Werder Bremen

The **Sport-Verein Werder von 1899 e. V. Bremen** is a German football club playing in the city of Bremen. The club was founded in 1899 as _FV Werder_ by a group of sixteen high school students. The students had won a football as prize in a  tug of war competition. In 1920 the name was changed from FV to SV werder Bremen. In this year chess, baseball, cricket and  track and field athletics  became part of the club. But football was and still is the most important part of the club.

The name "Werder" is a not very common regional word which means "River peninsula". The first play ground of Werder Bremen was beside the Weser river. Today they play in the Weserstadion.

The club's first team plays in the German Bundesliga. The second team of Werder Bremen is playing in Germanys 4th league. The women team is playing in the Second Bundesliga. Their colors are green and white (Grün und Weiß).

## Coaching staff

|Position|Staff|
| --- | --- |
|First Team Coach (interim)|Wolfgang Rolff|
|Assistant First Team Coach|Matthias Hönerbach|
|Goalkeeper Trainer|Michael Kraft|
|Club Doctor|Dr. Götz Dimanski|
|Physio|Holger Berger|
|Assistant Physio|Florian Lauerer|
|Reserve Team Manager|Thomas Wolter|
|Youth Team Manager|Uwe Harttgen|

## League position

|Season|League|Position|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2002/03|Bundesliga|6th|
|2003/04|Bundesliga|Champions|
|2004/05|Bundesliga|3rd|
|2005/06|Bundesliga|2nd|
|2006/07|Bundesliga|3rd|
|2007/08|Bundesliga|2nd|
|2008/09|Bundesliga|10th|
|2009/10|Bundesliga|3rd|
|2010/11|Bundesliga|13th|
|2011/12|Bundesliga|9th|
|2012/13|Bundesliga|14th|
|2013/14|Bundesliga|12th|
|2014/15|Bundesliga|10th|
|2015/16|Bundesliga|13th|
|2016/17|Bundesliga|8th|
|2017/18|Bundesliga|11th|
|2018/19|Bundesliga|8th|
|2019/20|Bundesliga|16th|
|2020/21|Bundesliga|17th (relegated)|
|2021/22|2. Bundesliga|2nd (promoted)|

### Germany

- **German Bundesliga** (4): 1965, 1988, 1993, 2004
- **German Cup** (6): 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009

### International

- ** Cup winner-Cup **: 1992
- **UEFA-Cup-final**: 2009

## Manager history

- Willi Multhaup  1963-1965
- Günter Brocker  1965-04.09.1967
- Fritz Langner  09.09.1967-1969
- Fritz Rebell  1969-16.03.1970
- Hans Tilkowski  17.03.1970-1970
- Robert Gebhardt  1970-26.09.1971
- Willi Multhaup  27.09.1971-24.10.1971
- Josef Piontek  25.10.1971-07.05.1972
- Fritz Langner  08.05.1972-1972
- Josef Piontek  1972/1975
- Herbert Burdenski  1975-28.02.1976
- Otto Rehhagel  29.02.1976-1976
- Hans Tilkowski  1976-22.12.1977
- Fred Schulz  02.01.1978-1978
- Wolfgang Weber  1978-29.01.1980
- Fritz Langner  20.02.1980-1980
- Kuno Klötzer  1980-1981
- Otto Rehhagel  01.04.1981-1995
- Aad de Mos  1995-09.01.96
- Hans-Jürgen Dörner  14.01.96 - 20.08.97
- Wolfgang Sidka  01.09.1997 - 22.10.1998
- Felix Magath  22.10.1998 - 09.05.1999
- Thomas Schaaf  10.05.1999 - 15.05.2013
- Wolfgang Rolff 15.05.2013 -

## Notable players

- Frank Baumann ( 1999-2009)
- Arnold Schütz (1955-1972)
- Dieter Burdenski (1972-1988, goalkeeper coach 1997-2005)
- Horst-Dieter Höttges (1964-1978)
- Marco Bode (1988-2002)
- Andreas Herzog (1992-1995)

## Team records

- Marco Bode 101 goals
- Dieter Burdenski 444 matches in the German Bundesliga
- Horst-Dieter Höttges 66 matches for the German football national team
- Werder Bremen - DSC Arminia Bielefeld  8:1  (2007) Werder Bremen - Offenbacher Kickers  8:1  (1983) highest victory
- Eintracht Frankfurt - Werder Bremen  9:2  (1981) highest score in lost match

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Werder Bremen
- **fullname**: Sport-Verein Werder von 1899 e. V. Bremen
- **founded**: 4 February 1899
- **ground**: Weserstadion, Bremen
- **capacity**: 42,354
- **chairman**: Klaus-Dieter Fischer
- **manager**: Viktor Skripnik
- **league**: German Bundesliga, Bundesliga
- **season**: 2010/11
- **position**: German Bundesliga, Bundesliga, 13th
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