Overview
- Rot-Weiss Essen sold all 11,907 season tickets for 2025/26, surpassing last year by 600 and granting holders priority access to the Borussia Dortmund cup tie.
- The club set DFB-Pokal first-round ticket prices at €45, €39, €33 and €17 for categories 1 to 4 ahead of the August 18 home match against Borussia Dortmund.
- RWE bolstered its attack by securing forward Jaka Cuber Potocnik on a season-long loan from Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln.
- Coach Uwe Koschinat has fine-tuned his squad through a 5:1 derby win over ETB SW Essen and a narrow 2:3 friendly defeat at Hibernian FC in Edinburgh.
- The DFB scheduled RWE’s 3. Liga opener at home to TSV 1860 München on August 1 and an away game at TSV Havelse on August 9 at 14:00.