We’re counting down to the RW Essen vs RB Leipzig DFB-Pokal clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team sheets are now available.
First off, the starting XI for RW Essen which is confirmed as follows:
RW Essen
Jakob Golz #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
José-Enrique Ríos Alonso #23
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Stuttgart, Germany
Michael Schultz #4
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Landau, Germany
Tobias Kraulich #33
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Eric Voufack #19
Defender
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 22
Ahmet Arslan #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Memmingen, Germany
Jimmy Kaparos #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Arnhem, Netherlands
Torben Müsel #26
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Grünstadt, Germany
Lucas Brumme #14
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Ramien Safi #11
Forward
Height: 1.77m
Age: 24
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Groningen, Netherlands
Leonardo Vonić #20
Forward
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
The team sheet line-up for RB Leipzig has also been confirmed as:
RB Leipzig
Péter Gulácsi #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Hungary
Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary
David Raum #3
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Lukas Klostermann #16
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 83kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Mohamed Simakan #2
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 24
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Marseille, France
Willi Orbán #4
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Hungary
Place of birth: Kaiserslautern, Germany
Kevin Kampl #44
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Slovenia
Place of birth: Solingen, Germany
Amadou Haidara #4
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Seiwald #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Xavi Simons #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.67m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Benjamin Šeško #11
Forward
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Slovenia
Place of birth: Radece, Slovenia
Loïs Openda #20
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Liège, Belgium
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