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"Fully focused on competing"

Three days remain until the start of a new competitive season, and many fans are now talking about the end of preseason. But Clemens Fritz, head of scouting and professional football at SV Werder Bremen, sees the current situation a little differently. “There is a match this week, so we are fully focused on competing. For us, preseason is already over.” Werder will start the season with a...

09.09.2020 / 13:10 / First Team

Tahith Chong will not travel to the Netherlands

After Saturday’s match against BSV Rehden, Tahith Chong said goodbye to his coach and teammates with the intention of travelling to the Netherlands U21 squad for their home game against Norway.

06.09.2020 / 17:04 / First Team

Jiri Pavlenka returns from international duty early

Two members of the Czech Republic support staff have tested positive for Covid-19.  All of the players who were in the squad on Friday (4/9/2020) for the game against Slovakia are thus returning to their club sides. Jiri Pavlenka is expected to return to Bremen on Sunday (6/9/2020). Despite the Coronavirus cases amongst the support staff, all players have tested negative for Covid-19 so far.

06.09.2020 / 13:30 / First Team

Convincing win in final friendly of pre-season

SV Werder Bremen continued their winning run in pre-season with a 7-0 victory over BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. Head coach Florian Kohdfeldt’s side made it seven wins from seven friendly matches ahead of the new season, which kicks off with a DFB-Pokal first-round clash against FC Carl Zeiss Jena on Saturday (12/09/20). Against Regionalliga side BSV Rehden, Werder’s seven goals came from four...

05.09.2020 / 19:01 / Match Report

Werder defeat Hannover 96

SV Werder Bremen comfortably defeated second-division side Hannover 96 in a pre-season friendly. The Green-Whites won 2-0 at ‘Platz 11’, with Niclas Füllkrug (39’) and Josh Sargent (72’) on the scoresheet. Particularly at the start of the game and after the break, Florian Kohfeldt’s side had to survive spells of Hannover pressure. They came through those periods unscathed and thus recorded their...

05.09.2020 / 15:44 / Match Report

Take it to the next level

“We’re coming to the most important part of pre-season now,” says Werder’s head coach Florian Kohfeldt before the Green-Whites’ double-header. SVW begin on Saturday (5/9/2020) with the visit of second-division side Hannover 96 to ‘Platz 11’ at 13:00 CEST. Werder will then face fourth-division side BSV Rehden at 15:45 CEST, a week before playing fourth-division side FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the first...

04.09.2020 / 21:08 / preliminary report

Milot Rashica avoids a serious injury

Kosovan international Milot Rashica suffered a knee injury in the game against Moldova on Thursday night and had to be taken off. Scans in Bremen on Friday showed no serious injuries in his knee. An MRI scan showed that he has strained his right knee.

04.09.2020 / 20:09 / First Team

Focused and working hard

Josh Sargent is focused - on the here and now, but above all on what lies in the future. “We're going into the new season focused and more positive,” says the striker, ten days before the new season kicks off. Werder’s experiences last season have left no doubt in the mind of the American: “No one wants to go through that again,” he says as he looks back over the relegation battle and the...

02.09.2020 / 16:35 / First Team

Double Matchday set as Werder face Rehden after Hannover

SV Werder Bremen are set for another double header matchday: Saturday’s (5th Sept) friendly against Hannover has been moved forward to kick off at 13:00 CEST. This will be followed by a game at 15:45 CEST against BSV "Schwarz-Weiß" Rehden on Pitch 11 at the stadium. 

02.09.2020 / 14:49 / First Team

Werder reach national team compromise

Werder Bremen management have been in detailed discussions with the Kosovan and Dutch national football associations this weekend. The issue at hand was the availability of Milot Rashica and Tahith Chong as Werder did not want the players to travel to areas considered to be high-risk. The players would have had to quarantine for five days upon returning, even in the case of a negative Covid-19...

31.08.2020 / 13:00 / First Team

Werder defeat St. Pauli 1-0

SV Werder Bremen also kept a clean sheet in the second friendly in Lohne on Saturday afternoon. The Green-Whites won 1-0 against second-division side St. Pauli thanks to a goal from Milot Rashica shortly before half time. In terms of entertainment, the game was inferior to the earlier match against FC Groningen (4-0, match report).

29.08.2020 / 19:10 / Match Report

Rashica, Veljkovic and Chong miss international fixtures

The management at SV Werder Bremen have decided that Milot Rashica, Milos Veljkovic and Tahith Chong will not join up with their respective national sides.  

29.08.2020 / 18:20 / First Team

Comfortable win against Groningen

SV Werder Bremen overcame the physical challenge of the friendly to comfortably defeat FC Groningen. At the end of two very different halves, the Green-Whites came out 4-0 winners in the Heinz-Dettmer stadium in Lohne. Josh Sargent (10’), Johannes Eggestein (15’), Leonardo Bittencourt (24’) and Tahith Chong (34’) scored the goals in a powerful first half display. There were few chances for either...

29.08.2020 / 17:05 / Match Report

“A test of our fitness and endurance”

As part of Werder’s Opening Weekend (WOW), Florian Kohfeldt’s side will play two friendlies on Saturday. The first of those games will kick off at 15:00 CEST in the Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion against Dutch side FC Groningen. Bundesliga 2 outfit FC St. Pauli will then take on another Werder side at the same ground at 17:15 CEST. Both games will be shown live on WERDER.TV and Youtube.

28.08.2020 / 21:15 / preliminary report

“Football can play a leading role again”

The federal government’s decision-making regarding the Covid-19 pandemic also has far-reaching consequences for the Bundesliga. SV Werder Bremen’s competitive fixtures at the start of the 2020/21 season will take place without fans. Dr. Hubertus Hess-Grunewald, GM organisation & sport, comments on the new regulations:

28.08.2020 / 15:31 / First Team

DFB-Pokal match against Jena scheduled for a Saturday evening

SV Werder Bremen will take on FC Carl Zeiss Jena on a Saturday evening in the DFB-Pokal. The first-round match against the fourth-division side will kick off at 20:45 CEST on Saturday, 12th September.

27.08.2020 / 16:06 / First Team

Luca Plogmann joins Meppen on loan

Goalkeeper Luca Plogmann will leave SV Werder Bremen to join third-division side SV Meppen on a season-long loan.

26.08.2020 / 12:31 / First Team

“Almost perfect” despite the situation

At 07:30 local time on Tuesday, the squad got on the coach in Zillertal and began the journey back home. Despite the very different conditions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, SV Werder’s ninth training camp in Zell am Ziller was a sporting success. “We have to pay Zillertal a great compliment in terms of organisation,” said head coach Florian Kohfeldt at the end of the ten-day camp. “Despite the...

25.08.2020 / 10:45 / First Team

A long-awaited comeback

“A year is a long time,” said a clearly relieved Kevin Möhwald following Werder’s friendly against SC Austria Lustenau. The 27-year-old made his comeback exactly 365 days after he last took to the pitch for the Green-Whites in a Bundesliga match against TSG Hoffenheim. Soon after, the defensive midfielder had to undergo knee surgery, which marked the beginning of “a long, long wait” for Möhwald.  ...

24.08.2020 / 19:30 / First Team

Rashica with circulation problems, Veljkovic sits out

Milot Rashica only managed a cameo appearance in the friendly against Austria Lustenau. The Kosovan was taken off again after just 17 minutes on the pitch. “Milot had circulation problems,” explained head coach Florian Kohfeldt after the 4-2 win. “He was desperate to play and tried, but was dizzy and needed to come off. We spoke about doing this before hand,” commented Kohfeldt.

24.08.2020 / 18:06 / First Team
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