# 2024–25 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2024–25 season is SV Werder Bremen's 126th season in existence, and the club's third consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is also competing in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2025
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 | Michael Zetterer |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung |
| 4 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Jens Stage |
| 7 | FW | GER | Marvin Ducksch |
| 8 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser |
| 9 | FW | POR | André Silva (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 11 | FW | GER | Justin Njinmah |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković (vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Senne Lynen |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Marco Grüll |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Derrick Köhn (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Julián Malatini |
| 25 | GK | GER | Markus Kolke |
| 26 | FW | USA | Joel Imasuen |
| 27 | DF | GER | Felix Agu |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Skelly Alvero |
| 29 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Mio Backhaus |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl (captain) |
| 33 | FW | GER | Abdenego Nankishi |
| 35 | MF | GER | Leon Opitz |
| 42 | FW | GER | Keke Topp |

### 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 |
| — | MF | BEL | Olivier Deman (at Royal Antwerp until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | TOG | Dikeni Salifou (at Austria Klagenfurt until 30 June 2025) |
| — | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta (at Ferencváros until 30 June 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NOR | Isak Hansen-Aarøen (at AaB until 30 June 2025) |
| — | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Marco Grüll | Rapid Wien | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Markus Kolke | Hansa Rostock | €75k |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Skelly Alvero | Lyon | €4.75M |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Keke Topp | Schalke | €2.00M |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Eren Dinkçi | Freiburg | €5.00M |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Nick Woltemade | Stuttgart | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Jiří Pavlenka | Without Club | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | Dudu | Viktoria Köln | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Christian Groß | Retired | N/A |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 30 August 2024 | LB | Derrick Köhn | Galatasaray | 30 June 2025 |
| 6 January 2025 | RB | Issa Kaboré | Manchester City | 30 June 2025 |
| 3 February 2025 | FW | André Silva | RB Leipzig | 30 June 2025 |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Club | Duration |
| 20 August 2024 | FW | Dawid Kownacki | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 June 2025 |
| 26 August 2024 | CM | Dikeni Salifou | Austria Klagenfurt | 30 June 2025 |
| 15 January 2025 | CM | Naby Keïta | Ferencváros | 31 December 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### In-season
## 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 | 24 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 034.62 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2024 | 25 February 2025 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | VfB Stuttgart | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 37 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 35 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 33 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 27 |
| 14 | TSG Hoffenheim | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 26 |

#### 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 March 2025. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | |
| Position | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics

    As of 15 March 2025

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | BEL | Olivier Deman | 11 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung | 29 | 1 | 20+5 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Amos Pieper | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Jens Stage | 23 | 7 | 18+2 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Marvin Ducksch | 28 | 7 | 22+2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser | 28 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POR | André Silva | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 22 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Justin Njinmah | 22 | 3 | 9+9 | 3 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Senne Lynen | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | SCO | Oliver Burke | 19 | 3 | 3+14 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Marco Grüll | 25 | 5 | 12+9 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Derrick Köhn | 25 | 2 | 14+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid | 27 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Julián Malatini | 12 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Felix Agu | 17 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Skelly Alvero | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AUT | Marco Friedl | 21 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | GER | Keke Topp | 15 | 4 | 1+13 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Werder Bremen during the season: ||||||||||

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | No. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 6 | Jens Stage | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | FW | | 7 | Marvin Ducksch | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | 17 | Marco Grüll | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | 42 | Keke Topp | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| DF | | 8 | Mitchell Weiser | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | | 15 | Oliver Burke | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 11 | Justin Njinmah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 20 | Romano Schmid | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 27 | Felix Agu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 19 | Derrick Köhn | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 10 | Leonardo Bittencourt | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 22 | Julián Malatini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 3 | Anthony Jung | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 9 | André Silva | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Opponent's Own Goal(s) | Opponent's Own Goal(s) | Opponent's Own Goal(s) | Opponent's Own Goal(s) | Opponent's Own Goal(s) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 6 | 46 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | No. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 7 | Marvin Ducksch | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 1 | MF | | 6 | Jens Stage | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 3 | DF | | 8 | Mitchell Weiser | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | 3 | | 20 | Romano Schmid | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | 19 | Derrick Köhn | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 42 | Keke Topp | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Niklas Stark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 22 | Julián Malatini | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 11 | Justin Njinmah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 17 | Marco Grüll | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 13 | Miloš Veljković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 9 | André Silva | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 4 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | No. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Michael Zetterer | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref. |
| Keke Topp | Energie Cottbus | 3–1 | 19 August 2024 | 2024-25 DFB-Pokal | |
| Jens Stage | Hoffenheim | 4–3 | 29 September 2024 | 2024-25 Bundesliga | |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Nat. | Pos. | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Michael Zetterer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | MF | Olivier Deman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Anthony Jung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Niklas Stark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Jens Stage | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | Mitchell Weiser | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | André Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Leonardo Bittencourt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Justin Njinmah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Miloš Veljković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Senne Lynen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | FW | Oliver Burke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | FW | Marco Grüll | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | DF | Derrick Köhn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Romano Schmid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Julián Malatini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | | DF | Felix Agu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Skelly Alvero | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | | DF | Marco Friedl | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 1 |

### Home attendance

    As of 151 March 2025
| Competition | Total | Matches | Average |
| Bundesliga | 498,751 | 12 | 41,563 |
| DFB-Pokal | 40,000 | 1 | 40,000 |
| Total | 538,751 | 13 | 41,442 |