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unusual facts about Werder Bremen



Daisuke Matsui

Among the teams which were believed to have shown interested in signing him at the time were Catania, Genoa, Lazio and Torino of Serie A, Celtic and Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga, and Lille of Ligue 1.

Egon Coordes

He began his career at Regionalliga North side TuS Bremerhaven 93 but quickly moved to the Bundesliga, playing the rest of his career at just two clubs: Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart as a defender.

Glenavon F.C.

In 1995–96 they reached the first round proper of the UEFA Cup (the last Irish League club to do so), and were beaten by Werder Bremen.

Hans-Jürgen Weber

The first and the last Bundesliga-match Weber has refereed ended 6 - 1 for the hometeam: Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 17 May 1985 und Hertha BSC Berlin v Hamburger SV on 29 May 1999.

Ivan Bebek

Bebek is considered the best Croatian referee and is the only Croatian referee who supervised two UEFA Champions League group stage matches (Lazio v. Werder Bremen during the 2007–08 season and Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj in the 2008–09 season).

Jim McLean

At the same time as the club was enjoying a high standing Scottish football, McLean was gradually building the club's reputation in Europe, with wins over sides like AS Monaco, Borussia Mönchengladbach, PSV Eindhoven, Anderlecht and Werder Bremen.

Kuno Klötzer

Born in Geyer, Germany, Klötzer managed several clubs included Arminia Hannover, Hannover 96, Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Nuremberg, Kickers Offenbach, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC, MSV Duisburg and Werder Bremen.

Rune Bratseth

Nicknamed Elk due to his stature, he is best known for his spell with Werder Bremen, also having appeared in the 1994 World Cup with Norway.

Vurnon Anita

He also made his European debut in the 3–0 away loss against Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup.


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Dieter Burdenski

Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing Sepp Maier in the West Germany goal, Helmut Schön turned his attention to the Werder Bremen man in 1977, handing Burdenski his first of altogether 12 caps in a friendly in Montevideo against Uruguay.

Ivica Banović

He made his Bundesliga debut in Werder Bremen's 3–3 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen on 14 October 2000, coming on as a substitute for Dieter Eilts in the 58th minute.

Per Røntved

At Werder Bremen, he played alongside fellow Danish international John Danielsen, under German manager Sepp Piontek.

Sebastian Boenisch

He made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Duško Tošić in the 80th minute, as Werder Bremen won 2–1 against Eintracht Frankfurt.