Rot Weiss Ahlen

Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football club which plays in Germany. After the first relegation from the 2. Bundesliga the club was renamed from LR Ahlen into Rot Weiss Ahlen, because of retirement of the main sponsor LR International.

Rot Weiss Ahlen
Full nameRot Weiss Ahlen e. V.
Nickname(s)
Founded1996
GroundWersestadion, Ahlen
Capacity15,000
ChairmanDirk Neuhaus
ManagerThomas Berndsen
LeagueNRW-Liga
2010–113rd Liga, 20th

History

The club has its roorts in different local clubs in the early 1900s. Coalminers often played football then. In 1917, Freie Sportclub Union (FSCU) Ahlen was founded and became one of the region's best known teams. During the time of Nazi rule in Germany the club was dissolved because most of the players came from abroad. 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 the Second World War the 8 local clubs formed TuS Ahlen in 1948.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. 2009 they were relegated from the 2. Bundesliga and next season from 3rd league due to insolvency. At present they play in the NRW-Liga.

Current squad

As of 17 August 2011

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  Germany Turgay Tapu
24 GK  Germany Alexander Hahnemann
2 DF  Germany Christopher Nas
3 DF  Germany Alexander Thiele
4 DF  Germany Patrick Dutschke
5 DF  Germany Alexander Thamm
12 DF  Germany Fabian Nienhaus
15 DF  Turkey Erskin Kusakci
20 DF  Germany Marco Köhler
6 MF  Germany Oliver Glöden
7 MF  Turkey Adem Cabuk
8 MF  Germany Toni Musto
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  Germany Bernhard Venker
13 MF  Germany Kevin Schulski
14 MF  Germany Nico Hecker
17 MF  Germany Sebastian Stroemer
21 MF  Germany Lukas Schuster
23 MF  Germany Pierre Szymaniak
9 FW  Germany Marcel Ramsey
11 FW  Lebanon Said Chamdin
18 FW  Spain Marcos Brandao Bello
19 FW  Germany Steven Behrens
FW  Germany Christophe Nilius

Staff

Head Coach:

  • Thomas Berndsen

Assistant Coach:

  • Björn Lerbs
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