Werder will kick off their 2011-12 campaign with their first round German DFB Cup match at third division side Heidenheim on Saturday 30 July 2011 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be played at the Voith Arena in Heidenheim. While it will be the first official match for the Green-Whites after four weeks of intensive preparations, Heidenheim will begin their season a week earlier in the third division against Kickers Offenbach.

The first round of the German DFB Cup in overview:
Friday, 29 July 2011 - 8:30 p.m.
1.FC Saarbrücken - Erzgebirge Aue
RB Leipzig - VfL Wolfsburg
SV Wehen-Wiesbaden - VfB Stuttgart
VfL Osnabrück - TSV Munich 1860
SSV JahnRegensburg - Borussia Mönchengladbach
Rot-Weiss Essen - 1.FC Union Berlin

Saturday, 30 July 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
BFC Dynamo Berlin - 1.FC Kaiserslautern
1.FC Heidenheim - Werder Bremen
VfB Oldenburg - Hamburger SV
Hallescher FC - Eintracht Frankfurt
Arminia Bielefeld - 1.FC Nürnberg
SV Babelsberg 03 - MSV Duisburg
SV Eintracht Trier 05 - FC St. Pauli
Rot Weiss Ahlen - SC Paderborn 07
Dynamo Dresden - Bayer 04 Leverkusen

7:30 p.m.
SV Sandhausen - Borussia Dortmund
Holstein Kiel - Energie Cottbus
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - FC Augsburg
Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum
Kickers Emden - FSV Frankfurt

Sunday, 31 July 2011 - 2:30 p.m.
FC Anker Wismar - Hannover 96
SpVgg Unterhaching - SC Freiburg
Karlsruher SC - Alemannia Aachen
FC Oberneuland Bremen - FC Ingolstadt
Eimsbütteler TV - SpVgg Greuther Fürth

4 p.m.
ZFC Meuselwitz - Hertha BSC Berlin
Germania Windeck - 1899 Hoffenheim

5:30 p.m.
KSV Hessen Kassel - Fortuna Düsseldorf
FC Teningen - FC Schalke 04
SVN Zweibrücken - FSV Mainz 05
SC Wiedenbrück 2000 - 1. FC Köln

Monday, 1 August 2011 - 8:30 p.m. (live on ARD)
Eintracht Braunschweig - FC Bayern Munich