We are building up to the RW Essen vs Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal clash which kicks off very shortly, and the players have now been announced.
Here is the starting XI for RW Essen which has been confirmed as follows:
RW Essen
Jakob Golz #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Lucas Brumme #14
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Tobias Kraulich #33
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Michael Schultz #4
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Landau, Germany
José-Enrique Ríos Alonso #23
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Stuttgart, Germany
Jannik Hofmann #37
Defender
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bayreuth, Germany
Klaus Gjasula #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 35
Tom Moustier #28
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 23
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Aubagne, France
Ahmet Arslan #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Memmingen, Germany
Ramien Safi #7
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Groningen, Netherlands
Kaito Mizuta #24
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
The starting line-up for Borussia Dortmund has also been confirmed as:
Borussia Dortmund
Gregor Kobel #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Daniel Svensson
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Sweden
Ramy Bensebaini #21
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Algeria
Place of birth: Constantine, Algeria
Waldemar Anton
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Germany
Filippo Mané #22
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Italy
Place of birth: Magenta, Italy
Yan Bueno Couto #13
Also known as Couto
Defender
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Curitiba, Brazil
Pascal Groß
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mannheim, Germany
Felix Nmecha #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany
Marcel Sabitzer
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Graz, Austria
Maximilian Beier
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Brandenburg an der Havel , Germany
Serhou Guirassy #9
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Guinea
Place of birth: Arles, France
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