First-team news

Two days after parting ways with head coach Ole Werner, Werder Bremen announced Horst Steffen as his successor. The 56-year-old joins the Green-Whites from SV Elversberg. Werder’s managing director of professional football, Clemens Fritz, told WERDER.DE that Horst Steffen’s arrival was the perfect outcome, and explained why he wanted to bring clarity to the position of head coach as soon as…

SV Werder’s new head coach is Horst Steffen, whose busy week has included competing in the relegation play-off with SV Elversberg and now signing a contract at the Green-Whites. The 56-year-old spoke to WERDER.DE about why he chose to join the club and how he likes his teams to play football.

SV Werder Bremen have found their successor to Ole Werner. Horst Steffen will be the Green-Whites’ new head coach from next season. The 56-year-old joins Werder from SV Elversberg, as confirmed by Clemens Fritz on Thursday. The two clubs have agreed not to disclose the terms of the deal.

The SV Werder Bremen hierarchy have parted ways with head coach Ole Werner with immediate effect after he informed the club he will not extend his contract beyond its expiry in June 2026.

Head coach Ole Werner has informed the Werder Bremen hierarchy that he will not extend his contract with the club beyond its expiry in June 2026.

Werder will begin their preparations for the 2025/26 season at the start of July, with Ole Werner leading the first training session of pre-season on 7th July. The first friendly will take place five days later, away against FC Verden 04. The Green-Whites then play away against Kickers Emden a week later.

The spoils are shared in Berlin despite Werder’s fast start

SV Werder passed up the chance for a fourth straight Bundesliga away win, instead having to settle for a draw with 1. FC Union Berlin in front of 22,012 fans at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei on matchday 32. Jens Stage netted the brace (2’, 15’) which saw the Green-Whites assume control before Tom Rothe (37’) and Laszlo Benes (84’) brought the Köpenick club back on level terms.

SV Werder’s final post-season friendly against OSC Bremerhaven ended in a 4-1 win for the Green-Whites.  

SV Werder emerged victorious from their penultimate friendly of the 2024/25 post-season on Thursday evening. The Green-Whites won 6-4 in front of 2,650 fans at the Burgwall-Stadion, with regular goalkeeper Michael Zetterer operating in an unfamiliar role.

SV Werder began the 2024/25 post-season with a friendly loss away to fourth-division side SV Meppen in front of 5,373 spectators. Lasse Zumdieck (43’), Willi Evseev (80’), Christopher Schepp (85’) and Daniel Haritanov (90’) found the net for the hosts, while U23s player Dominik Kasper scored for the Green-Whites (48’) as the game ended 4-1.

SV Werder Bremen ensured an eighth-place finish after their 4-1 win away at 1. FC Heidenheim on the final matchday of the season. WERDER.DE have summed up all the post-match reaction from within the team.

On Sunday morning, Hanna Nemeth, Reena Wichmann, Maria Penner, Saskia Matheis, Lina Hausicke and goalkeeper coach Hendrik Lemke held a training session together with children from the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. The Vietnam-based foundation is committed to helping children and young people off the streets, protecting them from human trafficking and supporting them in leading self-determined…

In cooperation with the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad, SV Werder have assisted in the creation of educational materials that are used by institutions such as Chu Van An High School, a Goethe Institute school. On Saturday, several of the women’s team took to the pitch with the students, while another group of players assisted with a Football Development Training session with footballing…

SV Werder Bremen ended the 2024/25 Bundesliga season in style, winning 4-1 away at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday afternoon. Romano Schmid's penalty (14') gave the Green-Whites the lead, before Jens Stage doubled their advantage in the 33rd minute. Marvin Ducksch then added a third after the break (66'), with Heidenheim's Luca Kerber getting one back for his side late on (80'). Keke Topp then came…

Werder’s women’s side ended the 2024/25 season with a 4-1 victory in a friendly against the Vietnamese national team at the Hàng-Đẫy Stadium. Ricarda Walkling (15’), Larissa Mühlhaus (50’, 81’) and Emöke Papai (90’+4) got SVW’s goals, while Minh Chuyen Ngoc scored for the hosts (64’).

The final 90 minutes of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season await. While there’s little room left for big moves in the table for SV Werder in their last outing of the campaign – away at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday, 17th May 2025, at 15:30 CEST – head coach Ole Werner was clear that there’s still plenty at stake. To come away with a result against the side from the Ostalb region, one thing will be key:…

ROBINSON has not only been significant in supporting the Werder women’s team’s trip to Vietnam, but is also involved with the Football Development Programme that has been backed by Werder for many years. Werder is currently working to assist educate new coaches in Vietnam as part of this programme.

Klaus Filbry and Clemens Fritz form part of the delegation, with whom the Werder women’s team travelled to Vietnam. As a result of the final match of the season for the men’s team in Heidenheim, the pair cut their trip to Asia short, flying back to Germany on Friday evening in order to personally attend the fixture on Saturday. 

Ahead of the final game of the season away at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday (17th May, 15:30 CEST), head coach Ole Werner spoke to the media about…

All six players were of the same mind come the end of the day, as Livia Peng, Melina Kunkel, Ricarda Walkling, Caro Siems and Emöke Pápai visited the Chuyen Ngoai Ngu high school in Hanoi on Thursday afternoon, along with Saskia Matheis, who reported: “It has been such a rewarding afternoon. The students’ level of spoken German was amazing, as well as the conversations we had with them. It was a…