2017–18 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen
2017–18 season
President	Klaus-Dieter Fischer
Manager	Alexander Nouri; (until 30 October); Florian Kohfeldt; (interim, 30 October – 10 November); (head coach, from 10 November)
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Max Kruse; (6 goals); All: ; Max Kruse; (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,100
Lowest home attendance	31,210
Average home league attendance	40,870
Biggest win	Bremen 4–0 Hannover
Biggest defeat	Bremen 0–3 Augsburg

The 2017–18 SV Werder Bremen season was the 119th season in the football club's history and 37th consecutive and 54th 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 were participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup competition, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 71st season for Bremen in the Weser-Stadion, located in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 20 February 2018^[1]^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jiří Pavlenka
3	DF	Luca Caldirola
4	DF	Robert Bauer
5	DF	Ludwig Augustinsson
6	MF	Thomas Delaney
7	MF	Florian Kainz
8	MF	Jérôme Gondorf
9	FW	Aron Jóhannsson
10	FW	Max Kruse (vice-captain)
11	MF	Milot Rashica
13	MF	Miloš Veljković
14	MF	Ole Käuper
15	DF	Sebastian Langkamp
16	MF	Zlatko Junuzović (captain)
17	FW	Justin Eilers

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Niklas Moisander
19	FW	Yuning Zhang (on loan from West Bromwich Albion)
22	MF	Fin Bartels
23	DF	Theodor Gebre Selassie
24	FW	Johannes Eggestein
28	DF	Jesper Verlaat
29	FW	Ishak Belfodil (on loan from Standard Liège)
30	GK	Michael Zetterer
32	DF	Marco Friedl (on loan from Bayern Munich)
33	GK	Jaroslav Drobný
35	MF	Maximilian Eggestein
38	MF	Niklas Schmidt
40	GK	Luca Plogmann
44	MF	Philipp Bargfrede
47	FW	Ousman Manneh

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		7001340000000000000♠34	7001100000000000000♠10	7001120000000000000♠12	7001120000000000000♠12	7001370000000000000♠37	7001400000000000000♠40	−3	07001294100000000000♠29.41
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2017	6 February 2018	First round	Quarter-finals	7000400000000000000♠4	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000900000000000000♠9	7000600000000000000♠6	+3	07001750000000000000♠75.00
Total					7001380000000000000♠38	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7001130000000000000♠13	7001460000000000000♠46	7001460000000000000♠46	+0	07001342100000000000♠34.21

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47
10	Hertha BSC	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43
11	Werder Bremen	34	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42
12	FC Augsburg	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41
13	Hannover 96	34	10	9	15	44	54	−10	39

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.^[3]

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	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42	6	7	4	20	17	+3	4	5	8	17	23	−6

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W
Position	11	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 84'	Report		Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Guido Winkmann

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	Werder Bremen	0–2	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lewandowski 72', 75'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Bastian Dankert

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 3	Hertha BSC	1–1	Werder Bremen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie 38'	Report	Delaney 59'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 49,118 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4	Werder Bremen	1–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sané 20'	Report	Veljković 22' (o.g.) Goretzka 83'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Benjamin Brand

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Origi 28'	Report	Bartels 56'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,174 Referee: Felix Brych

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	Werder Bremen	0–0	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7	Hamburger SV	0–0	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,613 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8	Werder Bremen	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Stindl 27' Vestergaard 34'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Markus Schmidt

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9	1. FC Köln	0–0	Werder Bremen	Cologne
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 10	Werder Bremen	0–3	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gregoritsch 40', 61' Finnbogason 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Sören Storks

3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rebić 17' Haller 89'	Report	Moisander 24'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19) 12	Werder Bremen	4–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bartels 39' Kruse 55', 59', 78'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13	RB Leipzig	2–0	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Keïta 34' Bernardo 87'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,172 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 14	Werder Bremen	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kruse 45'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Aubameyang 57'	Report	M. Eggestein 26' Gebre Selassie 65'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,160 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13) 16	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario 11'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,620 Referee: Tobias Stieler

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17	Werder Bremen	2–2	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bargfrede 2' Belfodil 17'	Report	Quaison 70' Frei 90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	Werder Bremen	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gebre Selassie 63'	Report	Hübner 39'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) 19	Bayern Munich	4–2	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 41', 84' Lewandowski 63', 76'	Report	Gondorf 25' Süle 74' (o.g.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 20	Werder Bremen	0–0	Hertha BSC	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,030 Referee: Bastian Dankert

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	Schalke 04	1–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Konoplyanka 24'	Report	Kruse 79' Junuzović 90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Guido Winkmann

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22	Werder Bremen	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Augustinsson 4' Kainz 40', 72'	Report	Verhaegh 49'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 38,062 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23	SC Freiburg	1–0	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen 24' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	Werder Bremen	1–0	Hamburger SV	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van Drongelen 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

2 March 2018 (2018-03-02) 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zakaria 5' Moisander 33' (o.g.)	Report	Delaney 59' Jóhannsson 78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,211 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) 26	Werder Bremen	3–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Veljković 33' Rashica 58' M. Eggestein 90'	Report	Osako 53'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,100 Referee: Benjamin Brand

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27	FC Augsburg	1–3	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Khedira 63'	Report	Belfodil 5', 40' Kruse 82'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,080 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) 28	Werder Bremen	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović 28' Abraham 79' (o.g.)	Report	Jović 53'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 29	Hannover 96	2–1	Werder Bremen	Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harnik 17' Klaus 42'	Report	Belfodil 74'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) 30	Werder Bremen	1–1	RB Leipzig	Bremen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moisander 28'	Report	Lookman 50'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 31	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gentner 13' Özcan 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,932 Referee: Sören Storks

29 April 2018 (2018-04-29) 32	Werder Bremen	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Delaney 45'	Report	Reus 19'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Felix Brych

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	Werder Bremen	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	Mainz 05	1–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gbamin 12'	Report	Kainz 23' Gebre Selassie 79'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2017 (2017-08-12) First round	Würzburger Kickers	0–3	Werder Bremen	Offenbach
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Veljković 50' Kruse 74' M. Eggestein 77'	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 8,090 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round	Werder Bremen	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Belfodil 30'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 31,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) Round of 16	Werder Bremen	3–2	SC Freiburg	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Belfodil 3' Kainz 20' Bargfrede 69'	Report	Petersen 28' (pen.) Ravet 86'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 33,519 Referee: Guido Winkmann

6 February 2018 (2018-02-06) Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Brandt 31', 55' Bellarabi 111' Havertz 118'	Report	Kruse 4' (pen.) Jóhannsson 7'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,653 Referee: Marco Fritz

References

↑ "Spieler" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
↑ "Squad". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
↑ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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[1] "Spieler" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[2] "Squad". Bundesliga. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[3] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.