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
Capacity42,354
ChairmanKlaus-Dieter Fischer
ManagerViktor Skripnik
LeagueBundesliga
2010/11Bundesliga, 13th

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 Second 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[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  Czech Republic Jiří Pavlenka
3 DF  Germany Anthony Jung
7 FW  Germany Marvin Ducksch
8 DF  Germany Mitchell Weiser (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
10 MF  Germany Leonardo Bittencourt
11 FW  Germany Niclas Füllkrug
13 DF  Serbia Miloš Veljković
15 FW  Ivory Coast Roger Assalé (on loan from Dijon)
16 MF  Germany Oscar Schönfelder
17 FW  Germany Abdenego Nankishi
20 MF  Austria Romano Schmid
21 DF  Turkey Ömer Toprak (captain)
22 MF  Germany Niklas Schmidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  Germany Nicolai Rapp
25 DF  South Korea Kyu-hyun Park
26 DF  Germany Lars Lukas Mai (on loan from Bayern Munich)
27 DF  Germany Felix Agu
28 MF  Bulgaria Ilia Gruev
29 FW  Germany Nick Woltemade
30 GK  Germany Michael Zetterer
32 DF  Austria Marco Friedl
34 MF  Germany Jean-Manuel Mbom
36 DF  Germany Christian Groß
39 DF  Italy Fabio Chiarodia
40 GK  Germany Luca Plogmann
43 FW  Germany Eren Dinkçi

Coaching staff
Manager Thomas Schaaf, who has been managing Werder Bremen from 1999 to 2013.
Position Staff
First Team Coach (interim) Wolfgang Rolff
Assistant First Team Coach Matthias Hönerbach
Goalkeeper Trainer Michael Kraft
Club Doctor Dr. Götz Dimanski
Physio Holger Berger
Assistant Physio Florian Lauerer
Reserve Team Manager Thomas Wolter[4]
Youth Team Manager Uwe Harttgen

League position
SeasonLeaguePosition
2002/03Bundesliga6th
2003/04BundesligaChampions
2004/05Bundesliga3rd
2005/06Bundesliga2nd
2006/07Bundesliga3rd
2007/08Bundesliga2nd
2008/09Bundesliga10th
2009/10Bundesliga3rd
2010/11Bundesliga13th
2011/12Bundesliga9th
2012/13Bundesliga14th
2013/14Bundesliga12th
2014/15Bundesliga10th
2015/16Bundesliga13th
2016/17Bundesliga8th
2017/18Bundesliga11th
2018/19Bundesliga8th
2019/20Bundesliga16th
2020/21Bundesliga17th (relegated)
2021/222. Bundesliga2nd (promoted)

Former position

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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References
  1. "Vom FVW zum SVW". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  2. "Spieler". Werder.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. "New numbers". SV Werder Bremen. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. "3. Liga / U 23 > Trainer". Werder.de. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  5. "Werder Bremen - die offizielle Webseite". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  6. "Werder Bremen - die offizielle Webseite". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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