Rot-weiss Oberhausen is a historic football club from North Rhine-Westphalia, rooted in the industrial Ruhr region and identified with red and white. Founded in 1904, the club carries a distinctive local character shaped by Stadion Niederrhein, its cloverleaf badge and a long connection with the city. Its story spans Bundesliga football, regional competition and successive generations of players and coaches. The profile captures the club’s present identity alongside the milestones and traditions that continue to define RWO as of August 2026.
Rot-weiss Oberhausen Upcoming matches by league
Regionalliga - West
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- West - 9
Borussia M'gladbach II
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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- West - 10
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
SV Rodinghausen
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- West - 11
Paderborn IINo H2HRot-weiss Oberhausen
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- West - 12
Rot-weiss OberhausenNo H2HFC Bocholt
Rot-weiss Oberhausen Last matches by league
Regionalliga - West
Friendlies Clubs
DFB Pokal
3. Liga
Rot-weiss Oberhausen Team Roster
Rot-weiss Oberhausen’s recorded squad contains 16 players: three attackers, six defenders, one goalkeeper and six midfielders. The attacking group includes B. Nyuydine, T. De Jong and T. M. Kesim, while K. Yalcin, L. Halangk and N. Winter are among the defensive options. N. Glaus is the listed goalkeeper. Midfield names include A. Aourir, A. Mühling, J. Vega Zambrano, L. Schlax, M. Ngyombo and M. Stoppelkamp. The roster snapshot therefore shows a clear distribution across the four recorded positional groups at that date.
position Goalkeeper
Nicolas Roger Glaus
position Defender
S. Ludwig
Tim Böhmer
Pierre Fassnacht
Michel Niemeyer
Lucas Halangk
Nils Winter
Kerem Yalcin
position Midfielder
Arda Süne
Maximilian Meyer
Alexander Mühling
Moritz Stoppelkamp
Luca Vincent Schlax
M. Ngyombo
J. Vega Zambrano
position Attacker
Last Rot-weiss Oberhausen Coachs
Peter-Sebastian Joachim Gunkel is the latest recorded appointment at Rot-weiss Oberhausen, beginning on 1 July 2024, and is marked as the current coach. The earlier timeline lists Jörn Nowak from July 2023 to February 2024 and Mike Sergio Terranova in two spells, from October 2020 to June 2023 and again from February to June 2024. Dimitrios Pappas preceded Terranova from July to October 2020. The sequence shows continuity through several recent coaching changes.
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2024 | |||
| Mike Sergio Terranova | Germany | 1 February 2024 | 1 June 2024 |
| Jörn Nowak | Germany | 1 July 2023 | 1 February 2024 |
| Mike Sergio Terranova | Germany | 1 October 2020 | 1 June 2023 |
| Dimitrios Pappas | Greece | 1 July 2020 | 1 October 2020 |
| Mike Sergio Terranova | Germany | 1 August 2016 | 1 June 2020 |
Rot-weiss Oberhausen Transfers
Through 4 August 2026, the recorded arrivals show several different routes into Rot-weiss Oberhausen. J. Vega Zambrano joined from FC Viktoria Köln in a transfer, while N. Glaus arrived from Grasshoppers as a free agent. K. Yalcin and N. Winter also came in as free agents from SC Paderborn 07 and Alemannia Aachen. T. Krohn and D. Murray were listed as loan arrivals from Hansa Rostock and Freiburg II. Earlier entries include further free-agent additions, including B. Nyuydine, L. Halangk, M. Kourouma, I. Poliakov and C. Schepp. These entries represent a selected movement record rather than a complete intake total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Meyer |
Apoel Nicosia
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Free agent | 30 August 2026 |
| D. Donkor |
1899 Hoffenheim
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Transfer | 27 August 2026 |
| D. Donkor |
Hoffenheim II
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- | 26 August 2026 |
| J. Vega Zambrano |
FC Viktoria Köln
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Transfer | 5 August 2026 |
| J. Vega Zambrano |
FC Viktoria Köln
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Transfer | 4 August 2026 |
| Arda Süne |
Köln II
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Free agent | 23 July 2026 |
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Köln II
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Free agent | 23 July 2026 | |
| N. Glaus |
Grasshoppers
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Free agent | 20 July 2026 |
| N. Glaus |
Grasshoppers
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Free agent | 19 July 2026 |
| T. de Jong |
SC Paderborn 07
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- | 9 July 2026 |
| T. de Jong |
SC Paderborn 07
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- | 8 July 2026 |
| K. Yalcin |
SC Paderborn 07
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Free agent | 5 July 2026 |
| K. Yalcin |
SC Paderborn 07
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Free agent | 4 July 2026 |
| N. Winter |
Alemannia Aachen
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Free agent | 1 July 2026 |
| N. Winter |
Alemannia Aachen
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Free agent | 1 July 2026 |
Through 30 June 2026, the recorded departures include E. B. Gueye, who left for FC Viktoria Köln as a free agent, plus loan returns involving T. Krohn to Hansa Rostock and D. Murray to SC Freiburg. C. Schepp moved to Havelse in a recorded transfer in January 2026. Earlier departures include free-agent or free-transfer exits for M. Kourouma, T. Bonga, D. Berisha, C. Ezekwem, T. Kesim, T. Böhm, D. Donkor and K. Yalcin. Other listed moves ran through July 2024. This is a selected departure record, not a complete total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Poliakov |
SG Wattenscheid 09
