# 2020–21 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2020–21 SV Werder Bremen season was the club's 122nd season in existence and the club's 40th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, SV Werder Bremen participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 7 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 9 February 2021
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 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson |
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald |
| 7 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako |
| 9 | FW | GER | Davie Selke (on loan from Hertha BSC) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 16 | MF | GER | Oscar Schönfelder |
| 17 | DF | GER | Felix Agu |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander (captain) |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | BUL | Ilia Gruev |
| 29 | MF | GER | Patrick Erras |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß |
| 38 | GK | GER | Eduardo Dos Santos Haesler |
| 41 | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade |
| 43 | FW | GER | Eren Dinkçi |

### 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 | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste (to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller (to Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GER | Luc Ihorst (to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | David Philipp (to ADO Den Haag until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein (to LASK until 30 June 2021) |
| — | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino (to SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt (to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | GER | Jannes Vollert (to Hallescher FC until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | GHA | Jonah Osabutey (to Oud-Heverlee Leuven until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Thore Jacobsen (to Magdeburg until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Ole Käuper (to FC Nitra until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 16 | FW | Oscar Schönfelder | Mainz 05 youth | | 1 July 2020 |
| 17 | DF | Felix Agu | VfL Osnabrück | Undisclosed | 1 July 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Leonardo Bittencourt | 1899 Hoffenheim | €7 million | 7 July 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Ömer Toprak | Borussia Dortmund | Undisclosed | 7 July 2020 |
| 29 | MF | Patrick Erras | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free | 30 July 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Tahith Chong | Manchester United | Loan | 16 August 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Michael Lang | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Vogt | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan return | 2 July 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Claudio Pizarro | N/A | Free | 8 July 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Fin Bartels | Holstein Kiel | Free | 5 August 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Nuri Şahin | Antalyaspor | Free | 19 August 2020 |
| 30 | MF | Davy Klaassen | Ajax | €11 million | 5 October 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 020.59 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 30 April 2021 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 028.21 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 35 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln (O) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Werder Bremen (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Schalke 04 (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 86 | −61 | 16 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2021. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Eduardo Dos Santos Haesler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson | 17 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Felix Agu | 9 | 2 | 4+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak | 17 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 15 | 4 | 8+6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 18 | 4 | 13+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Oscar Schönfelder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid | 13 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Tahith Chong | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | BUL | Ilia Gruev | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Patrick Erras | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom | 18 | 1 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 23 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako | 17 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 13 | 3 | 3+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug | 7 | 4 | 4+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent | 22 | 4 | 18+1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 41 | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | GER | Eren Dinkçi | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 27 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 February 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Josh Sargent | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Kevin Möhwald | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Leonardo Bittencourt | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Niclas Füllkrug | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Davie Selke | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | DF | | Felix Agu | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | | Ömer Toprak | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 34 | MF | | Jean-Manuel Mbom | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 35 | MF | | Maximilian Eggestein | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | FW | | Yuya Osako | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | | Tahith Chong | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 43 | FW | | Eren Dinkçi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34 | 9 | 43 |
Last updated: 16 May 2021. Source: FBref