| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Marco Bode | |||
| Head coach | Florian Kohfeldt | |||
| Stadium | Weser-Stadion | |||
| Bundesliga | 16th (play-off winners) | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Milot Rashica (8) All: Milot Rashica (11) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 42,100 (vsFortuna Düsseldorf, 17 August 2019) (vsSchalke 04, 23 November 2019) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 37,720 (vsMainz 05, 17 December 2019) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 40,604 | |||
| Biggest win | Atlas Delmenhorst 1–6 Werder Bremen | |||
| Biggest defeat | Bayern Munich 6–1 Werder Bremen Werder Bremen 0–5Mainz 05 | |||
The2019–20 season wasSV Werder Bremen's 121st season in existence and the club's 39th consecutive season in the top flight ofGerman football. In addition to thedomestic league, Werder Bremen participated in this season's edition of theDFB-Pokal. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Win Draw Loss
| 13 July 2019Friendly | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Darmstadt 98 | Zell am Ziller, Austria |
| 12:30CEST (UTC+2) |
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| Stadium:Parkstadion Zell am Ziller |
| 20 July 2019Friendly | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Lohne, Germany |
| 16:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Stadium:Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion |
| 28 July 2019Friendly | Werder Bremen | 4–0 | Eibar | Grassau, Germany |
| 11:00CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium:Sportzentrum Brandstätt Attendance: 1,000 |
| 3 August 2019Friendly | Werder Bremen | 0–0 | Everton | Bremen, Germany |
| 15:00CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium:Weser-Stadion |
| 12 January 2020Friendly | Werder Bremen | 3–1 | Hannover 96 | Bremen, Germany |
| 13:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Stadium:Weserstadion Platz 11 |
Win Draw Loss
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 023.53 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 2 July 2020 | 6 July 2020 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 77 | −20 | 027.50 | ||||
Last updated: 6 July 2020
Source:Soccerway
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 36 | |
| 16 | Werder Bremen(O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf(R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn(R) | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | −37 | 20 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 33 | −6 |
Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source:Bundesliga
| 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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[3]
| 17 August 20191 | Werder Bremen | 1–3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bremen |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 24 August 20192 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Hoffenheim |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 27,333 Referee:Sascha Stegemann |
| 1 September 20193 | Werder Bremen | 3–2 | FC Augsburg | Bremen |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,041 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 14 September 20194 | Union Berlin | 1–2 | Werder Bremen | Berlin |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee:Tobias Welz |
| 21 September 20195 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | RB Leipzig | Bremen |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,550 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 28 September 20196 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Dortmund |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee:Deniz Aytekin |
| 6 October 20197 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Frankfurt |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee:Guido Winkmann |
| 19 October 20198 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Hertha BSC | Bremen |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,447 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 26 October 20199 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
| 18:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee:Martin Petersen |
| 2 November 201910 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | SC Freiburg | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee:Christian Dingert |
| 10 November 201911 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 13:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,022 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 23 November 201912 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | Schalke 04 | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee:Benjamin Cortus |
| 1 December 201913 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,012 Referee:Robert Kampka |
| 8 December 201914 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | SC Paderborn | Bremen |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,870 Referee:Sascha Stegemann |
| 14 December 201915 | Bayern Munich | 6–1 | Werder Bremen | Munich |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 17 December 201916 | Werder Bremen | 0–5 | Mainz 05 | Bremen |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 37,720 Referee:Frank Willenborg |
| 21 December 201917 | 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 18 January 202018 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–1 | Werder Bremen | Düsseldorf |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 26 January 202019 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee:Martin Petersen |
| 1 February 202020 | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | Werder Bremen | Augsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:WWK Arena Attendance: 29,432 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 8 February 202021 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Union Berlin | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 15 February 202022 | RB Leipzig | 3–0 | Werder Bremen | Leipzig |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,308 Referee:Benjamin Cortus |
| 22 February 202023 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 7 March 202025 | Hertha BSC | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Berlin |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Olympiastadion Attendance: 58,028 Referee:Guido Winkmann |
