First-team news

SV Werder were able to celebrate their first league win of the season away in Mainz on Sunday evening. Marvin Ducksch put the Green-Whites ahead from the spot (7’), before FSV were able to equalise after an unfortunate miscommunication between Zetterer and Stark (27’). Despite Marco Friedl being sent off (60’), the Green-Whites never gave up hope and saw their efforts rewarded. Substitute Derrick…

Back from the international break, back to the Bundesliga. SV Werder Bremen face 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the final game of matchday 3 on Sunday afternoon (15/9, 17:30 CEST). The Green-Whites are looking to take away the positive aspects of their first few matches and secure a first league win of the season. Here is the match preview. 

It’s time for matchday 3 of the new Bundesliga season after the first international break of the campaign. SV Werder Bremen are away to 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday, 15th September at 17:30 CEST. Head coach Ole Werner answered questions from the media on Thursday at the pre-match press conference.

The first international break of the 2024/25 season is over and SV Werder’s international players have returned to Bremen. The Green-Whites had different experiences across their respective two games. Keke Topp only featured once for Germany U21s, travelling back home earlier this week due to a foot problem.

With the international break drawing to a close, it is now back to the day-to-day of league action for the Green-Whites. Niklas Stark and Co. travel to Mainz on Sunday, 15/09/2024, for a 17:30 CEST kick-off. On Tuesday, 10/09/2024, the defender spoke to the press about the strong showing at home against Borussia Dortmund, and what Werder need to do in Mainz, in order to improve on two league draws…

The Green-Whites started their new week of training on Tuesday, 10/09/2024. Head coach Ole Werner’s side next face the task of an away match in Mainz on Sunday, 15/09/2024 (kick-off 17:30 CEST). However, the SVW boss will be beginning the week without a trio of players.

It was like a little anniversary gift to himself. Almost a year to the day that he made the move from Union Saint-Gilloise to SV Werder, a cheery Senne Lynen made his way into the Weserstadion carrying a bonsai tree. “The first two weeks were a little difficult, but now the bonsai’s doing really well,” grinned the 25-year-old. 

A host of Werder players are currently on international duty with their national sides. Milos Veljkovic is missing from Serbia’s squad due to foot problems and is undergoing medical examinations with the team doctor. Romano Schmid, Marco Grüll, Keke Topp, Mio Backhaus and Isak Hansen-Aarøen have already been involved in fixtures over the past few days.

Having only joined the Green-Whites a week ago, Derrick Köhn has already made his Werder debut on Thursday (05.09) when he started against Preußen Münster in a friendly on Thursday. In addition, it only took seven minutes for the 25-year-old to receive the congratulations of his teammates after he set up SVW’s opening goal, his first assist for the club. 

SV Werder Bremen fell to a 3-2 defeat in a friendly against second-division side SC Preußen Münster on Thursday evening. The Green-Whites were unable to hold on to their 2-0 half-time lead, as the hosts scored three goals after the break. Justin Njinmah (7') and Julian Malatini (26') got on the scoresheet for SVW, with new signing Derrick Köhn contributing his first assist on his first start for…

On Thursday afternoon, the DFL publicised the dates and times of the fixtures to be played on matchdays 6-12 of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season. SVW will play twice in the prime time Saturday evening slot with kick-off at 18:30 CEST, firstly at home to Bayer Leverkusen, before travelling to face Eintracht Frankfurt. There are further away trips lined up against Wolfsburg and Gladbach, both on…

The draw for the second round of the DFB-Pokal was carried out at the German Football Museum in Dortmund on Sunday afternoon. SV Werder have been pitted against SC Paderborn 07, with the second-division side hosting the tie on either Wednesday, 30th October at 18:00 CET.

At the end of the transfer window, Derrick Köhn made the switch from Turkish champions Galatasaray to join Werder on loan. “Everything happened very quickly and I’m just pleased that I can start training with everyone now,” joked the 25-year-old. On Sunday, he was already on the training pitch, joining those who also didn’t feature against Dortmund, and on Tuesday he began full first team…

The first international break of the season will see SV Werder Bremen play a friendly against SC Preußen Münster. The match will take place on Thursday, 5th September at 18:00 CEST at the Preußenstadion.

The first two matchdays of the new Bundesliga season are done and it’s now time for the first international break of the 2024/25 campaign. While Romano Schmid and Marco Grüll are in UEFA Nations League action, Keke Topp is hoping to make his debut for Germany U21s.

Having previously extended his contract at SV Werder Bremen over the summer, 18-year-old centre-back Mats Heitmann has now put pen to paper on his first professional contract.

SV Werder Bremen came away from their first home game of the season with a point after their encounter with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday afternoon ended goalless. The Green-Whites were particularly frustrated with the result due to their numerical advantage in the closing stages, which could have allowed them to claim all three points from the clash. WERDER.DE have summarised the reaction to the…

SV Werder Bremen secured their second point of the 24/25 campaign on matchday 2 after their clash against Borussia Dortmund ended goalless in front of a sold-out home crowd of 42,100. Despite putting in a strong performance throughout, SVW were unable to reap the rewards of their hard work against the Black-Yellows, who were forced down to ten men following a red-card offence from Nico…

Shortly before the end of the summer transfer window, SV Werder Bremen secured the services of left-back Derrick Köhn. The 25-year-old has moved to the Green-Whites on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy from Turkish giants Galatasaray. In this interview with WERDER.DE, Köhn talks about his childhood dreams, the reasons why he came to Bremen and his ambitions with SVW.

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.