# 2017–18 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2017–18 SV Werder Bremen season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 37th consecutive and 54th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1981. In addition to the domestic league, Werder Bremen were participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup competition, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 71st season for Bremen in the Weser-Stadion, located in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 20 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson |
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf |
| 9 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 14 | MF | GER | Ole Käuper |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović (captain) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Justin Eilers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Yuning Zhang (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein |
| 28 | DF | NED | Jesper Verlaat |
| 29 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil (on loan from Standard Liège) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 38 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede |
| 47 | FW | GAM | Ousman Manneh |

## 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 | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2017 | 6 February 2018 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 46 | +0 | 034.21 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 47 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |

#### 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 | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ITA | Luca Caldirola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Robert Bauer | 19 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 34 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 36 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NED | Jesper Verlaat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | DEN | Thomas Delaney | 36 | 3 | 31+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 34 | 4 | 19+11 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jérôme Gondorf | 23 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica | 10 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Ole Käuper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUT | Zlatko Junuzović | 26 | 2 | 17+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 37 | 3 | 31+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede | 30 | 2 | 23+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson | 14 | 2 | 2+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse | 33 | 8 | 28+1 | 6 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Justin Eilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Zhang Yuning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil | 29 | 6 | 13+13 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 47 | FW | GAM | Ousman Manneh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 20 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Ulisses Garcia | 12 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | BIH | Izet Hajrović | 9 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions