# 2018–19 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2018–19 SV Werder Bremen season is the 120th season in the football club's history and 38th consecutive and 55th 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 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 72nd season for Bremen in the Weser-Stadion, located in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 6 February 2019
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 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo |
| 4 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson |
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse (captain) |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander (vice-captain) |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino |
| 30 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 36 | DF | GER | Thore Jacobsen |
| 39 | DF | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede |

### Players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GRE | Thanos Petsos |

### 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer (to Klagenfurt until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | GER | Robert Bauer (to 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Ole Käuper (to Erzgebirge Aue until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | AUT | Romano Schmid (to Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2019) |

### Transfers In

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| DF | Felix Beijmo | Djurgårdens IF | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | Martin Harnik | Hannover 96 | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Kevin Möhwald | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 July 2018 |
| FW | Yuya Osako | 1. FC Köln | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Jan-Niklas Beste | Borussia Dortmund | 4 July 2018 |
| MF | Davy Klaassen | Everton | 27 July 2018 |
| FW | Claudio Pizarro | | 29 July 2018 |
| GK | Stefanos Kapino | Nottingham Forest | 1 August 2018 |
| MF | Nuri Şahin | Borussia Dortmund | 31 August 2018 |
| MF | Romano Schmid | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 January 2019 |

### Transfers Out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| MF | Thomas Delaney | Borussia Dortmund | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Ulisses Garcia | Young Boys | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Jérôme Gondorf | SC Freiburg | 1 July 2018 |
| DF | Leon Guwara | Utrecht | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Zlatko Junuzović | Red Bull Salzburg | 1 July 2019 |
| MF | László Kleinheisler | Astana | 1 July 2018 |
| MF | Sambou Yatabaré | Antwerp | 1 July 2019 |
| FW | Lennart Thy | BB Erzurumspor | 23 July 2019 |
| DF | Fallou Diagne | Konyaspor | 2 August 2019 |
| GK | Jaroslav Drobný | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 January 2019 |
| MF | Florian Kainz | 1. FC Köln | 18 January 2019 |
| DF | Luca Caldirola | Benevento | 30 January 2019 |

## 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 | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 041.18 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 24 April 2019 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 76 | 57 | +19 | 043.59 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 53 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 51 | |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 44 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 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 | CZE | Jiří Pavlenka | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GRE | Stefanos Kapino | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Luca Plogmann | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson | 39 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 27 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 23 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Niklas Moisander | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 36 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUT | Marco Friedl | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Thore Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Jan-Niklas Beste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 27 | 3 | 7+16 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOS | Milot Rashica | 30 | 12 | 19+7 | 9 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 23 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NED | Davy Klaassen | 38 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jean-Manuel Mbom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 39 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede | 17 | 1 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 4 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro | 30 | 7 | 3+23 | 5 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Yuya Osako | 23 | 5 | 15+6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik | 22 | 7 | 10+8 | 4 | 0+4 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Max Kruse | 36 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Josh Sargent | 10 | 2 | 1+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | USA | Aron Jóhannsson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 28 | 5 | 12+11 | 4 | 2+3 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 16 | GK | GER | Michael Zetterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Florian Kainz | 10 | 2 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Ole Käuper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Competitions