The SF Niederwenigern are the defending champions of the Essen Indoor City Championship. All information about the date and prices in 2025.

When the Essen Indoor City Championship kicks off on January 4, the Hattingen Oberliga club SF Niederwenigern, which belongs to the Essen football district, will be the defending champion. Coach Marcel Kraushaar’s team took home the title in both Hattingen and Essen in the last indoor round.

This year, the Sportfreunde will be back in the running, along with the other two Oberliga teams, SpVg Schonnebeck and ETB SW Essen. The same applies to the six Landesliga teams, DJK Adler Union Frintrop, SG Essen-Schönebeck, FC Kray, FC Blau-Gelb Überruhr, SpVgg Steele and ESC Rellinghausen. All nine teams will therefore only enter the tournament later, as soon as the intermediate round begins.

The intermediate round should and will definitely be held again in the Halle am Hallo. It is currently likely that the tournament, which starts with the preliminary round on January 4, will begin on the opening day in the Halle Bergeborbeck. From January 5, it will continue in the Halle am Hallo. A total of 57 clubs are taking part in the Essen Indoor City Championship.

Red-White Essen will not be there at all, not even with the second team from the Kreisliga A, as Frank Kurth, the team manager of RWE II, confirmed to the WAZ – here he also talked about the reasons for the cancellation.

The draw and the exact times are to be determined soon, as co-organizer Günther Oberholz said in response to an inquiry from this editorial team. The admission prices are already clear: adults (including pensioners) pay 5 euros, women, severely disabled people and young people aged 16 and over pay 3 euros. Referees (with valid ID) and young people under the age of 16 have free admission.

The costs for beer and sausages are still to be determined and will be announced later.