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Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as LR Ahlen for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated to the Regionalliga (III) in that year.

Rot Weiss Ahlen

Full name	Rot Weiss Ahlen e. V.
Founded	1996
Ground	Wersestadion, Ahlen
Capacity	12,500
Chairman	Dirk Neuhaus
Manager	Andreas Zimmermann
League	Regionalliga West (IV)
2021–22	10th
Home colours Away colours

History

The club has its roots in the local sides of the early 1900s formed by coalminers who played pickup games after work. In 1917, Freie Sportclub Union (FSCU) Ahlen was founded and became one of the region's best known teams, playing in the second tier leagues of the time. The rise of the Third Reich saw the club disbanded as over three-quarters of its members were foreigners making the side politically unpalatable to the regime. A new club, Tus Germania Ahlen, was formed in 1933. This side merged with the strong local club Wacker Ahlen to create the town's largest sports association.

After World War II attempts to rebuild local teams failed until members of eight pre-war clubs came together to form Turn- und Sport Ahlen in 1948. The new side went on to many decades of routine play in the local upper leagues. In 1991, TuS were faced with a financial crisis and demotion to lower level play. A local benefactor, Helmut Spikker, helped bail the team out through the support provided by his firm, cosmetics manufacturer LR International.

Now on a firm footing, TuS Ahlen enjoyed an impressive run of success through the early 90s beginning with a Berzirksliga Westfalen (VII) title in 1992 and promotion to the Landesliga Westfalen (VI). In each of the following three seasons TuS earned another championship and promotion; out of the Landesliga, through the Verbandsliga Westfalen-Nordost (V) and Oberliga Westfalen (IV), leading to the Regionalliga West/Südwest (III).

Leichtathletik Rasensport Ahlen was formed on 1 June 1996 when TuS Ahlen merged with Blau-Weiß Ahlen to begin play in the Regionalliga West/Südwest in 1996–97. The club's rise was stalled and they made a bid to again move up by signing a number of players with Bundesliga experience for 1998–99. However, they could only manage a sixth-place finish and subsequently unloaded their expensive talent. Living more within their means, the side earned promotion with a second-place result in 1999–2000 and a 2–1 victory over 1. FC Union Berlin in the playoff round to advance to the 2. Bundesliga. Ahlen's best result came in their debut in the second tier when they ended sixth. The team slipped to become a lower tier side and lingered for another five seasons before a 17th-place result led to their demotion in 2006.

After being relegated LR Ahlen lost the support of its major sponsor and underwent a name change to become Rot Weiss Ahlen on 31 May 2006. Chairman Spikker also left the club at the end of August with his successor being vice-president Heinz-Jürgen Gosda. The team returned to 2. Bundesliga play after finishing as champions of the Regionalliga Nord in 2007–08. With the end of the 2009–10 season, Ahlen was relegated to the 3. Liga, and the following year to the fifth NRW-Liga despite a 17th-place finish outside the drop down zone because of insolvency.

In 2020 the club finished second in the Oberliga Westfalen to win promotion to the Regionalliga West.

Recent seasons

Year	Division	Position
1999–2000	Regionalliga West/Südwest (III)	2nd (promoted)
2000–01	2. Bundesliga (II)	6th
2001–02	2. Bundesliga	8th
2002–03	2. Bundesliga	12th
2003–04	2. Bundesliga	12th
2004–05	2. Bundesliga	13th
2005–06	2. Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
2006–07	Regionalliga Nord (III)	13th
2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	1st (promoted)
2008–09	2. Bundesliga (II)	10th
2009–10	2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
2010–11	3. Liga	20th (original 17th;relegated due to insolvency)
2011–12	NRW-Liga (V)	17th
2012–13	Oberliga Westfalen	9th
2013–14	Oberliga Westfalen	9th
2014–15	Oberliga Westfalen	2nd (promoted)
2015–16	Regionalliga West (IV)	13th
2016–17	Regionalliga West	15th (relegated)
2017–18	Oberliga Westfalen (V)	14th
2018–19	Oberliga Westfalen	9th
2019–20	Oberliga Westfalen	2nd (promoted)
2020–21	Regionalliga West (IV)	18th

Honours

The club's honours:

• Regionalliga Nord
  • Champions: 2008
• Oberliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1996
  • Runners-up: 2015, 2020
• Verbandsliga Westfalen Nordost
  • Champions: 1995
• Landesliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1994
• Bezirksliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1993

