essen verpflichtet Vinko Šapina - Rot-Weiss Essen". May 29, 2023.
^ "Moussa Doumbouya wechselt an die Hafenstraße - Rot-Weiss Essen". June 17, 2023.
^ "Ekin Celebi wechselt zu RWE - Rot-Weiss Essen". June 28, 2023.
^ "RWE leiht Marvin Obuz aus - Rot-Weiss Essen". July 7, 2023.
^ "Leonardo Vonic wird Rot-Weisser - Rot-Weiss Essen". July 25, 2023.
^ "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "Drittliga-Spielplan: Arminia zum Start in Dresden - Münster gegen den BVB". kicker.

External links

Official website

[1] "Team" (in German). Rot-Weiss Essen. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

[2] "Felix Götze wechselt per Option fest an die Hafenstraße - Rot-Weiss Essen". May 24, 2023.

[3] "Rot-Weiss Essen verpflichtet Vinko Šapina - Rot-Weiss Essen". May 29, 2023.

[4] "Moussa Doumbouya wechselt an die Hafenstraße - Rot-Weiss Essen". June 17, 2023.

[5] "Ekin Celebi wechselt zu RWE - Rot-Weiss Essen". June 28, 2023.

[6] "RWE leiht Marvin Obuz aus - Rot-Weiss Essen". July 7, 2023.

[7] "Leonardo Vonic wird Rot-Weisser - Rot-Weiss Essen". July 25, 2023.

[8] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). dfb.de (in German). German Football Association (DFB). p. 71. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[9] "Drittliga-Spielplan: Arminia zum Start in Dresden - Münster gegen den BVB". kicker.

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