+++ Werder president as the main prize: A lunch with Werder president and manager Klaus-Dieter Fischer - Tim Bialek was able to look forward to that. As part of a good old tradition, SV Werder raffled off a personal meeting with Fischer as the main prize for the Bürgerpark raffle. Werder fan Bialek and Werder president Fischer talked about "their" club Monday afternoon in Jürgensdorf and looked ahead to the up-coming season. But the main thing was eating a good meal. +++

+++ Cumpleanos feliz: Santiago Garcia is officially a member of Werder for eight days. And now there is another reason for the left back to celebrate. The Argentinean turns 26 years on Tuesday. And maybe Garcia can give himself a special present in the test match later in the evening in Stettin (starting at 5:45 p.m. in live ticker on WERDER.DE). All the best, Santi! +++

+++ Aiiiltooon, oooohoooo: In less than two months - on Saturday 6 September 2014 - Ailton will be coming back to his living room, Weser Stadium. The Brazilian will celebrate the end of his career with the Werder fans. The kick-off time for his farewell match is now set - at 4 p.m. - with the double winners taking on a South American selection team. The man of the day Ailton will play for both teams. +++

+++ Rapid growth: Whether it was Beijing, Tianjin or Changchun - the Werder group was welcomed by numerous fans everywhere during their China tour. The popularity of SVW in the Far East is also showing in social networks - in an impressive manner. The Green-Whites went online in the two Chinese networks before the tour started. Now, just more than a week later, Werder already have 23,760 fans on Sina Weibo and 25,822 follows on Tencent Weibo. (updated 1 p.m.). +++