First-team news

It was a draining “English week” for Werder, with two matches in seven days last time around. With the fixture list refusing to relent, a few players are having their workloads managed during training this week. “Kevin Möhwald, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Felix Agu and Niklas Moisander will only complete parts of training, but that’s more for recovery purposes,” said Clemens Fritz, talking to the...

Ömer Toprak and Davie Selke both got on the scoresheet in Berlin on Saturday, before being taken off injured. 

Werder could barely have hoped for a better Saturday night. After losing 4-1 to Hertha Berlin in the opening game of the season, the Green-Whites got their own back with the exact same scoreline in the capital. Davie Selke, who scored a thunderous penalty before later leaving the field with a dead leg, was full of praise for his teammates: “There were a heck of a lot of top performances out there...

An impressive SV Werder Bremen performance saw the Green-Whites defeat Bruno Labbadia’s Hertha BSC 4-1 on Saturday evening in the first game of the Rückrunde. Head Coach Florian Kohfeldt watched a strong start from his side that only improved as the game went on, and Werder came away deserved winners. Davie Selke opened the scoring after Romano Schmid was brought down in the box after just 10...

Despite the strong performance against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Tuesday, head coach Florian Kohfeldt could not be satisfied following the match. Only one thing matters to Werder’s coach at the moment, and that’s the number of points on the board. Kohfeldt was hesitant to underestimate Saturday’s opponents from the capital on Friday’s pre-match press conference, in spite of the Berliners’ recent...

SVW goalkeeper Stefanos Kapino has joined Bundesliga 2 club SV Sandhausen on loan. The deal agreed between Werder and the Baden-Württemberg side will see the 26-year-old spend the rest of the 2020/21 season with the Bundesliga 2 club.

The Werder defence proved again on Tuesday evening that it can remain compact and solid even against the best teams in the Bundesliga, as Marco Friedl and co. kept the Foals’ attackers at bay for long periods at BORUSSIA-PARK. The young Austrian played a key role in this, commenting on Wednesday: “I feel that we had a good game yesterday apart from the first 20 minutes.”

Frustration at the narrow defeat on Tuesday evening against Borussia Mönchengladbach was palpable amongst Werder’s head coach Florian Kohfeldt and his players. Florian Kohfeldt described the loss as “very annoying” following the final whistle, while Theodor Gebre Selassie and Romano Schmid called the 1-0 scoreline “an unfortunate, bitter defeat”. It was clear that the “unnecessary goal conceded”...

A committed performance and some great chances late-on were ultimately not enough for Werder to come away from Mönchengladbach with any points. The Green-Whites were narrowly defeated 1-0 by the Foals in the early game on Tuesday evening, ending the first half of the season with a total of 18 points. Nico Elvedi scored the decisive goal as he glanced a header into Jiri Pavlenka’s net from a free...

There was huge relief at the first Werder home win since October, but Florian Kohfeldt and his boys don’t have much time to enjoy the 2-0 win over Augsburg. The very next day, full debutant, assist provider and goalscorer Felix Agu was already looking ahead to the last match of the Hinrunde: "Mönchengladbach are a Champions League team with lots of individual quality. We have to set up well for...

SV Werder have no new injury problems from the home win over FC Augsburg as they prepare to face Borussia Mönchengladbach on Tuesday. Head coach Florian Kohfeldt did however have to be prepared to travel to Gladbach without captain Niklas Moisander and Davie Selke after the pair initially returned inconclusive results in the latest round of Coronavirus testing.

SV Werder Bremen will be without attacker Niclas Füllkrug for several weeks. The 27-year-old tore the lateral ligament and capsule in his right ankle during the final training session of the week on Friday. Füllkrug underwent a detailed MRI examination on Sunday morning.

Florian Kohfeldt and his team could not hide their joy after the 2-0 win against Augsburg. “In terms of the table, it was an incredibly important game for us,” said Werder’s head coach after the victory. There was also a lot of praise for the goalscorers.

A home win and a clean sheet for Florian Kohfeldt and Werder! The Green-Whites came away 2-0 winners as they beat FC Augsburg thanks to two late goals from Theodor Gebre Selassie and Felix Agu. Following a quiet first half for SVW with a solid defensive performance, Kohfeldt’s team stepped up their game after the break and were rewarded for their efforts with three points. Theodor Gebre Selassie...

Bad news for Werder Bremen going into the weekend as Niclas Füllkrug has dropped out of the home game against FC Augsburg at short notice. The attacker picked up an ankle injury in the last training session ahead of the weekend’s Bundesliga game.

SV Werder Bremen have again retained a young talent, with Nick Woltemade signing a contract extension at Werder with effect from 1st July 2021. As agreed with SVW’s sporting director Frank Baumann, the 18-year-old will continue to develop his young career at Osterdeich with the Green-Whites.

The Deutsche Fußball-Bund (DFB) has today confirmed the timings for the last-16 matches in the DFB-Pokal. SV Werder Bremen will face SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Tuesday, 2nd February (20:45 CET).

“It's a big problem for us that our record at home isn't great,” admitted Florian Kohfeldt in the pre-match press conference on Thursday. However, Werder’s head coach was pleased with the way that his team bounced back from the Union defeat away at Bayer 04 Leverkusen last weekend and will feel that it’s high time that the Green-Whites finally pick up another win at the wohninvest WESERSTADION...

SV Werder Bremen will have Milot Rashica back available for the home game against FC Augsburg on Saturday (15:30 CET). The attacker will make the squad for the first time since recovering from a thigh injury. Florian Kohfeldt will have to wait and see if Ludwig Augustinsson will be fit to play after pulling out of training early on Wednesday.

One statistic underlines Milos Veljkovic’ influence this season: Werder have not lost a game when 25-year-old centre back has been in the starting XI. “Of course, it is a nice statistic and I hope it continues,” said Veljkovic on Wednesday. “But it’s for other people to decide how much of that is because of me.”