2023–24 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2023–24 season
President	Hubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coach	Ole Werner
Stadium	Weserstadion
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marvin Ducksch; Justin Njinmah; Jens Stage; (2 each); All: ; Marvin Ducksch (3)
Highest home attendance	42,100 (twice)
Lowest home attendance	41,000 (twice)
Average home league attendance	41,550
Biggest win	4–0 (v. Mainz 05, 5 August)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (v. Bayern Munich, 18 August)
	All statistics correct as of 7 October 2023.

The 2023–24 season is SV Werder Bremen's 125th season in existence and second consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 September 2023[1]

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	MF	BEL	Olivier Deman
3	DF	GER	Anthony Jung
4	DF	GER	Niklas Stark
5	DF	GER	Amos Pieper
6	MF	DEN	Jens Stage
7	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch
8	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser
9	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki
10	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt
13	DF	SRB	Miloš Veljković (vice-captain)
14	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	GER	Justin Njinmah
18	MF	GUI	Naby Keïta
19	FW	COL	Rafael Santos Borré (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
20	MF	AUT	Romano Schmid
23	MF	GER	Nicolai Rapp
27	DF	GER	Felix Agu
29	FW	GER	Nick Woltemade
30	GK	GER	Michael Zetterer
32	DF	AUT	Marco Friedl (captain)
35	MF	GER	Leon Opitz
36	MF	GER	Christian Groß
38	GK	GER	Dudu

Players out on loan

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	Mio Backhaus (to FC Volendam until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	TOG	Dikeni Salifou (to Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	GER	Eren Dinkçi (to 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Abdenego Nankishi (to Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	SCO	Oliver Burke (at Birmingham City until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Naby Keïta	Liverpool	Free	1 July 2023	[2]
FW	Dawid Kownacki	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
MF	Senne Lynen	Union SG	€2,000,000	8 August 2023	[4]
MF	Olivier Deman	Cercle Brugge	€4,000,000	31 August 2023	[5]
FW	Rafael Santos Borré	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	1 September 2023	[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Fabio Chiarodia	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€2,100,000	1 July 2023	[7]
FW	Eren Dinkçi	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan		[8]
MF	Yannik Engelhardt	SC Freiburg II	€900,000
DF	Park Kyu-hyun	Dynamo Dresden	€155,000		[9]
MF	Oscar Schönfelder	Jahn Regensburg	€260,000		[10]
GK	Mio Backhaus	FC Volendam	Loan	5 July 2023
DF	Lee Buchanan	Birmingham City	€1,300,000	26 July 2023	[11]
DF	Niklas Schmidt	Toulouse	€2,500,000	4 August 2023	[12]
MF	Jean-Manuel Mbom	Viborg	Undisclosed	24 August 2023	[13]
FW	Niclas Füllkrug	Borussia Dortmund	€13,000,000	31 August 2023	[14]
MF	Ilia Gruev	Leeds United	€4,650,000	31 August 2023	[15]
FW	Oliver Burke	Birmingham City	Loan	1 September 2023	[16]
MF	Dikeni Salifou	Juventus Next Gen	Loan	1 September 2023	[17]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
FW	Marvin Ducksch	June 2026	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2023 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–1	SV Drochtersen/Assel	Verden an der Aller
15:30 UTC+2	Kownacki 48' Burke 79'	Report	Göttel 34'	Stadium: Stadion am Berliner Ring

16 July 2023 Friendly	Werder Bremen	3–1	VfB Oldenburg	Westerstede
15:00 UTC+2	Njinmah 23' Rapp 36' Kownacki 62' Mbom 64'	Report	Herbst 31' Wegner 33' Krasniqi 44'	Stadium: Hössen-Sportzentrum A-Platz

22 July 2023 Friendly	Werder Bremen	5–2	Toulouse	Zell am Ziller, Austria
15:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Parkstadion

28 July 2023 Friendly	RB Leipzig	0–0	Werder Bremen	Innsbruck, Austria
15:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

28 July 2023 Friendly	Werder Bremen	1–1	Ipswich Town	Innsbruck, Austria
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol

5 August 2023 Friendly	Strasbourg	3–3	Werder Bremen	Strasbourg, France
15:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

5 August 2023 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–1	Werder Bremen	Strasbourg, France
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

7 September 2023 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Werder Bremen	Willingen
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Uplandstadion

12 October 2023 Friendly	Werder Bremen	3–3	St. Pauli	Bremen
12:00 UTC+2	Njinmah 3' Stage 54' Kownacki 58' (pen)	Report	Hartel 12' (pen) Saad 50' 65'	Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 0 Referee: Christoph Kluge

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	18 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1		8	2	0	6	12	18	−6	025.00
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					9	2	0	7	14	21	−7	022.22

