First-team news

Full throttle for a third straight home win!

Just two days after the 5-2 thrashing of Freiburg, Werder are back in Bundesliga action on Tuesday evening (04/04) as they welcome Schalke to the Weser-Stadion. Despite the superb run of form over the last few weeks, head coach Alexander Nouri isn’t getting carried away as he prepares his team to face Schalke. “We’ve always done well when we’ve concentrated on ourselves. Of course, the...

03.04.2017 / 13:26 / First Team

Bauer: "I had to celebrate with the fans"

+++ Werder fans already knew Robert Bauer was a fighter before his injury at the weekend. The wing-back had to be substituted after a tussle with Aleksandar Ignjovski on Saturday, in which he sustained an injury. Bauer was desperate to carry on despite the knock, however. “I’d signalled that I needed to come off so Santi got himself ready to come on, but then I realised that I could perhaps carry...

03.04.2017 / 11:20 / Team Talk

Bauer and Sané sidelined

SV Werder Bremen will be without Lamine Sané and Robert Bauer for the next few games, as they both picked up injuries during the 5-2 victory at SC Freiburg on Saturday. Both players had check-ups the following day and it was revealed that Bauer will be sidelined for several weeks with a ligament rupture in his ankle. Sané suffered a groin injury while warming up for the match and will likely be...

02.04.2017 / 13:32 / First Team

“We need guys like him”

It is not often that the choice for the winner of the Man of the Match award is so clear-cut, but that is the case for the Green-Whites’ 5-2 away win against Freiburg this weekend. With three goals and an assist, Werder’s winter signing Thomas Delaney led his team to three important points. It was a memorable performance from the Dane, whose main duty usually is to provide stability in the middle...

01.04.2017 / 18:58 / First Team

"An all-round successful day"

Another step in the right direction! On a run of five matches unbeaten, Werder extended their good run with an impressive away win at Freiburg. In the 5-2 win, Bremen scored five goals away from home for the first time in seven years. There were many positive aspects of Werder’s performance which Alexander Nouri noticed, “We’re very happy. This win gives us a head of steam going into the next few...

01.04.2017 / 17:58 / First Team

Superb Bremen win 5-2 in Freiburg

Werder came away from a difficult match in Freiburg with all three points. Thanks to some impressive and clinical attacking play, the Green-Whites were able to record a 5-2 victory in fron to of 24,000 fans in Schwarzwaldstadion and extend their unbeaten run to six matches. Max Kruse opened the scoring with a left-footed thunderbolt from outside the box in the 21st minute. Thomas Delaney put the...

01.04.2017 / 15:26 / First Team

A bout of flu: Junuzovic will miss this weekend's game with Freiburg

Zlatko Junuzovic will miss SV Werder Bremen’s game at SC Freiburg on Saturday. Head coach Alexander Nouri confirmed the news after the end of training on Friday. “He has come down with an infection and will not travel with us to Freiburg. Hopefully he will be available once more on Tuesday,” added the coach, looking ahead to the midweek game with Schalke 04.

31.03.2017 / 13:14 / First Team

Batteries recharged

Being confident but also remaining modest – That is the approach Werder coach Alexander Nouri has set his team for the upcoming match in Freiburg. The Green-Whites take on SC Freiburg on Saturday, 1st April at 15:30 CEST on the back of five matches without defeat. Forward Fin Bartels is delighted that the Bundesliga is getting back underway after the international break. “Of course we would have...

30.03.2017 / 14:27 / preliminary report

"It was a huge surprise"

Florian Grillitsch certainly wasn’t expecting it. The Werder man was forced to cut short his trip to Paris when he received a call from Austria head coach Marcel Koller last weekend, asking him to join up with Austria. “It was a big surprise,” said the 21-year-old. “It all went so fast and I only spent half a day in Paris, but that’s not a problem. When the national team calls, it has to be done,”...

30.03.2017 / 10:02 / First Team

Gnabry still out

Werder will be without Serge Gnabry for their next Bundesliga match this weekend. The 21-year-old is still recovering from a thigh injury and will not be fit for the upcoming games against Freiburg and Schalke. Head coach Alexander Nouri gave the news on Thursday morning. 

30.03.2017 / 08:56 / First Team

Final push of the season

Werder’s internationals are making their way back to the Weser one by one as the international break draws to a close, much to the delight of Fin Bartels, who says that things have been all too quiet in training whilst they have been away. After all, the 30-year-old would have much preferred to have “been back in action straight away” after the impressive 3-0 win at home to Leipzig. Werder’s...

29.03.2017 / 16:49 / First Team

Werder players battle in Innsbruck

There were Werder players on opposing sides during Tuesday’s friendly between Austria and Finland which finished 1-1. Zlatko Junuzovic and Florian Grillitsch of Austria faced Werder colleague and Finland captain Niklas Moisander in Innsbruck.

29.03.2017 / 12:58 / First Team

One year there

Max Kruse has been making good use of the international break. Werder’s leading attacker has managed to overcome his muscle issues. “I’m feeling back at my best,” said Kruse, who missed the home match against RB Leipzig due to injury and was in good spirits when he spoke to WERDER.DE. The 28-year-old is fit to go for Saturday and could make a return to Bundesliga action in the clash with his...

28.03.2017 / 20:48 / First Team

Eilers and Bargfrede in individual training

Justin Eilers and Philipp Bargfrede were back in training on Monday as both carried out a fitness session with physiotherapist Jens Beulke and also did some individual ball work.

27.03.2017 / 16:30 / First Team

Goal frenzy with ‘Theo’

+++ World Cup qualification I: Werder players on international duty have had a tendency to do well in San Marino. After Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick on his Germany debut back in November in this tiny area of the world, Theodor Gebre Selassie also got on the scoresheet against San Marino for the Czech Republic on his 41st appearance to get his second goal for his country. The right-back also had...

27.03.2017 / 15:43 / Team Talk

Grillitsch called up to Austria squad

Werder’s Florian Grillitsch has been called up to the Austrian national team. The 21-year-old comes in for the injured Louis Schaub (Rapid Vienna).

26.03.2017 / 14:28 / First Team

Junuzovic wins with Austria

Seven Werder players are currently away with their national teams throughout the European continent. Six of those seven have already featured for their country. WERDER.DE has everything on the latest international results involving the Green-Whites.

25.03.2017 / 16:42 / First Team

Goals to help the confidence

Aron Jóhannsson has been waiting since Matchday two to add to his tally of goals in the Bundesliga, when the attacker scored from the spot against Augsburg. Since then there has been somewhat of a goal drought for the 26-year-old and the return of Max Kruse in November has meant the US-International has spent most of his season coming on as a substitute. The lack of first team games has also...

23.03.2017 / 13:54 / First Team

Convincing friendly win over Oldenburg

Werder Bremen were confident and clinical on Wednesday night as the Green-Whites strolled past VfB Oldenburg 6-0 in Rastede. Captain Claudio Pizarro got the ball rolling before half-time before Werder stretched their legs and the lead after the restart. Ousman Manneh and Aron Johannsson both grabbed a brace in the second period, while Santiago Garcia also added a header from a corner. The win was...

22.03.2017 / 21:43 / First Team

Depleted squad, Kruse trains individually

There were just thirteen players present at Tuesday’s Werder Bremen training session. This was due to the fact that many of the Werder first team are currently away on international duty. In preparation for the friendly match against VfB Oldenburg on Wednesday, head coach Alexander Nouri brought in three U23 players to first-team training to boost the numbers.

22.03.2017 / 21:01 / First Team
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