| 18 May 202026 | Werder Bremen | 1–4 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Tobias Stieler | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[5] and rescheduled to 18 May.[6] | ||||
| 23 May 202027 | SC Freiburg | 0–1 | Werder Bremen | Freiburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Robert Hartmann | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[5] and rescheduled to 23 May.[6] | ||||
| 26 May 202028 | Werder Bremen | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Manuel Gräfe |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 26 May.[6] | ||||
| 30 May 202029 | Schalke 04 | 0–1 | Werder Bremen | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 30 May.[6] | ||||
| 3 June 202024 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bremen |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Patrick Ittrich | |
| Note: The match was postponed due to the postponement of Frankfurt'sUEFA Europa League match.[8] It was then rescheduled to 3 June due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[6] | ||||
| 7 June 202030 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
| 13:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Bibiana Steinhaus | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 7 June.[6] | ||||
| 13 June 202031 | SC Paderborn | 1–5 | Werder Bremen | Paderborn |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Benteler-Arena Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Christian Dingert | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 13 June.[6] | ||||
| 16 June 202032 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | Bayern Munich | Bremen |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Harm Osmers | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 16 June.[6] | ||||
| 20 June 202033 | Mainz 05 | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Mainz |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Opel Arena Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Manuel Gräfe | |
| Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 20 June.[6] | ||||
| 27 June 202034 | Werder Bremen | 6–1 | 1. FC Köln | Bremen |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Bastian Dankert | ||
| Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to thepandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[7] and rescheduled to 27 June.[6] | ||||
As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the2019–20 2. Bundesliga to determine whether the club would remain in the2020–21 Bundesliga.
| 2 July 2020First leg | Werder Bremen | 0–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Bremen |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 6 July 2020Second leg | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–2 (2–2 (a)agg.) | Werder Bremen | Heidenheim |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Voith-Arena Attendance: 0[4] Referee:Felix Brych |
| 10 August 2019First round | Atlas Delmenhorst | 1–6 | Werder Bremen | Bremen[9] |
| 20:45CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee:Patrick Ittrich |
| 30 October 2019Second round | Werder Bremen | 4–1 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Bremen |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 4 February 2020Round of 16 | Werder Bremen | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Bremen |
| 20:45CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee:Guido Winkmann |
| 4 March 2020Quarter-finals | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | Werder Bremen | Frankfurt |
| 20:45CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Waldstadion Attendance: 51,500 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  CZE | Jiří Pavlenka | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 27 | GK |  GRE | Stefanos Kapino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | GK |  GER | Luca Plogmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Kevin Vogt | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF |  SUI | Michael Lang | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF |  SWE | Ludwig Augustinsson | 15 | 1 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | DF |  SRB | Miloš Veljković | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 18 | DF |  FIN | Niklas Moisander | 26 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | DF |  TUR | Ömer Toprak | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF | CZE | Theodor Gebre Selassie | 32 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 32 | DF |  AUT | Marco Friedl | 32 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 36 | DF | GER | Christian Groß | 17 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Kevin Möhwald | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF |  KOS | Milot Rashica | 34 | 11 | 27+1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt | 32 | 6 | 23+5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | TUR | Nuri Şahin | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF | GER | Fin Bartels | 17 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
| 26 | MF |  ITA | Simon Straudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF |  BUL | Ilia Gruev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 30 | MF |  NED | Davy Klaassen | 39 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 31 | MF | GER | David Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | MF | GER | Maximilian Eggestein | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 39 | MF | GER | Benjamin Goller | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede | 17 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 8 | FW |  JPN | Yuya Osako | 34 | 9 | 22+6 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug | 11 | 4 | 4+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | FW |  PER | Claudio Pizarro | 19 | 2 | 0+18 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW |  USA | Josh Sargent | 34 | 4 | 15+13 | 4 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 24 | FW | GER | Johannes Eggestein | 15 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | FW | GER | Luc Ihorst | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 41 | FW | GER | Nick Woltemade | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated: 6 July 2020
Source:Soccerway