Last updated: 20 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Darmstadt 98	8	2	1	5	13	22	−9	7
13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8	1	3	4	14	19	−5	6
14	Werder Bremen	8	2	0	6	12	18	−6	6
15	Union Berlin	8	2	0	6	11	17	−6	6
16	VfL Bochum	9	0	5	4	8	23	−15	5	Qualification for relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. 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.[19]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	2	0	6	12	18	−6	6	2	0	2	8	8	0	0	0	4	4	10	−6

Last updated: 20 October 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Position	17	18	11	12	11	12	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[20]

18 August 2023 1	Werder Bremen	0–4	Bayern Munich	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 20' Lynen 56'	Report	Sané 4', 90' Kim 55' Kane 74' Tel 90+4'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

26 August 2023 2	SC Freiburg	1–0	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kübler 38' Höfler 45' Philipp 90+6'	Report	Schmid 6' Friedl 55'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Benjamin Brand

2 September 2023 3	Werder Bremen	4–0	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 3' (pen.) Stage 10', 53' Stark 45+3' Friedl 55' Bittencourt 82' Njinmah 83'	Report	Hanche-Olsen 2' Van den Berg 65'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 September 2023 4	1. FC Heidenheim	4–2	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 5' (pen.) Dinkçi 44', 68' Traoré 50' Beste 76'	Report	Ducksch 49', 49' Weiser 64' Stark 90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

23 September 2023 5	Werder Bremen	2–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Borré 38' Njinmah 67' Weiser 79' Veljković 88'	Report	Selke 31' Alidou 73'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1 October 2023 6	Darmstadt 98	4–2	Werder Bremen	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bader 5' Skarke 25' Mehlem 40', 50' Holland 52' Kempe 62' (pen.) Franjić 90+4'	Report	Lynen 31' Deman 70', 90+3' Veljković 79'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Martin Petersen

7 October 2023 7	Werder Bremen	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmid 17' Keïta 32' Ducksch 45+1' Weiser 56' Rapp 58' Stage 90+1' Jung 90+2'	Report	Beier 8' Prömel 29', 69' Akpoguma 72' Baumann 90' Bülter 90+2' Vogt 90+5'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

20 October 2023 8	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nmecha 44' Brandt 67'	Report	Bittencourt 61' Stage 75' Veljković 83' Deman 90+5'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Felix Brych

28 October 2023 9	Werder Bremen	v	Union Berlin	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Weserstadion

5 November 2023 10	VfL Wolfsburg	v	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

12 November 2023 11	Werder Bremen	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Weserstadion

25 November 2023 12	Werder Bremen	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Weserstadion

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	Viktoria Köln	3–2	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fritz 70' Philipp 72', 79' Bogićević 90+4'	Report	Pieper 11' Ducksch 43' Stage 70' Bittencourt 70' Füllkrug 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 8,343 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Statistics

As of 20 October 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Jiří Pavlenka	8	0	7	0	1	0
2	MF	BEL	Olivier Deman	4	1	3+1	1	0	0
3	DF	GER	Anthony Jung	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Niklas Stark	6	0	5	0	1	0
5	DF	GER	Amos Pieper	6	0	5	0	1	0
6	MF	DEN	Jens Stage	9	2	7+1	2	1	0
7	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch	9	3	7+1	2	1	1
8	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	9	1	8	1	0+1	0
9	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
10	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt	6	1	2+3	1	1	0
13	DF	SRB	Miloš Veljković	7	1	5+1	1	1	0
14	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
17	FW	GER	Justin Njinmah	6	2	1+5	2	0	0
18	MF	GUI	Naby Keïta	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
19	FW	COL	Rafael Santos Borré	5	1	2+3	1	0	0
20	MF	AUT	Romano Schmid	9	1	7+1	1	1	0
23	MF	GER	Nicolai Rapp	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
29	FW	AUT	Nick Woltemade	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Michael Zetterer	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	AUT	Marco Friedl	7	0	6	0	0+1	0
35	MF	GER	Leon Opitz	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Christian Groß	8	0	4+3	0	0+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
24	FW	SCO	Oliver Burke	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
Players who left Werder Bremen during the season:
11	FW	GER	Niclas Füllkrug	3	1	2	0	1	1
28	MF	BUL	Ilia Gruev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	7	Marvin Ducksch	2	1	3
2	MF	6	Jens Stage	2	0	2
2	FW	17	Justin Njinmah	2	0	2
4	MF	20	Romano Schmid	1	0	1
	MF	10	Leonardo Bittencourt	1	0	1
	DF	8	Mitchell Weiser	1	0	1
	FW	19	Rafael Santos Borré	1	0	1
	DF	13	Miloš Veljković	1	0	1
	FW	2	Olivier Deman	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Players who left Werder Bremen during the season:
	FW	11	Niclas Füllkrug	0	1	1
Total				12	2	14

