2016–17 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen

2016–17 season
President	Hubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coach	Viktor Skrypnyk (until 18 September) Alexander Nouri (interim, 18 September–2 October) (head coach, from 2 October)
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Max Kruse (15 goals) All: Max Kruse (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	42,100
Lowest home attendance	37,108
Average home league attendance	40,946
Biggest win	Bremen 3–0 Leipzig Freiburg 2–5 Bremen Bremen 3–0 Schalke
Biggest defeat	Bayern 6–0 Bremen
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 SV Werder Bremen season is the 107th season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football league system. It is the clubs 34th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1981.

The club also is taking part in the 2016–17 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players

Squad

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  GER Raphael Wolf 2 DF  ARG Santiago García 3 DF  ITA Luca Caldirola 4 DF  GER Robert Bauer 5 MF  MLI Sambou Yatabaré 6 MF  DEN Thomas Delaney 7 MF  AUT Florian Kainz 8 MF  GER Clemens Fritz (Captain)[1] 9 FW  USA Aron Jóhannsson 10 FW  GER Max Kruse 13 DF  SRB Miloš Veljković 14 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro 15 MF  BIH Izet Hajrović 16 MF  AUT Zlatko Junuzović (Vice-captain)[1] 17 FW  GER Justin Eilers 18 DF  FIN Niklas Moisander

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  GER Luca-Milan Zander 20 DF  SUI Ulisses Garcia 22 MF  GER Fin Bartels 23 DF  CZE Theodor Gebre Selassie 24 FW  GER Johannes Eggestein 26 DF  SEN Lamine Sané 27 MF  AUT Florian Grillitsch 28 FW  UGA Melvyn Lorenzen 29 FW  GER Serge Gnabry 30 GK  GER Michael Zetterer 33 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný 35 MF  GER Maximilian Eggestein 42 GK  GER Felix Wiedwald 44 MF  GER Philipp Bargfrede 47 FW  GAM Ousman Manneh

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Defender	Luca Caldirola	25	Yes	Darmstadt 98	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	[2]
4	Defender	Robert Bauer	21	Yes	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€2.5 million	[3]
7	Midfielder	Florian Kainz	23	Yes	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€3.5 million	[4]
10	Forward	Max Kruse	28	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€7.5 million	[5]
11	Forward	Lennart Thy	24	Yes	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[6]
15	Midfielder	Izet Hajrović	24	Yes	Eibar	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[7]
17	Midfielder	Justin Eilers	28	Yes	Dynamo Dresden	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[8]
18	Defender	Niklas Moisander	30	Yes	Sampdoria	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.8 million	[9]
21	Defender	Fallou Diagne	26	Yes	Rennes	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.5 million	[10]
25	Midfielder	Athanasios Petsos	25	Yes	Rapid Wien	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[8]
26	Defender	Lamine Sané	29	Yes	Bordeaux	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[11]
29	Forward	Serge Gnabry	21	Yes	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€5 million	[12]
33	Goalkeeper	Jaroslav Drobný	36	Yes	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	[13]
6	Midfielder	Thomas Delaney	25	Yes	F.C. Copenhagen	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€2 million	[14]
—	Midfielder	László Kleinheisler	22	Yes	Darmstadt 98	End of loan	Winter	30 June 2019	—	[15]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Defender	Papy Djilobodji	27	No	Chelsea	End of loan	Summer	—	[16]
4	Defender	Álex Gálvez	27	Yes	Eibar	Transfer	Summer	€1.5 million	[17]
6	Midfielder	László Kleinheisler	22	Yes	Darmstadt 98	Loan	Summer	—	[18]
7	Defender	Jannik Vestergaard	23	Yes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	€12.5 million	[19]
11	Midfielder	Levin Öztunalı	20	Yes	Bayer Leverkusen	End of loan	Summer	—	[20]
15	Defender	Mateo Pavlović	26	Yes	Angers	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
17	Midfielder	Özkan Yıldırım	23	Yes	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Summer	Free	[22]
18	Goalkeeper	Gerhard Tremmel	37	Yes	Swansea City	End of loan	Summer	—	[23]
21	Forward	Anthony Ujah	25	No	Liaoning Whowin	Transfer	Summer	€11.5 million	[24]
25	Defender	Oliver Hüsing	23	Yes	Ferencváros	Transfer	Summer	€300,000	[25]
38	Defender	Marnon Busch	21	Yes	1860 Munich	Loan	Summer	—	[23]
—	Midfielder	Felix Kroos	25	Yes	Union Berlin (previously on loan)	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	[23]
11	Forward	Lennart Thy	24	Yes	FC St. Pauli	Loan	Winter	—	[26]
21	Defender	Fallou Diagne	27	Yes	Metz	Loan	Winter	€400,000	[27]
37	Defender	Janek Sternberg	24	Yes	Ferencváros	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[28]
39	Midfielder	Lukas Fröde	21	Yes	Würzburger Kickers	Transfer	Winter	€200,000	[29]
—	Midfielder	László Kleinheisler	22	Yes	Ferencváros	Loan	Winter	—	[15]
25	Midfielder	Athanasios Petsos	25	Yes	Fulham	Loan	Winter	—	[30]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

