Rot-Weiß Oberhausen had said goodbye to seven players before the last match of the season in the Regionalliga West against FC Wegberg-Beeck. Two of them have now found new employers.

Rinor Rexha, Tobias Boche, Glory-Matonda Ngyombo, Tim Stappmann, Sebastian Mai, Christian März and Fabian Holthaus were officially released by Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

After Holthaus, who is moving to Regionalliga relegated Rot Weiss Ahlen in the Oberliga Westfalen, a second RWO departure, Sebastian Mai, has now also found a new club.

Mai is returning to SC Wiedenbrück. “Even though the month is not yet over, we can headline today. Sebastian Mai, a player who already wore the SCW jersey as a youth player, is returning. The now 23-year-old right winger moved to Rot Weiss Ahlen after his youth at SCW and most recently played for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, where he scored a goal in the Lower Rhine Cup. He has signed until 2025,” according to a Wiedenbrück press release.

In total, attacker Mai can look back on 36 games (three goals, four assists) in an RWO shirt. He made 101 appearances for Ahlen (22 goals, 10 assists). Wiedenbrück will now be his third senior station from July 1, 2024

In addition to the seven departures mentioned and players who have officially said goodbye, Oguzhan Kefkir and Marius Kleinsorge and Michel Niemeyer, who are tied up until the summer of 2025, also have no future at Lindnerstraße, according to forecasting information.

In addition to new coach Sebastian Gunkel (Holstein Kiel II), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen have already been able to present three external additions. Leon Kayser (Bergisch Gladbach), Luca Thissen (VfB Homberg) and Timur Mehmet Kesim (ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen) are moving from the Mittelrhein and Niederrhein leagues to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in the Regionalliga West.

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen: 17 players are currently under contract for the 2024/2025 season

With the contract extensions of Moritz Stoppelkamp, Tanju Öztürk, Dominik Burghard and Timo Böhm, RWO now have 14 players under contract for the 2024/2025 season. Goalkeepers Robin Benz, Kevin Kratzsch, Daniel Davari (he is scheduled to be the third keeper and goalkeeping coach for the new season, editor’s note) and outfield players Nico Klaß, Ozan Hot, Kerem Yalcin, Marius Kleinsorge, Denis Donkor, Michel Niemeyer and Cottrell Ezekwem still have valid contracts until the summer of 2025. However, Niemeyer and Kleinsorge only have contracts on paper, they will not play a sporting role