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After returning from an international break where he helped his Serbia reach the World Cup with an injury, Milos Veljkovic finally returned to the Werder starting XI for a 4-0 home win against Erzgebirge Aue. “It was a fantastic evening,” said Veljkovic, who got himself on the scoresheet in audacious style to net the Green-Whites’ second goal of the evening. In an interview on Monday afternoon,...

Being able to celebrate a 4-0 home win is one thing. The circumstances surrounding the last few weeks made the victory against FC Erzgebirge Aue even sweeter for Marvin Ducksch, as he mentioned in an interview: “When you look at how well we did and what we have got over in the last few weeks, I’m just super satisfied and delighted.”

4-0 on debut! New Werder head coach Ole Werner couldn’t have asked for a better debut. But he didn’t want to put himself into the limelight after the final whistle blew on Friday evening. “The lads have been through quite a lot in the last few weeks. They worked really hard for the win today and deserve to celebrate with the fans this evening,” said Werner, who saw his time put in an excellent...

It couldn’t have been a better start for new Werder head coach Ole Werner. Romano Schmid opened the scoring in the 7th minute with a brilliant curling effort before a Milos Veljkovic scorpion kick made it 2-0 after 19 minutes. The striking partnership of Marvin Ducksch (53’) and Niclas Füllkrug (57’) then chipped in with two second-half goals to round off a successful final fixture at the...

The Kiel game is now a thing of the past as Werder’s focus shifts to their final home game of 2021 against Erzgebirge Aue at the wohninvest WESERSTADION on Friday evening (18:30 CET). Matchday 16 will also be Ole Werner’s debut as the new head coach of SVW and he is feeling confident and well prepared ahead of the game. “We’ve explained to the team what we are expecting from Aue and how we can get...

Eren Dinkci will be unavailable for Werder's match against Erzgebirge Aue on Friday. The 19-year-old attacker, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive for Coronavirus on Tuesday and will now quarantine at home.

Niklas Schmidt and Fabio Chiarodia will be unavailable in the coming days. Both players have returned positive results from Coronavirus PCR tests.

Ole Werner has been in charge of SV Werder Bremen for exactly 24 hours. In a busy day of signing, first chats, a team meeting and the first training session, the new head coach found time to hold a press conference to introduce himself to the media. WERDER.DE has all the latest.

SV Werder Bremen are set to be without Niklas Schmidt and Fabio Chiarodia this weekend. While Fabio Chiarodia returned a positive coronavirus test, Niklas Schmidt was displaying clear symptoms of the virus. The result of a PCR test is yet to be returned, however. The pair are both fully vaccinated and are isolating. Mitchell Weiser is also in quarantine.

SV Werder Bremen have a new head coach: Ole Werner will take over the role with immediate effect. The 33-year-old, most recently at Holstein Kiel, will lead training for the first time at 14:00 CET Monday afternoon. He will be officially presented to the press at 16:30 CET.

Once again, the Green-Whites had several chances which they just didn’t take. The Green-Whites failed to create a lot of good chances in their 2-1 defeat to Holstein Kiel, and interim coach Christian Brand, the players as well as sporting director Frank Baumann agreed with this view.

SV Werder Bremen suffered a 2-1 defeat to Holstein Kiel in the late Saturday kick-off. The Green-Whites started the game slowly, and it seemed the first half was going to end goalless, but Joshua Mees scored in the 45th minute to give the home side the lead shortly before the break. Werder turned up the pressure early in the second half and equalised through a clever chip from Niclas Füllkrug...

After an eventful week, SV Werder Bremen travel to face Holstein Kiel on Saturday (27/11/21, 20:30 CET). Interim head coach Christian Brand knows what to expect and is full of confidence. “I’m looking forward to the game. We have prepared the team for Kiel and are hoping to see some of what we’ve worked on tomorrow and that we win the game,” he said during the pre-match press conference on Friday ...

When the call came, Christian Brand didn’t hesitate. The 49-year-old deputised as assistant coach for the home fixture against Schalke 04, but a few days later he will be taking responsibility for the first team in Bundesliga 2. “I immediately said that I would help. I have experienced a few turbulent situations in my football career, so I’m approaching the task in a relatively relaxed manner,”...

Back in Bremen since last Saturday and hopefully back on the pitch this Saturday – Marco Friedl has recovered well from his Coronavirus infection. “I’m feeling as well as I ever have. I did the first light training session last weekend and finally got back to full sessions yesterday,” said the 23-year-old Austrian.

At the start of the season, Ilia Gruev often found himself occupying the substitutes’ bench on matchdays, but now, 14 games into the season, the story has changed. Gruev has started and played the full 90 minutes in all of SV Werder’s last seven games. “I’m over the moon at the moment!” said the Bulgarian U21 international on his current run of games. Speaking to the media on Wednesday morning,...

It’s been an intense few days at SV Werder Bremen, “at times even turbulent” said Frank Baumann in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Since announcing the departures of head coach Markus Anfang and assistant coach Florian Junge, the Werder sporting director has been busy searching for a replacement.

“Having a kid completely changes your life,” reported Anthony “Tony” Jung. In Part II of his interview with WERDER.de, the left-back, who recently became a father, spoke about his first few months with the Green-Whites, his expectations before coming to Bremen as well as his passion for dogs.

Werder’s interim coach Danijel Zenkovic and Midfielder Nicolai Rapp will not be available for Saturday’s away fixture against Holstein Kiel. Both tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday. Zenkovic and Rapp, who are both fully vaccinated, are already quarantining at home. All other players and staff tested negative on Tuesday.

When defender Anthony Jung joined Werder Bremen from Danish champions Bröndby in the summer, it was considered somewhat of a coup for SVW. The 30-year-old spoke to WERDER.de about his professional career, his time in Denmark and his relationship with his Spanish father.