2022–23 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2022–23 season was the 124th season in the history of SV Werder Bremen and their first season back in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

Werder Bremen
2022–23 season
PresidentHubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coachOle Werner
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Niclas Füllkrug (16)

All:
Niclas Füllkrug (16)

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 30 January 2023[1][2]

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
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
10 MF   GER Leonardo Bittencourt
11 FW   GER Niclas Füllkrug
13 DF   SRB Miloš Veljković
17 FW   GER Maximilian Philipp (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
19 MF   TOG Dikeni Salifou
20 MF   AUT Romano Schmid
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   GER Eren Dinkçi
22 MF   GER Niklas Schmidt
26 DF   ENG Lee Buchanan
27 DF   GER Felix Agu
28 MF   BUL Ilia Gruev
30 GK   GER Michael Zetterer
32 DF   AUT Marco Friedl (captain)
34 MF   GER Jean-Manuel Mbom
36 DF   GER Christian Groß
37 GK   GER Mio Backhaus
38 GK   GER Dudu
39 DF   ITA Fabio Chiarodia
40 GK   GER Louis Lord

Players out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   KOR Park Kyu-hyun (to Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2023)
DF   GER Dominik Becker (to 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2023)
MF   GER Oscar Schönfelder (to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2023)
MF   GER Yannik Engelhardt (to SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2023)
MF   GER Nicolai Rapp (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   SCO Oliver Burke (to Millwall until 30 June 2023)
FW   GER Nick Woltemade (to SV Elversberg until 30 June 2023)
FW   GER Justin Njinmah (to Borussia Dortmund II until 30 June 2023)
FW   GER Abdenego Nankishi (to Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2023)

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
5 DF   Amos Pieper Arminia Bielefeld Free 1 July 2022 [3]
4 DF   Niklas Stark Hertha BSC Free 1 July 2022 [4]
6 MF   Jens Stage Copenhagen €4–6 million 1 July 2022 [5][6]
9 FW   Oliver Burke Sheffield United Free 1 July 2022 [7]
26 DF   Lee Buchanan Derby County Free 4 July 2022 [8]
8 DF   Mitchell Weiser Bayer Leverkusen Free 18 July 2022 [9]
17 FW   Maximilian Philipp VfL Wolfsburg Loan 30 January 2023 [10]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
40 GK   Luca Plogmann 1 July 2022
21 DF   Ömer Toprak 1 July 2022
15 FW   Roger Assalé Dijon Loan return 1 July 2022
26 DF   Lars Lukas Mai Bayern Munich Loan return 1 July 2022
8 DF   Mitchell Weiser Bayer Leverkusen Loan return 1 July 2022
24 MF   Benjamin Goller 1. FC Nürnberg 1 January 2023
23 MF   Nicolai Rapp 1. FC Kaiserslautern Loan 2 January 2023
9 FW   Oliver Burke Millwall Loan 30 January 2023 [11]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly Werder Bremen   1–3   VfB Oldenburg Verden an der Aller, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Goller   26'
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Berliner Ring
3 July 2022 Friendly Karlsruher SC   1–2   Werder Bremen Zell am Ziller, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller
9 July 2022 Friendly Beşiktaş   2–1   Werder Bremen Innsbruck, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)
16 July 2022 Friendly Twente   3–3   Werder Bremen Enschede, Netherlands
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: FC Twente-Trainingscentrum
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played in two 60-minute halves. Match was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.
23 July 2022 Friendly Werder Bremen   6–1   Groningen Bremen, Germany
14:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Platz 12
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.
23 July 2022 Friendly Werder Bremen   0–0   Emmen Bremen, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Platz 12
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to security concerns.
22 September 2022 Friendly Hannover 96   2–0   Werder Bremen Hanover, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Referee: Harm Osmers
15 November 2022 Friendly Heeslinger SC   1–3   Werder Bremen Heeslingen, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Waldstadion
15 December 2022 Friendly Werder Bremen   1–0   SV Meppen Bremen, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11
4 January 2023 Friendly Real Murcia   0–2   Werder Bremen San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
12:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Pinatar Arena
8 January 2023 Friendly Werder Bremen   2–2   St. Gallen San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Pinatar Arena
14 January 2023 Friendly Schalke 04   0–1   Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Füllkrug   4' Stadium: VELTINS-Arena
Attendance: 18,464
Referee: Florian Exner

