First-team news

A solid test and a good debut

After the end of the first test match of the year against Turkish league leaders Trabzonspor, head coach Thomas Schaaf went to every single player and clapped hands with them. "We said beforehand that we were facing a strong opponent who are doing...

07.01.2011 / 08:17 / First Team

Pizarro: "Faith in the team that we can play better"

Claudio Pizarro is the most successful foreign-born scorer in Bundesliga history with 135 goals and is an absolute leader with Werder Bremen! That's why many fans believe the Green-Whites' poor 14th place standing after the first half was due to the Peruvian being...

07.01.2011 / 08:12 / First Team

Kugel’s health improving

There is relief at Werder Bremen one day after fitness coach Yann-Benjamin Kugel had to be brought to hospital in Antalya. Team doctor Götz Dimanksi told Werder's media director Tino Polster in the morning by telephone that that Kugel's health had improved...

07.01.2011 / 08:07 / First Team

Worries about fitness coach Kugel

Werder Bremen had a major scare at their training camp in Belek as fitness coach Yann-Benjamin Kugel had to be brought to hospital in Antalya on Wednesday. Kugel had gone alone on a jog and was found a short time later and immediately brought to hospital...

06.01.2011 / 05:37 / First Team

A (nearly) perfect training camp

Temperatures of around 15 degrees, a training grounds as fine as a carpet and a hotel to fulfil every desire - those are Werder Bremen's training quarters in Belek, Turkey. "It would be entirely perfect if there weren't some other things - for example that injured...

06.01.2011 / 05:33 / First Team

New acquisition Avdic: "I like to score goals"

Denni Avdic is a member of Werder Bremen since yesterday but the Swedish international striker was officially introduced this afternoon in the Green-Whites' team hotel at their training camp. "We are happy that we can present a new player in Denni," said a pleased...

04.01.2011 / 20:02 / First Team

Werder team arrives in Belek

After last year's trip to Dubai, Werder Bremen returned to the Turkish Riviera for the 10th time for their winter training camp, arriving at the Antalya airport at 9:33 p.m. local time. Also on board the Sky Airlines SHY 1898 flight was Denni Avdic. After the 22-year-old ran laps with the Werder players on the training grounds in the...

04.01.2011 / 11:53 / First Team

Swede Denni Avdic joins Werder

Swedish national team striker Denni Avdic has transferred to Werder Bremen from Swedish first division IF Elfsborg Boras. Werder manager Klaus Allofs confirmed the move Monday afternoon after final talks at Werder's business...

04.01.2011 / 10:29 / First Team

With "Piza" and "Boro" at lactate test

The preparations for the second half of the Bundesliga have started for Werder players. But before the football boots are laced up, the players put on their running shoes for some laps around the training grounds. Head coach Thomas Schaaf...

03.01.2011 / 19:21 / First Team

Test matches: Kick-off times and locations set

Werder Bremen's three test matches during their eight-day training camp in Belek, Turkey have been set. The Green-Whites' first match of the new year will come on Wednesday, 5 January 2011 at 8:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) at Mardan Palace Stadium against...

03.01.2011 / 19:09 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - Y to Z: Stimulation to do better

Y - Youngsters: Werder players experienced some difficult autumn days sportwise. The results just didn't come and the injury situation ahead of the Champions League away match at Tottenham Hotspur in late...

03.01.2011 / 14:15 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - V to X: 40 days and 40 nights

V - Vuvuzela: The deafening fanfare from the boisterous vuvuzelas split the football world in 2010 at the World Cup in South Africa, which went so well for the Werder Bremen quartet of Mertesacker, Mesut Özil, Marko Marin....

02.01.2011 / 13:02 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 – S to U: Uncontrollably tragic

S - Shooting practice: Even after a long, likely sleepless night, Werder Bremen's bitter departure from the Europa League after the Round of 16 return leg in mid-March against top Spanish side FC Valencia was still...

31.12.2010 / 10:36 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - P to R: El #1 es Peruano

P - Poland: What thoughts were going through the head of Sebastian Boenisch as he earned his first cap for his homeland Poland against Poland on September 4 at Widzew Stadium in Lodz. The game ended 1-1 and...

29.12.2010 / 19:23 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - M to O: Shift system 24/7

M - Münster: Klaus Filbry was born in Münster and after his pre-college studies he bounced around the United States and Great Britain. From 1994 for 16 years, he had a number of top positions for Adidas AG in Europe...

28.12.2010 / 13:08 / First Team

Werder Bremen confirm Almeida transfer

Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida will be leaving Werder Bremen during the winter break to transfer to Besiktas Istanbul as both clubs agreed to the move. Almeida's contract, which was to expire at season's end, was voided with immediate effect. "A contract...

26.12.2010 / 18:16 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - G to I: Alarm for Christoph 31

G - German Cup final: There is always a winner in German Cup matches - there's no such thing as a draw. Six German Cup titles - five of them in the past 20 years - prove that Werder Bremen's teams have always been...

25.12.2010 / 14:03 / First Team

Werder-Almanac 2010 - D to F: With whom other than Thomas Schaaf?

D - Debut anniversary: Werder captain Torsten Frings made his Bundesliga debut on 15 February 1997 as a 20-year-old in a home match against Freiburg. Just five years later the German football magazine kicker proclaimed the...

24.12.2010 / 14:05 / First Team

Werder Almanac 2010 - A to C: 'Please buckle up!'

Twelve months have passed like nothing. Highs and lows, celebrations and disappointments, departures and returnees. 2010 - another year gone by with wonderful moments and a special anniversary. It's not easy to keep track of it all. That's why WERDER.DE once again...

23.12.2010 / 07:30 / First Team
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