During their training camp on Norderney, which will take place between July 14th and 20th, 2008, Werder Bremen will take on Fortuna Köln in a friendly game. The traditional club from the south of Cologne will challenge the Champions League participants on Thursday, 17.07.2008 (kick-off 7pm). The game will be played on the East Frisian island at the ‘Alten Mühle’ sport facility.
With the Cologne side, a very special club will be arriving on Norderney with their destiny being controlled by thousands of football fans, which include the film director Sönke Wortmann, who is one of the initiators of the very unique concept in Germany. The members of the club can have direct influence over the management and operations at the historical club SC Fortuna Köln e.V.
Important decisions are met democratically using an online voting system set up on the internet platform www.deinfussballclub.de. Every participant has equal rights, and can only register one time - which means only one vote. Decisions on the purchase of players, personnel questions, club management and all other issues relating to the day-to-day running of the club are made in this way.
For Werder’s friendly game against Turkish first division side Trabzonspor, to be played at the Nordsee-Stadium in Bremerhaven on 02.08.2008 (kick-off 6pm), the organisers have released the dates for the sale of tickets. From Wednesday, 25.06.2008, tickets for the game will be available from the customer centre of the Nordsee-Zeitung, at Tabak & mehr, Bäckerei Brüser, at the OSC Bremerhaven administration centre and at the Kreiszeitung Wesermarsch.