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 6 August 2022 27 May 2023 Matchday 1 13th 34 10 6 18 51 64 −13 029.41
DFB-Pokal 1 August 2022 19 October 2022 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 050.00
Total 36 11 7 18 55 67 −12 030.56

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 1. FC Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 −5 42
12 1899 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 −9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 −13 36
14 VfL Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 −32 35
15 FC Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 −21 34
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.[12]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 10 6 18 51 64  −13 36 5 2 10 26 28  −2 5 4 8 25 36  −11

Source: DFB

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDDWLWLDWWLLWWLLLLWWLLWLLDLDLWLLLDL
Position8109108910859118779101110811119111111111112121212121213
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[13]

6 August 2022 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,015
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
13 August 2022 2 Werder Bremen 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
20 August 2022 3 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Werder Bremen Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Florian Badstübner
28 August 2022 4 Werder Bremen 3–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
3 September 2022 5 VfL Bochum 0–2 Werder Bremen Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Robert Schröder
9 September 2022 6 Werder Bremen 0–1 FC Augsburg Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
17 September 2022 7 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Tobias Welz
1 October 2022 8 Werder Bremen 5–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
7 October 2022 9 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 Werder Bremen Hoffenheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,410
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
15 October 2022 10 Werder Bremen 0–2 Mainz 05 Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
22 October 2022 11 SC Freiburg 2–0 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 October 2022 12 Werder Bremen 1–0 Hertha BSC Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Tobias Reichel
5 November 2022 13 Werder Bremen 2–1 Schalke 04 Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Felix Brych
8 November 2022 14 Bayern Munich 6–1 Werder Bremen Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
12 November 2022 15 Werder Bremen 1–2 RB Leipzig Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
21 January 2023 16 1. FC Köln 7–1 Werder Bremen Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
25 January 2023 17 Werder Bremen 1–2 Union Berlin Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Bastian Dankert
28 January 2023 18 Werder Bremen 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
5 February 2023 19 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 47,700
Referee: Frank Willenborg
11 February 2023 20 Werder Bremen 0–2 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Felix Brych
18 February 2023 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
25 February 2023 22 Werder Bremen 3–0 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Florian Badstübner
4 March 2023 23 FC Augsburg 2–1 Werder Bremen Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Felix Zwayer
12 March 2023 24 Werder Bremen 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
17 March 2023 25 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 54,042
Referee: Tobias Reichel
2 April 2023 26 Werder Bremen 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
8 April 2023 27 Mainz 05 2–2 Werder Bremen Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mewa Arena
Attendance: 33,305
Referee: Benjamin Brand
16 April 2023 28 Werder Bremen 1–2 SC Freiburg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Florian Badstübner
22 April 2023 29 Hertha BSC 2–4 Werder Bremen Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 74,667
Referee: Robert Schröder
29 April 2023 30 Schalke 04 2–1 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,981
Referee: Bastian Dankert
6 May 2023 31 Werder Bremen 1–2 Bayern Munich Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Christian Dingert
14 May 2023 32 RB Leipzig 2–1 Werder Bremen Leipzig
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 47,069
Referee: Florian Badstübner
20 May 2023 33 Werder Bremen 1–1 1. FC Köln Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,846
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 May 2023 34 Union Berlin 1–0 Werder Bremen Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Patrick Ittrich

DFB-Pokal edit

1 August 2022 First round FC Energie Cottbus 1–2 Werder Bremen Cottbus
18:01 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Daniel Siebert
19 October 2022 Second round SC Paderborn 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Werder Bremen Paderborn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
Penalties

References edit

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  2. ^ "New numbers". SV Werder Bremen. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ Klimburg, Jannis; Kalkreuter, Kerstin (18 May 2022). "Arminia-Verteidiger Pieper zieht es zum SV Werder Bremen". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Ablösefrei: Niklas Stark wechselt von Berlin nach Bremen". kicker (in German). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
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  7. ^ "Transfer fix! Werder Bremen holt diesen Stürmer aus England!". Kreiszeitung (in German). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Tinte trocken: Werder schnappt sich Buchanan". kicker (in German). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Weiser-Wechsel kommt doch noch zustande". kicker (in German). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Werders Deal mit Philipp und Burke: "Im Paket sehen"". kicker (in German). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. ^ Cawley, Richard (30 January 2023). "Millwall confirm loan deal for Werder Bremen's Oliver Burke". South London News. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  13. ^ "DFL veröffentlicht Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.