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- | 15 August 2026 |
| A. Aourir |
Vukovar
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Free agent | 7 August 2026 |
| A. Aourir |
Vukovar
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Free agent | 6 August 2026 |
| E. Gueye |
FC Viktoria Köln
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| Hong Seok-Ju |
Patro Eisden
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| E. B. Gueye |
FC Viktoria Köln
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Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
| Hong Seok-Ju |
Patro Eisden
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Free agent | 29 June 2026 |
| T. Krohn |
Hansa Rostock
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Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| D. Murray |
SC Freiburg
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Return from loan | 24 June 2026 |
| C. Schepp |
Havelse
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Transfer | 7 January 2026 |
| M. Kourouma |
Union Titus Petange
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Free agent | 31 December 2025 |
| D. Donkor |
Hoffenheim II
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Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
| T. Böhm |
SSVg Velbert
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Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
| T. Kesim |
Hertha BSC II
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Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
| C. Ezekwem |
SV Rodinghausen
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Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
Transfers Synthesis
Rot-weiss Oberhausen’s recorded movement picture is defined by a combination of free-agent recruitment, loans and a smaller number of standard transfers. The latest arrivals include J. Vega Zambrano in a transfer, N. Glaus, K. Yalcin and N. Winter as free agents, and earlier loan additions such as T. Krohn and D. Murray. The departure record also shows squad turnover: E. B. Gueye left as a free agent, C. Schepp moved in a transfer, and the two loan players later returned to their parent clubs. Earlier entries on both sides also feature numerous free or free-agent moves. Because the listed arrivals and departures are selected rather than exhaustive, they show the types and timing of movement without establishing a complete seasonal balance.
Leagues Rot-weiss Oberhausen has participated in
The most recent competition entries are Regionalliga - West and Friendlies Clubs, each recorded through 2025. The club’s recorded Regionalliga - West participation begins in 2019, while friendlies are listed from 2020. DFB Pokal entries run from 2011 to 2018 and are historical in this record. A 3. Liga entry is also historical, with participation recorded in 2011 only. The competition profile therefore combines a recent regional league presence with domestic cup and third-tier history over the recorded period.
More about Rot-weiss Oberhausen
Rot-weiss Oberhausen is a football club from Oberhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, founded in 1904. Commonly known as RWO, the club is associated with red and white colors and the nickname The Cloverleaves, reflecting the four-leaf clover on its badge. It plays home matches at Stadion Niederrhein, a historic venue inaugurated in 1926 on Emscher Island between the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Emscher. The setting connects the club to the industrial Ruhr region and its long-standing working-class football culture.
The club’s roots reach back to the early twentieth century, with the founding story tracing the 1904 formation to Oberhausener SV and earlier predecessors. The definitive club name was adopted in 1934. Its most prominent sporting period came around the turn of the 1970s, when Oberhausen spent four seasons in the Bundesliga. That era also produced Lothar Kobluhn, who finished as the Bundesliga’s leading scorer. In later decades, the club has been closely associated with the regionalized levels of the German football pyramid, including the Regionalliga West, while also retaining a history in the 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga.
Rot-weiss Oberhausen operates as a registered non-profit association, preserving a member-led structure rather than a conventional private ownership model. Its identity remains strongly domestic and regional, with the Lower Rhine Cup providing an important local competition and a route toward national cup opportunities. The club has no historical appearances in official UEFA continental competitions. Red shirts, white shorts and red socks are traditional visual markers, while Stadion Niederrhein and the cloverleaf badge reinforce a distinctive connection between place, history and community.
Last matches statistics for Rot-weiss Oberhausen
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rot-weiss Oberhausen
1 - 3
Borussia Dortmund
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Eintracht Frankfurt II
1 - 2
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Bonner SC
1 - 2
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Rot-weiss Oberhausen
0 - 0
Sportfreunde Lotte
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Bochum II
1 - 2
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Rot-weiss Oberhausen
1 - 2
Köln II
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Bergisch Gladbach
0 - 4
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Rot-weiss Oberhausen
4 - 1
Westfalia Rhynern
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Hilden
0 - 3
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Rot-weiss Oberhausen
3 - 2
Schalke 04 II
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics Rot-weiss Oberhausen
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).