First-team news

Werder’s first friendly ahead of the 2024/25 season ended in a comfortable 2-0 win. Oliver Burke put the Green-Whites ahead almost immediately in the second minute. In the second half, Keke Topp marked his debut for SVW with his first goal for the club.

SV Werder Bremen and primary sponsor MATTHÄI have agreed an early extension to their long-term contract, which will see the construction services provider continue to work with the club until 2029. The existing agreement was valid until 2026.

SV Werder Bremen have arranged another friendly for their stay in Zillertal. Ole Werner’s men will face Italian top-flight side US Lecce on Saturday, 20th July at the Parkstadion in Zell am Ziller. Kick off will be at 15:00 CEST.

It has been a busy few days for Keke Topp since rejoining Werder from Schalke. After completing the mandatory fitness tests, he has spent the past few days getting stuck into the first week of training in his second spell at the club. On Thursday, the 20-year-old forward spoke to the press about his return to the Osterdeich.​​​​​​​

SV Werder Bremen and the club’s kit supplier hummel are delighted to present the new home shirt for the 2024/25 season. The design is inspired by the Bremen flag, serving as a representation of the shared identity between the city and Werder.

Coinciding with the launch of SV Werder Bremen's new home shirt, the player numbers for the 2024/25 season have also been confirmed. There have been a few changes within the squad, with some players choosing new numbers for the upcoming campaign. The new home shirt will be worn for the first time during Werder's friendly against FC Verdun on Sunday, 14th July.

With his loan to SV Werder Bremen having now been made permanent, a new chapter has begun for Skelly Alvero. He took the time to speak to the media from the mixed zone between the team's two training sessions on Tuesday.

Head coach Ole Werner and his team came together on Monday afternoon to kick off training on the pitch ahead of the new season, having already successfully completed performance tests over the weekend. The Werder boss was pleased with the first session with his charges and hopes that, with hard work, the team can pick up where they left off at the end of last season.

The first friendly match of Werder’s training camp in Zillertal has been confirmed. The Green-Whites will take on English second-tier side Sheffield Wednesday on Friday, 26th July. The game against the four-time English champions will kick off at 14:00 CEST at the Parkstadion in Zell am Ziller.

This week, a class of Vietnamese students visited the Weserstadion and the WUSEUM. The students thoroughly enjoyed their time in Bremen, showing enthusiasm for Werder throughout. “The pupils love football and would love to come back,” says teacher Van Do.

The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) announced the fixtures for the 2024/25 Bundesliga season on Thursday afternoon. SV Werder Bremen will open the season away at FC Augsburg on the weekend of 23rd to 25th August. The Green-Whites will play their first home game against Borussia Dortmund on the weekend of 30th August to 1st September.

Austria, featuring Werder duo Romano Schmid and Marco Grüll, have been eliminated from this summer’s European Championship. After sweeping aside a strong Netherlands team in their final game of the group stage, the Austrians were unable to repeat that performance in Leipzig on Tuesday evening, falling to a 2-1 loss against Türkiye. The result means that the remainder of the tournament will see no…

Werder’s Milos Veljkovic gave his all for Serbia until the very end of their European Championships journey, yet narrowly missed out on reaching the round of 16 in his first time competing at the tournament. “Unfortunately, we weren't able to pick up any points against Denmark and couldn’t get the ball over the line,” admitted the 28-year-old after the goalless draw. Nevertheless, Veljkovic was a…

The wohninvest WESERSTADION’s name will revert to simply the Weserstadion at the end of this month. Following the financial insolvency of the real estate group Wohninvest, all sponsorship agreements with the company are to be terminated on 30th June 2024.

Peter Niemeyer is now ten days into his new role as Werder Bremen’s head of professional football. Before the 40-year-old was presented to the media on Wednesday morning, he sat down with WERDER.DE to talk about all things Werder, the reasons for his move and his goals for the future.

Romano Schmid and Marco Grüll are through to the second round at EURO 2024 after a 3-2 win for Austria over the Netherlands, which saw the former score his first international goal. Group favourites France could only manage a draw against Poland in Dortmund, leaving Ralf Rangnick’s side as group winners. Elsewhere, Milos Veljkovic and Serbia were unable to progress in Group C.

Two of our globetrotting Green-Whites have been able to celebrate their first points of EURO 2024 in the last couple of days. Milos Veljkovic’s Serbia scored a last-gasp equaliser to rescue a draw against Slovenia, while Romano Schmid made a cameo appearance in Austria’s 3-1 victory over Poland.

Young talent Keke Topp is back in Bremen after spending three years at second-division side Schalke 04, where the 20-year-old forward got his first taste of senior football and gained valuable experience in the process. SVW’s new signing spoke to WERDER.DE about his development over the past few years and what made him decide to return to his former club.

SV Werder Bremen have made another addition to their squad for the upcoming season. After spending three years gaining valuable experience at second-division side Schalke 04, Keke Topp has put pen to paper on a deal with his former club ahead of the 2024/25 campaign. Werder’s managing director for sport Clemens Fritz announced the decision to sign the forward on Tuesday afternoon.

After finishing the 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign in ninth place, SV Werder Bremen narrowly missed out on a spot in Europe. In a season packed with soaring highs and crushing lows, there was no shortage of emotional moments for the Green-Whites and their supporters. With the campaign now firmly behind us, the fourth and final part of our season review takes a look back at some of 23/24's most…