# 2016–17 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2016–17 SV Werder Bremen season is the 107th season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football league system. It is the clubs 34th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1981.
The club also is taking part in the 2016–17 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### Squad

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 | GER | Raphael Wolf |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Santiago García |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| 5 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 8 | MF | GER | Clemens Fritz (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Izet Hajrović |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović (Vice-captain) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Justin Eilers |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca-Milan Zander |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Lamine Sané |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Florian Grillitsch |
| 28 | FW | UGA | Melvyn Lorenzen |
| 29 | FW | GER | Serge Gnabry |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 42 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede |
| 47 | FW | GAM | Ousman Manneh |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Luca Caldirola | 25 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 4 | Defender | Robert Bauer | 21 | Yes | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €2.5 million |
| 7 | Midfielder | Florian Kainz | 23 | Yes | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €3.5 million |
| 10 | Forward | Max Kruse | 28 | Yes | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €7.5 million |
| 11 | Forward | Lennart Thy | 24 | Yes | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 15 | Midfielder | Izet Hajrović | 24 | Yes | Eibar | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2018 | — |
| 17 | Midfielder | Justin Eilers | 28 | Yes | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 18 | Defender | Niklas Moisander | 30 | Yes | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.8 million |
| 21 | Defender | Fallou Diagne | 26 | Yes | Rennes | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 25 | Midfielder | Athanasios Petsos | 25 | Yes | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 26 | Defender | Lamine Sané | 29 | Yes | Bordeaux | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 29 | Forward | Serge Gnabry | 21 | Yes | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €5 million |
| 33 | Goalkeeper | Jaroslav Drobný | 36 | Yes | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 6 | Midfielder | Thomas Delaney | 25 | Yes | F.C. Copenhagen | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2021 | €2 million |
| — | Midfielder | László Kleinheisler | 22 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | End of loan | Winter | 30 June 2019 | — |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Papy Djilobodji | 27 | No | Chelsea | End of loan | Summer | — |
| 4 | Defender | Álex Gálvez | 27 | Yes | Eibar | Transfer | Summer | €1.5 million |
| 6 | Midfielder | László Kleinheisler | 22 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | Loan | Summer | — |
| 7 | Defender | Jannik Vestergaard | 23 | Yes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | €12.5 million |
| 11 | Midfielder | Levin Öztunalı | 20 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | End of loan | Summer | — |
| 15 | Defender | Mateo Pavlović | 26 | Yes | Angers | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 17 | Midfielder | Özkan Yıldırım | 23 | Yes | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 18 | Goalkeeper | Gerhard Tremmel | 37 | Yes | Swansea City | End of loan | Summer | — |
| 21 | Forward | Anthony Ujah | 25 | No | Liaoning Whowin | Transfer | Summer | €11.5 million |
| 25 | Defender | Oliver Hüsing | 23 | Yes | Ferencváros | Transfer | Summer | €300,000 |
| 38 | Defender | Marnon Busch | 21 | Yes | 1860 Munich | Loan | Summer | — |
| — | Midfielder | Felix Kroos | 25 | Yes | Union Berlin (previously on loan) | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| 11 | Forward | Lennart Thy | 24 | Yes | FC St. Pauli | Loan | Winter | — |
| 21 | Defender | Fallou Diagne | 27 | Yes | Metz | Loan | Winter | €400,000 |
| 37 | Defender | Janek Sternberg | 24 | Yes | Ferencváros | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 39 | Midfielder | Lukas Fröde | 21 | Yes | Würzburger Kickers | Transfer | Winter | €200,000 |
| — | Midfielder | László Kleinheisler | 22 | Yes | Ferencváros | Loan | Winter | — |
| 25 | Midfielder | Athanasios Petsos | 25 | Yes | Fulham | Loan | Winter | — |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Dresden Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Real Betis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 2016 Osnabrück Football Summer Champions |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Everton | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

## 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 | 26 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 038.24 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2016 | 21 August 2016 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 037.14 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 45 | |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 45 | |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 43 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### 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 | GER | Raphael Wolf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | GER | Felix Wiedwald | 26 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Santiago García | 19 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer | 27 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 26 | 0 | 20+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 31 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca-Milan Zander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 31 | 5 | 26+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Lamine Sané | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MLI | Sambou Yatabaré | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney | 13 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 15 | 2 | 1+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Clemens Fritz | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BIH | Izet Hajrović | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović | 31 | 5 | 28+2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels | 32 | 8 | 23+8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUT | Florian Grillitsch | 24 | 2 | 21+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 15 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson | 9 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse | 24 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro | 19 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Justin Eilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | UGA | Melvyn Lorenzen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Serge Gnabry | 27 | 11 | 23+4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | GAM | Ousman Manneh | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | GER | Lennart Thy | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Fallou Diagne | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Athanasios Petsos | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Janek Sternberg | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Lukas Fröde | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Max Kruse | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 29 | FW | | Serge Gnabry | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 22 | MF | | Fin Bartels | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | Zlatko Junuzović | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 23 | DF | | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Thomas Delaney | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Florian Kainz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 27 | MF | | Florian Grillitsch | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Santiago García | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Robert Bauer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Aron Jóhannsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | | Lennart Thy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | | Claudio Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Izet Hajrović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | DF | | Lamine Sané | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 35 | MF | | Maximilian Eggestein | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 44 | MF | | Philipp Bargfrede | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 47 | FW | | Ousman Manneh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 61 | 1 | 62 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 42 | GK | | Felix Wiedwald | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Jaroslav Drobný | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 29 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Santiago García | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Luca Caldirola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Robert Bauer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Thomas Delaney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Clemens Fritz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Aron Jóhannsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Max Kruse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Miloš Veljković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Claudio Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Izet Hajrović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Zlatko Junuzović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Niklas Moisander | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Ulisses Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Fin Bartels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Athanasios Petsos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Lamine Sané | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Florian Grillitsch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Serge Gnabry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Jaroslav Drobný | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | | Maximilian Eggestein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Janek Sternberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | | Felix Wiedwald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Philipp Bargfrede | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Ousman Manneh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 67 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 3 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017