VSG Altglienicke v Werder Bremen

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	VSG Altglienicke	1–2	Werder Bremen	Berlin, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stüwe 52'	Report	Diagne 43' Hajrović 66'	Stadium: Fritz-Lesch-Sportplatz Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Max Burda

Neuruppin-Stadtauswahl v Werder Bremen

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Neuruppin-Stadtauswahl	0–8	Werder Bremen	Neuruppin, Germany
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hajrović 3' J. Eggestein 20', 59', 77' Manneh 62' Jacobsen 82' Schmidt 83', 86'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Andy Stolz

VfB Lübeck v Werder Bremen

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	VfB Lübeck	1–1	Werder Bremen	Lübeck, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Büyükdemir 88'	Report	Bartels 6'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 4,655 Referee: Viatcheslav Paltchikov

Werder Bremen v 1860 Munich

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Werder Bremen	1–2	1860 Munich	Zell am Ziller, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mölders 18' (o.g.)	Report	Mugoša 33' Degenek 39'	Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Christoph Schiefer (Austria)

Werder Bremen v Huddersfield Town

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Werder Bremen	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Zell am Ziller, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Parkstadion Zell am Ziller Referee: Stefan Gamper (Austria)

Werder Bremen v Chelsea

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) Friendly	Werder Bremen	2–4	Chelsea	Bremen, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pizarro 33' (pen.) Thy 65'	Report	Hazard 7' Oscar 8' Diego Costa 45' Pedro 90'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 23,611 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SV Meppen v Werder Bremen

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) Friendly	SV Meppen	0–2	Werder Bremen	Meppen, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	J. Eggestein 66' Yatabaré 87'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 5,385 Referee: Lukas Benen

Werder Bremen v FC Ingolstadt

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) Friendly	Werder Bremen	1–0	FC Ingolstadt	Lohne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bartels 42'	Report		Stadium: Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Kickers Emden v Werder Bremen

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02) Friendly	Kickers Emden	1–8	Werder Bremen	Emden, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bloem 33'	Report	Thy 7', 39' Jóhannsson 14', 16', 42', 84', 89' Bartels 36'	Stadium: Ostfriesland-Stadion Attendance: 3,273 Referee: Jan Lammers

Dresden Cup

Main article: 2016 Dresden Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Betis	2	2	0	2	1	+1	8	2016 Osnabrück Football Summer Champions
2	Dynamo Dresden (H)	2	1	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Werder Bremen	2	1	1	1	2	−1	4
4	Everton	2	0	2	2	3	−1	2

Source: Dynamo Dresden
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head to head result
(H) Hosts

Werder Bremen v Real Betis

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29) 1	Werder Bremen	0–1	Real Betis	Dresden, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nahuel 67'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 2,000

Dynamo Dresden v Werder Bremen

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) 2	Dynamo Dresden	1–1 (3–4 p)	Werder Bremen	Dresden, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kutschke 82'	Report	J. Eggestein 87'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 13,852 Referee: Steffen Mix
	Penalties
	Kutschke Väyrynen Hilßner Kreuzer Hartmann		Sternberg Hajrović U. Garcia Petsos J. Eggestein

