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DFB Pokal: Freiburg to visit the Weserstadion

SV Werder Bremen will face SC Freiburg in the round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. The draw was made on Sunday evening by Stefan Effenberg and Peter Frymuth (the DFB president). For the Green-Whites, another home game is on the cards after beating 1899 Hoffenheim 1-0 in the previous round.

29.10.2017 / 18:15 / First Team

Augsburg take all the points from Bremen

Werder Bremen missed the chance to end their wait for a Bundesliga win this season on matchday 10. In front of 41,000 spectators at the Weserstadion, the Green-Whites lost 3-0 to FC Augsburg, making it five losses in the league in this campaign. A double-whammy from the visitors shortly before the break through Michael Gregoritsch’s header (40’) and Alfred Finnbogason’s penalty (45+2’) meant...

29.10.2017 / 17:26 / First Team

New game, same aim

The 1-0 cup win over Hoffenheim in midweek has left the team in high spirits, but Werder don’t want the feeling to come to an end on Sunday. It might be a new game when FC Augsburg come to town, but the aim remains the same - to get a win at home. The match kicks off at 15:30 CET.

27.10.2017 / 17:32 / First Team

"We fought for each other"

It’s the long awaited victory. The Green-Whites have won for the first time since the first round of the DFB-Pokal in August. At the full-time whistle, there was an outpouring of joy and relief around the Weserstadion. And despite this, the players who had just beaten Hoffenheim 1-0 at home remained focused. Since on Sunday, Werder have an important game in the league at home against FC Augsburg....

25.10.2017 / 22:32 / First Team

Belfodil puts Werder into the next round

SV Werder are into the DFB-Pokal Round of 16. SVW beat TSG Hoffenheim 1-0 with a fighting performance. Ishak Belfodil scored the only goal of the game (31’). With the win, the Green-Whites stay unbeaten at home in 36 DFB-Pokal matches.

25.10.2017 / 20:45 / First Team

All change

A different kick-off time, a different competition, a different situation altogether – on Wednesday, the Green-Whites can forget about their poor start in the Bundesliga for an evening. SV Werder meet TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the second round of the DFB-Pokal (KO 20:45).

23.10.2017 / 15:19 / First Team

"There's no time to be downbeat"

+++ He made things happen: It was the last kick of the game against 1. FC Köln. Ludwig Augustinsson drove into the area and shot. But the Swede’s strike went wide of the post and so the match away to the Billy Goats ended goalless. “Obviously it’s not a great feeling. It was a big opportunity and I was disappointed that I couldn’t convert it to help the team. I was still playing the moment over in...

23.10.2017 / 12:32 / Team Talk

"We need to get our self-confidence back"

No goals and no victory once again. Even though SV Werder took a point after a goalless draw away at Köln, the bottom-placed team, they could not find the goal which would’ve given them that all-important pressure-relieving win. At the end of the game, the players weren’t satisfied with the result but after the flurry of chances in the last ten minutes, they at least prevented the loss, which...

22.10.2017 / 15:30 / First Team

0-0 in Cologne - No goals despite an action-packed finish

SV Werder are taking a point back to Bremen after a goalless draw against 1. FC Köln. In a hard-fought match without many individual pieces of quality from either side, the 50,000 spectators inside the RheinEnergie-Stadion at least got their money’s worth in a crazy final 10 minutes. In the end, the result helps neither side in their bid to climb the table. WERDER.DE sums up the action.

22.10.2017 / 13:27 / First Team

Kruse makes his return to training

Max Kruse is finally back on the training pitch! It’s the first time that Werder’s number 10 has been in action since he suffered a shoulder injury five weeks ago.

20.10.2017 / 13:31 / First Team

“Anything can happen in football”

It will be a surreal situation for all involved when SV Werder face FC Köln on Sunday. Now a Billy Goat, Claudio Pizarro, wore the Werder crest on his chest as recently as last season. Many Werder fans look back at the “Piza” days with a big grin and fond memories. It’s no wonder why: the living Werder legend spent eight years as a Green-White, playing 271 games, scoring 144 goals and lifting the...

18.10.2017 / 11:36 / interview

Sargent leads by example

It’s all going well for Joshua Sargent at the moment. The 17-year-old American striker completed his transfer (to be made official in 2018) from his college team in St Louis to Werder last month and now his U17 national side have made it through to the quarter-finals of the U17 World Cup in India. Sargent is a key component of his national team since the future Green-White is the captain of John...

17.10.2017 / 10:40 / Junior

"We need to get back up again and stand together"

The wait for a first win of the season goes on. There were disappointed faces all around the Weserstadion after the game against the Fohlenelf. The unhappiness was not just felt in the stands but also on the pitch after a disillusioning 2-0 loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach. By the time the full-time whistle had blown, both fans and players alike were forced to settle for a result which was very...

15.10.2017 / 18:36 / First Team

Werder lose 2-0 to Gladbach

SV Werder lost 2-0 in their home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach and are still waiting for their first win of the season. The visitors were clinical in their finishing in the first half, with Lars Stindl (27’) and ex-Green-White Jannik Vestergaard (34’) getting on the scoresheet. After the break, Werder went for broke but could not find their way back into the game. 

15.10.2017 / 18:00 / First Team

It is time

The international break is over and SV Werder are hunting for their first win of the season. Borussia Mönchengladbach are the visitors at the Weserstadion on Sunday (KO 18:00 CEST). A team filled with quality. “Gladbach are a really dangerous side with lots of individual quality. We have to be prepared for anything they can throw at us. But I’m convinced that we are well prepared for the task on...

13.10.2017 / 12:15 / First Team

"We have a clear plan of what we need to do on Sunday"

Zlatko Junuzovic celebrated his comeback against Hamburg after a lengthy absence through injury, making his first appearance of the season. The Green-White captain used the international break to get himself back to full fitness. The 30-year-old wants to start collecting points as quickly as possible - starting this Sunday. WERDER.DE sat down with the midfield engine to talk about the current...

12.10.2017 / 15:49 / interview

"The Werder fans can make an away side feel intimidated"

On Sunday, a familiar face will be coming back to Bremen; Jannik Vestergaard. The defensive giant, who played at Werder from January 2015 until the summer of 2016, returns to the Weserstadion for the second time since becoming a Borussia Mönchengladbach player. Ahead of the match against Gladbach on Sunday, WERDER.DE spoke to the 25-year-old about his Werder days, the international break and the...

11.10.2017 / 16:05 / First Team

"An amazing feeling"

That’s what you call a successful evening! Werder’s midfield man Izet Hajrovic scored both goals in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 2-1 win over Estonia, his first international brace.

11.10.2017 / 07:10 / Izet Hajrovic

A man with a big personality...

+++ Kainz can head to Moldova full of confidence: Florian Kainz had more than just his country’s 3-2 win against Serbia on Friday to be happy about. He would’ve also had his confidence boosted by the words of his national team’s head coach, Marcel Koller, who spoke about Kainz’s improvement in an Austria shirt. “Earlier in his international career, he was quiet and reserved, now he has become more...

09.10.2017 / 11:17 / Team Talk

Kainz wins against Veljkovic in battle of the Green-Whites

Normally Florian Kainz and Milos Veljkovic are on the same Green-White side but the two were opponents in Vienna on Friday. And Florian Kainz came out on top in more ways than one. Firstly, Austria beat Serbia 3-2. And secondly, he played 61 minutes of his country’s victory whereas Milos Veljkovic did not come off the bench.

08.10.2017 / 05:50 / First Team
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