# 1964–65 SV Werder Bremen season

The 1964–65 SV Werder Bremen season is the 55th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having earned qualification for the inaugural season from the Oberliga in 1963, after finishing second in the Oberliga Nord. Werder Bremen also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 1964 to 30 June 1965.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 1 July 1964
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRG | Günter Bernard |
| — | GK | FRG | Klaus Lambertz |
| — | DF | FRG | Wolfgang Bordel |
| — | DF | FRG | Horst-Dieter Höttges |
| — | DF | FRG | Helmut Jagielski |
| — | DF | FRG | Walter Nachtwey |
| — | DF | FRG | Sepp Piontek |
| — | DF | FRG | Heinz Steinmann |
| — | MF | FRG | Diethelm Ferner |
| — | MF | FRG | Max Lorenz |
| — | MF | FRG | Helmut Schimeczek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Hans Schulz |
| — | MF | FRG | Arnold Schütz |
| — | MF | FRG | Willi Soya |
| — | FW | FRG | Horst Dudjahn |
| — | FW | FRG | Klaus Hänel |
| — | FW | FRG | Erwin Jung |
| — | FW | FRG | Theo Klöckner |
| — | FW | FRG | Klaus Matischak |
| — | FW | FRG | Dieter Thun |
| — | FW | FRG | Gerhard Zebrowski |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Window |
| DF | Horst-Dieter Höttges | 20 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer |
| FW | Klaus Matischak | 25 | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer |
| DF | Heinz Steinmann | 26 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Transfer | Summer |

#### Out

| Pos | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Window | Ref. |
| FW | Dieter Meyer | 24 | FC Bergedorf 85 | Transfer | Summer | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 22 August 1964 | 15 May 1965 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 16 January 1965 | 16 January 1965 | Round 1 | Round 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 048.39 |
Last updated: 15 May 1965 Source: Worldfootball

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 1.862 | 41 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 38 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 48 | 1.396 | 36 | Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 35 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 1.143 | 33 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 1965. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 May 1965
| Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| Günter Bernard | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Klaus Lambertz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||
| Wolfgang Bordel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Horst-Dieter Höttges | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Helmut Jagielski | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Walter Nachtwey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sepp Piontek | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Heinz Steinmann | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| Diethelm Ferner | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Max Lorenz | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Helmut Schimeczek | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hans Schulz | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| Arnold Schütz | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| Willi Soya | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Forwards |||||||
| Horst Dudjahn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Klaus Hänel | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Erwin Jung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theo Klöckner | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Klaus Matischak | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 |
| Dieter Thun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gerhard Zebrowski | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 15 May 1965
| Rank | Position | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | Klaus Matischak | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | Gerhard Zebrowski | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | Arnold Schütz | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | Theo Klöckner | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Hans Schulz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Sepp Piontek | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Max Lorenz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Willi Soya | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Diethelm Ferner | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Klaus Hänel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Horst-Dieter Höttges | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 54 | 0 | 54 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 8 May 1965
| Rank | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Günter Bernard | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |