First-team news

Wagner to referee Werder’s clash with Wolfsburg

Referee Lutz Wagner will take charge of Werder Bremen’s home clash with VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday, 16.03.2008 (kick-off 5pm) and he will be assisted by André Stachowiak and Sascha Thielert on the sidelines.

15.03.2008 / 11:48 / First Team

Werder take top spot with T.V. viewers

Despite the Green-Whites failure to progress to the latter stages of the UEFA Cup against Glasgow Rangers on Thursday night, 13.03.2008, Werder did put on a fantastic display in a nail-biting European night of football right to the death. Across Germany, some 8,52 million football fans tuned in to see Werder’s ‘Never Say Die’ performance live on ZDF.

15.03.2008 / 11:43 / First Team

Frings back in team-training after long, hard toil

Following several weeks of gruelling regenerative training, Torsten Frings finally returned to full team training on Friday morning. Trainer Thomas Schaaf was delighted to see his midfield engine back amongst his colleagues but called for patience.

14.03.2008 / 17:37 / First Team

Werder rue wasted chances in UEFA Cup nail-biter

Werder Bremen’s journey through European football has ended for another season. After stops in Zagreb, Madrid, Rome, Piraeus and Braga, the ‘Werder-Express’ was brought to a standstill by some staunch Scottish defending.

14.03.2008 / 16:50 / First Team

Hopes high for the future

There was massive disappointment amongst the Green-Whites late on Thursday evening. Despite their constant and forceful dominance, there was only one goal in it for Werder against Rangers.

14.03.2008 / 14:07 / First Team

No reward for rampant Werder

Despite clearly controlling their return leg tie for the full duration, Werder Bremen narrowly missed out on reaching the quarter final stage of the UEFA Cup. In the end, the Green-Whites could only manage a 1:0 win, thanks to a goal just shy of the hour mark by Diego.

14.03.2008 / 00:00 / First Team

Smith: "One of our toughest games!"

It didn’t take long until Walter Smith had to face questions about ‘The Wonder of the Weser’, but the Rangers manager had a prompt answer for the gathered journalists.

13.03.2008 / 15:59 / First Team

Concentration is the key

Werder Bremen will need at least three goals on Thursday evening, 13.03.2008, if they are to progress to the quarter final stages of the UEFA Cup - and that against an opponent that is renowned for their defensive strength.

13.03.2008 / 15:43 / First Team

Diego and Hunt bury the hatchet

The argument between Aaron Hunt and Diego following last week’s UEFA Cup tie in Glasgow, which hit the headlines on Wednesday, has long since been cleared up and will have no effect on the team going into Thursday’s clash with Rangers.

13.03.2008 / 09:11 / First Team

Klasnic nominated for national team

And now it’s official! Ivan Klasnic will once again be active for the Croatian national team. Werder Bremen’s striker has been nominated for the Croatian squad for the first time since his kidney transplant operations.

13.03.2008 / 09:06 / First Team

Fireman Hansson takes charge of UEFA Cup return leg

FIFA referee Martin Hansson will take charge of Werder Bremen’s last sixteen return leg clash with Glasgow Rangers on Thursday, 13.03.2008 (kick-off at 8:30pm). The Swedish fireman has been refereeing in the Swedish national league since 1992 and has been an official FIFA representative since 2001.

12.03.2008 / 13:17 / First Team

Jensen and Boenisch: “We can still do it!”

The focus during the current Werder training sessions is completely set on the UEFA Cup second leg clash with Glasgow Rangers. Trainer Thomas Schaaf had his men back on the training pitch on Tuesday afternoon to file on the organisation of the team.

12.03.2008 / 12:06 / First Team

Werder sign young Schalke hopeful

Following in the footsteps of Sebastian Boenisch and Mesut Özil, another Schalke player has opted for the move to Werder Bremen. From the beginning of next season, 17 year old Pascal Testroet will swap the ‘Royal-Blue’ shirt for Green-White. Werder agreed a deal with the youth international to bring him to Bremen until 2010.

12.03.2008 / 09:41 / First Team

Green light for Bremen’s football arena

Late on Monday evening, the board of management of Werder Bremen GmbH & Co KG aA voted unanimously for the conversion of the Weser Stadium into a true football arena. On Friday, March 7th 2008, the board of management of the ‘Bremer Weser Stadion GmbH’ (BWS) came to a similar conclusion.

11.03.2008 / 13:55 / First Team

Rangers round-up: Jaw operation for Cousin

Whilst Werder Bremen were back to the routine of the Bundesliga on Sunday, 09.03.2008, between their UEFA Cup games against Glasgow Rangers, the Scottish league leaders had a job to do in the Scottish FA Cup against FC Hibernian.

11.03.2008 / 12:06 / First Team

Five out of training - Baumann rests up

Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf had to make do without Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Petri Pasanen, Ivan Klasnic and Boubacar Sanogo at Monday’s training session. It is as yet unclear as to whether or not those individuals will be available on Thursday, 13.03.2008 for the UEFA Cup return leg against Glasgow Rangers.

11.03.2008 / 10:44 / First Team

Mertesacker gets two match ban

Werder Bremen will have to make do without the services of central defender Per Mertesacker for the next two Bundesliga games.

10.03.2008 / 21:19 / First Team

Frings closes in on comeback

Werder Bremen’s players and fans alike are eagerly awaiting the return of Torsten Frings in the Green-White. The news from the midfield engine was positive on Sunday as he explained the current status of his impending comeback: “I will now go through one more week of a specialised programme with Klaus Eder and then hopefully I can get back to full team training.”

10.03.2008 / 12:55 / First Team

Big hearts not enough in naive Werder performance

Two bitter disappointments within 48 hours, the Green-Whites where on a low following the 3:6 defeat in Stuttgart: “That game is going to be difficult to digest. The score was far too high. We weren’t the worse side on the day but we still conceded six goals – and five of those from counter attacks”, summed up Werder’s general manager Klaus Allofs at the end of 90 amazing minutes.

09.03.2008 / 18:07 / First Team

Werder rational after setback - sights set on Champions League spot

A 3:6 defeat in Stuttgart was without a doubt a major blow to Werder Bremen’s title dreams - in particular with Bayern cruising past Karlsruhe at the same time. For the Green-Whites though, the dream is certainly not over yet.

09.03.2008 / 17:18 / First Team
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