2018–19 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2018–19 SV Werder Bremen season is the 120th season in the football club's history and 38th consecutive and 55th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1981. In addition to the domestic league, Werder Bremen also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 72nd season for Bremen in the Weser-Stadion, located in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Werder Bremen
2018–19 season
PresidentKlaus-Dieter Fischer
ManagerFlorian Kohfeldt
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Max Kruse
(11 goals)

All:
Max Kruse
(12 goals)
Highest home attendance42,100
Lowest home attendance39,100
Average home league attendance41,403
Biggest winWorms 1–6 Bremen
Biggest defeat[Bremen 2–6 Leverkusen
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

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Squad information

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As of 6 February 2019[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CZE Jiří Pavlenka
2 DF   SWE Felix Beijmo
4 FW   PER Claudio Pizarro
5 DF   SWE Ludwig Augustinsson
6 MF   GER Kevin Möhwald
8 FW   JPN Yuya Osako
9 FW   AUT Martin Harnik
10 FW   GER Max Kruse (captain)
11 MF   KOS Milot Rashica
13 DF   SRB Miloš Veljković
15 DF   GER Sebastian Langkamp
17 MF   TUR Nuri Şahin
18 DF   FIN Niklas Moisander (vice-captain)
19 FW   USA Josh Sargent
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   USA Aron Jóhannsson
22 MF   GER Fin Bartels
23 DF   CZE Theodor Gebre Selassie
24 FW   GER Johannes Eggestein
27 GK   GRE Stefanos Kapino
30 MF   NED Davy Klaassen
32 DF   AUT Marco Friedl (on loan from Bayern Munich)
34 MF   GER Jean-Manuel Mbom
35 MF   GER Maximilian Eggestein
36 DF   GER Thore Jacobsen
39 DF   GER Jan-Niklas Beste
40 GK   GER Luca Plogmann
44 MF   GER Philipp Bargfrede

Players under contract

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GRE Thanos Petsos

Players out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GER Michael Zetterer (to Klagenfurt until 30 June 2019)
DF   GER Robert Bauer (to 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2019)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Ole Käuper (to Erzgebirge Aue until 30 June 2019)
MF   AUT Romano Schmid (to Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2019)

Transfers In

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Position Player Transferred from Date Source
DF   Felix Beijmo   Djurgårdens IF 1 July 2018
FW   Martin Harnik   Hannover 96 1 July 2018
MF   Kevin Möhwald   1. FC Nürnberg 1 July 2018
FW   Yuya Osako   1. FC Köln 1 July 2018
DF   Jan-Niklas Beste   Borussia Dortmund 4 July 2018 [3]
MF   Davy Klaassen   Everton 27 July 2018 [4]
FW   Claudio Pizarro 29 July 2018
GK   Stefanos Kapino   Nottingham Forest 1 August 2018
MF   Nuri Şahin   Borussia Dortmund 31 August 2018 [5]
MF   Romano Schmid   Red Bull Salzburg 3 January 2019

Transfers Out

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Position Player Transferred to Date Source
MF   Thomas Delaney   Borussia Dortmund 1 July 2018
DF   Ulisses Garcia   Young Boys 1 July 2018
MF   Jérôme Gondorf   SC Freiburg 1 July 2018
DF   Leon Guwara   Utrecht 1 July 2018
MF   Zlatko Junuzović   Red Bull Salzburg 1 July 2019
MF   László Kleinheisler   Astana 1 July 2018
MF   Sambou Yatabaré   Antwerp 1 July 2019
FW   Lennart Thy   BB Erzurumspor 23 July 2019
DF   Fallou Diagne   Konyaspor 2 August 2019
GK   Jaroslav Drobný   Fortuna Düsseldorf 13 January 2019
MF   Florian Kainz   1. FC Köln 18 January 2019
DF   Luca Caldirola   Benevento 30 January 2019

Friendly matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) Friendly Příbram   1–1   Werder Bremen Zillertal
  • Matousek   69'
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 800

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 34 14 11 9 58 49 +9 041.18
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2018 24 April 2019 First round Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 18 8 +10 060.00
Total 39 17 12 10 76 57 +19 043.59

Last updated: 25 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 +9 53
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 +18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 −16 44
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 14 11 9 58 49  +9 53 8 6 3 35 26  +9 6 5 6 23 23  0

