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| Full name | FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz e.V. | |||
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| 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/ | |||
FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz, known asTuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz until 2021, is aGerman association football club from the city ofKoblenz,Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier fourRegionalliga Südwest in 2018–19.
The club should not be confused with the better-knownTuS Koblenz which has, from 2006 to 2010, played in the2. Bundesliga and is also based in Koblenz.
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 theFrench occupation authorities to carry the titleTurnen (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 theRhineland Football Association, theRheinlandliga. 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 fiveOberliga 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 theCOVID-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 the2020–21 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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[2][3]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
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| 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 |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
