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| Full name | Rot-Weiss Essen e. V. | ||
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| Nickname(s) | RWE[citation needed] | ||
| Founded | 1 February 1907 | ||
| Ground | Stadion an der Hafenstraße | ||
| Capacity | 20,650 | ||
| Chairman | Marcus Uhlig[citation needed] | ||
| Manager | Christoph Dabrowski | ||
| League | 3. Liga | ||
| 2023–24 | 3. Liga, 7th of 20 | ||
| Website | https://www.rot-weiss-essen.de/ | ||
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Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latter success qualified them to the first season of the European Cup.