# 2022–23 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the history of SV Werder Bremen and their first season back in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 30 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung |
| 4 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark |
| 5 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Jens Stage |
| 7 | FW | GER | Marvin Ducksch |
| 8 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 17 | FW | GER | Maximilian Philipp (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 19 | MF | TOG | Dikeni Salifou |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | GER | Eren Dinkçi |
| 22 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Lee Buchanan |
| 27 | DF | GER | Felix Agu |
| 28 | MF | BUL | Ilia Gruev |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl (captain) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom |
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß |
| 37 | GK | GER | Mio Backhaus |
| 38 | GK | GER | Dudu |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Fabio Chiarodia |
| 40 | GK | GER | Louis Lord |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KOR | Park Kyu-hyun (to Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Dominik Becker (to 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Oscar Schönfelder (to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Yannik Engelhardt (to SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Nicolai Rapp (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke (to Millwall until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade (to SV Elversberg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Justin Njinmah (to Borussia Dortmund II until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | GER | Abdenego Nankishi (to Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Amos Pieper | Arminia Bielefeld | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Niklas Stark | Hertha BSC | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Jens Stage | Copenhagen | €4–6 million | 1 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Oliver Burke | Sheffield United | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Lee Buchanan | Derby County | Free | 4 July 2022 |
| 8 | DF | Mitchell Weiser | Bayer Leverkusen | Free | 18 July 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 30 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 40 | GK | Luca Plogmann | | | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Ömer Toprak | | | 1 July 2022 |
| 15 | FW | Roger Assalé | Dijon | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Lars Lukas Mai | Bayern Munich | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| 8 | DF | Mitchell Weiser | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan return | 1 July 2022 |
| 24 | MF | Benjamin Goller | 1. FC Nürnberg | | 1 January 2023 |
| 23 | MF | Nicolai Rapp | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | 2 January 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Oliver Burke | Millwall | Loan | 30 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 1 August 2022 | 19 October 2022 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 030.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 42 |
| 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 36 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 36 |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 34 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.