First-team news

Ekici signs with Werder

The first new acquisition for the 2011-12 season is all set as midfielder Mehmet Ekici left Bayern Munich, from whom he was sent on loan for last season to Nurnberg, and will wear the Green-White jersey next season. The 20-year-old and Bayern came to an agreement late Tuesday evening. The Bavarian native, who plays for the Turkish national team...

18.05.2011 / 14:46 / First Team

Test match against FC Midtjylland

The Green-Whites' summer schedule is gaining more and more form. After the announcement Monday that Werder would play a match against SV Meppen during their training camp at Norderney (06 July 2011), another test match was scheduled for two days later. Traditionally Werder make a trip to the North See island in Leer/Loga on their...

18.05.2011 / 14:39 / First Team

Ekici, Merte & Wiese

The plans for the roster for next season are in high gear as Werder's sports bosses offered some more details at Tuesday's press conference about Torsten Frings. "With how the season went we have arrived at a point where we need to set some new tracks. This group which we put together this year did not achieve what we set out on doing," said manager Klaus Allofs. "It's clear...

17.05.2011 / 20:37 / First Team

Frings speaks to journalists

Just from the number of camera teams and journalists on hand, one could tell how big the media interest was Tuesday at Weser Stadium. Werder had called for a press conference about the contractual situation for team captain Torsten Frings. The protagonist himself did...

17.05.2011 / 20:34 / First Team

No new professional contract for Torsten Frings

An era has come to an end as Torsten Frings will not be on Werder Bremen's professional roster for next season. The captain will not be given a new contract with the Green-Whites. "Management decided in coordination with Thomas Schaaf and under consideration of sporting...

17.05.2011 / 20:31 / First Team

Set an example, win sympathy

Alex from Schwerin drained the ball stone-cold, amazing Clemens Fritz and Marko Arnautovic and the rest of the spectators. The youngster had a fine battle with the moving goal wall and in the end beat the two professionals and was the winner of the afternoon in Schwerin....

17.05.2011 / 07:30 / First Team

Werder test against Meppen on Norderney

Werder's first test match of the new season is scheduled as the Green-Whites will take on SV Meppen on Wednesday 6 July 2011 as part of their training camp on Norderney, which runs from 3-8 July, 2011. The game at the An der Mühle grounds will be kicked off at 7 p.m. Coach...

17.05.2011 / 07:12 / First Team

First stands, then scorer’s sheet

People were especially paying attention to Marko Arnautovic after Thomas Schaaf had not nominated the Austrian striker to the game squad a week earlier. "For Marko the same goes for the entire team. In the first half he did not really hold his position well. In the second half he did well in connection with the entire team," said manager Klaus Allofs about the...

15.05.2011 / 14:26 / First Team

Initially poor, then good

The fact that Werder Bremen returned home from their 3-2 loss with empty hands depended mainly on their poor first half. "We had a start which was not exhilarating," said Thomas Schaaf about the Green-Whites' early 2-0 deficit. "You kind of got scared that this would....

14.05.2011 / 21:05 / First Team

Comeback after early deficit not enough

Werder Bremen could not come back from an early deficit and lost their final game of the Bundesliga season, 3-2 at Kaiserslautern on the 34th game day. Torsten Frings and Marko Arnautovic scored the goals for the Green-Whites after Adam Nemec, Rodnei and Srdjan Lakic had given Kaiserslautern a 3-0 lead...

14.05.2011 / 20:15 / First Team

With 15 players to Betzenberg

The Green-White fan caravan will be heading to an away match for the last time this season. Officially there will be 5,800 Werder supporters at the Betzenberg in Kaiserslautern. Some 900 of them are travelling with the "Thank You" train which was covered by Werder Bremen...

13.05.2011 / 20:25 / First Team

"I feel really welcome"

Wesley Lopes Beltrame had hardly arrived at Werder when he was already faced with his first test. In his Bundesliga debut with the Green-Whites, the opponents were none other than their archrivals Bayern Munich - a thrilling showdown in which...

13.05.2011 / 11:05 / First Team

"Have a strong finish"

After prematurely securing the league, Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern are both playing just to finish the season on a high note on Saturday 14 May 2011 at 3:30 p.m. at sold-out Fritz-Walter-Stadium. "We know everything we have experienced this season....

12.05.2011 / 21:20 / 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Hunt returns

Two days ahead of the final Bundesliga match of the season in Kaiserslautern, Werder's personnel situation remains problematic. "It could be that one or two players perhaps get back to training on Friday but we don't know for certain," said head coach Thomas Schaaf....

12.05.2011 / 21:15 / First Team

Frings and Ekici: Clarity coming next week

The end of the season is right around the corner and the summer break is just about there for the players. But a holiday is absolutely unimaginable for Werder's sports bosses manager Klaus Allofs and head coach Thomas Schaaf as the roster planning is atop the...

12.05.2011 / 16:43 / First Team

German national team with Wiese

German national team coach Joachim Löw announced Wednesday afternoon that he only selected one Werder Bremen player - Tim Wiese - for the up-coming matches against Uruguay, Austria and Azerbaijan...

12.05.2011 / 16:39 / First Team

Pizarro injured

The injuries just will not stop for the Green-Whites as Claudio Pizarro had to leave training early Wednesday morning and will not be available to Bremen for the final stretch. An MRI showed that the Peruvian...

12.05.2011 / 10:03 / First Team

Personnel problems: Pizarro banged up

The Green-Whites‘ injury concerns just will not end as Claudio Pizarro had to leave training Wednesday morning early and may miss the end of the season. "Claudio broke off training with suspicion of a tear," confirmed manager Klaus Allofs...

11.05.2011 / 14:25 / First Team

Daniel Jensen released

Those who followed Werder's training Wednesday morning were not going to find the four injured players (see separate training news) as well as Daniel Jensen on the Weser Stadium training grounds. "There was a talk before training between Thomas Schaaf and Daniel Jensen...

11.05.2011 / 14:23 / First Team

"He wanted to go on with us and we with him“

The curtain has fallen and Werder have saved the league. It is time to look back and analyse. "We can't spend too much time with that but we have to document our experiences in order to use them for similar situations later on," said head coach Thomas Schaaf weeks ago...

11.05.2011 / 12:39 / First Team
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