2025–26 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2025–26 season
President	Hubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coach	Horst Steffen
Stadium	Weserstadion
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jens Stage (5); All: Jens Stage (5)
Highest home attendance	42,100; (30 August 2025 v. Leverkusen); (4 October 2024 v. St. Pauli
Lowest home attendance	40,500; (20 September 2025 v. Freiburg); (7 November 2025 vs. Wolfsburg
Average home league attendance	41,514
Biggest win	4–0 (14 September 2025 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (14 December 2025 vs. Stuttgart)
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 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 1 September 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	BEL	Olivier Deman
3	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara (on loan from Southampton)
4	DF	GER	Niklas Stark
5	DF	GER	Amos Pieper
6	MF	DEN	Jens Stage
7	FW	BEL	Samuel Mbangula
8	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser
9	FW	GER	Keke Topp
10	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt
11	FW	GER	Justin Njinmah
13	GK	EST	Karl Hein (on loan from Arsenal)
14	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen
17	FW	AUT	Marco Grüll
18	MF	ESP	Cameron Puertas (on loan from Al Qadsiah)
20	MF	AUT	Romano Schmid
21	FW	NOR	Isak Hansen-Aarøen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	ARG	Julián Malatini
23	DF	SUI	Isaac Schmidt (on loan from Leeds United)
24	MF	CRO	Patrice Čović
25	GK	GER	Markus Kolke
27	DF	NGA	Felix Agu
28	MF	FRA	Skelly Alvero
29	FW	GER	Salim Musah
30	GK	GER	Mio Backhaus
31	DF	GER	Karim Coulibaly
32	DF	AUT	Marco Friedl (captain)
33	DF	GER	Mick Schmetgens
34	MF	GER	Wesley Adeh
37	GK	BUL	Stefan Smarkalev
39	DF	AUT	Maximilian Wöber (on loan from Leeds United)
44	FW	NGA	Victor Boniface (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)

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	GUI	Naby Keïta (at Ferencváros until 31 December 2025)
—	FW	POL	Dawid Kownacki (at Hertha BSC until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025	DF	Miloš Veljković	Red Star Belgrade	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2025	FW	Oliver Burke	Union Berlin	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2025	DF	Anthony Jung	Freiburg	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2025	FW	Abdenego Nankishi	VfB Stuttgart II	Free transfer	^[4]
7 August 2025	FW	Marvin Ducksch	Birmingham City	€2.00m	^[5]
20 August 2025	GK	Michael Zetterer	Eintracht Frankfurt	€5.00m	^[6]
7 September 2025	MF	Dikeni Salifou	K.V. Mechelen	Undisclosed	^[7]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	Club	Duration	Ref.
4 July 2025	DF	Maximilian Wöber	Leeds United	30 June 2026	^[8]
22 August 2025	GK	Karl Hein	Arsenal	30 June 2026	^[9]
26 August 2025	DF	Yukinari Sugawara	Southampton	30 June 2026	^[10]
1 September 2025	FW	Victor Boniface	Leverkusen	30 June 2026	^[11]
1 September 2025	MF	Cameron Puertas	Al Qadsiah	30 June 2026	^[12]

Loans out

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

New Contracts

Date	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Contract Until	Ref.
18 July 2025	MF		Senne Lynen	30 June 2028	^[13]

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 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 66' Deman 71'	Report	Ehizibue 27' Davis 28' Palma 38' Solet 52' Zarraga 90+2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Felix Bickel

Competitions

Overall record

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	24 August 2024		Matchday 1		14	4	4	6	18	28	−10	028.57
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2024	19 August 2024	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					15	4	4	7	18	29	−11	026.67

Last updated: 14 December 2025
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	1. FC Köln	14	4	4	6	22	23	−1	16
11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	15	4	4	7	18	24	−6	16
12	Werder Bremen	14	4	4	6	18	28	−10	16
13	VfL Wolfsburg	14	4	3	7	20	24	−4	15
14	Hamburger SV	14	4	3	7	15	24	−9	15

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 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.^[14]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
14	4	4	6	18	28	−10	16	3	2	2	8	12	−4	1	2	4	10	16	−6

Last updated: 14 December 2025.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L
Position	17	16	9	14	16	12	12	9	8	8	11	11	11	12
Points	0	1	4	4	4	7	8	11	12	15	15	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

23 August 2025 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kristensen 12' Uzun 22' (Larsson) Bahoya 25' (Uzun) 47' (Uzun) Knauff 70' (Chaïbi)	Report	Malatini 35' Njinmah 48' (Grüll) 58' Stark 58'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Referee: Harm Osmers

