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.

Werder Bremen

Full name	Sport-Verein Werder von 1899 e. V. Bremen
Founded	4 February 1899
Ground	Weserstadion, Bremen
Capacity	42,354
Chairman	Klaus-Dieter Fischer
Manager	Viktor Skripnik
League	Bundesliga
2010/11	Bundesliga, 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

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
Youth Team Manager	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

1963/64 : Bundesliga - 11th 1964/65 : Bundesliga - Champions 1965/66 : Bundesliga - 4th 1966/67 : Bundesliga - 16th 1967/68 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1968/69 : Bundesliga - 10th 1969/70 : Bundesliga - 11th 1970/71 : Bundesliga - 10th 1971/72 : Bundesliga - 12th 1972/73 : Bundesliga - 11th 1973/74 : Bundesliga - 11th 1974/75 : Bundesliga - 15th 1975/76 : Bundesliga - 13th 1976/77 : Bundesliga - 11th 1977/78 : Bundesliga - 15th 1978/79 : Bundesliga - 11th 1979/80 : Bundesliga - 17th 1981/82 : Bundesliga - 5th 1982/83 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1983/84 : Bundesliga - 5th 1984/85 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1985/86 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1986/87 : Bundesliga - 4th 1987/88 : Bundesliga - Champions 1988/89 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1989/90 : Bundesliga - 7th 1990/91 : Bundesliga - 3rd 1991/92 : Bundesliga - 9th 1992/93 : Bundesliga - Champions 1993/94 : Bundesliga - 9th 1994/95 : Bundesliga - 2nd 1995/96 : Bundesliga - 9th 1996/97 : Bundesliga - 8th 1997/98 : Bundesliga - 7th 1998/99 : Bundesliga - 14th 1999/00 : Bundesliga - 9th 2000/01 : Bundesliga - 7th 2001/02 : Bundesliga - 6th

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 -

Notable players

• Frank Baumann ( 1999-2009)
• Arnold Schütz (1955-1972)
• Dieter Burdenski (1972-1988, goalkeeper coach 1997-2005)
• Horst-Dieter Höttges (1964-1978)
• Marco Bode (1988-2002)
• Andreas Herzog (1992-1995)

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