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDWDWWLWWLLLDLWLDLWDDWDDDWWWDWLLDWW
Position9674354346779899109111010109109868789998
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1 Werder Bremen 1–1 Hannover 96 Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Gebre Selassie   85' Report Weydandt   76' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Felix Brych
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Haller   54' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sören Storks
16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 3 Werder Bremen 1–1 1. FC Nürnberg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) M. Eggestein   26' Report Misidjan   90+2' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Daniel Schlager
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4 FC Augsburg 2–3 Werder Bremen Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,434
Referee: Felix Zwayer
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5 Werder Bremen 3–1 Hertha BSC Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Dilrosun   53' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Guido Winkmann
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Zieler   68' (o.g.) Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 58,569
Referee: Tobias Welz
5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 7 Werder Bremen 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Martin Petersen
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8 Schalke 04 0–2 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report M. Eggestein   43', 66' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9 Werder Bremen 2–6 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,400
Referee: Marco Fritz
4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10 Mainz 05 2–1 Werder Bremen Mainz
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Pizarro   78' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 25,105
Referee: Guido Winkmann
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 11 Werder Bremen 1–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Şahin   59' Report Pléa   39', 48', 52' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Sören Storks
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 12 SC Freiburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Waldschmidt   42' (pen.) Report Augustinsson   90+2' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13 Werder Bremen 1–2 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Osako   33' Report Gnabry   20', 50' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Christian Dingert
7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 14 Werder Bremen 3–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Lukebakio   43' (pen.) Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Marco Fritz
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Werder Bremen Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Kruse   35' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Guido Winkmann
19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16 Werder Bremen 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Gebre Selassie   57' Report Bittencourt   31' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,003
Referee: Markus Schmidt
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17 RB Leipzig 3–2 Werder Bremen Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 40,455
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18 Hannover 96 0–1 Werder Bremen Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Rashica   32' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 44,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19 Werder Bremen 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Markus Schmidt
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 Werder Bremen Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Ishak   86' Report J. Eggestein   63' Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 35,753
Referee: Robert Kampka
10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21 Werder Bremen 4–0 FC Augsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,138
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22 Hertha BSC 1–1 Werder Bremen Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Selke   25' Report Pizarro   90+6' Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 49,627
Referee: Sören Storks
22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 23 Werder Bremen 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Klaassen   45' Report Zuber   1' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Brooks   54' Report Kruse   74' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,101
Referee: Daniel Siebert
8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 25 Werder Bremen 4–2 Schalke 04 Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Embolo   26', 85' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Martin Petersen
17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 26 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Bailey   75' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 Werder Bremen 3–1 Mainz 05 Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Quaison   52' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,711
Referee: Marco Fritz
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Neuhaus   49' Report Klaassen   79' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Daniel Schlager
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 Werder Bremen 2–1 SC Freiburg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Waldschmidt   90+3' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 30 Bayern Munich 1–0 Werder Bremen Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Süle   75' Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–1 Werder Bremen Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Kruse   28' (pen.) Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 52,500
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32 Werder Bremen 2–2 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Marco Fritz
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 Werder Bremen Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report J. Eggestein   39' Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Bastian Dankert
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 Werder Bremen 2–1 RB Leipzig Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Mukiele   86' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

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18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round Wormatia Worms 1–6 Werder Bremen Worms
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Mimbala   44' Report
Stadium: EWR-Arena
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Benedikt Kempkes
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round Weiche Flensburg 1–5 Werder Bremen Lübeck
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Ilídio   27' Report
Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle
Attendance: 8,637
Referee: Tobias Reichel
5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) Round of 16 Borussia Dortmund 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Werder Bremen Dortmund
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Felix Brych
Penalties
3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Quarter-finals Schalke 04 0–2 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,597
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Semi-finals Werder Bremen 2–3 Bayern Munich Bremen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Daniel Siebert

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   CZE Jiří Pavlenka 39 0 34 0 5 0
27 GK   GRE Stefanos Kapino 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 GK   GER Luca Plogmann 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   SWE Felix Beijmo 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   SWE Ludwig Augustinsson 39 1 34 1 5 0
13 DF   SRB Miloš Veljković 27 1 21+2 1 4 0
15 DF   GER Sebastian Langkamp 23 0 15+6 0 1+1 0
18 DF   FIN Niklas Moisander 34 0 30 0 4 0
23 DF   CZE Theodor Gebre Selassie 36 3 32 3 4 0
32 DF   AUT Marco Friedl 9 0 5+2 0 2 0
36 DF   GER Thore Jacobsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   GER Jan-Niklas Beste 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Kevin Möhwald 27 3 7+16 3 1+3 0
11 MF   KOS Milot Rashica 30 12 19+7 9 3+1 3
17 MF   TUR Nuri Şahin 23 1 19+1 1 3 0
22 MF   GER Fin Bartels 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
30 MF   NED Davy Klaassen 38 7 33 5 5 2
34 MF   GER Jean-Manuel Mbom 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF   GER Maximilian Eggestein 39 6 34 5 5 1
44 MF   GER Philipp Bargfrede 17 1 13+2 0 2 1
Forwards
4 FW   PER Claudio Pizarro 30 7 3+23 5 1+3 2
8 FW   JPN Yuya Osako 23 5 15+6 3 2 2
9 FW   AUT Martin Harnik 22 7 10+8 4 0+4 3
10 FW   GER Max Kruse 36 12 32 11 4 1
19 FW   USA Josh Sargent 10 2 1+9 2 0 0
20 FW   USA Aron Jóhannsson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
24 FW   GER Johannes Eggestein 28 5 12+11 4 2+3 1
Players transferred out during the season
16 GK   GER Michael Zetterer 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   CZE Jaroslav Drobný 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   AUT Florian Kainz 10 2 5+3 0 2 2
14 MF   GER Ole Käuper 1 0 0 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References

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  1. ^ "Spieler" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Squad". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Beste wechselt vom BVB an die Weser" (in German). Werder Bremen. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Klaassen moves to Werder Bremen". Everton F.C. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Sahin to Bremen – Nuri will always be a part of our club!". Borussia Dortmund. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.
  7. ^ "6:2! Havertz und Co. nehmen Bremens Abwehr auseinander" [6–2! Havertz and co. take Bremen's defence apart]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.