The RWE followers have a strong fan friendship with SV Werder Bremen, while another with Borussia Dortmund ended. Attendance Although mostly playing in lower divisions, the club enjoys solid fan support, with an average attendance of better than 6,000 per game. Honours The club's honours: League German championship Champions: 1955 German amateur championship Champions: 1992 Oberliga West Champions: 1952, 1955 Regionalliga West (II) Champions: 1973 Regionalliga Nord (III) Champions: 2004, 2006 Oberliga Nordrhein (IV) Champions: 1985, 1986, 1993, 1999 Regionalliga West (IV) Champions: 2022 NRW-Liga (V) Champions: 2011 Cup DFB-Pokal Winners: 1952–53 Lower Rhine Cup (Tiers 3–5) Winners: (10) 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 Current squad Out on loan Notable players Former coaches Elek Schwartz (1955–1957) Fritz Pliska (1965–1967) Erich Ribbeck (1967–1968) Herbert Burdenski (1969–1971) Janos Bedl (1971–1972) Horst Witzler (1973) Ivica Horvath (1975–1976) Diethelm Ferner (1978–1979) Rolf Schafstall (1979–1981) Rolf Bock (1982–1983) Janos Bedl (1983–1984) Siegfried Melzig (1984) Horst Hrubesch (1986–1987) Peter Neururer (1987) Horst Franz (1987–1988) Siegfried Melzig (1988) Hans-Werner Moors (1989–1991) Jürgen Röber (1991–1993) Wolfgang Frank (1994–1995) Rudi Gores (1995–1997) Klaus Berge (1998–1999) Fritz Fuchs (1999) Klaus Berge (1999–2001) Harry Pleß (2001–2003) Holger Fach (2003) Jürgen Gelsdorf (2003–2005) Uwe Neuhaus (2005–2006) Lorenz-Günther Köstner (2006–2007) Heiko Bonan (2007–2008) Michael Kulm (2008–2009) Ralf Aussem (2009) Ernst Middendorp (2009) Ralf Aussem (2009–2010) Uwe Erkenbrecher (2009–2010) Waldemar Wrobel (2010–2014) Marc Fascher (2014–2015) Jürgen Lucas (2015) Markus Reiter (2015) Jan Siewert (2015–2016) Sven Demandt (2016–2017) Argirios Giannikis (2017–2018) References External links Football clubs in Germany Football clubs in North Rhine-Westphalia Association football clubs established in 1907 Sport in Essen 1907 establishments in Germany Bundesliga clubs 2. Bundesliga clubs