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	26 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	8th	34	13	6	15	61	64	−3	038.24
DFB-Pokal	21 August 2016	21 August 2016	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					35	13	6	16	62	66	−4	037.14

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Hertha BSC	34	15	4	15	43	47	−4	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
7	SC Freiburg	34	14	6	14	42	60	−18	48	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	Werder Bremen	34	13	6	15	61	64	−3	45
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	12	9	13	45	49	−4	45
10	Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	45	40	+5	43

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.^[31]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

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	13	6	15	61	64	−3	45	8	1	8	28	24	+4	5	5	7	33	40	−7

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L
Position	18	18	18	18	15	15	13	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	13	12	11	11	8	7	6	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

26 August 2016 (2016-08-26) 1	Bayern Munich	6–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Alonso 9' Lewandowski 13', 46', 77' (pen.) Lahm 66' Ribéry 73'	Report	Sternberg  87'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 2	Werder Bremen	1–2	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fritz  10' Gebre Selassie  25' Jóhannsson 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Stafylidis  15', 73' Gouweleeuw 52',  56' Caiuby  87'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,430 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard 11', 17' Raffael 21' (pen.), 41'	Report	Fritz  22' Grillitsch  59' Gnabry 73' Jóhannsson  80' Sané  86'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 54,014 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 4	Werder Bremen	1–2	Mainz 05	Bremen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hajrović 12' Manneh  24' Grillitsch  88'	Report	Frei  71' Mallı 87' de Blasis 90+2',  90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 37,108 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 5	Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović  61' Thy 86' Gebre Selassie 90+1'	Report	Bruma  26' Seguin  40' Horn  49' Bauer 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,153 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Darmstadt 98 v Werder Bremen

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 6	Darmstadt 98	2–2	Werder Bremen	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fedetskyi  12' Čolak 19' (pen.), 73' Sulu  38'	Report	Grillitsch  30' Sané 51' Gnabry 67'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jochen Drees

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 7	Werder Bremen	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović 13' Hajrović  52' Manneh 59',  90+1'	Report	Çalhanoğlu 27' Aránguiz  55' Wendell  69'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

RB Leipzig v Werder Bremen

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 8	RB Leipzig	3–1	Werder Bremen	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaiser  14' Forsberg  23' Keïta  32', 42', 74' Demme  90+4' Selke 90+5'	Report	Gebre Selassie  36' Fritz  44' Gnabry 76' Moisander  90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9	Werder Bremen	1–3	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	S. García  9', 67'	Report	Frantz  24' Philipp 29',  68' Grifo 39' (pen.) Abrashi 75' Höfler  83'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 10	Schalke 04	3–1	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöpf 35', 63' Bentaleb 38',  54' Stambouli  84'	Report	Veljković  37' Gnabry 42' (pen.) Petsos  43' S. García  68'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 61,263 Referee: Günter Perl

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20) 11	Werder Bremen	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grillitsch 38' Gnabry  73'	Report	Mascarell  24' Meier 52' Vallejo  62' Barkok 90'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 39,261 Referee: Robert Kampka

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12	Hamburger SV	2–2	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gregoritsch 3', 28' Djourou  72' Müller  88'	Report	Petsos  11' Bartels 14' Moisander  39' Gnabry 45' Bargfrede  70'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 55,237 Referee: Felix Brych

Werder Bremen v FC Ingolstadt

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13	Werder Bremen	2–1	FC Ingolstadt	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kruse 24' Bartels 76'	Report	Tisserand  30' Suttner 58',  90+4' Groß  79'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 38,438 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 14	Hertha BSC	0–1	Werder Bremen	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kruse 41',  81' Bargfrede  62' Fritz  64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 51,337 Referee: Harm Osmers

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 15	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gnabry 40' Jóhannsson  87'	Report	Modeste  25' Rudņevs 28' Guirassy  85' Höger  89' Hector  90+1'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21) 16	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wagner 26' Hübner  77' Schwegler  90+2'	Report	S. García  53' Bartels  73' Gnabry 87'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,076 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 17	Werder Bremen	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bauer  19' Drobný  39' Bartels 59' Delaney  76' S. García  84'	Report	Schürrle 5',  43' Piszczek 71'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18	Werder Bremen	1–2	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bauer  42' Kruse 53' S. García  72' Junuzović  75' M. Eggestein  90'	Report	Robben 30' Alaba 45+1' Coman  90+3'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 19	FC Augsburg	3–2	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 28' Kohr  49' Hinteregger  64' Koo 79' Bobadilla 90+4',  90+4'	Report	Gebre Selassie 26' U. Garcia  54' Kruse 65' (pen.) Veljković  87'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 26,812 Referee: Christian Dingert

