| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Christoph Dabrowski (until 9 December) Uwe Koschinat (from 12 December) |
| Stadium | Stadion an der Hafenstraße |
| 3. Liga | 8th |
| DFB-Pokal | First round |
| Lower Rhine Cup | Final |
| Top goalscorer | League: Ahmet Arslan (13) All: Ahmet Arslan (13) |
The 2025 season is the 118th in the history of Rot-Weiss Essen. The club plays its second consecutive season in the 3. Liga and also takes part in the DFB-Pokal and the Lower Rhine Cup.
On 9 December 2024, head coach Christoph Dabrowski was dismissed from his position following a period of poor results. [1]
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | | Free | 1 July 2024 | [2] |
| MF | | | Undisclosed | 28 July 2024 | [3] |
| FW | | | Loan | 1 August 2024 | [4] |
| DF | | | Loan | 20 August 2024 | [5] |
| MF | | | Undisclosed | 28 August 2024 | [6] |
| FW | | | Free | 2 September 2024 | [7] |
| MF | | | Free | 6 January 2025 | [8] |
| FW | | | Free | 6 January 2025 | [9] |
| DF | | | Loan | 14 January 2025 | [10] |
| MF | | | Free | 29 January 2025 | [11] |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | | | Undisclosed | 21 January 2025 | [12] |
| FW | | | Loan | 4 February 2025 | [13] |
| MF | | | Contract terminated | 4 February 2025 | [13] |
| 7 July 2024 [14] Friendly | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 1–4 | | Essen |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Stadion „Am Hallo" [15] Attendance: 1,356 |
| 14 July 2024 [16] Friendly | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–0 | | |
| 13:00 |
| 26 July 2024Friendly | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–2 | | |
| 19:00 |
| 5 September 2024Friendly | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | | |
| 14:00 |
| 5 January 2025Friendly | Rot-Weiss Essen | 5–2 | | |
| 14:00 |
| 11 January 2025Friendly | Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | | |
| 12:00 |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| 3. Liga | 3 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 41.67 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August 2024 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 | |
| Lower Rhine Cup | 27 August 2024 | 24 May 2025 | First round | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 47.62 | ||||
Last updated: 3 May 2025
Source: Competitions
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 37 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 60 |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 37 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 56 |
| 7 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 55 |
| 8 | SC Verl | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 54 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 |
Last updated: 3 May 2025.
Source: [ citation needed ]
| 3 August 20241 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–2 | Alemannia Aachen |
| 11 August 20242 | Hannover 96 II | 1–3 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 24 August 20243 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–0 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 1 September 20244 | Unterhaching | 2–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 14 September 20245 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–3 | Wehen Wiesbaden |
| 21 September 20246 | Ingolstadt | 2–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 25 September 20247 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–1 | Borussia Dortmund II |
| 28 September 20248 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 5 October 20249 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | Viktoria Köln |
| 20 October 202410 | Dynamo Dresden | 3–3 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 23 October 202411 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–3 | SC Verl |
| 26 October 202412 | Hansa Rostock | 4–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 2 November 202413 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 4–0 | Energie Cottbus |
| 10 November 202414 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2–1 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 23 November 202415 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–1 | SV Sandhausen |
| 1 December 202416 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 8 December 202417 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–3 | 1860 Munich |
| 15 December 202418 | VfL Osnabrück | 2–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 21 December 202419 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart II |
| 19 January 202520 | Alemannia Aachen | 2–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 26 January 202521 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 5–1 | Hannover 96 II |
| 2 February 202522 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 8 February 202523 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–1 | Unterhaching |
| 15 February 202524 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1–3 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 22 February 202525 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–0 | Ingolstadt |
| 1 March 202526 | Borussia Dortmund II | 0–1 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 9 March 202527 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–0 | Waldhof Mannheim |
| 12 March 202528 | Viktoria Köln | 1–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 15 March 202529 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–1 | Dynamo Dresden |
| 28 March 202530 | SC Verl | 3–0 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 6 April 202531 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | Hansa Rostock |
| 9 April 202532 | Energie Cottbus | 0–1 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 12 April 202533 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 4–2 | Erzgebirge Aue |
| 19 April 202534 | SV Sandhausen | 0–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 26 April 202535 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 3 May 202536 | 1860 Munich | 1–3 | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 10 May 202537 | Rot-Weiss Essen | v | VfL Osnabrück | |
| 16:30 |
| 17 August 2024First round | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–4 | RB Leipzig | Essen |
| 15:30 | Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 27 August 2024First round | Rot-Weiss Essen | 4–0 | Sterkrade | Essen |
| 19:00 | Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße |
| 8 September 2024Second round | Mülheimer | 0–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| 15:00 | Stadium: RuhrStadion |
| 12 October 2024Round of 16 | Hilden | 0–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Hilden |
| 14:30 | Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Am Bandsbusch |
| 16 November 2024Quarter-finals | Sonsbeck | 1–3 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Sonsbeck |
| 13:30 | Stadium: Willy-Lemkens-Sportpark |
| 22 March 2025Semi-finals | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Oberhausen |
| 14:00 | Stadium: Niederrheinstadion |
| 24 May 2025Final | MSV Duisburg | v | Rot-Weiss Essen |