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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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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.

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]

As of 23 September 2021

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

The club's honours:

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

Key

  1. ^ "History". rw-koblenz.de (in German). TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Historic German football league tables". f-archiv.de (in German). Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "TuS RW Koblenz". fussball.de (in German). German Football Association results website. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. ^ "FV Engers kann Rot-Weiß-Aufstieg in die Oberliga nicht aufhalten" [FV Engers can't stop Rot-Weiß promotion to the Oberliga]. rhein-zeitung.de (in German). Rhein-Zeitung. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Rot-Weiß-Fußballer spielen jetzt unter "FC-Flagge"" [Rot-Weiß footballers now play under "FC flag"]. vorstadt-kult.de (in German). FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.