SV Werder Bremen

**Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V.** (), foreby kent as **Werder Bremen**, **Werder**, or simply **Bremen**, is a professional German sports club based in Bremen. Foondit on 4 Februar 1899, Werder is best kent for thair association fitba team, that compete in the Bundesliga syne 2022, efter promuivin fae the 2. Bundesliga. Bremen is tied wi Bayern Munich fur the record o maist saisons in the Bundesliga an is third in the aw-time Bundesliga table ahint Bayern an Borussia Dortmund.

Werder hae bin German champions fower time, hae won the DFB-Pokal sax time, the DFL-Ligapokal ance, the DFL-Supercup three time, an the European Cup Winners' Cup ance. The team's first major trophy wis the 1960–61 DFB-Pokal; they last won the cup in 2008–09. Bremen's foremaist German championship cam in 1964–65, an thair newest in 2003–04, whan they won the double. In European fitba, Werder won the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup, and wur rinners-up in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

Bremen hae played at the Weserstadion syne 1909. The club haes a rivalry wi fellow northern German club Hamburger SV, kent as the Nordderby (Scots: "North derby"). In April 2022, Werder haed ower 40,000 memmers.
## History
### 1899–1970

Oan 4 Februar 1899, **FV Werder Bremen** wis foondit bi a group o 16-year-old students that won a fitba in a tug o war tournament. The name "Werder" is the German wird for "river peninsula", acause o the riverside field on that the team played thair first matches. On 10 September 1899, Werder won thair first match 1–0, versus ASC 1898 Bremen. In 1900, the club wis ane o the foonding memmers o the German Fitbaw Association (DFB). Werder won seeveral local championships. In 1903, aw three o thair teams won thair local leagues. For the club's popularity, they wur the first side in the city tae chairge entry fees fur hame matches.

Efter the Warld War I, the club adoptit ither sports, siclik athletics, basebaw, chess, cricket, an tennis. On 19 Januar 1920, the club wis renamed Sportverein Werder Bremen. It wis the first club in Bremen tae hire a professional coach, Hungarian Ferenc Kónya, in 1922. Werder made raiglar appearances in the play-affs o the Northren German fitba championship in the 1920s an 1930s but didnae win ony titles. Forrit Matthias Heidemann wis the club's first internaitional in the 1930s.

## Players
### Current squad

### Oot oan loan

## Honours
Werder's honours include the follaein:

### Domestic
Bundesliga
* **Winners**: 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04
* Runners-up (7): 1967–68, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2007–08

2. Bundesliga
* **Winners**: 1980–81
* Runners-up: 2021–22

DFB-Pokal
* **Winners (6):** 1960–61, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09
* Runners-up: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2009–10

DFL-Ligapokal
* **Winners**: 2006
* Runners-up: 1999, 2004

DFL-Supercup
* **Winners**: 1988, 1993, 1994, 2009 (unofficial)
* Runners-up: 1991

DFB-Hallenpokal
* **Winners**: 1989
* Runners-up: 1991, 2001

#### Regional
Gauliga Niedersachsen
* **Winners**: 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42
* Runners-up: 1934–35

### International
European Cup Winners' Cup
* **Winners**: 1991–92

UEFA Cup
* Runners-up: 2008–09

European Super Cup
* Runners-up: 1992

UEFA Intertoto Cup
* **Winners**: 1998

Kirin Cup
* **Winners**: 1982, 1986
### Double
*2003–04: Bundesliga an DFB-Pokal
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