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 name	FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz e.V.
Founded	14 June 1947
Ground	Stadion Oberwerth
Capacity	9,500
Chairman	Pit Arndt
Head coach	Heiner Backhaus
League	Regionalliga Südwest
2020–21	10th
Website	https://www.fcrotweisskoblenz.de/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Carl Leonhard 3 DF  GER Alem Koljic 4 DF  GER Maurice Buckesfeld 5 DF  MNE Miroslav Kovačević 6 MF  GRE Iosif Maroudis 7 FW  GER Danny Breitfelder 8 DF  GER Christopher Spang 9 FW  GER Osman Atilgan 10 MF  FRA Quentin Fouley 11 FW  GER Ali Ceylan 13 MF  GER Johannes Bender 15 DF  GER Tim Brdaric

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  GUI Marius Samoura 18 MF  DOM Alexis Weidenbach 19 FW  GER Felix Käfferbitz 20 FW  GER Nils Fischer 21 MF  GER Jakob Lemmer (on loan from Kickers Offenbach) 22 DF  USA Dominic Duncan 23 DF  EGY Rhami Ghandour 25 FW  CIV Dylan Esmel 26 MF  GER Marko Stojanovic 27 MF  GER Shamsu Mansaray 29 DF  GER Arthur Ekallé

Honours

The club's honours:

• Rheinlandliga
  • Champions: 2015–16
• Bezirksliga Mitte
  • Champions: 2010–11
• Rhineland Cup
  • Champions: 2018, 2021, 2023

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