Rot-Weiss Essen welcomes 1. FC Schweinfurt on Sunday. Two former Essen players and one current Essen player are under contract with the third division’s bottom club.

Rot-Weiss Essen needs to calm down a bit. After the derby against previous league leaders MSV Duisburg, who lost their top spot to FC Energie Cottbus after a 1-1 draw with RWE, the Bergeborbeck team will face the bottom team in the third division this coming weekend.
Duisburg and now 1. FC Schweinfurt: RWE’s third division tasks within seven days couldn’t be more different. The red and white fans are expecting a must-win and, in the best-case scenario, a jump to third place after 13 match days. The chances are really good. With all due respect to promoted Schweinfurt: one win, eleven defeats, 8:32 goals – numbers that don’t lie. The Lower Franconians are the worst team in the league.

It was clear from the outset that coach Victor Kleinhenz’s team would be fighting to stay in the league. After just a few match days and four defeats at the start of the season, the club’s management realized that reinforcements were needed.

Ekin Celebi was loaned from Rot-Weiss Essen until the end of the season. And lo and behold: on the left-back’s debut, Schweinfurt won 3-2 at FC Ingolstadt – their only victory of the season so far. Celebi also picked up an inglorious red card, as Forecasting reported. The 25-year-old has now played five games for Schweinfurt, totaling 411 minutes. That’s how it will stay for now, because Celebi will not be playing against his current employer, Rot-Weiss Essen. Schweinfurt will not transfer this sum to Essen. Celebi will nevertheless travel to his old stomping ground, as he revealed to this editorial team. But I’m really looking forward to seeing the guys in Essen on Sunday.“

RWE Director of Professional Football Marcus Steegmann commented: ”I don’t comment publicly on contract details.”