Despite their poor starting position, coach Markus Kaya’s team can still manage to stay in the relegation zone in the Regionalliga West. To do so, it just needs a little help from outside.

With 29 points, Rot Weiss Ahlen is in 16th place in the Regionalliga West after 31 match days. This means that after three years in the Regionalliga, the team is threatened with relegation to the Oberliga. With three games left in the current season and four points from the first non-relegation spot, the team of the 43-year-old former Schalke player will have to put in a good effort.

However, Kaya looks at the last few games with skepticism. “You can see how the will of the guys is not really there. We simply make too many individual mistakes,” says Kaya in an interview with RS. So also the chance utilization of his troop is a thorn in the eye of the ex-RWO professional.

Similar to its rival, 1. FC Bocholt, RW Ahlen could also benefit from the possible non-relegation of a NRW club in the 3rd League. In that case, the only task for Ahlen would be to keep SG Wattenscheid 09 behind them. The latter is one place behind Rot Weiss in 17th place in the Regionalliga West with five points and a significantly worse goal difference. So it’s a feasible goal.

Although the 3rd division could be decisive for RW Ahlen staying in the Regionalliga, that should not influence Kaya’s players. “I’d be lying if I said we weren’t paying attention to the 3. Liga. Still, we have to stay focused and make sure we play mature and mistake-free soccer. “

I will no longer accept the way we perform in parts.

Markus Kaya

The much-needed results are missing, according to Kaya, especially because of the lack of attitude among the players. “In recent weeks, the will has simply been missing. I will no longer accept the way we are performing in parts,” stresses the 43-year-old.

In the last three games, Ahlen will face 1. FC Düren (Saturday, April 29, 2 p.m.), Fortuna Düsseldorf II (Saturday, May 06, 2 p.m.) and top of the table and promoted Preußen Münster (Saturday, May 13, 2 p.m.). “We just want to give everything and succeed,” adds Kaya about the remaining program. In all likelihood, then, the success of MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen and Borussia Dortmund II in the 3rd Division will determine whether Kaya and his Ahlen boys can still be active in the Regionalliga West next year.