First-team news

Werder Bremen have brought in a new player on the final day of the summer transfer window, with Derrick Köhn joining the Green-Whites on a season-long loan deal from Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray. Both clubs have agreed to include an option to buy in the contract following the expiry of the loan.

After a draw in Augsburg on the opening day of the Bundesliga season, SV Werder Bremen are finally back at the Weserstadion for their first home match of the 2024/25 campaign. Borussia Dortmund are the visitors for Saturday’s game (30/08/24, kick-off 15:30 CEST). While the Green-Whites are unbeaten in seven competitive matches, Borussia come into the fixture with fresh impetus. 

After a 106-day wait, Bundesliga football is finally set to return to the Weserstadion. Head coach Ole Werner and the Green-Whites will host Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, 31st August (15:30 CEST). Read on for all the updates from Thursday’s pre-match press conference.

Milos Veljkovic and SVW got the new season off to a confident start with a 3-1 DFB-Pokal win against Energie Cottbus, before then taking home a point in the Bundesliga opener against FC Augsburg. Now that the first two competitive matches of the season are complete, the first home game is just around the corner. “It will be a high-level contest with both teams wanting to play out from the back,”…

SV Werder Bremen started the new week of training at midday on Tuesday (27/08/2024) ahead of their upcoming home game against Borussia Dortmund. Head coach Ole Werner is looking forward to seeing a well-attended training ground, with only a trio of players currently missing.

Dikeni Salifou will leave SV Werder Bremen to join Austrian Bundesliga side SK Austria Klagenfurt on loan until the end of the season, as confirmed on Monday by the head of professional football, Peter Niemeyer.

It had been almost five months since Justin Njinmah last featured in the Bundesliga. After Matchday 26 of the 2023/24 season, the 23-year-old was firstly sidelined with hip and ankle problems, before missing the remainder of the campaign with illness. On Saturday, the striker marked his return to the side in the best possible manner against FC Augsburg.

SV Werder Bremen opened the 2024/25 Bundesliga season with a 2-2 draw at FC Augsburg. After first taking the lead, the Green-Whites were then pegged back and trailed at the break, before netting a deserved equaliser in the second half. WERDER.DE spoke to head coach Ole Werner and several players about the result.

SV Werder Bremen were able to take home a point from their first Bundesliga game of the season against FC Augsburg on Saturday afternoon. Felix Agu (12’) opened the scoring for the Green-Whites, but they were then pegged back just minutes later by Elvis Rexhbecaj’s equaliser (16’). The hosts were then able to take the lead before the break, as Samuel Essende headed in to make it 2-1 (35’).…

“We’re excited to be starting again,” said Ole Werner at the press conference ahead of SVW’s first Bundesliga game of the new season. After successfully beginning the campaign with a 3-1 win over Energie Cottbus in the DFB-Pokal, the Green-Whites are excited for league action to begin. Werder’s matchday 1 clash is away against FC Augsburg on Saturday, 24th August at 15:30 CEST. “Competitive…

Members of the Werder and footballing community, along with relatives and friends, gathered at the Bremen Cathedral on Friday to remember Wilfried 'Willi' Lemke. Amongst those in attendance were those that knew Lemke from his many years as the sporting director and chairman of the supervisory board at SV Werder Bremen, as well as politicians and public figures from the city of Bremen and from…

After getting the 2024/25 season off to a winning start against Energie Cottbus in the DFB-Pokal, SV Werder Bremen are now hoping to also start their Bundesliga campaign off on the right foot. Head coach Ole Werner faced the media ahead of his side's opening Bundesliga fixture away at FC Augsburg on Saturday, 24th August (15:30 CEST). 

Dawid Kownacki will leave SV Werder Bremen to join second-division side Fortuna Düsseldorf until the end of the season. He signed for Werder from Düsseldorf in summer 2023. This was announced today by Peter Niemeyer, head of professional football.

SV Werder won their first competitive game of 2024/25, advancing to the next round of the DFB-Pokal after a 3-1 win at FC Energie Cottbus. WERDER.DE have collected all the post-match reaction from head coach Ole Werner and his players.

SV Werder Bremen are through to the second round of the DFB-Pokal after a 3-1 win at FC Energie Cottbus. A hat-trick from Keke Topp (32', 37', 55') sealed the Green-White's progression in front of 20,524 fans at the LEAG Energie Stadion. Former Werder player Henry Rorig was able to get one back for the hosts (70').

After 93 days of pre-season, SV Werder Bremen are back. While the start of the Bundesliga gradually approaches, the Green-Whites’ first competitive fixture of the season will be a first-round DFB-Pokal clash against FC Energie Cottbus on Monday, 19th August at 18:00 CEST. It’s the second time in three years that SVW will play the Brandenburg side, who kicked off their 3. Liga campaign two weeks…

The press conference ahead of the DFB-Pokal clash at FC Energie Cottbus signalled the start of business as usual for head coach Ole Werner. Before the Green-Whites travel to Lausitz on Monday, 19.08.2024, the 36-year-old responded to questions from journalists, ahead of the competitive season.

After a great run of performances in the second half of the Bundesliga campaign earned him the Werder Player of the Season award, followed by a European Championship in which he made his mark, Romano Schmid finds himself in undoubtedly the best form of his young career. With weeks of hard work in pre-season under his belt, the Austrian is raring to go for the competitive campaign. It all starts in…

New season, new number, new mission. For the first time in his time at SV Werder Bremen, Michael Zetterer is going into a new season as the club’s number 1. It’s a role that entails a certain amount of responsibility in the eyes of the Green-Whites’ goalkeeper. “I want to be a leader in the dressing room and also a point of contact for the boys when things aren’t going to plan,” explained the…

Werder Bremen have announced the club’s team council for the 2024/25 season. Michael Zetterer, Milos Veljkovic, Jens Stage, Niklas Stark and Leonardo Bittencourt will form a leadership team around club captain Marco Friedl over the course of the upcoming campaign.