Rot-Weiss Essen will have to travel over 6000 kilometers on German freeways in the upcoming 3rd division season. An overview.
Clubs such as SSV Ulm and SSV Jahn Regensburg have left the 3rd division. Good news for the Rot-Weiss Essen team bus: two very long away trips are no longer necessary.
Meanwhile, RWE and its fans would have loved to travel to SC Preußen Münster again. However, this will not be the case for the time being after the promotion of the eagle bearers.
Looking at the relegated teams, RWE will no longer have to travel to VfB Lübeck, Hallescher FC and, above all, to SC Freiburg II in the far-flung Breisgau region. As in the case of Münster, however, the popular short trip to MSV will no longer be necessary following Duisburg’s relegation.
The new Essen travel routes are quite a challenge in terms of mileage. Rot-Weiss Essen will soon be traveling to FC Hansa Rostock, VfL Osnabrück, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, VfB Stuttgart II, Hannover 96 II, Energie Cottbus and Alemannia Aachen.
First of all: The RWE team bus will cover around 13,500 kilometers – round trip – for the 2024/2025 season.
An overview – the distance from Hafenstraße 97a in Essen to the respective match venue was calculated – in one direction only:
Borussia Dortmund II
Rote Erde Stadion or Signal-Iduna-Park each 41 kilometers
Viktoria Cologne
Sportpark Höhenberg / 89 kilometers
Alemannia Aachen
Tivoli / 124 kilometers
SC Verl
Sportclub Arena / 129 kilometers
VfL Osnabrück
Bremer Brücke / 143 kilometers
Arminia Bielefeld
Schüco-Arena / 146 kilometers
Hannover 96 II
Eilenriedestadion (must be expanded to 5000 seats, editor’s note) / 252 kilometers – alternative: Heinz von Heiden Arena / 245 kilometers
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
BRITA-Arena / 254 kilometers
Waldhof Mannheim
Carl-Benz Stadium / 324 kilometers
SV Sandhausen
GP Stadion am Hardtwald / 339 kilometers
1st FC Saarbrücken
Ludwigsparkstadion / 360 kilometers
VfB Stuttgart II
WIRmachenDRUCK Arena (Großaspach) / 413 kilometers
Erzgebirge Aue
Erzgebirgsstadion / 497 kilometers
Hansa Rostock
Ostseestadion / 530 kilometers
Dynamo Dresden
Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium / 558 kilometers
FC Ingolstadt 04
Audi-Sportpark / 581 kilometers
Energie Cottbus
LEAG Energie Stadium / 633 kilometers
TSV 1860 Munich
Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße / 659 kilometers
SpVgg Unterhaching
Uhlsport Park / 662 kilometers