2021–22 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen

2021–22 season
Chairman	Marco Bode
Chief Executive	Frank Baumann
Head Coach	Ole Werner
Stadium	Weserstadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Marvin Ducksch (20) All: Marvin Ducksch (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the existence of SV Werder Bremen and the club's first season in the second division of German football since 1980–81. In addition to the domestic league, Werder Bremen participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 October 2021 ^{[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 1 GK   CZE Jiří Pavlenka 3 DF   GER Anthony Jung 7 FW   GER Marvin Ducksch 8 DF   GER Mitchell Weiser (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 10 MF   GER Leonardo Bittencourt 11 FW   GER Niclas Füllkrug 13 DF   SRB Miloš Veljković 15 FW   CIV Roger Assalé (on loan from Dijon) 16 MF   GER Oscar Schönfelder 17 FW   GER Abdenego Nankishi 20 MF   AUT Romano Schmid 21 DF   TUR Ömer Toprak (captain) 22 MF   GER Niklas Schmidt

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   GER Nicolai Rapp 25 DF   KOR Kyu-hyun Park 26 DF   GER Lars Lukas Mai (on loan from Bayern Munich) 27 DF   GER Felix Agu 28 MF   BUL Ilia Gruev 29 FW   GER Nick Woltemade 30 GK   GER Michael Zetterer 32 DF   AUT Marco Friedl 34 MF   GER Jean-Manuel Mbom 36 DF   GER Christian Groß 39 DF   ITA Fabio Chiarodia 40 GK   GER Luca Plogmann 43 FW   GER Eren Dinkçi

Players 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 — GK   GER Eduardo Dos Santos Haesler(to FC Nordsjaelland until 30 June 2022) — DF   GER Dominik Becker(to 1. FC Saarbrücken until 30 June 2023) — DF   GER Jan-Niklas Beste (to Jahn Regensburg until 30 June 2022) — MF   GER Yannik Engelhardt (to SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2022)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GER Benjamin Goller (to Karlsruher SC until 30 June 2022) — FW   GAM Kebba Badjie (to Hallescher FC until 30 June 2022) — FW   GER Luc Ihorst (to Eintracht Braunschweig until 30 June 2022) — FW   GER Justin Njinmah (to Borussia Dortmund II until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Anthony Jung	Brøndby IF	Free	1 July 2021	[3]
26	DF	Lars Lukas Mai	Bayern Munich	Loan	1 July 2021	[4]
23	MF	Nicolai Rapp	Union Berlin	€250,000	1 July 2021	[5]
7	FW	Marvin Ducksch	Hannover 96		25 August 2021	[6]
15	FW	Roger Assalé	Dijon	Loan	27 August 2021	[7]
8	DF	Mitchell Weiser	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	31 August 2021	[8]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
18	DF	Niklas Moisander	Malmö FF	Free	1 July 2021	[9]
7	FW	Milot Rashica	Norwich City	€11 million	1 July 2021	[10]
23	DF	Theodor Gebre Selassie	Slovan Liberec	Free	1 July 2021	[9]
9	FW	Davie Selke	Hertha BSC	Loan return	1 July 2021	[11]
29	MF	Patrick Erras	Holstein Kiel		2 July 2021	[12]
24	FW	Johannes Eggestein	Antwerp		5 August 2021	[13]
8	FW	Yuya Osako	Vissel Kobe		8 August 2021	[14]
19	FW	Josh Sargent	Norwich City	€9.5 million	9 August 2021	[15]
18	GK	Stefanos Kapino	Arminia Bielefeld		12 August 2021	[16]
5	DF	Ludwig Augustinsson	Sevilla		15 August 2021	[17]
35	MF	Maximilian Eggestein	SC Freiburg		18 August 2021	[18]
6	MF	Kevin Möhwald	Union Berlin		30 August 2021	[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Blau-Weiß Lohne v Werder Bremen

27 June 2021 Friendly	Blau-Weiß Lohne	0–7	Werder Bremen	Lohne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bittencourt 11' Füllkrug 15' Dinkçi 19' Schmidt 60', 80' Philipp 71' J. Eggestein 76'	Stadium: Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion

VfB Oldenburg v Werder Bremen

30 June 2021 Friendly	VfB Oldenburg	0–4	Werder Bremen	Oldenburg, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Füllkrug 42' Schmid 73', 82' Woltemade 86'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion