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 20	Werder Bremen	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Delaney  65' Bauer  73'	Report	Hazard 12' Jantschke  60' Strobl  80'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 21	Mainz 05	0–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Donati  39' Latza  50' Jairo  56'	Report	Gnabry 16' Delaney 23' Junuzović  25' Gebre Selassie  44' Fritz  76' Wiedwald  90+2'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 27,281 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mayoral 19' Arnold  86'	Report	Gnabry 10', 18' Bartels  45+1' Wiedwald  69' Sané  90+3'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Werder Bremen v Darmstadt 98

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Werder Bremen	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kruse 75' (pen.), 90+2' M. Eggestein  85'	Report	Altıntop  69'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Volland 7' Wendell  20'  90'	Report	Gebre Selassie  66' Pizarro 79',  80'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v RB Leipzig

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	Werder Bremen	3–0	RB Leipzig	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Junuzović 34',  50' Grillitsch 59' Bauer  85' Kainz 90'	Report	Orban  58'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,384 Referee: Christian Dingert

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26	SC Freiburg	2–5	Werder Bremen	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kempf  27' Petersen 64' Grifo 77' Schuster  81'	Report	Kruse 21' Delaney 45+2', 47', 85' Bartels 71' Caldirola  81'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) 27	Werder Bremen	3–0	Schalke 04	Bremen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie 24' Kruse 76' (pen.) M. Eggestein 80'	Report	Goretzka  73' Fährmann  80'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaćinović 48' Rebić  53' Fabián 73' (pen.),  74'	Report	Veljković  7' Junuzović 37' Bartels 43',  69'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16) 29	Werder Bremen	2–1	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović  32' Grillitsch  35' Kruse 41' Kainz 75' Veljković  90+4'	Report	Gregoritsch 6' Diekmeier  70'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Brych

FC Ingolstadt v Werder Bremen

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30	FC Ingolstadt	2–4	Werder Bremen	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lezcano 32' Tisserand  45' Groß 62' (pen.),  78' Christiansen  70'	Report	Kruse 45+1' (pen.), 81', 87', 90+4' Moisander  50' Sané  64'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 31	Werder Bremen	2–0	Hertha BSC	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bartels 9' Kruse 15' Moisander  23'	Report	Mittelstädt  28'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

5 May 2017 (2017-05-05) 32	1. FC Köln	4–3	Werder Bremen	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Modeste 13', 47' Bittencourt 28' Zoller 44'	Report	Delaney  21' Bartels 34' Gebre Selassie 40' Moisander  60' Gnabry 62'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 33	Werder Bremen	3–5	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie 59' Bauer  80', 90' Bargfrede 86'	Report	Szalai 7' Kramarić 11', 49' Süle  12' Zuber 40' Bičakčić 51'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 34	Borussia Dortmund	4–3	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Papastathopoulos  11' Reus 32', 75' (pen.) Aubameyang 42', 89' (pen.) Dembélé  61' Şahin  62' Kagawa  87'	Report	Junuzović 7' Bartels 46',  58' Kruse 68' Bargfrede  88' Veljković  90+2'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Günter Perl