Current squad

As of 23 January, 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BUL Martin Velichkov 4 DF  GER Rene Lindner 5 DF  GER Kevin Kahlert 6 MF  CZE Patrik Twardzik 7 DF  GER Bennet Eickhoff 8 MF  GER Enes Güney 9 MF  GER Jan Holldack 10 FW  GER Gianluca Marzullo 11 MF  GER Mike Pihl 13 DF  GER Leonardo Marino 14 DF  GER Oktay Dal 16 MF  KOS Bajrush Osmani

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER David Mamutovic 18 MF  GER Sebastian Mai 19 FW  GER Nico Hecker 20 MF  SEN Tidiane Gueye 21 MF  GER Noyan Efe Bayaki 22 GK  POL Daniel Szczepankiewicz 23 MF  GER Romario Wiesweg 25 MF  SLE Daniel Francis 26 MF  GER Dimitrios Ioannidis 29 FW  GER Ibrahim Das 30 FW  ARU Terence Groothusen 37 MF  ROU Andreas Ivan

Former managers

• 1992 – 30 June 1996 Joachim Krug
• 1 July 1996 – 18 August 1997 Wolfgang Sandhowe
• 19 August 1997 – 13 October 1998 Klaus Berge
• 14 October 1998 – 11 September 2000 Franz-Josef Tenhagen
• 20 September 2000 – 27 November 2001 Peter Neururer
• 30 November 2001 – 24 November 2002 Uwe Rapolder
• 25 November 2002 – 2 January 2003 Uwe Fuchs
• 3 January 2003 – 25 May 2003 Werner Lorant
• 3 August 2003 – 14 November 2003 Stefan Kuntz
• 24 November 2003 – 1 March 2005 Ingo Peter
• 7 March 2005 – 25 October 2005 František Straka
• 26 October 2005 – 14 May 2006 Paul Linz
• 15 May 2006 – 29 October 2006 Bernard Dietz
• 30 October 2006 – 30 June 2007 Heiko Bonan
• 1 July 2007 – 3 March 2009 Christian Wück
• 3 March 2009 – 16 April 2009 Bernd Heemsoth
• 16 April 2009 – 20 September 2009 Stefan Emmerling
• 20 September 2009 – 14 October 2009 Andreas Zimmermann
• 14 October 2009 – 30 June 2010 Christian Hock
• 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2011 Arie van Lent
• 1 July 2011 – 15 November 2011 Thomas Berndsen
• 21 November 2011 – 2 April 2012 Joachim Krug
• 5 April 2012 – 30 June 2012 Peter Feldkötter
• 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2013 Marco Antwerpen
• 1 July 2013 – 14 April 2014 Carlos Castilla
• 14 April 2014 – 18 May 2016 Marco Antwerpen
• 1 July 2016 – 17 October 2016 Mircea Onisemiuc
• 17 October 2016 – 24 October 2016 André Kruphölter
• 24 October 2016 – 15 December 2017 Erhan Albayrak
• 4 January 2018 – 13 September 2018 Michael Schrank
• 10 October 2018 – 30 June 2020 Christian Britscho
• 1 July 2020 – 16 November 2020 Björn Mehnert
• 16 November 2020 – Present Andreas Zimmermann

External links

• Official website (in German)
• The Abseits Guide to German Soccer

На других языках

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[de] Rot Weiss Ahlen

Rot Weiss Ahlen ist ein Fußball- und Sportverein aus Ahlen. Die erste Herrenmannschaft spielt ab der Saison 2020/21 in der Regionalliga West. Nach dem ersten Abstieg in der Saison 2005/06 – damals noch als LR Ahlen – aus der 2. Bundesliga und dem Rückzug des Hauptsponsors erfolgte zum 1. Juni 2006 die Umbenennung in Rot Weiss Ahlen.

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- [en] Rot Weiss Ahlen

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[es] Rot Weiss Ahlen

El Rot Weiss Ahlen es un equipo de fútbol alemán de Ahlen, Renania del Norte-Westfalia. Fue fundado en 1996, el club era comúnmente conocido como LR Ahlen por el patrocinador principal, pero el nombre del club cambió cuando el patrocinador decidió no continuar con el patrocinio tras el descenso del equipo a la Regionalliga Nord (III) en 2006. Juega en la Regionalliga West, en la cuarta categoría del fútbol alemán.

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[ru] Рот-Вайсс (футбольный клуб, Ален)

«Рот Вайсс Ален» (нем. Rot Weiss Ahlen) — немецкий футбольный клуб из города Ален. В сезоне 2020/2021 выступает в Регионаллиге.

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