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
President	Klaus-Dieter Fischer
Manager	Florian Kohfeldt
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Max Kruse (11 goals) All: Max Kruse (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,100
Lowest home attendance	39,100
Average home league attendance	41,403
Biggest win	Worms 1–6 Bremen
Biggest defeat	[Bremen 2–6 Leverkusen
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad information

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

Transfers In

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	^[2]
MF	Davy Klaassen	Everton	27 July 2018	^[3]
FW	Claudio Pizarro		29 July 2018
GK	Stefanos Kapino	Nottingham Forest	1 August 2018
MF	Nuri Şahin	Borussia Dortmund	31 August 2018	^[4]
MF	Romano Schmid	Red Bull Salzburg	3 January 2019

Transfers Out

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Příbram   v   Werder Bremen

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) Friendly	Příbram	1–1	Werder Bremen	Zillertal
	Matousek   69'	Report	Sargent   8'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 800

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	16	7	11	62	50	+12	55	Qualification for Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	9	10	60	48	+12	54	Qualification for 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^[5]
Notes:

1. 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

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

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	9	6	7	4	3	5	4	3	4	6	7	7	9	8	9	9	10	9	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	6	8	7	8	9	9	9	8

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

Matches

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haller   54' (pen.)	Report	Osako   20' Rashica   90+6'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sören Storks

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4	FC Augsburg	2–3	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Koo   45+3' Max   47'	Report	Kruse   34' M. Eggestein   36' Klaassen   75'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,434 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5	Werder Bremen	3–1	Hertha BSC	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harnik   11' Veljković   45' Kruse   66' (pen.)	Report	Dilrosun   53'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Donis   19' Castro   75'	Report	Zieler   68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,569 Referee: Tobias Welz

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 7	Werder Bremen	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen   35' J. Eggestein   86'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Martin Petersen

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 9	Werder Bremen	2–6	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pizarro   60' Osako   62'	Report	Volland   8' Brandt   38' Bellarabi   45' Havertz   67', 77'^[6] Dragović   72'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,400 Referee: Marco Fritz

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 10	Mainz 05	2–1	Werder Bremen	Mainz
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mateta   25' Gbamin   51'	Report	Pizarro   78'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,105 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

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

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 14	Werder Bremen	3–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald   20' Harnik   71' Sargent   78'	Report	Lukebakio   43' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alcácer   19' Reus   27'	Report	Kruse   35'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

RB Leipzig v Werder Bremen

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	RB Leipzig	3–2	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klostermann   22' Werner   44' Bruma   87'	Report	Kruse   67' Sargent   77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,455 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19	Werder Bremen	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	M. Eggestein   27' Harnik   52'	Report	Rebić   35' Haller   68' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Markus Schmidt

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 21	Werder Bremen	4–0	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rashica   5', 28' J. Eggestein   27' Möhwald   83'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,138 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

8 March 2019 (2019-03-08) 25	Werder Bremen	4–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rashica   31', 73' Kruse   51' (pen.) Harnik   90+4'	Report	Embolo   26', 85'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Martin Petersen

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bailey   75'	Report	Kruse   13', 90+5' Rashica   37'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27	Werder Bremen	3–1	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rashica   3' Kruse   36', 63'	Report	Quaison   52'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,711 Referee: Marco Fritz

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	Werder Bremen	2–1	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen   76' Gebre Selassie   84'	Report	Waldschmidt   90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–1	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raman   1' Karaman   22' Hennings   56' Suttner   73'	Report	Kruse   28' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32	Werder Bremen	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Möhwald   70' Pizarro   75'	Report	Pulisic   6' Alcácer   41'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Marco Fritz

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

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

Werder Bremen v RB Leipzig

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Werder Bremen	2–1	RB Leipzig	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rashica   35' Pizarro   89'	Report	Mukiele   86'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Brych

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

Wormatia Worms v Werder Bremen

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round	Wormatia Worms	1–6	Werder Bremen	Worms
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mimbala   44'	Report	Osako   9' Kainz   21' Bargfrede   31' Kruse   41' (pen.) M. Eggestein   45+1' J. Eggestein   79'	Stadium: EWR-Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

Weiche Flensburg v Werder Bremen

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) Second round	Weiche Flensburg	1–5	Werder Bremen	Lübeck
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ilídio   27'	Report	Pizarro   8' Kainz   38' Klaassen   44' (pen.) Harnik   76', 81'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 8,637 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

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)	Reus   45+3' Pulisic   105' Hakimi   113'	Report	Rashica   5' Pizarro   108' Harnik   119'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Felix Brych
	Penalties
	Alcácer   Philipp   Witsel   Weigl		Pizarro   M. Eggestein   Klaassen   Kruse

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) Quarter-finals	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rashica   65' Klaassen   72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,597 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	2–3	Bayern Munich	Bremen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Osako   74' Rashica   75'	Report	Lewandowski   36', 80' (pen.) Müller   63'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

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