Werder Bremen

The Sport-Verein Werder von 1899 e. V. Bremen is a German football club playing in the city of Bremen. The club was founded in 1899 as FV Werder by a group of sixteen high school students. The students had won a football as prize in a tug of war competition. In 1920 the name was changed from FV to SV werder Bremen. In this year chess, baseball, cricket and track and field athletics became part of the club. But football was and still is the most important part of the club.[1]

Werder Bremen
Full nameSport-Verein Werder von 1899 e. V. Bremen
Founded4 February 1899
GroundWeserstadion, Bremen
(capacity: 42,354)
ChairmanKlaus-Dieter Fischer
ManagerViktor Skripnik
LeagueBundesliga
2010/11Bundesliga, 13th
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The name "Werder" is a not very common regional word which means "River peninsula". The first play ground of Werder Bremen was beside the Weser river. Today they play in the Weserstadion.

The club's first team plays in the German Bundesliga. The second team of Werder Bremen is playing in Germanys 4th league. The women team is playing in the Second Bundesliga. Their colors are green and white (Grün und Weiß).

Current squad

As of 16 October 2021
No. Position Player
1 GK Czech Republic Czech Republic Jiří Pavlenka


3 DF Germany Germany Anthony Jung


7 FW Germany Germany Marvin Ducksch


8 DF Germany Germany Mitchell Weiser (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)


10 MF Germany Germany Leonardo Bittencourt


11 FW Germany Germany Niclas Füllkrug


13 DF Serbia Serbia Miloš Veljković


15 FW Côte d'Ivoire [[|Côte d'Ivoire]] Roger Assalé (on loan from Dijon)


16 MF Germany Germany Oscar Schönfelder


17 FW Germany Germany Abdenego Nankishi


20 MF Austria Austria Romano Schmid


21 DF Turkey Turkey Ömer Toprak (captain)


22 MF Germany Germany Niklas Schmidt
No. Position Player
23 MF Germany Germany Nicolai Rapp


25 DF South Korea Korea Republic Kyu-hyun Park


26 DF Germany Germany Lars Lukas Mai (on loan from Bayern Munich)


27 DF Germany Germany Felix Agu


28 MF Bulgaria Bulgaria Ilia Gruev


29 FW Germany Germany Nick Woltemade


32 DF Austria Austria Marco Friedl


34 MF Germany Germany Jean-Manuel Mbom


36 DF Germany Germany Christian Groß


39 DF Italy Italy Fabio Chiarodia


40 GK Germany Germany Luca Plogmann


43 FW Germany Germany Eren Dinkçi

Coaching staff

Manager Thomas Schaaf, who has been managing Werder Bremen from 1999 to 2013.
Position Staff
First Team Coach (interim) Germany Wolfgang Rolff
Assistant First Team Coach Germany Matthias Hönerbach
Goalkeeper Trainer Germany Michael Kraft
Club Doctor Germany Dr. Götz Dimanski
Physio Germany Holger Berger
Assistant Physio Germany Florian Lauerer
Reserve Team Manager Germany Thomas Wolter[2]
Youth Team Manager Germany Uwe Harttgen

League position

Season League Position
2002/03 Bundesliga 6th
2003/04 Bundesliga Champions
2004/05 Bundesliga 3rd
2005/06 Bundesliga 2nd
2006/07 Bundesliga 3rd
2007/08 Bundesliga 2nd
2008/09 Bundesliga 10th
2009/10 Bundesliga 3rd
2010/11 Bundesliga 13th
2011/12 Bundesliga 9th
2012/13 Bundesliga 14th
2013/14 Bundesliga 12th
2014/15 Bundesliga 10th
2015/16 Bundesliga 13th
2016/17 Bundesliga 8th
2017/18 Bundesliga 11th
2018/19 Bundesliga 8th
2019/20 Bundesliga 16th
2020/21 Bundesliga 17th (relegated)
2021/22 2. Bundesliga 2nd (promoted)

Former position

Honours

Germany

  • German Bundesliga (4): 1965, 1988, 1993, 2004
  • German Cup (6): 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009

International

  • Cup winner-Cup : 1992
  • UEFA-Cup-final: 2009

Manager history

  • Willi Multhaup 1963-1965
  • Günter Brocker 1965-04.09.1967
  • Fritz Langner 09.09.1967-1969
  • Fritz Rebell 1969-16.03.1970
  • Hans Tilkowski 17.03.1970-1970
  • Robert Gebhardt 1970-26.09.1971
  • Willi Multhaup 27.09.1971-24.10.1971
  • Josef Piontek 25.10.1971-07.05.1972
  • Fritz Langner 08.05.1972-1972
  • Josef Piontek 1972/1975
  • Herbert Burdenski 1975-28.02.1976
  • Otto Rehhagel 29.02.1976-1976
  • Hans Tilkowski 1976-22.12.1977
  • Fred Schulz 02.01.1978-1978
  • Wolfgang Weber 1978-29.01.1980
  • Fritz Langner 20.02.1980-1980
  • Kuno Klötzer 1980-1981
  • Otto Rehhagel 01.04.1981-1995
  • Aad de Mos 1995-09.01.96
  • Hans-Jürgen Dörner 14.01.96 - 20.08.97
  • Wolfgang Sidka 01.09.1997 - 22.10.1998
  • Felix Magath 22.10.1998 - 09.05.1999
  • Thomas Schaaf 10.05.1999 - 15.05.2013
  • Wolfgang Rolff 15.05.2013 -

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Notable players

Team records

  • Marco Bode 101 goals
  • Dieter Burdenski 444 matches in the German Bundesliga
  • Horst-Dieter Höttges 66 matches for the German football national team
  • Werder Bremen - DSC Arminia Bielefeld 8:1 (2007) Werder Bremen - Offenbacher Kickers 8:1 (1983) highest victory
  • Eintracht Frankfurt - Werder Bremen 9:2 (1981) highest score in lost match

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Werder Bremen Media

References

  1. Vom FVW zum SVW. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  2. 3. Liga / U 23 > Trainer. Werder.de. http://www.werder.de/u23/trainer.php. Retrieved 7 December 2010. [dead link]
  3. Werder Bremen - die offizielle Webseite. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  4. Werder Bremen - die offizielle Webseite. Retrieved 2011-11-08.