Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
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Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club
in Oberhausen
, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV (1902) and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873. The new side entered into a union with Viktoria Styrum BV to create SpVgg 1904 Oberhausen-Styrum, but within six months a number of the club's members left to form 1. FC Mülheim-Styrum. The remaining club members carried on and in 1934 took on their current name.
but could never match the strength of division rival Fortuna Düsseldorf
. During World War II
the club played alongside ASV Elmar as part of the combined wartime side KSG Elmar/Viktoria Oberhausen.
The club worked its way into the upper league Oberliga West after the war and with the formation of the Bundesliga
, Germany's new professional circuit, found themselves in the second division Regionalliga 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 the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (IV) two years later. After nearly a decade spent bouncing up and down between the third and fourth divisions Die Kleeblätter returned to the 2. Bundesliga
in 1998, winning the Regionalliga 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 the Regionalliga Nord
(III) for 2005. Relegation to the Oberliga
(IV) followed a year later. They returned to 2. Bundesliga
after two successively promotions; which were 1st of Nordrhein Group at Oberliga in 2006–07 and 2nd of North Group at Regionalliga in 2007–08 season.
The club's 1970–71 Bundesliga season was distinguished by the performance of Lothar 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 a DFB-Pokal
semifinal in Gelsenkirchen against Bayern Munich
in front of 45,000 spectators, losing 1–3. On their way to their semifinal appearance they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach
and Hamburger SV
.
In July 2010, midfielder Heinrich Schmidtgal
was selected for the national team of Kazachstan and played his first international match in Kazachstan's Euro 2012 qualification against Turkey on 3 September 2010.
(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–)
and Fritz Roderfeld. The team also became national champions in 4 x 400 metres relay
in 1948 and 3 x 1000 metres relay in 1951.
Football in Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first...
in Oberhausen
Oberhausen
Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...
, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV (1902) and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873. The new side entered into a union with Viktoria Styrum BV to create SpVgg 1904 Oberhausen-Styrum, but within six months a number of the club's members left to form 1. FC Mülheim-Styrum. The remaining club members carried on and in 1934 took on their current name.
History
The team was unremarked through its early history, simply playing local ball. After the re-organization of German football in the early 1930s under the Third Reich Rot Weiss played in the Gauliga NiederrheinGauliga Niederrhein
The Gauliga Niederrhein was the highest football league in the northern part of the Prussian Rhine Province from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the Gaue Essen and Düsseldorf replaced the Prussian province in...
but could never match the strength of division rival Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the club played alongside ASV Elmar as part of the combined wartime side KSG Elmar/Viktoria Oberhausen.
The club worked its way into the upper league Oberliga West after the war and with the formation of the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
, Germany's new professional circuit, found themselves in the second division Regionalliga 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 the Verbandsliga Niederrhein (IV) two years later. After nearly a decade spent bouncing up and down between the third and fourth divisions Die Kleeblätter returned to the 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
in 1998, winning the Regionalliga West/Südwest
Regionalliga West/Südwest
The Regionalliga West/Südwest was the third tier of the German football league system in the states of Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen from 1994 to 2000.- Overview :...
. 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 the Regionalliga Nord
Regionalliga Nord
The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany...
(III) for 2005. Relegation to the Oberliga
Oberliga (football)
The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier...
(IV) followed a year later. They returned to 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
after two successively promotions; which were 1st of Nordrhein Group at Oberliga in 2006–07 and 2nd of North Group at Regionalliga in 2007–08 season.
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 1999–2000 | 2. Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... (II) |
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 (relegated) |
| 2005–06 | Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany... (III) |
17th (relegated) |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Nordrhein Oberliga Nordrhein The Oberliga Nordrhein was the highest Football League in the region of Nordrhein which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 2008. In its last season, it was one of nine Oberligas in German Football, the 4th tier of the German football league system... (IV) |
1st (promoted) |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the northern and eastern part of Germany. It covers ten of the sixteen states of Germany... (III) |
2nd (promoted) |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... (II) |
9th |
| 2009–10 | 2. Bundesliga | 14th |
| 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 17th (relegated) |
| 2011–12 | 3. Fußball-Liga 3rd Liga The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2... (III) |
Current squad
U-23
Famous players and successes
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen has seen three of its players capped for Germany.The club's 1970–71 Bundesliga season was distinguished by the performance of Lothar Kobluhn
Lothar Kobluhn
Lothar Kobluhn is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Kobluhn, who was playing for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen at the time, was the Bundesliga's top scorer in the 1970–71 season, scoring 24 goals....