Assists

Rank	Pos.	Nat.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW		7	Marvin Ducksch	2	0	3
2	DF		8	Mitchell Weiser	2	0	2
3	FW		7	Justin Njinmah	1	0	1
	MF		20	Romano Schmid	1	0	1
	MF		2	Olivier Deman	1	0	1
	MF		14	Senne Lynen	1	0	1
MF		36	Christian Groß	1	0	1
Total					10	0	10

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	Nat.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	GK		1	Jiří Pavlenka	1	0	1
Total					1	0	0

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.

Disciplinary record

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player
2		FW	Olivier Deman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3		DF	Anthony Jung	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4		DF	Niklas Stark	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5		DF	Amos Pieper	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
6		MF	Jens Stage	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
7		FW	Marvin Ducksch	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8		DF	Mitchell Weiser	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10		MF	Leonardo Bittencourt	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
13		DF	Miloš Veljković	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14		MF	Senne Lynen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18		MF	Naby Keïta	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20		MF	Romano Schmid	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23		MF	Nicolai Rapp	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
32		DF	Marco Friedl	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total				20	0	0	2	0	1	22	0	1

Home attendance

As of 7 October 2023

Competition	Total	Matches	Average
Bundesliga	166,200	4	41,550
DFB-Pokal	0	0	0
Total	166,200	4	41,550

References

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"Der SV Werder Bremen verpflichtet Naby Keita" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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"Senne Lynen moves to Werder Bremen". SV Werder Bremen. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
"Werder holt Allrounder für die linke Seite: Deman kommt aus Brügge" [Werder sign all-rounder for the left side: Deman joins from Bruges]. kicker (in German). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
"Werders Füllkrug-Nachfolger: Frankfurts Borré wechselt nach Bremen" [Werder's Füllkrug successor: Frankfurt's Borré moves to Bremen]. buten un binnen (in German). 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
"Borussia Mönchengladbach | Borussia sign Fabio Chiarodia from Werder Bremen". Borussia Mönchengladbach.
"Dinkci stürmt für Werders direkten Konkurrenten: Bremer wechselt per Leihe nach Heidenheim". kreiszeitung. 2 July 2023.
"Die SGD verpflichtet Kyu-Hyun Park fest | Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden - Die offizielle Website". Dynamo Dresden.
"Oscar Schönfelder to make permanent move to SSV Jahn Regensburg | SV Werder Bremen". SV Werder Bremen.
"Lee Buchanan is a Blue". Birmingham City F.C.
"Werder Bremen: Niklas Schmidt wechselt nach Toulouse" [Werder Bremen: Niklas Schmidt moves to Toulouse]. Weser Kurier. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
"VFF køber tysk midtbanespiller" [VFF buys German midfielder] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
"Borussia Dortmund verpflichtet Nationalstürmer Niclas Füllkrug" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 31 August 2023.
"Ilia Gruev joins Leeds United from Werder Bremen". www.leedsunited.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
"Birmingham City: Blues sign Leeds' Cody Drameh and Oliver Burke from Werder Bremen on loan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
"DIKENI SALIFOU MOVES ON LOAN TO JUVENTUS U23S". SV Werder Bremen. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
"Offiziell: Ducksch verlängert bei Werder Bremen". fussball.news.
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"DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.

External links

Official website

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[2] "Der SV Werder Bremen verpflichtet Naby Keita" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[3] "Nicht als Ersatz für Füllkrug oder Ducksch: Werder verpflichtet Kownacki". kicker (in German). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[4] "Senne Lynen moves to Werder Bremen". SV Werder Bremen. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[5] "Werder holt Allrounder für die linke Seite: Deman kommt aus Brügge" [Werder sign all-rounder for the left side: Deman joins from Bruges]. kicker (in German). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[6] "Werders Füllkrug-Nachfolger: Frankfurts Borré wechselt nach Bremen" [Werder's Füllkrug successor: Frankfurt's Borré moves to Bremen]. buten un binnen (in German). 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[7] "Borussia Mönchengladbach | Borussia sign Fabio Chiarodia from Werder Bremen". Borussia Mönchengladbach.

[8] "Dinkci stürmt für Werders direkten Konkurrenten: Bremer wechselt per Leihe nach Heidenheim". kreiszeitung. 2 July 2023.

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[13] "VFF køber tysk midtbanespiller" [VFF buys German midfielder] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

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[15] "Ilia Gruev joins Leeds United from Werder Bremen". www.leedsunited.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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[20] "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.