First-team news

SV Werder Bremen will take on high-flying Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday evening (23.11.2024, 18:30 CET). The Eagles are unbeaten in each of their last six competitive games, while the Green-Whites will be looking to take the momentum from their most recent 2-1 home win against Holstein Kiel with them into the primetime clash.

After the last international break of the calendar year, SV Werder will hope the close out 2024 strongly across their final six competitive matches before the winter break. Head coach Ole Werner’s side kick things off away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Saturday evening prime time slot, 23/11/2024 (18:30 CET). In his press conference, the 36-year-old spoke about his views on the in-form Eagles and…

A delegation of SV Werder Bremen began its latest trip to Vietnam a few days ago. This is the third visit of the South-East Asian country in the last 12 months for the Green-Whites, who are also acting as ambassadors of the Bundesliga. The agenda for this trip includes hosting training sessions for young people, visiting educational institutions and meeting with representatives from local…

He gave the fans reason to dream during Werder’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Now he’s making that dream come true. Diego will return to Weserstadion in March 2025, ready to don the Green-Whites’ colours once again. On Saturday, 22nd March 2025, Bremen will play host for the official testimonial match of Werder’s former number 10.

Veljkovic and Njinmah back on the training pitch

Werder head coach Ole Werner was able to welcome two players back to training for the first session of the new week as the team prepares to face Bayer Leverkusen. Milos Veljkovic and Justin Njinmah both returned to team training for the first time since their injuries and will have their workload steadily increased throughout the week in order to get them ready for competitive action once more. …

Jens Stage has extended his contract at SV Werder. It was a “logical step” for the Dane, who feels right at home in Bremen with his family. The 28-year-old spoke to us about the reasons for wanting to stay and the attributes he wants to help SVW with in the future.

On Monday night at the club’s annual general meeting, SV Werder Bremen announced that midfielder Jens Stage has signed a new contract with the Green-Whites.

SV Werder Bremen's executive board have decided that the club will leave the social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter). The announcement was made by Klaus Filbry, CEO of SV Werder, during the club's annual general meeting on Monday.

Werder’s five players called up for international duty have all been in action already. While Milos Veljkovic’s Serbia eased their relegation worries and are now dreaming of the quarter-finals after his ‘home’ game in Switzerland, Romano Schmid’s Austria are pushing for promotion. Mio Backhaus, Keke Topp and Isak Hansen-Aarøen all tasted defeat however.

Niklas Stark is now the second player in the Werder squad to have played 250 games in Germany’s top flight, along with Leonardo Bittencourt. The 29-year-old has represented 1. FC Nürnberg, Hertha BSC and, since 2022, SV Werder in the Bundesliga. The 29-year-old talked to WERDER.DE about special moments in his career, playing together with Mitchell Weiser and goals for the future.

A new week of training began for Ole Werner’s team on Wednesday, 13/11/2024, with the international break getting into full swing. In addition to the five Werder players off on duty with their nations, the head coach had to deal with one further absentee from training as well.

It’s been an eventful few days in Bremen. Not only was the Weserstadion visited by the usual 42,000-plus fans for the home game by Holstein Kiel, but SV Werder also welcomed some international guests from the club’s target markets in South America, Africa and Asia.

While those remaining in Bremen begin a short week of training on Wednesday, five Werder players are jetting off on international duty. The quintet have a number of varying challenges ahead of them over the coming days, including EURO play-offs and Nations League and Elite League matches. Here is an overview of all the action.

A late header from Oliver Burke secured SV Werder their first home victory of the 2024/25 season. After a strong first half, the match against Holstein Kiel turned into a hard-fought Bundesliga contest following the break, but was ultimately settled by the Scotsman to earn the home side a 2-1 win. WERDER.DE brings you the reaction from the Green-Whites.

SV Werder Bremen celebrated a dramatic 2-1 victory over Holstein Kiel at the Weserstadion on Saturday evening. Jens Stage put the hosts in front with an excellent long-range strike, but the Storks came out of the break strong and levelled things up through Phil Harres. It looked like the points would be shared, until a 90th-minute header from substitute Oliver Burke snatched a first home win of…

SV Werder Bremen are set to welcome newly-promoted side Holstein Kiel to the Weserstadion on Saturday, 09/11/24, for a clash between two of the most northerly Bundesliga sides (kick-off 15:30 CET). The Green-Whites are hoping to grab their first home win of the season against the side with the best away record in the second-division last season.

A particularly special home match awaits for SV Werder’s head coach Ole Werner, when the 36-year-old will hope to steer the Green-Whites to success against Holstein Kiel on Saturday, 09/11/24, with kick-off at 15:30 CET. The coach was involved with the upcoming opposition for nearly 15 years in various roles, including as a player and head coach. The coach explained the remaining connection he has…

At the start of the new week of training in preparation ahead of the home match against Holstein Kiel, Skelly Alvero was brought back into team training on Wednesday afternoon, 06/11/24. Three Green-Whites did not take part in the team training session, however.

The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has today announced the timings for Bundesliga matchdays 13 to 19. SV Werder will face St. Pauli in the primetime slot on Saturday, 14th December (18:30 CET), before ending the year at home against 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday, 21st December (15:30 CET). Their first game of the new year will be on Sunday, 12th January 2025 at RB Leipzig (15:30 CET). 

The DFB announced the confirmed times and dates for the DFB-Pokal round-of-16 ties on Wednesday morning, 06/11/24. SV Werder Bremen are set to take on SV Darmstadt 98 at the Weserstadion on Tuesday night, 03/12/24 (kick-off 20:45 CET).