Fine for Rot-Weiss Essen! The club has to pay 2,800 euros for “unsportsmanlike conduct”. RWE has already agreed to the verdict, it is legally binding.

The sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) has fined the third division club Rot-Weiss Essen 2,800 euros for “unsporting behaviour by some of its supporters”. Before the opening defeat against SV Elversberg (1:5) on the first matchday, several pyrotechnic objects were set off on the WAZ-Westkurve.

This repeated misconduct not only costs us money, but also, with increasing tendency, a lot of time and energy, and is thus to the detriment of the entire Rot-Weiss Essen club.

RWE boss Marcus Uhlig.

It is not the first time that the Essen team has had to pay a fine because of such incidents. That’s why RWE boss Marcus Uhlig made an appeal to his own fan scene: “We always have to deal with misconduct that comes from parts of our fan scene. Now, after being regularly fined in the Regionalliga, we have also received our first fine in the 3rd Division. In addition, the sports courts are still investigating possible fines from the away games in Duisburg and Osnabrück, and we assume that the fines will be significantly higher.

This repeated misconduct not only costs us money, but also a lot of time and energy, with an increasing tendency, and is thus to the detriment of the entire Rot-Weiss Essen club. The fact that our home game against Elversberg was even on the verge of not being kicked off because of the large amount of smoke generated and a ventilation system in the main stand area that was disturbed as a result shows, moreover, that such incidents can also have a direct impact on the sporting arena.”

At the same time, the 51-year-old Uhlig announced internal consequences if sanctions are imposed on Rot-Weiss Essen again in the future: “We as Rot-Weiss Essen cannot tolerate this behaviour and will consistently pursue all violations. Any spectator who acts in this way is not acting in the spirit of RWE.”

The third division club has already accepted the verdict, making it legally binding.