, 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 a DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
semifinal in Gelsenkirchen against Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
in front of 45,000 spectators, losing 1–3. On their way to their semifinal appearance they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
and Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
.
In July 2010, midfielder Heinrich Schmidtgal
Heinrich Schmidtgal
Heinrich Schmidtgal is a Kazakh footballer of German descent who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the German 2nd Bundesliga.-Club career:...
was selected for the national team of Kazachstan and played his first international match in Kazachstan's Euro 2012 qualification against Turkey on 3 September 2010.
Manager History
Slobodan CendicSlobodan Cendic
Slobodan Cendric is a former Yugoslavian/Serbian football manager.He was among others the manager of FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Alemannia Aachen, and Hannover 96.-External links:**...
(1985–1986) Janos Bedl
Janos Bedl
Janos Bedl was a Hungarian football manager.In 1967, he managed the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1968, the NSPL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. Bedl then coached the Kansas City Spurs in 1968 and 1969. He...
(1986–1987) Hans-Werner Moors (1987–1988) Gerd vom Bruch
Gerd vom Bruch
Gerd vom Bruch is a retired German football player and coach. He is currently a player agent.-External links:...
(1997–1998) Aleksandar Ristić
Aleksandar Ristic
Aleksandar Ristić is a Bosnian football manager and a former player.During his playing career he played for the Yugoslav clubs FK Velež Mostar, HNK Hajduk Split, FK Sarajevo and German Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig...
(1998–2000) Gerhard Kleppinger
Gerhard Kleppinger
Gerhard Kleppinger is a German former footballer, he works currently as Assistant Coach from FSV Frankfurt.-References:*...
(2000–2001) Dragoslav Stepanović
Dragoslav Stepanovic
Dragoslav Stepanović is a retired Serbian footballer and current coach.- Career :He made his name with OFK Beograd where he was a defensive right back fixture for 11 years between 1962 and 1973, before moving on to Red Star Belgrade for 3 seasons until 1976...
(2001) Aleksandar Ristic (2001–2003) Klaus Hilpert (2003) Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen is a Norwegian former professional footballer, currently in charge of German 2nd division club Karlsruher SC.-Norway:...
(2003–2004) Jürgen Luginger
Jürgen Luginger
Jürgen Luginger is a retired German football player and a football manager, who currently works as Head coach by 1. FC Saarbrücken .-External links:...
(2004, caretaker) Eugen Hach (2004–2005) Harry Pleß (2005–2006) Günter Abel (2006) Hans-Günter Bruns
Hans-Günter Bruns
Hans-Günter Bruns is a retired German footballer.-International career:He earned four caps for the West Germany national football team in 1984, and was included in the West German team for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, but did not play.-Coaching career:Bruns is the athletic...
(2006–2008) Jürgen Luginger (2008–2010) Hans-Günter Bruns
Hans-Günter Bruns
Hans-Günter Bruns is a retired German footballer.-International career:He earned four caps for the West Germany national football team in 1984, and was included in the West German team for the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship, but did not play.-Coaching career:Bruns is the athletic...
(2010–2011) Theo Schneider
Theo Schneider
Theo Schneider is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2011, he manages Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.-External links:...
(2011) Mario Basler
Mario Basler
Mario Basler is a German former football winger and current manager.- Career :...
(2011–)
Athletics
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen has also had an athletics section. Among its most prominent former members are Willi WülbeckWilli Wülbeck
Willi Wülbeck is a retired German 800 metres runner.At the 1976 Montreal Olympics Wülbeck came fourth. He missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to the West German boycott and could not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics because of an injury...
and Fritz Roderfeld. The team also became national champions in 4 x 400 metres relay
4 x 400 metres relay
The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...
in 1948 and 3 x 1000 metres relay in 1951.