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| Full name | Sport-Club Rot-Weiß Oberhausen e.V. | |||
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| Nickname | Die Kleeblätter (The Clovers) | |||
| Founded | 1904 | |||
| Ground | Niederrheinstadion | |||
| Capacity | 17,165 | |||
| Chairman | Marcus Uhlig | |||
| Manager | Sebastian Gunkel | |||
| League | Regionalliga West (IV) | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West, 4th of 18 | |||
| Website | http://www.rwo-online.de | |||
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is aGerman association football club inOberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed asOberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger ofEmschertaler SV (1902) and the football enthusiasts ofOberhausener TV 1873. The new side entered into a union withViktoria Styrum BV to createSpVgg 1904 Oberhausen-Styrum, but within six months a number of the club's members left to form1. FC Mülheim-Styrum. The remaining club members carried on and in 1934 took on their current name.
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The team was unremarked through its early history, simply playing local ball. After the re-organization of German football in the early 1930s under theThird ReichRot Weiss played in theGauliga Niederrhein but could never match the strength of division rivalFortuna Düsseldorf. DuringWorld War II the club played alongsideASV Elmar as part of the combined wartime side KSG Elmar/Viktoria Oberhausen.
The club worked its way into the upper leagueOberliga West after the war and with the formation of theBundesliga, Germany's new professional circuit, found themselves in the second divisionRegionalliga West. A first-place finish there in 1969 led to promotion to the Bundesliga for the workmanlike side. The club's turn in the top flight was tainted when they were implicated in the Bundesliga bribery scandal of 1971. While it was clear they were involved, the club and its players escaped sanction. After three years in the upper league without doing any better than a 14th-place finish, the club returned to its existence as a tier II and III side.
Financial problems in 1988 were the prelude to a slide into theVerbandsliga Niederrhein (IV) two years later. After nearly a decade spent bouncing up and down between the third and fourth divisionsDie Kleeblätter returned to the2. Bundesliga in 1998, winning theRegionalliga West/Südwest. They remained a lower table side for the most part, but did manage to put forward their best ever performances with sixth and fifth-place finishes in 2000 and 2004.Oberhausen was relegated again to theRegionalliga Nord (III) for 2005. Relegation to theOberliga (IV) followed a year later. They returned to2. Bundesliga after two successively promotions; which were first in theOberliga Nordrhein in 2006–07 and second ofRegionalliga Nord in 2007–08 season. The club dropped out of the 2. Bundesliga in 2011, was relegated again the following year from the3. Liga and now plays in the tier fourRegionalliga West.
The club's honours:
The club's recent seasons:
| Year | Division | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-64 | Regionalliga West (II) | 7th |
| 1964-65 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 1965/66 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 1966/67 | Regionalliga West | 6th |
| 1967/68 | Regionalliga West | 3rd |
| 1968/69 | Regionalliga West | 1st ↑ |
| 1969–70 | 1. Bundesliga (I) | 14th[1] |
| 1970–71 | 1. Bundesliga | 16th[2] |
| 1971–72 | 1. Bundesliga | 15th[3] |
| 1972–73 | 1. Bundesliga | 18th ↓[4] |
| 1973-74 | Regionalliga West (II) | 2nd |
| 1974-75 | 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) | 18th ↓ |
| 1975-76 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein (III) | 5th |
| 1976-77 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | 8th |
| 1977-78 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | 2nd |
| 1978-79 | Oberliga Nordrhein (III) | 1st ↑ |
| 1979-80 | 2. Bundesliga Nord (II) | 15th |
| 1980-81 | 2. Bundesliga Nord | 14th |
| 1981-82 | Oberliga Nordrhein (III) | 4th |
| 1982-83 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 1st ↑ |
| 1983-84 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 16th |
| 1984-85 | 2. Bundesliga | 12th |
| 1985-86 | 2. Bundesliga | 11th |
| 1986-87 | 2. Bundesliga | 16th |
| 1987-88 | 2. Bundesliga | 16th ↓ |
| 1988-89 | Oberliga Nordrhein (III) | 19th ↓ |
| 1989-90 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein (IV) | 14th |
| 1990-91 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | 5th |
| 1991-92 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | 3rd |
| 1992-93 | Verbandsliga Niederrhein | 1st ↑ |
| 1993-94 | Oberliga Nordrhein (III) | 7th ↓ |
| 1994-95 | Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) | 1st ↑ |
| 1995-96 | Regionalliga West/Südwest (III) | 8th |
| 1996-97 | Regionalliga West/Südwest | 2nd |
| 1997-98 | Regionalliga West/Südwest | 1st ↑ |
| 1998-99 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 12th |
| 1999–2000 | 2. Bundesliga | 6th |
| 2000–01 | 2. Bundesliga | 12th |
| 2001–02 | 2. Bundesliga | 12th |
| 2002–03 | 2. Bundesliga | 14th |
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 5th |
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 16th ↓ |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Nord (III) | 17th ↓ |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) | 1st ↑ |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord (III) | 2nd ↑ |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga (II) | 9th |
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 14th |
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 17th ↓ |
| 2011–12 | 3. Liga (III) | 19th ↓ |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga West (IV) | 8th |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga West | 3rd |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga West | 5th |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga West | 9th |
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga West | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga West | 7th |
| 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 4th |
| 2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 7th |
| 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 7th |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
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Rot-Weiß Oberhausen has seen three of its players capped for Germany.
The club's 1970–71 Bundesliga season was distinguished by the performance ofLothar Kobluhn, who won the league scoring title with 24 goals – 12 of those coming in the last 8 games of the season to save Rot-Weiß from relegation by just one goal. The team was embroiled in the Bundesliga scandal of 1971 and as a result Kobluhn was not awarded the Torjägerkanone trophy as top-scorer until October 2007, 36 years after his achievement.
In 1999, Oberhausen played aDFB-Pokal semifinal in Gelsenkirchen againstBayern Munich in front of 45,000 spectators, losing 1–3. On their way to their semifinal appearance they beatBorussia Mönchengladbach andHamburger SV.
In July 2010, midfielderHeinrich Schmidtgal was selected for the national team ofKazakhstan[6] and played his first international match in Kazakhstan'sEuro 2012 qualification against Turkey on 3 September 2010.
Slobodan Cendic (1985–1986)
Janos Bedl (1986–1987)
Hans-Werner Moors (1987–1988)Gerd vom Bruch (1997–1998)
Aleksandar Ristić (1998–2000)Gerhard Kleppinger (2000–2001)
Dragoslav Stepanović (2001)Aleksandar Ristic (2001–2003)Klaus Hilpert (2003)
Jørn Andersen (2003–2004)Jürgen Luginger (2004, caretaker)Eugen Hach (2004–2005)Harry Pleß (2005–2006) Günter Abel (2006)Hans-Günter Bruns (2006–2008) Jürgen Luginger (2008–2010)Hans-Günter Bruns (2010–2011)Theo Schneider (2011)Mario Basler (2011–2012)Peter Kunkel (2012–2014)Andreas Zimmermann (2014–2016)Mike Terranova (2016–2020)
Dimitrios Pappas (2020)Mike Terranova (2020–2023)Jörn Nowak (2023–2024)Mike Terranova (2024)Sebastian Gunkel (2024-)Rot-Weiß Oberhausen has also had an athletics section. Among its most prominent former members areWilli Wülbeck[7] andFritz Roderfeld.[8] The team also became national champions in4 x 400 metres relay in 1948[9] and 3 x 1000 metres relay in 1951.[10]
