First-team news

One masked man, but no Hunt, as the week’s training begins

Werder Bremen have a masked man in their ranks once again. In recent years both Miroslav Klose and Frank Baumann appeared on the training pitch in protective face masks following nose injuries...

09.09.2008 / 14:24 / First Team

Mertesacker back in action

He was directing the men ahead of him in a training match, making sliding tackles, winning challenges and playing decisive passes from the back to open up the opposing defence...

09.09.2008 / 14:22 / First Team

Prödl and Harnik spring Austrian surprise

There was no containing the 48,000 ecstatic fans at the Ernst-Happel-Stadium in Vienna on Saturday evening. Roars of “Austria forever” echoed around the arena at a deafening level - and not without just cause...

08.09.2008 / 16:12 / First Team

Success for Özil and Boenisch with the U21’s

Mesut Özil and Sebastian Boenisch were both in action for the German U21 selection, coached by Werder Bremen honorary captain Dieter Eilts, on Friday evening as they breezed past Northern Ireland...

07.09.2008 / 16:11 / First Team

Fritz in the starting eleven as Germany rout Liechtenstein

Werder Bremen’s Clemens Fritz was in Germany’s staring eleven, and played the full 90 minutes, as they convincingly beat Lichtenstein 6-0 away on Saturday evening...

07.09.2008 / 16:10 / First Team

1,000 extra Champions League tickets available

Attention Werder fans! From this coming Monday, 08.09.2008, Champions League tickets will be on the market again. Over that last couple of days, the UEFA time limit on calling up ticket stocks expired...

06.09.2008 / 13:33 / First Team

Good deals, but no sudden showers of cash

A week ago in Zurich, the Werder board of directors paved the road on some very important economic issues for the Green-Whites. There were new marketing contracts drawn up with the company ‘Infront’...

06.09.2008 / 13:32 / First Team

DFB Cup and further Bundesliga dates set

The date for Werder Bremen’s away tie in the second round of the DFB Cup against third division Erzgebirge Aue has finally been set. The match will be held on Tuesday, 23.09.2008 at 7pm.

05.09.2008 / 12:31 / First Team

Schaaf attends UEFA’s 10th UEFA ‘Elite Trainer Forum’

On Thursday morning, Werder coach Thomas Schaaf headed off to Geneva to partake in the 10th ‘UEFA Elite Trainer Forum’. There the trainers from the most successful teams in the Champions League in recent years will meet...

05.09.2008 / 12:29 / First Team

U21s: Hunt pulls out of both qualifiers

Werder Bremen attacker Aaron Hunt has had to leave German U21 training and pull out of trainer Dieter Eilts's squad for the up-coming European Championship qualifiers...

03.09.2008 / 16:43 / First Team

Select group in team training

The first training session since the exodus of players for the coming week’s internationals took place on Tuesday afternoon, with a rather small and select group of participants.

03.09.2008 / 16:25 / First Team

International week: 15 Werder players on the road

There are not many who would wish to swap places with Thomas Schaaf as a trainer right now. With European qualification games for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa about to begin...

02.09.2008 / 14:59 / First Team

Frings with suspected broken nose

There was something of an unpleasant surprise in store for Torsten Frings on Sunday afternoon. The Werder midfielder apparently suffered a broken nose...

01.09.2008 / 13:41 / First Team

Attitude problems result in post-match disappointment

It was a defeat that carried a great deal of disappointment. Nothing much went right for Werder Bremen against Gladbach at the Borussia-Park on Saturday afternoon and the attitude towards the game was all wrong...

31.08.2008 / 18:50 / First Team

Two points from three games: Memories of 1999's stuttering start

The last time that Werder Bremen only managed two points from their first three games was back in the 1999 Bundesliga season. It was Thomas Schaaf's first new season in charge...

31.08.2008 / 18:48 / First Team

Too little, too late - Werder crash in Mönchengladbach

On the third match day of the Bundesliga season, Werder Bremen went down 2-3 (0-2) to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach. 54,067 spectators at Borussia-Park saw Matmour, Friend and Baumjohann (71’) put the home side three goals up...

30.08.2008 / 18:02 / First Team

Özil: Versatile and ready for Gladbach

“I am fit, feeling really good and I hope we can put on a good performance in Gladbach and take the three points back home with us,” said Özil on Friday after the final pre-match training session...

30.08.2008 / 00:21 / First Team

Schaaf’s memories: Controlling Gladbach and empty hands

'Relief for Bremen!' That was the headline in a number of reports following Werder’s third game of the 2007/2008 season. Last time around, the Green-Whites also failed to win their opening...

29.08.2008 / 14:10 / First Team

„A massive challenge“

After it was finally clear where the Green-Whites journey would take them this season in Europe’s biggest club competition, the reactions of those in charge at Werder Bremen were pretty similar...

28.08.2008 / 20:50 / First Team

Champions League: Milan, Athens and Famagusta

Werder Bremen have been drawn in this season’s UEFA Champions League Group B alongside Inter Milan, Panathinaikos Athens and Anorthosis Famagusta in the battle to win a place in second round of the competition...

28.08.2008 / 19:27 / First Team
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