# 2019–20 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2019–20 season was SV Werder Bremen's 121st season in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Werder Bremen participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2020
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 | GER | Kevin Vogt (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Michael Lang (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 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 (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander (captain) |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie (vice-captain) |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Simon Straudi |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino |
| 28 | MF | BUL | Ilia Gruev |
| 29 | FW | GER | Luc Ihorst |
| 30 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß |
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann |
| 41 | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom (to KFC Uerdingen until 30 June 2020) |
| 36 | DF | GER | Thore Jacobsen (to Magdeburg until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik (to Hamburger SV until 30 June 2020) |
| — | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer (to PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste (to FC Emmen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | GER | Niklas Schmidt (to VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Jannes Vollert (to Hallescher FC until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | GER | Ole Käuper (to Carl Zeiss Jena until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | GER | Boubacar Barry (to KFC Uerdingen until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid (to Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2020) |
| — | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo (to Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | GHA | Jonah Osabutey (to Royal Excel Mouscron until 30 June 2021) |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 023.53 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 2 July 2020 | 6 July 2020 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 77 | −20 | 027.50 |
Last updated: 6 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 36 | |
| 16 | Werder Bremen (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn (R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 20 | 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: 27 June 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |

#### Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

#### Relegation play-offs

As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga to determine whether the club would remain in the 2020–21 Bundesliga.

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Michael Lang | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson | 15 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 26 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUR | Ömer Toprak | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 32 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl | 32 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica | 34 | 11 | 27+1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 32 | 6 | 23+5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels | 17 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Simon Straudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BUL | Ilia Gruev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 39 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | David Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede | 17 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako | 34 | 9 | 22+6 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug | 11 | 4 | 4+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro | 19 | 2 | 0+18 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent | 34 | 4 | 15+13 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 15 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Luc Ihorst | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 July 2020 Source: Soccerway