SV Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen

Full name	Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V.
Nickname(s)	Die Werderaner (The River Islanders) Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites)
Foondit	4 Februar 1899 (1899-02-04)
Ground	Weserstadion
Ground Capacity	42,100
President	Hubertus Hess-Grunewald
Heid Coach	Ole Werner
League	Bundesliga
2021–22	2nt
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours Third colours

Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁdɐ ˈbʁeːmən]), commonly kent as Werder Bremen, Werder, or semply Bremen, is a German sports club locatit in Bremen in the northwast German federal state Free Hanseatic Ceety o Bremen. Foondit oan 4 Februar 1899, Werder are best kent fur thair fitba team, wha compete in the Bundesliga, the foremaist tire o the German fitba league seestem. Bremen share the record for maist saisons in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich an are thurd in the aw-time Bundesliga table ahint Bayern an Borussia Dortmund.

Werder hiv bin German champions four times, hae wan the DFB-Pokal six times, the DFL-Ligapokal wance, the DFL-Supercup three times, an the European Cup Winners' Cup ance. The team's foremaist major trophy wis the 1960–61 DFB-Pokal; thay lest wun the cup in 2008–09. Bremen's foremaist German championship cam in 1964–65, an thair newest in 2003–04, whan thay wun the double. In European fitba, Werder wun the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup, and wur rinners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

Bremen hae played at the Weserstadion sin 1909. The club shares a rivalry wi fellow northern German club Hamburger SV, kent as the Nordderby (Scots: "North derby"). In April 2022, Werder hud ower 40,000 memmers.

History

1899–1970

Original squad o Werder Bremen in 1899.

Oan 4 Februar 1899, FV Werder Bremen wis foondit bi a group o 16-year-old students thit wan a fitba in a tug o war tournament. The nam "Werder" is the German wird for "river peninsula", allidit to the riverside field oan whilk the team played thair first fitba matches. Oan 10 September 1899, Werder wun thair first match 1–0, anent ASC 1898 Bremen. In 1900, the club wis ane o the foonding memmers o the German Fitbaw Association (DFB). Werder than enjeyed great seil, winnin several local championships. In 1903, aw three o thair wun thair local leagues. Due tae the club's popularity, Werder becam the first side in the ceety tae chairge entry fees fur hame matches.

Efter the First Warld War, the club adopted ither sports, such as athletics, basebaw, chess, cricket, an tennis. Oan 19 Januar 1920, the club teuk oan thair current name: Sportverein Werder Bremen. In 1922, it becam the first club in Bremen tae hire a perfaisional coach, the Hungarian Ferenc Kónya. Werder made raiglar appearances in the play-affs o the Northren German fitba championship in the 1920s an 1930s but didnae win ony titles. In the 1930s, forrit Matthias Heidemann becam the club's foremaist internaitional.

Players

Current squad

As o 2 Januar 2022

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player 1 GK Jiří Pavlenka 3 DF Anthony Jung 4 DF Niklas Stark 5 DF Amos Pieper 6 MF Jens Stage 7 FW Marvin Ducksch 8 DF Mitchell Weiser 9 FW Oliver Burke 10 MF Leonardo Bittencourt 11 FW Niclas Füllkrug 13 DF Miloš Veljković 19 MF Dikeni Salifou 20 MF Romano Schmid

No. Poseetion Player 21 FW Eren Dinkçi 22 MF Niklas Schmidt 26 DF Lee Buchanan 27 DF Felix Agu 28 MF Ilia Gruev 30 GK Michael Zetterer 32 DF Marco Friedl (captain) 34 MF Jean-Manuel Mbom 36 DF Christian Groß 37 GK Mio Backhaus 38 GK Dudu Haesler 39 DF Fabio Chiarodia 40 GK Louis Lord

Oot on loan

Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality.

No. Poseetion Player DF Park Kyu-hyun (to Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2023) DF Dominik Becker (to 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2023) MF Oscar Schönfelder (to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023) MF Yannik Engelhardt (to SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2023)

No. Poseetion Player MF Nicolai Rapp (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2023) FW Nick Woltemade (to SV Elversberg until 30 June 2023) FW Justin Njinmah (to Borussia Dortmund II until 30 June 2023) FW Abdenego Nankishi (to Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2023)