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Schedule: DFL sets game days 29 to 32

The German Football League (DFL) on Friday scheduled game days 29 to 32. According to the schedule, the Green-Whites will twice play on Friday and twice on Saturday. Werder's Friday season debut comes on the 29th game day when Bremen take on Eintracht Frankfurt...

11.03.2011 / 15:10 / First Team

Can Werder pick up another victory?

Missing consistency, too many goals allowed and a deficit of seven points from the non-relegation zone - Borussia Mönchengladbach looked more or less written off when Lucien Favre took over the coaching reigns from Michael Frontzeck in mid-February...

11.03.2011 / 11:32 / First Team

Without Schmidt in sold-out stadium

The very first announcement at Thursday's press conference was that Werder's home game Saturday 12 March 2011 at 6:30 p.m. against Borussia Mönchengladbach is totally sold-out, according to Werder media director Tino Polster. The second announcement was...

11.03.2011 / 11:25 / First Team

Fine sense from the fans

Special situations call for special measures. And since Werder find themselves in one of those this season, the Green-Whites supporters have gone through extraordinary methods for weeks to show that the Werder players can depend on them not only in good times....

10.03.2011 / 17:33 / First Team

Favre: "Werder are not a relegation contender"

Until September 2009, Lucien Favre was head coach with Hertha Berlin. And since 14 February 2011, the former Swiss international and 2008/09 German Coach of the Year is back in the Bundesliga. Favre hopes to use his experience to help last-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach...

10.03.2011 / 17:31 / First Team

Mielitz: First worry, then extra session

It happened in the training game. Philipp Bargfrede and Sebastian Mielitz both went for the ball and only Werder keeper Mielitz came up with it as Bargfrede was just late and struck Mielitz's left leg. After a short worry about the reserve glovesman, Mielitz was...

10.03.2011 / 09:06 / First Team

Knee arthroscopy: Setback for Boenisch

Sebastian Boenisch suffered another setback as the 24-year-old fullback, who has been out since a knee operation in late September 2010, was forced to undergo another procedure on the knee on Wednesday 9 March 2011. "During the healing process there...

10.03.2011 / 08:56 / First Team

Fan Project Bremen e.V. honoured

Werder supporters picked up a major honour as the Fan Project e.V. was awarded as one six projects from Bremen and Lower Saxony in the nationwide competition "Active for democracy and tolerance 2010" for its initiative "Werder fans against discrimination"...

08.03.2011 / 16:14 / First Team

Good mood and focus on Gladbach

Wolfgang Rolff could not help himself having a bit of fun. As the Werder assistant coach was on his way back to the changing room after training, he noticed Marko Marin doing an interview with a few journalists. "Marko, that was a nice goal...

08.03.2011 / 08:37 / First Team

Pleasure after win and "confirmation of work"

After Marko Marin secured the crucial away victory against Freiburg with his goal to make it 3-1 in the 92nd minute, Werder's reserve players and head coach Thomas Schaaf were hugging one another and celebrating exuberantly. It was a scene...

07.03.2011 / 08:45 / First Team

Crucial victory in Freiburg

Werder Bremen snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Freiburg 3-1 on the 25th game day of the Bundesliga to leave the relegation ranks. Sandro Wagner, Claudio Pizarro and Marko Marin scored the goals for the Green-Whites...

07.03.2011 / 08:27 / Claudio Pizarro

Without Wesley, Hunt and Schmidt in Freiburg

At the end of the final training, head coach Thomas Schaaf put his hand on the shoulder of Wesley and spoke with the Brazilian. It was apparently the scene in which the coach told his midfielder that he would not be in the squad for the game on Sunday when Werder Bremen...

06.03.2011 / 07:46 / First Team

Waiting for Wesley – Hoping for Schmidt

Wesley has been back on the training pitch since Wednesday, but it's still unclear if the 23-year-old will be available this weekend against Freiburg. "It has looked good until now," said head coach Thomas Schaaf...

04.03.2011 / 22:33 / First Team

Freiburg real decisive encounter

The record clearly speaks for the Green-Whites. Statisticians may think otherwise, but the table and the run of the current season show that Werder will have anything but an "easy" time snatching three points at Freiburg. When head coach Thomas Schaaf's team faces...

04.03.2011 / 14:16 / First Team

First pedaling, then kicking

Instead of the football boots, the Werder players put on their bicycle helmets Thursday morning. Head coach Thomas Schaaf integrated a long bike tour on the training plan for his team in the morning. After collective pedaling on their mountain bikes...

03.03.2011 / 20:42 / First Team

Stolberg steps down from Werder supervisory board

Niels Stolberg has announced his resignation from his post on the SV Werder Bremen supervisory board with immediate effect. "I have to focus my entire concentration and strength in this phase on my business challenges. Therefore I feel it only right...

03.03.2011 / 08:45 / First Team

Wesley back at team training

Wesley overcame his muscle injury to return to Werder's team training on Wednesday, moving freely across the pitch. And of course head coach Thomas Schaaf was happy about that. But whether Wesley can be an option for the game this weekend at Freiburg...

02.03.2011 / 16:53 / First Team

Headache for 'Boro'

Tim Borowski's comeback to the Werder starting line-up lasted all of 37 minutes - during which he was highly motivated. But a collision in the air with Dominik Schmidt Sunday evening kept his return from being longer...

28.02.2011 / 18:54 / First Team

Trinks starting debut: "I thank Thomas Schaaf for the trust"

Florian Trinks was exhausted but more than happy as he addressed the journalists after the game. The 18-year-old youngster had just played his first full 90 minutes of the Bundesliga. "I am pretty tired but of course am happy that we got the equaliser. It feels like a victory...

28.02.2011 / 08:07 / First Team

Last-minute equaliser feels like victory

After referee Deniz Aytekin blew the final whistle on the game between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen after 93 minutes, Bremen head coach Thomas Schaaf went onto the pitch to congratulate every single player. "In this moment it was just important to make...

28.02.2011 / 08:03 / First Team
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