Werder Bremen v CSKA Sofia

4 July 2021 Friendly	Werder Bremen	1–0	CSKA Sofia	Zell am Ziller, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	J. Eggestein 82'	Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller

Werder Bremen v Zenit Saint Petersburg

7 July 2021 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Zell am Ziller, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dinkçi 21' Füllkrug 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Driussi 59' Mostovoy 68'	Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller

FC Oberneuland v Werder Bremen

13 July 2021 Friendly	FC Oberneuland	0–12	Werder Bremen	Bremen, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sargent 3', 35', 36' Bittencourt 33' (pen.), 39', 46' Schmid 29' Füllkrug 68', 89' Gruev 77' Badjie 82', 94'	Stadium: Marko Mock Arena

Feyenoord v Werder Bremen

17 July 2021 Friendly	Feyenoord	3–3	Werder Bremen	Rotterdam, Netherlands
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bannis 4', 8' Naujoks 80'	Report	Gruev 14' J. Eggestein 22', 57'	Stadium: De Kuip

Feyenoord v Werder Bremen

17 July 2021 Friendly	Feyenoord	2–1	Werder Bremen	Rotterdam, Netherlands
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toornstra 7' Linssen  56' Kökçü 60' (pen.)	Report	Sargent 27' Toprak  36'	Stadium: De Kuip

Werder Bremen v Heracles Almelo

1 September 2021 Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–0	Heracles Almelo	Bremen, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schönfelder 22' Nankishi 56'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion

Werder Bremen v Viktoria Berlin

5 January 2022 Friendly	Werder Bremen	3–0	Viktoria Berlin	Bremen, Germany
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Park 16' Ducksch 37' (pen.) Dinkçi 45'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 0

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

8 January 2022 Friendly	Hannover 96	2–2	Werder Bremen	Hanover, Germany
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kerk 17' Teuchert 34'	Report	Schmidt 25' Ducksch 42'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Franz Bokop

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	24 July 2021	15 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	34	18	9	7	65	43	+22	052.94
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	18	9	8	65	45	+20	051.43

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2021–22 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Schalke 04 (C, P)	34	20	5	9	72	44	+28	65	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Werder Bremen (P)	34	18	9	7	65	43	+22	63
3	Hamburger SV	34	16	12	6	67	35	+32	60	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Darmstadt 98	34	18	6	10	71	46	+25	60
5	FC St. Pauli	34	16	9	9	61	46	+15	57

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off. ^[20]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	18	9	7	65	43	+22	63	8	6	3	29	17	+12	10	3	4	36	26	+10

Source: DFB

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W
Position	7	7	11	9	7	3	8	10	8	10	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	7	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021. ^[21]

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

24 July 20211	Werder Bremen	1–1	Hannover 96	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Falette 49' (o.g.)	Report	Ducksch 55'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

31 July 20212	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–3	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 47' Narey 90+4'	Report	Sargent 39', 64' M. Eggestein 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 12850 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Werder Bremen v SC Paderborn

15 August 20213	Werder Bremen	1–4	SC Paderborn	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmidt 52'	Report	Platte 9', 17' Michel 36' Schallenberg 55'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Martin Petersen

Karlsruher SC v Werder Bremen

21 August 20214	Karlsruher SC	0–0	Werder Bremen	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Werder Bremen v Hansa Rostock

29 August 20215	Werder Bremen	3–0	Hansa Rostock	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 39' (pen.), 53' Rapp 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 21.050 Referee: Daniel Siebert

FC Ingolstadt v Werder Bremen

11 September 20216	FC Ingolstadt	0–3	Werder Bremen	Ingolstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Röhl  36'	Report	Antonitsch 24' (o.g.) Weiser 42' Ducksch 48' Groß  70' Rapp  79'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 5,825 Referee: Tobias Welz

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

18 September 20217	Werder Bremen	0–2	Hamburger SV	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Glatzel 2' Heyer 45+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Dynamo Dresden v Werder Bremen

26 September 20218	Dynamo Dresden	3–0	Werder Bremen	Dresden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Daferner 40', 66' Schröter 75'	Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Heidenheim

1 October 20219	Werder Bremen	3–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Friedl 50' Ducksch 52' Thomalla 64'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

Darmstadt 98 v Werder Bremen

17 October 202110	Darmstadt 98	3–0	Werder Bremen	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holland 45' Pfeiffer 65', 71'	Report		Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Florian Lechner

