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Rot-Weiß Essen

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Essen, Rhine-Ruhr · Germany · Bundesliga

League titles
1
last 1955
Major cups
2
last 1955
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
2

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1348Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7074/75

Against expectation

Every German top-flight match this club has played in the Bundesliga, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 7 seasons from 1966-67 to 1976-77 it has fallen short of them by −4.1 match points.

Rot-Weiss Essen: surplus against expectation, 1966-67 to 1976-771966-67: −5.7 league points vs expected (25 on 30.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.8 match points1969-70: +0.9 league points vs expected (31 on 30.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1970-71: −7.4 league points vs expected (23 on 30.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.7 match points1973-74: +2.8 league points vs expected (31 on 28.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1974-75: +2.4 league points vs expected (32 on 29.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points1975-76: +5.7 league points vs expected (37 on 31.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1976-77: −7.0 league points vs expected (22 on 29.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.5 match points
1966-67one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1976-77
Best season against expectation
1975-76 +5.7 league pts
37 points on 31.3 expected as Rot-Weiss Essen
Worst season against expectation
1970-71 −7.4 league pts
23 points on 30.4 expected as Rot-Weiss Essen

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1995-96 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

Rhine-Ruhr against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Rot-Weiß Essen's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
11953-05-01DFB-Pokal · FinalNW 2-1 v TSV Alemannia Aachengame score 59.9
21971-05-15BundesligaHL 2-3 v Kickers Offenbachgame score 55.2
32021-02-02DFB-Pokal · Third RoundHW 2-1 v Bayer Leverkusengame score 53.6
41976-02-21BundesligaAW 2-1 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 52.8
51971-05-22BundesligaAL 2-3 v Eintracht Frankfurtgame score 51.3
61994-05-14DFB-Pokal · FinalNL 1-3 v Werder Bremengame score 51.1
71971-05-29BundesligaAL 3-4 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 51.0
81970-04-21BundesligaHW 1-0 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 50.3
91970-04-27BundesligaHW 3-2 v Werder Bremengame score 49.8
101995-10-04DFB-Pokal · Third RoundHD 4-4 v Bayer Leverkusen(pens 4 / 1)game score 49.8

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
7
Pre-Bundesliga national playoff appearances
4
First season
1950
Most recent season
1977

The Heartbreak Index5.6 · #392

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1955

5.6
Heartbreak
#392
of 1,139 clubs
#254
in Football
5.6
agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19556.3
  • Major final appearance since 19942.8
  • League title since 19551.5
Heaviest wounds

lost the national cup final, 1994 · relegated from the top flight, 1967 · relegated from the top flight, 1971 · relegated from the top flight, 1977

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Bundesliga only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

1977
Bundesliga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 7-8-19 · 49:103 · -54
22
pts
1976
Bundesliga (1) · P8
34 P · 13-11-10 · 61:67 · -6
37
pts
1975
Bundesliga (1) · P12
34 P · 10-12-12 · 56:68 · -12
32
pts
1974
Bundesliga (1) · P13
34 P · 10-11-13 · 56:70 · -14
31
pts
1971
Bundesliga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 7-9-18 · 48:68 · -20
23
pts
1970
Bundesliga (1) · P12
34 P · 8-15-11 · 41:54 · -13
31
pts
1967
Bundesliga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 6-13-15 · 35:53 · -18
25
pts
1956
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
EC
1955
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)★
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
EC
1952
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1950
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1994
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
1953
DFB-Pokal
Won
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

1955-56
European Cup(EC)
Round of 16