2025–26 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2025–26 season
PresidentHubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coachHorst Steffen
StadiumWeserstadion
BundesligaPre-season
DFB-PokalFirst round
All statistics correct as of 15 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is SV Werder Bremen's 127th season in existence, and the club's fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. The club also participated in the DFB-Pokal, falling in the first round.

Players

As of 20 August 2025[1][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Belgium BEL Olivier Deman
4 DF Germany GER Niklas Stark
5 DF Germany GER Amos Pieper
6 MF Denmark DEN Jens Stage
7 FW Belgium BEL Samuel Mbangula
8 DF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser
9 FW Germany GER Keke Topp
10 MF Germany GER Leonardo Bittencourt
11 FW Germany GER Justin Njinmah
14 MF Belgium BEL Senne Lynen
17 FW Austria AUT Marco Grüll
20 MF Austria AUT Romano Schmid
21 FW Norway NOR Isak Hansen-Aarøen
22 DF Argentina ARG Julián Malatini
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Croatia CRO Patrice Čović
25 GK Germany GER Markus Kolke
27 DF Nigeria NGA Felix Agu
28 MF France FRA Skelly Alvero
29 FW Germany GER Salim Musah
30 GK Germany GER Mio Backhaus
31 DF Germany GER Karim Coulibaly
32 DF Austria AUT Marco Friedl (captain)
33 DF Germany GER Mick Schmetgens
34 MF Germany GER Wesley Adeh
35 MF Germany GER Leon Opitz
37 GK Bulgaria BUL Stefan Smarkalev
39 DF Austria AUT Maximilian Wöber (on loan from Leeds United)
40 MF Togo TOG Dikeni Salifou

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Guinea GUI Naby Keïta (at Ferencváros until 31 December 2025)
— FW Poland POL Dawid Kownacki (at Hertha BSC until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Nat. Name Club Fee Ref.
23 July 2025 FW Belgium Samuel Mbangula Italy Juventus €10 million [3]

Out

Date Pos. Nat. Name Club Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 DF Serbia Switzerland Miloš Veljković Serbia Red Star Belgrade Free transfer [4]
1 July 2025 FW Scotland Oliver Burke Germany Union Berlin Free transfer [5]
1 July 2025 DF Germany Anthony Jung Germany Freiburg Free transfer [6]
1 July 2025 FW Germany Abdenego Nankishi Germany VfB Stuttgart II Free transfer [7]
7 August 2025 FW Germany Marvin Ducksch England Birmingham City €2.00m [8]
20 August 2025 GK Germany Michael Zetterer Germany Eintracht Frankfurt €5.00m [9]

Loans in

Date Pos. Nat. Name Club Duration Ref.
4 July 2025 DF Austria Maximilian Wöber England Leeds United 30 June 2026 [10]

Loans out

Date Pos. Nat. Name Club Duration Ref.
24 July 2025 FW Poland Dawid Kownacki Germany Hertha BSC 30 June 2026

New Contracts

Date Pos. Nat. Name Contract Until Ref.
18 July 2025 MF Belgium Senne Lynen 30 June 2028 [11]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

12 July 2025 Friendly FC Verden 04 0–6 Werder Bremen Verden an der Aller
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Pieper 5'
Opitz 36'
Hansen-Aarøen 44'
Covic 49', 57'
Njinmah 55'
 Stadium: Stadion am Berliner Ring
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Tom Holsten
19 July 2025 Friendly Kickers Emden 1–3 Werder Bremen Emden
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Eickhoff 25' Report Malatini 33'
Grüll 56' (Pieper)
Adeh 75' (Grüll)		 Stadium: Ostfriesland-Stadion
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Jost Steenken
26 July 2025 Friendly Werder Bremen 0–0 Parma Calcio Zell am Ziller, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Samuel Sampl
1 August 2025 Friendly Hoffenheim 1–0 Werder Bremen Schwaz, Austria
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Machida 19' Report Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stjepan Bosnjak
1 August 2025 Friendly Hoffenheim 3–0 Werder Bremen Schwaz, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Orban 46'
Burger 51'
Prass 85'
Damar soccer ball with red X 90+1'		 Report Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andreas Schett
9 August 2025 Friendly Werder Bremen 1–2 Udinese Calcio Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Schmid 53' (pen)
Coulibaly Yellow card 66'
Deman Yellow card 71'		 Report Ehizibue Yellow card 27'
Davis 28'
Palma 38'
Solet Yellow card 52'
Zarraga Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Felix Bickel

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 24 August 2024 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
DFB-Pokal 19 August 2024 First round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00

Last updated: 15 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 FC Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
3 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 22 August 2025. Source: Bundesliga
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.[12]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025–26 DFB-Pokal winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top five of the Bundesliga). If the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top six of the Bundesliga, the Conference League spot will be 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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: Preseason.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHA
Result
Position
Points
Updated to match(es) played on Preseason. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2025 1 Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen Frankfurt
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
30 August 2025 2 Werder Bremen v Leverkusen Bremen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Weserstadion
14 September 2025 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Borussia-Park

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal
15 August 2025 First Round Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 Werder Bremen Bielefeld
CEST (UTC+2) Kniat Yellow card 75'
Boakya Yellow card 80'
Young 90+3' (Boakya)		 Report Lynen Yellow card 9'
Friedl Yellow card 43'
Bittencourt Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 54'
Deman Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 26,742
Referee: Robert Hartmann

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 MF Belgium BEL Olivier Deman 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
4 DF Germany GER Niklas Stark 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 FW Belgium BEL Samuel Mbangula 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
9 FW Germany GER Keke Topp 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
10 MF Germany GER Leonardo Bittencourt 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW Germany GER Justin Njinmah 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Belgium BEL Senne Lynen 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Austria AUT Marco Grüll 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF Austria AUT Romano Schmid 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF Croatia CRO Patrice Čović 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Nigeria NGA Felix Agu 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 DF Austria AUT Marco Friedl 1 0 0 0 1 0
39 DF Austria AUT Maximilian Wöber 1 0 0 0 1 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Werder Bremen during the season:
1 GK Germany GER Michael Zetterer 1 0 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers

Rank Pos. Nat. No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Opponent's Own Goal(s) 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0

Assists

Rank Pos. Nat. No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Total 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Rank Pos. Nat. No. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Total 0 0 0

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref.

Disciplinary record

No. Nat. Pos. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
2 Belgium MF Olivier Deman 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 Germany MF Senne Lynen 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
14 Germany MF Leonardo Bittencourt 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
32 Austria DF Marco Friedl 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 0

Home attendance

Competition Total Matches Average
Bundesliga 0 0 0
DFB-Pokal 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Spieler" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Das sind die Trikotnummern für die Saison 2025/26" [These are the jersey numbers for the 2025/26 season]. SV Werder Bremen (in German). 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Werder Bremen verpflichtet Samuel Mbangula" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Marvin Ducksch wechselt zu Birmingham City" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Michael Zetterer schließt sich Eintracht Frankfurt an" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Maximilian Wöber joins Werder Bremen on loan from Leeds United". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  11. ^ "WSenne Lynen verlängert bei Werder Bremen" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  12. ^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 29 May 2025. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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