SV Sandhausen v Werder Bremen

24 October 202111	SV Sandhausen	2–2	Werder Bremen	Sandhausen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

Werder Bremen v FC St. Pauli

30 October 202112	Werder Bremen	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

5 November 202113	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

20 November 202114	Werder Bremen	1–1	Schalke 04	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

Holstein Kiel v Werder Bremen

27 November 202115	Holstein Kiel	2–1	Werder Bremen	Kiel
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion

Werder Bremen v Erzgebirge Aue

3 December 202116	Werder Bremen	4–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

Jahn Regensburg v Werder Bremen

10 December 202117	Jahn Regensburg	2–3	Werder Bremen	Regensburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

19 December 202118	Hannover 96	1–4	Werder Bremen	Hanover
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

15 January 202219	Werder Bremen	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion

SC Paderborn v Werder Bremen

22 January 202220	SC Paderborn	3–4	Werder Bremen	Paderborn
13:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Benteler-Arena

Werder Bremen v Karlsruher SC

5 February 202221	Werder Bremen	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Bremen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ducksch 51' Jung 76'	Report	Hofmann 59'	Stadium: Weserstadion

Hansa Rostock v Werder Bremen

11 February 202222	Hansa Rostock	1–2	Werder Bremen	Rostock
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Meißner 83'	Report	Ducksch 54' Füllkrug 74'	Stadium: Ostseestadion

Werder Bremen v FC Ingolstadt

19 February 202223	Werder Bremen	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	Bremen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 74'	Report	Bilbija 85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Robert Kampka

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

27 February 202224	Hamburger SV	2–3	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Meffert 46' Glatzel 80'	Report	Ducksch 10' (pen.), 76' Füllkrug 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v Dynamo Dresden

6 March 202225	Werder Bremen	2–1	Dynamo Dresden	Bremen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 16', 44'	Report	Königsdörffer 2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Martin Thomsen

1. FC Heidenheim v Werder Bremen

12 March 202226	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Werder Bremen v Darmstadt 98

19 March 202227	Werder Bremen	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 52'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Robert Schröder

Werder Bremen v SV Sandhausen

3 April 202228	Werder Bremen	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Robert Wessel

FC St. Pauli v Werder Bremen

9 April 202229	FC St. Pauli	1–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Referee: Florian Badstübner

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Nürnberg

17 April 202230	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiser 64' (Friedl) Bittencourt  71' Friedl  87'	Report	Dovedan 24' (pen) Tempelmann  72'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

23 April 202231	FC Schalke 04	1–4	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Windheim  31' Drexler  37' Terodde 88' (Churlinov)	Report	Rapp  6' Gruev 9' Füllkrug 26' (Weiser) Ducksch 51' (Füllkrug)53' (Bittencourt) Jung  67' Bittencourt  84'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v Holstein Kiel

29 April 202232	Werder Bremen	2–3	Holstein Kiel	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 2' (Weiser) Ducksch 23' (pen) Weiser  45' Schmid  67'	Report	Lorenz  23' Füllkrug 45+2' (o.g.) Mühling  56' Jung 71' (o.g.) Korb  82'85' Arslan  90+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Frank Willenborg

FC Erzgebirge Aue v Werder Bremen

8 May 202233	FC Erzgebirge Aue	0–3	Werder Bremen	Aue-Bad Schlema
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Carlson  15' Jonjić  48'	Report	Bittencourt  44' Friedl 49' (Bittencourt) Jung  89' Füllkrug 90+2' (Schmidt) Schmidt 90+6' (Füllkrug)	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 12,360 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Werder Bremen v SSV Jahn Regensburg

15 May 202234	Werder Bremen	2–0	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 10' Ducksch 51'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

VfL Osnabrück v Werder Bremen

7 August 2021 First round	VfL Osnabrück	2–0	Werder Bremen	Osnabrück
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleinhansl  41' Trapp 45' Higl  86' Köhler 90+6',  90+6'	Report	Schmid  19' Toprak  54' Friedl  68' Zetterer  82'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 5,341 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	7	Marvin Ducksch	20	0	20
2	FW	11	Niclas Füllkrug	19	0	19
3	DF	32	Marco Friedl	4	0	4
4	DF	3	Anthony Jung	3	0	3
Total				65	0	65

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