30 August 2025 2	Werder Bremen	3–3	Leverkusen	Bremen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lynen 37' Schmid 44' (pen) Stark 45+4' 63' Schmidt 76' (Topp) 90+1' Coulibaly 90+4'	Report	5' (Tella) Schick 35' Tillman Kofane 57' 64' (pen) Schick 70' Tella 86' Quansah	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Robin Braun

14 September 2025 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–4	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Machino 38'	Report	Mbangula 15' (Sugawara) Stage 26' (Mbagula) Schmid 73' (pen) Njinmah 81' (Boniface)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

20 September 2025 4	Werder Bremen	0–3	Freiburg	Bremen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cameron Puertas 36' Stage 48' Grüll 49' Agu 71' Boniface 90'	Report	Grifo 33' (pen) Beste 35' Adamu 54' (Grifo) Coulibaly 75' (o.g.) Kübler 82'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Timo Gerach

26 September 2025 5	Bayern Munich	4–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gnabry 16' Tah 22' (Olise) Kane 45' (pen) 65' (Díaz) [[ Joshua Kimmich\|Kimmich]] 65' Laimer 87' (Bischof)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

4 October 2025 6	Werder Bremen	1–0	St. Pauli	Bremen
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbangula 2' Puertas 68' Stage 72' Grüll 90'	Report	Saliakas 90+5'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Sören Storks

18 October 2025 7	Heidenheim	2–2	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim an der Brenz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Siersleben 11' Schimmer 67' (Busch) Föhrenbach 83' (Mainka)	Report	Puertas 34' Čović 45+2' Grüll 50' (Schmid) Stage 69' (Schmid) Bittencourt 83'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

24 October 2025 8	Werder Bremen	1–0	Union Berlin	Bremen
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 23' Grüll 70' 72' (Sugawara) Topp 90+1' Pieper 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,800 Referee: Daniel Schlager

1 November 2025 9	Mainz	1–1	Werder Bremen	Mainz
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Widmer 36' (Hollerbach) Veratschnig 90+2'	Report	Friedl 45' Coulibaly 59' Stage 86' Topp 88'	Stadium: MEWA Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Florian Badstübner

7 November 2025 10	Werder Bremen	2–1	Wolfsburg	Bremen
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Friedl 61' Stage 83' (Sugawara) Mbangula 90+4' (Boniface) Schmid 90+6'	Report	Svanberg 28'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer

23 November 2025 11	RB Leipzig	2–0	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harder 41' Ouédraogo 63' (Baku) Schlager 80' (Baumgartner)	Report	Friedl 17' Pieper 69'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Martin Petersen

29 November 2025 12	Werder Bremen	1–1	Köln	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Friedl 22' Stark 75' 90+6'	Report	Castro-Montes 38' Thielmann 75' Martel 78' El Mala 90+1' (Lund) Bülter 90+6'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

6 December 2025 13	Hamburg	3–2	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vušković 56' 75' (Vieira) Lokonga 63' Poulsen 84' (Jatta) Remberg 90+7'	Report	Stage 32' 45' (Schmid) Topp 62' Grüll 69' Friedl 74' Njinmah 78' (Schmid) Coulibaly 90+4' Schmid 90+5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,100 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

13 December 2025 14	Werder Bremen	0–4	Stuttgart	Bremen
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Coulibaly 11' 59'	Report	El Khannouss 40' (Leweling) Leweling 44' (Jeltsch) Undav 79' (Leweling) Führich 90+7' (Mittelstädt)	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,800 Referee: Robert Hartmann

