Werder Bremen Facts for Kids

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Werder Bremen

Full name

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

Bundesliga

2010/11

Bundesliga, 13th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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).

Current squad
Coaching staff
League position
- Former position
Honours
- Germany
- International
Manager history
Notable players
Team records
Images for kids
See also

Current squad

Correct as of 25 September 2012

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sebastian Mielitz
3	DF	Francois Affolter
5	DF	Assani Lukimya
6	MF	Kevin De Bruyne (on loan from Chelsea)
7	FW	Marko Arnautović
8	DF	Clemens Fritz (captain)
10	MF	Mehmet Ekici
11	MF	Eljero Elia
13	DF	Lukas Schmitz
14	MF	Aaron Hunt
15	DF	Sebastian Prödl
16	MF	Zlatko Junuzovic
17	MF	Aleksandar Ignjovski
18	MF	Felix Kroos
19	FW	Joseph Akpala
20	GK	Raphael Wolf

No.	Position	Player
22	DF	Sokratis
23	DF	Theodor Gebre Selassie
24	FW	Nils Petersen (on loan from Bayern Munich)
25	MF	Tom Trybull
26	DF	Florian Hartherz
27	FW	Johannes Wurtz
28	MF	Levent Aycicek
29	DF	Cimo Röcker
30	GK	Richard Strebinger
31	MF	Predrag Stevanovic
32	MF	Özkan Yildirim
33	GK	Christian Vander
34	MF	Aleksandar Stevanovic
35	MF	Florian Trinks
41	MF	Niclas Füllkrug
44	MF	Philipp Bargfrede

Coaching staff

Manager Thomas Schaaf, who has been managing Werder Bremen from 1999 to 2013.

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

Former position

1963/64 : Bundesliga - 11th
1964/65 : Bundesliga - Champions
1965/66 : Bundesliga - 4th
1966/67 : Bundesliga - 16th
1967/68 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1968/69 : Bundesliga - 10th
1969/70 : Bundesliga - 11th
1970/71 : Bundesliga - 10th
1971/72 : Bundesliga - 12th
1972/73 : Bundesliga - 11th
1973/74 : Bundesliga - 11th
1974/75 : Bundesliga - 15th
1975/76 : Bundesliga - 13th
1976/77 : Bundesliga - 11th
1977/78 : Bundesliga - 15th
1978/79 : Bundesliga - 11th
1979/80 : Bundesliga - 17th
1981/82 : Bundesliga - 5th
1982/83 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1983/84 : Bundesliga - 5th
1984/85 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1985/86 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1986/87 : Bundesliga - 4th
1987/88 : Bundesliga - Champions
1988/89 : Bundesliga - 3rd
1989/90 : Bundesliga - 7th
1990/91 : Bundesliga - 3rd
1991/92 : Bundesliga - 9th
1992/93 : Bundesliga - Champions
1993/94 : Bundesliga - 9th
1994/95 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1995/96 : Bundesliga - 9th
1996/97 : Bundesliga - 8th
1997/98 : Bundesliga - 7th
1998/99 : Bundesliga - 14th
1999/00 : Bundesliga - 9th
2000/01 : Bundesliga - 7th
2001/02 : Bundesliga - 6th

Honours

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

Images for kids

Historical chart of Werder's league performance after the Second World War
Werder fans celebrating the team's 2008–09 DFB-Pokal triumph at the Bremen City Hall
Otto Rehhagel (2009 photograph) is the club's longest serving manager
The Weserstadion photographed in 2006
Werder fans at a home match in 2006

Werder Bremen facts for kids

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