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

Sportfreunde Lotte v Werder Bremen

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) First round	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–1	Werder Bremen	Lotte
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rahn 8',  42' Pires-Rodrigues  22' Dej 54' Wendel  68' Steinhart  81'	Report	Junuzović 45' Fritz  68' Sané  68' Bartels  82'	Stadium: Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 10,056 Referee: Christian Dietz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Raphael Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Michael Zetterer	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný	10	0	10	0	0	0
42	GK	GER	Felix Wiedwald	26	0	24+1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ARG	Santiago García	19	1	16+3	1	0	0
3	DF	ITA	Luca Caldirola	5	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Robert Bauer	27	1	25+2	1	0	0
13	DF	SRB	Miloš Veljković	26	0	20+6	0	0	0
18	DF	FIN	Niklas Moisander	31	0	29+1	0	1	0
19	DF	GER	Luca-Milan Zander	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	SUI	Ulisses Garcia	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
23	DF	CZE	Theodor Gebre Selassie	31	5	26+4	5	1	0
26	DF	SEN	Lamine Sané	28	1	27	1	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	MLI	Sambou Yatabaré	3	0	2	0	1	0
6	MF	DEN	Thomas Delaney	13	4	11+2	4	0	0
7	MF	AUT	Florian Kainz	15	2	1+13	2	0+1	0
8	MF	GER	Clemens Fritz	19	0	17+1	0	1	0
15	MF	BIH	Izet Hajrović	10	1	6+4	1	0	0
16	MF	AUT	Zlatko Junuzović	31	5	28+2	4	1	1
22	MF	GER	Fin Bartels	32	8	23+8	8	1	0
27	MF	AUT	Florian Grillitsch	24	2	21+2	2	0+1	0
35	MF	GER	Maximilian Eggestein	15	1	8+7	1	0	0
38	MF	GER	Niklas Schmidt	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	MF	GER	Philipp Bargfrede	11	1	4+7	1	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	USA	Aron Jóhannsson	9	1	2+7	1	0	0
10	FW	GER	Max Kruse	24	15	23	15	1	0
14	FW	PER	Claudio Pizarro	19	1	10+9	1	0	0
17	FW	GER	Justin Eilers	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	GER	Johannes Eggestein	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	UGA	Melvyn Lorenzen	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	GER	Serge Gnabry	27	11	23+4	11	0	0
47	FW	GAM	Ousman Manneh	6	1	6	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
11	FW	GER	Lennart Thy	7	1	0+6	1	1	0
21	DF	SEN	Fallou Diagne	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	MF	GRE	Athanasios Petsos	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
37	DF	GER	Janek Sternberg	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
39	MF	GER	Lukas Fröde	3	0	0+3	0	0	0

Last updated: 20 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	10	FW		Max Kruse	15	0	15
2	29	FW		Serge Gnabry	11	0	11
3	22	MF		Fin Bartels	8	0	8
4	16	MF		Zlatko Junuzović	4	1	5
	23	DF		Theodor Gebre Selassie	5	0	5
6	6	MF		Thomas Delaney	4	0	4
7	7	MF		Florian Kainz	2	0	2
	27	MF		Florian Grillitsch	2	0	2
9	2	DF		Santiago García	1	0	1
	4	DF		Robert Bauer	1	0	1
	9	FW		Aron Jóhannsson	1	0	1
	11	FW		Lennart Thy	1	0	1
	14	FW		Claudio Pizarro	1	0	1
	15	MF		Izet Hajrović	1	0	1
	26	DF		Lamine Sané	1	0	1
	35	MF		Maximilian Eggestein	1	0	1
	44	MF		Philipp Bargfrede	1	0	1
	47	FW		Ousman Manneh	1	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0
Totals					61	1	62

Last updated: 20 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	42	GK		Felix Wiedwald	5	0	5
2	33	GK		Jaroslav Drobný	1	0	1
Totals					6	0	6

Last updated: 29 April 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
2	DF		Santiago García	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
3	DF		Luca Caldirola	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Robert Bauer	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	MF		Thomas Delaney	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	MF		Clemens Fritz	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
9	FW		Aron Jóhannsson	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
10	FW		Max Kruse	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF		Miloš Veljković	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	FW		Claudio Pizarro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Izet Hajrović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Zlatko Junuzović	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	DF		Niklas Moisander	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
20	DF		Ulisses Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Fin Bartels	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
23	DF		Theodor Gebre Selassie	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
25	MF		Athanasios Petsos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
26	DF		Lamine Sané	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
27	MF		Florian Grillitsch	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
29	FW		Serge Gnabry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	GK		Jaroslav Drobný	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
35	MF		Maximilian Eggestein	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
37	DF		Janek Sternberg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
42	GK		Felix Wiedwald	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
44	MF		Philipp Bargfrede	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
47	FW		Ousman Manneh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				67	0	2	3	0	1	70	0	3

Last updated: 20 May 2017

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