First-team news

Goals galore as Werder beat Nordhorn 9-3

Hugo Almeida and Markus Rosenberg combined to score seven goals between them against Nordhorn in the DFB-Pokal.

09.08.2008 / 18:57 / First Team

Schaaf gives green light for Baumann and Boenisch

Good news on the double for Werder Bremen. The healing process for captain Frank Baumann and Sebastian Boenisch, who both returned from the game in Sofia carrying injuries, has gone according to plan.

09.08.2008 / 12:54 / First Team

DFB Cup: Competitive start against Nordhorn’s penalty kings

Cup semi-finalists, fifth in the league and, to put the icing on the cake, European cup winners too – in Nordhorn there was plenty to be celebrated in early summer! HSG Nordhorn went from strength to strength on the handball court.

08.08.2008 / 16:02 / First Team

Diego proves provider / Tosic strives for return to Bremen

Late respite for the Selecao! The Brazilian Olympic selection had their patience tested in the first group game in the competition before Werder Bremen midfielder Diego threaded through a ball to FC Sao Paulo’s Hernanes in the 79th minute for the striker then to beat two opponents and finish from close range. It was to be the only goal of the game.

08.08.2008 / 16:00 / First Team

FIFA signal cooperation following CAS verdict

A day after the international sport tribunal (CAS) passed the verdict that there is no compulsion for Werder Bremen to release Diego for the Olympic Games, and the explanation that the Brazilian could remain with the team in Beijing under specific circumstances, FIFA have signalled their cooperation in with the implementation of the demands of the club.

07.08.2008 / 14:45 / First Team

CAS rules in favour of Werder: No duty to release Diego

Legal victory for Werder Bremen before the CAS: Following a case brought by the "green and whites" together with Schalke 04 and FC Barcelona, the international court of arbitration has established that clubs do not have a duty to release players for the football tournament which forms part of the Olympic Games.

06.08.2008 / 18:22 / First Team

0-0 in Sofia: Wiese keeps his cool and stops another spot-kick

Bundesliga representatives Werder Bremen were involved in something of a record breaker on Tuesday evening. Never before had 15,000 spectators turned out for a friendly game involving hosts Levski Sofia - a very successful event for their DFL-‘Foreign Initiative’.

06.08.2008 / 12:04 / First Team

Sofia prove a tough test

Applause erupted all around the ‘Georgi-Asparuchow-Stadium’ in the 66th minute, not because a goal had been scored but instead simply because the fourth official raised the number 22 to declare a substitution.

06.08.2008 / 11:16 / First Team

"Absolutely delighted": Bargfrede extends deal until 2011

Young Werder hopeful Philipp Bargfrede will be pulling on the Green-White jersey for the next three years. General manager Klaus Allofs announced the good news on Tuesday, 05.08.2008.

06.08.2008 / 11:14 / First Team

Friendly visit to a familiar opponent in Sofia

Friendly games, sponsoring appointments, ‘Day of the Fans’...Werder’s schedule during their 2008/2009 pre-season preparations is well packed out. But with that considered, the Green-Whites haven’t passed up the opportunity to raise their profile on the international stage.

05.08.2008 / 11:40 / First Team

DFB Cup challenge: Sofia ahead, Nordhorn around the corner

On Tuesday, 05.08.2008, Thomas Schaaf’s men will travel to Bulgaria to take on Levski Sofia as part of the DFL (German Football League) ‘Foreign Initiative’.

05.08.2008 / 11:37 / First Team

Klaus Allofs: “This day is something very special”

Soon after the Werder Bremen stadium announcer duo of Christian Stoll and Arnd Zeigler had opened the ‘Tag der Fans’ (Day of the Fans) on Sunday morning, the clubs media director Tino Polster welcomed the good humoured Werder Bremen board of directors.

04.08.2008 / 12:09 / First Team

Alparslan Erdem makes Galatasaray switch

Werder Bremen U23 reserve Alparslan Erdem, who has a valid contract with the club until 2009, is on his way to Turkish first division side Galatasaray Istanbul.

04.08.2008 / 12:04 / First Team

Werder to play 1.FC Lok Leipzig on 27.08.2008

Following their competitive start in the Bundesliga season, Werder Bremen will play a further friendly game. On Wednesday, 27.08.2008 at 7pm, the five-time Champions League participants will travel to Saxony to play the tradition steeped club 1.FC Lok Leipzig.

03.08.2008 / 12:06 / First Team

Tosic with a new number and new valour

Those who have purchased the new WERDER magazine ‘Spezial’, with all the player profiles and detailed interviews with the general manager Klaus Allofs and coach Thomas Schaaf, will most probably have noticed something unusual.

03.08.2008 / 12:03 / First Team

The end of the run: Werder lose 1-3 to Trabzonspor

Werder Bremen suffered their first 2008/2009 pre-season defeat on Saturday evening in front of 8,000 fans in Bremerhaven. The Green-Whites were deservedly beaten 1-3 by Turkish side Trabzonspor Kulübü.

03.08.2008 / 12:00 / First Team

Schaaf: “Trabzonspor will demand plenty from us”

Two Weder players were forced to go through a somewhat reduced session in training on Friday, 01.08.2008, due to slight injuries. Attacker Martin Harnik and midfielder Peter Niemeyer each completed an individual programme with physiotherapist Stefan Wolters.

02.08.2008 / 13:37 / First Team

Werder fun in Oberhausen

It was a wonderful taster of what is to come on ‚Tag der Fans‘ (Day of the Fans). On Thursday, 31.07.2008, the complete Werder professional squad was on hand for an event initiated by the clubs main sponsors, Citibank, in the CentrO, Oberhausen on Luise-Albertz-Platz.

02.08.2008 / 13:34 / First Team

“Tag der Fans” 2008: All the events, all the partners

It’s not only Werder Bremen that have been busy coming up with fresh ideas for the 2008 “Tag der Fans” (Day of the Fans). In particular the clubs sponsors and partners have been hard at work, preparing a day’s events full of interest and diversity for the Green-White fateful on Sunday, 03.08.2008 from 10am.

01.08.2008 / 23:16 / First Team

Olympic debate: Werder continue to push for clarity

The Werder Bremen board of directors are continuing to legally fight their corner in light of the decision made in the debate on the release of players for the football tournament at the Olympic Games and will uphold their appeal suit with the CAS against the finding of FIFA judge Slim Aloulou (Tunisia) from Wednesday, 30.07.2008.

01.08.2008 / 13:57 / First Team
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