First-team news

Rosi and Almeida knock off Prödl and Pasanen

Wednesday evening was all about international friendlies with 54 national teams testing their current form in the build-up to qualifications for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. All told there were 10 Werder players travelling...

12.02.2009 / 17:00 / First Team

Özil debuts in 1-0 loss against Norway

The German national team started the 2009 calendar year with a loss. The Germans lost 1-0 against Norway in Düsseldorf. The game included the senior national team debut of Werder player Mesut Özil. The 20-year-old was...

12.02.2009 / 12:11 / First Team

Mesut Özil happy about senior national team debut

Mesut Özil finally got the call in the 78th minute of the international friendly between Germany and Norway. The 20-year-old was substituted in for Hamburg's Piotr Trochowski, celebrating his debut with...

12.02.2009 / 12:09 / First Team

Werder second most-liked German club in Europe

Werder Bremen ranks only behind Bayern Munich as the second most-liked German club in Europe. That was the result of the second annual survey by the marketing research company Sport+Markt...

11.02.2009 / 20:16 / First Team

Frings in starting line-up against Norway

Torsten Frings will be in the starting line-up for Germany in their friendly tonight against Norway in Düsseldorf's LTU-Arena. The German national team coach Joachim Löw made the announcement...

11.02.2009 / 10:19 / First Team

Özil nears German debut

Mesut Özil has not only received his first nomination to the German national team for the game against Norway on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 at 8:30 p.m. in the Düsseldorf LTU-Arena...

10.02.2009 / 09:53 / First Team

Friendlies: Three games against team-mates

The second half of the Bundesliga is already two weeks old, and the 2009 international calendar opens today. Ten Werder players from seven nations are travelling with their national teams...

10.02.2009 / 09:51 / First Team

Round-Up: Milan suffers setback

The heavens opened with downpours and the struggling side Reggina from the lower ranks of the Serie A used the poor conditions on Saturday to grab a 1-1 draw against AC Milan in front of their own crowd...

09.02.2009 / 15:39 / First Team

Preparations for Gladbach game begin without Niemeyer

After returning from Schalke, the Werder players were back on the training grounds Sunday morning or completing their individual regeneration or rehab workouts. The coaching staff spent more...

09.02.2009 / 09:21 / First Team

Strong support for head coach despite loss

There can hardly be any clearer support for a head coach. After the team’s 1-0 loss at Schalke, Werder made clear their undeniable support of their head coach. Manager Klaus Allofs said...

08.02.2009 / 10:31 / First Team

Major problems with converting chances and concentration

Schalke coach Fred Rutten breathed a big sigh of relief. “We had that extra bit of luck that we had been missing in the last few games.“ And Werder fans would have liked to have added the phrase...

08.02.2009 / 10:30 / First Team

Another set-back: Werder lose 1-0 at Schalke

Werder Bremen lost 1-0 against FC Schalke 04 on the 19th game day of the season. In front of 61,673 spectators in the Arena AufSchalke, Benedikt Höwedes scored the only goal of the game in the 48th minute...

07.02.2009 / 17:57 / First Team

Baumann and Niemeyer with team in Schalke

As the rest of the team headed to the Bremen train station Friday afternoon to catch the train towards the Ruhr Region, Aaron Hunt stayed behind. But it still was a good day for the offensive all-around. For the first time...

07.02.2009 / 10:07 / First Team

Werder at Schalke: Level playing field at different level

Matches between Werder Bremen and FC Schalke 04 are usually very special, mainly because the games very often are showdowns at the top of the Bundesliga standings. But this season's match-up has a different...

06.02.2009 / 09:58 / First Team

Baumi and Pasanen back in training, Niemeyer sick

A flu bug is going around at Werder. Whenever one player recovers from a sickness or an injury and returns to team training, another player seems gets hit with something. Frank Baumann, Diego and Petri Pasanen all...

06.02.2009 / 09:06 / First Team

Decision: Mesut Özil for Germany

Mesut Özil has made a decision. The Werder professional would like to continue playing for Germany beyond his U21 international career. The 20-year-old midfielder gladly accepted the nomination by...

05.02.2009 / 13:16 / First Team

SV Werder Bremen celebrates birthday

SV Werder Bremen celebrated its 110th birthday yesterday. A group of schoolchildren founded on 4 February 1899 the club "Fussballverein Werder von 1899" ("Football club Werder from 1899"). The club's name was taken from...

05.02.2009 / 13:14 / First Team

Baumann improving, Diego sick

Frank Baumann's health is improving after a bout with the flu, and he took part in an individual workout on Wednesday morning - just like a day earlier. His workout included some light...

04.02.2009 / 14:18 / First Team

Marko Futacs transfers to Werder Bremen

Just before the end of the transfer period, Werder Bremen secured the services of Hungarian striker Marko Futacs. The 18-year-old attacker, who played this season for French club...

04.02.2009 / 09:22 / First Team

Harnik: "I see a chance to really establish myself"

Martin Harnik has played in two Bundesliga matches this season - in the third game day and last Sunday. Between those games was a five-month injury break. That was reason enough for WERDER.DE to chat with the Austrian...

03.02.2009 / 16:33 / First Team
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