First-team news

“We want to knuckle down now”

Florian Kohfeldt allowed himself a few minutes to celebrate with the fans this afternoon. Werder are up into sixth place following their 3-1 win against Mainz this afternoon. Kohfeldt underlined the important of the victory: “We’ve had a good season so far, but we want to make it a very good one. We’ve given ourselves the chance of achieving our goal for the season. Nothing more. It’ll be a...

30.03.2019 / 19:27 / First Team

Werder beat Mainz 3-1 and move up into sixth!

Werder have taken a big step towards ending the season in a European place after beating Mainz 3-1 at home. Milot Rashica put the Green-Whites into an early lead after rounding the goalkeeper, and Kruse added another before half time with a fiercely struck volley. Rashica was provider for Kruse to get his brace in the second half, after Quaison had pulled a goal back for the visitors. Werder are...

30.03.2019 / 17:33 / Match Report

In the mood to fight

Werder are ready for the home straight. “Now we’re coming into a time where you don’t have to think about things too much. We should win this home game if we want to achieve our goal,” said Florian Kohfeldt. Following their 3-1 win in Leverkusen and the international break, the Green-Whites want to “return to this be completely in the mood to fight,” he added. Werder face Mainz in the Weserstadion...

28.03.2019 / 17:32 / First Team

He’s made the leap, but there’s a long way to go

The path from being a youth player to getting into the first team isn’t an easy one. Players need to put in blood, sweat, tears, and hard work. This is what Johannes Eggestein did before finally establishing himself as a first-team regular at Werder.

28.03.2019 / 12:40 / First Team

Putting the respect of a first call up to one side

As Maximilian Eggestein always does, the first kit is given to his parents. The Eggestein household now has a senior Germany kit in the cabinet. A first call up to the Die Mannschaft squad has been an exciting experience for the 22-year-old Werder midfielder, even if he didn’t make an appearance in either match during this international break. “It was about meeting and getting to know the people...

27.03.2019 / 13:42 / First Team

Crazy ending

For the majority of the Werder players, the international break has been used to begin preparing for the Bundesliga game against Mainz 05, but on Tuesday evening, some Werder players were also representing their respective countries. Werder.de rounded up all the player’s performances.

26.03.2019 / 23:05 / First Team

Langkamp back in action

Werder centre-back Sebastian Langkamp was in good spirits as he greeted journalists in a short press conference on Tuesday. Following ligament damage in his shoulder, Langkamp had good news for all Bremen fans: “The ligament has repaired properly and is working again,” explained the 31-year-old. Head coach Florian Kohfeldt will be pleased to be able to call on his defender once again.

26.03.2019 / 15:50 / First Team

Hard-fought draw

Milot Raschica and the Kosovo national team began their European Championship qualifying campaign with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Bulgaria. Serbia also celebrated a positive result, picking up a 1-1 draw away at title holders Portugal. Felix Beijmo, meanwhile, celebrated a 2-1 win with Sweden U21s against Scotland. WERDER.DE recaps all the action.

25.03.2019 / 23:02 / First Team

Winning starts to EURO 2020 qualifiers

Ludwig Augustinsson and Maximilian Eggestein enjoyed successful starts to their EURO 202 qualifying campaign with Sweden and Germany respectively. For Jean-Manuel Mbom and Luca Plogmann things did not go to plan the morning before. WERDER.DE bring you the full Green-White international round up. 

24.03.2019 / 22:44 / First Team

Simply delighted

The relief was clear to see on Aron Jóhannsson’s face at full time. The 28-year-old had been out of action for just over eleven months. Whilst the wait for a competitive outing with the first team will go on for a little longer, the attacker still has reason to be pleased. “I can’t summarise it in any other way – I’m just simply delighted,” he said.

23.03.2019 / 18:10 / First Team

Humbling defeat at Wembley

Jiri Pavlenka and Theodor Gebre Selassie suffered a humbling 5-0 defeat at the hands of England at Wembley on Friday evening. Felix Beijmo and Joshua Sargent were also had difficutl days with their international teams. WERDER.DE recaps all the action.

22.03.2019 / 22:50 / First Team

A step further

For a number of players, the international break concerns friendly matches and EURO 2020 qualification games, but Niklas Moisander is using the time to travel home. After a shortened training week, the centre back will visit his homeland of Finland in order to rest, with the aim of being in optimal physical and mental condition ahead of the season run-in.

21.03.2019 / 15:48 / First Team

One debutant and a lot of exciting games

Before we reach the last few games of the Bundesliga season, there is another international break to go. 12 Werder players have been called up to their national sides, with some playing qualification matches for the Euros.

19.03.2019 / 17:10 / First Team

Easter Saturday in Munich

Werder Bremen host Borussia Dortmund on 4th May at 18:30 CEST. The game is the Green-Whites also remaining match not at 15:30 CEST on a Saturday, the DFB confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. The clash against FC Bayern will take place at 15:30 CEST on Easter Saturday.

19.03.2019 / 14:10 / First Team

Intelligent and efficient

Werder edged closer to the European places with a 3-1 win in Leverkusen on Sunday afternoon. “It was an important win today to stay in touch. We knew where Leverkusen had gaps. The team worked massively hard today,” said Max Kruse after the game. “The boys moved around really well, made the right decisions and did well to come out against Bayer’s pressing,” added Florian Kohfeldt. Werder are still...

17.03.2019 / 16:43 / First Team

Werder’s counter-attacking too much for Leverkusen

Werder Bremen have edged closer to the European places thanks to a hard-fought victory in Leverkusen. The home side had most of the possession, but Werder were deadly on the counter-attack and finished their chances. Kruse put the Green-Whites in front after 13 minutes with a pinpoint finish after the Eggestein brothers combined. Milot Rashica then doubled the lead in the 37th minute, with Kruse...

17.03.2019 / 15:31 / Match Report

Bargfrede to miss Leverkusen game

Bad news before SV Werder Bremen’s final training before the Leverkusen game: The Green-Whites will be without midfielder Philipp Bargfrede for the game on Sunday against Bayer Leverkusen. The 30-year-old central midfielder has been ruled out with a thigh problem.

16.03.2019 / 13:35 / First Team

Focussed on the tenth

Werder Bremen are unbeaten in nine competitive games and go to Leverkusen this weekend (Sunday 17th March, 13:30 CET) looking to continue this record with a win. However, it won’t be easy. “After Bayern, they have the best squad in the league for me. It’ll be a very exciting game,” said Florian Kohfeldt on Friday.

15.03.2019 / 17:45 / First Team

Confidence and Experience

Sebastian Langkamp is still sidelined, while Milos Veljkovic picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the 4-2 victory over Schalke and is suspended for the weekend’s trip to Leverkusen. Florian Kohfeldt is therefore putting his trust in centre-back pairing Moisander and Friedl to keep out the Leverkusen attack, a selection that could benefit both, according to Kohfeldt. 

15.03.2019 / 14:32 / First Team

Maxi Eggestein receives first senior Germany call up

Werder midfielder Maximilian Eggestein has received his first call up to the Germany national team from head coach Joachim Löw. The 22 year-old will travel on Monday to join the squad ahead of the first international fixture of 2019 against Serbia (Wednesday, 20th March, 20:45 CET in Wolfsburg). Die Mannschaft also face the Netherlands in their opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier on Sunday, 24th...

15.03.2019 / 13:24 / First Team
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