Overview
- Flyers labeled “Grundsätze W2” were handed out before the Schweinfurt match in the Westkurve, including the line “Keine Weiber in den ersten Reihen.”
- Board members Marc‑Nicolai Pfeifer and Alexander Rang said the club distances itself unequivocally from the flyer’s content.
- The statement affirmed that racist, sexist or other discriminatory attitudes have no place at Rot‑Weiss Essen and that fans cannot set their own access rules.
- Officials said they communicated their position to representatives of the active fanscene, while no specific consequences were announced.
- The flyer drew immediate online backlash and renewed discussion of similar past rules in German ultras culture, including a 2022 example at Hansa Rostock.