20 December 2025 15	Augsburg	v	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: WWK Arena

DFB-Pokal

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

Statistics

As of 14 December 2025

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF	BEL	Olivier Deman	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	JPN	Yukinari Sugawara	13	0	13	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Niklas Stark	7	0	2+4	0	1	0
5	DF	DEN	Amos Pieper	8	0	8	0	0	0
6	MF	DEN	Jens Stage	13	5	12	5	1	0
7	FW	BEL	Samuel Mbangula	14	3	9+4	3	0+1	0
9	FW	GER	Keke Topp	11	0	4+6	0	0+1	0
10	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt	9	0	1+7	0	1	0
11	FW	GER	Justin Njinmah	13	3	6+6	3	1	0
13	GK	EST	Karl Hein	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	BEL	Senne Lynen	14	0	13	0	1	0
17	FW	AUT	Marco Grüll	15	2	12+2	2	1	0
18	MF	ESP	Cameron Puertas	11	0	7+4	0	0	0
20	MF	AUT	Romano Schmid	15	2	14	2	1	0
21	FW	NOR	Isak Hansen-Aarøen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
22	DF	ARG	Julián Malatini	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
23	DF	SUI	Isaac Schmidt	7	1	0+7	1	0	0
24	MF	CRO	Patrice Čović	9	0	2+6	0	1	0
27	DF	NGA	Felix Agu	7	0	6	0	1	0
28	MF	FRA	Skelly Alvero	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Mio Backhaus	12	0	12	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Karim Coulibaly	13	1	12+1	1	0	0
32	DF	AUT	Marco Friedl	14	1	13	1	1	0
39	DF	AUT	Maximilian Wöber	1	0	0	0	1	0
44	FW	NGA	Victor Boniface	11	0	2+9	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Werder Bremen during the season:
1	GK	GER	Michael Zetterer	1	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	Total
1	MF	6	Jens Stage	5	5
2	FW	7	Samuel Mbangula	3	3
2	FW	11	Justin Njinmah	3	3
4	MF	20	Romano Schmid	2	2
4	FW	17	Marco Grüll	2	2
6	DF	23	Isaac Schmidt	1	1
	DF	31	Karim Coulibaly	1	1
	DF	32	Marco Friedl	1	1
Opponent's own goal(s)				0	0
Total				18	18

Assists

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	Total
1	MF	20	Romano Schmid	4	4
2	DF	3	Yukinari Sugawara	3	3
3	FW	44	Victor Boniface	2	2
4	FW	9	Keke Topp	1	1
	FW	7	Samuel Mbangula	1	1
	MF	6	Jens Stage	1	1
Total				12	12

Clean sheets

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	Total
1	GK	30	Mio Backhaus	2	2
1	GK	13	Karl Hein	1	1
Total				3	3

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.

Disciplinary record

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Player
2		MF	Olivier Deman	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
4		DF	Niklas Stark	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
5		DF	Amos Pieper	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6		MF	Jens Stage	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9		FW	Keke Topp	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10		MF	Leonardo Bittencourt	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
11		FW	Justin Njinmah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14		MF	Senne Lynen	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17		MF	Marco Grüll	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
18		MF	Cameron Puertas	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20		MF	Romano Schmid	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22		DF	Julián Malatini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23		DF	Isaac Schmidt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24		MF	Patrice Čović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27		DF	Felix Agu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31		DF	Karim Coulibaly	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32		DF	Marco Friedl	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
44		FW	Victor Boniface	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				34	3	0	4	1	0	37	3	0

Home attendance

Competition	Total	Matches	Average
Bundesliga	290,600	7	41,514
DFB-Pokal	0	0	0
Total	290,600	7	41,514

References

^ "Spieler" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Werder Bremen verpflichtet Samuel Mbangula" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ "Marvin Ducksch wechselt zu Birmingham City" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
^ "Michael Zetterer schließt sich Eintracht Frankfurt an" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
^ "Dikeni Salifou wechselt zu KV Mechelen" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
^ "Maximilian Wöber joins Werder Bremen on loan from Leeds United". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ "Werder leiht Torhüter Karl Hein vom FC Arsenal aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
^ "Werder Bremen leiht Yukinari Sugawara aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 26 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
^ "Victor Boniface wechselt zu Werder Bremen". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
^ "Der SV Werder Bremen leiht Cameron Puertas aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
^ "WSenne Lynen verlängert bei Werder Bremen" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 29 May 2025. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

External links

Official website

[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.

[auto-4] "Werder verabschiedet Sextett um Veljkovic" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 29 June 2025.

[5] "Marvin Ducksch wechselt zu Birmingham City" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

[6] "Michael Zetterer schließt sich Eintracht Frankfurt an" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[7] "Dikeni Salifou wechselt zu KV Mechelen" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

[8] "Maximilian Wöber joins Werder Bremen on loan from Leeds United". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[9] "Werder leiht Torhüter Karl Hein vom FC Arsenal aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[10] "Werder Bremen leiht Yukinari Sugawara aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 26 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.

[11] "Victor Boniface wechselt zu Werder Bremen". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.

[12] "Der SV Werder Bremen leiht Cameron Puertas aus". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.

[13] "WSenne Lynen verlängert bei Werder Bremen" (in German). SV Werder Bremen. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

[14] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 29 May 2025. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

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