5 games, 4 wins and one goal – This is how things are going for Erolind Krasniqi.

Since the last January winter transfer window, Erolind Krasniqi has been playing in the Regionalliga Nord. Now the RWE professional scored his first goal for his loan club.

Rot-Weiss Essen loaned out two players to the Regionalliga West and North in the last winter transfer period.

While Sascha Voelcke has so far played the full distance of 360 minutes in four matches for 1. FC Bocholt, but was recently absent against Wiedenbrück and Fortuna Köln due to hip flexor problems, Erolind Krasniqi scored his first goal for Teutonia Ottensen last weekend.

The Essen native scored for the Hamburg side in a 2-1 win at Blau-Weiß Lohne, giving them a 1-0 lead in the interim. The attacking midfielder was then substituted after an hour of play.

In total, Krasniqi can look back on five appearances (one goal, one assist) for Ottensen. In the five games with Krasniqi in the team, Teutonia achieved four victories. Ottensen are in sixth place in the Regionalliga Nord and are 17 points behind leaders VfB Lübeck.

In the summer, both Voelcke and Krasniqi are then expected to return to Rot-Weiss Essen and attack in preparation.

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An overview of the contract situation of the Rot-Weiss Essen squad: Expiring loan player contracts:

Felix Götze (FC Augsburg, will stay with RWE if they stay in the league), Luca Wollschläger (Hertha BSC), Meiko Sponsel (1. FC Köln), Lawrence Ennali (Hannover 96), Moritz Römling (VfL Bochum).

Otherwise expiring contracts:

Ron Berlinski, Oguzhan Kefkir, Simon Engelmann, Niklas Tarnat, Felix Herzenbruch, Michel Niemeyer, Kevin Holzweiler, Cedric Harenbrock, Raphael Koczor.

Valid contracts beyond the current season have:

Until 30 June 2024: Clemens Fandrich, Thomas Eisfeld, Björn Rother, Enrique Jose Rios Alonso, Isaiah Young, Aurel Loubongo, Sandro Plechaty, Felix Wienand, Felix Bastians.

Plus those currently on loan:

Nico Haiduk (ETB SW Essen), Fabian Rüth (RW Koblenz), Nils Kaiser (SC Wiedenbrück), Mehmet Timur Kesim (SG Wattenscheid 09), Sascha Voelcke (1. FC Bocholt), Erolind Krasniqi (Teutonia Ottensen)

Until 30 June 2025: Andreas Wiegel, Mustafa Kourouma, Jakob Golz