SV Werder Bremen

1899–1970

On 4 February 1899, FV Werder Bremen was founded by a group of 16-year-old students who had won a football in a tug of war tournament. The name "Werder" is the German word for "river peninsula", alluding to the riverside field on which the team played their first football matches. On 10 September 1899, Werder won their first match 1–0, against ASC 1898 Bremen. In 1900, the club was one of the founder members of the German Football Association (DFB). Werder then had some early success, winning several local championships. In 1903, all three of their teams won their local leagues. Due to the club's popularity, Werder became the first side in the city to charge entry fees for home matches. After the First World War, the club adopted other sports, such as athletics, baseball, chess, cricket, and tennis. On 19 January 1920, the club took on their current name: Sportverein Werder Bremen. In 1922, it became the first club in Bremen to hire a professional coach, the Hungarian Ferenc Kónya. Werder made regular appearances in the play-offs of the Northern German football championship during the 1920s and early 1930s, but did not win any titles. In the mid-1930s, striker Matthias Heidemann became the club's first international. Werder won the Gauliga Niedersachsen in 1933–34, and again in 1935–36, 1936–37, and 1941–42. By winning the Gauliga, the team qualified for the national championship play-offs; Bremen's best result was a quarter-final place in 1942. As…

Werder's honours include the following:

Domestic

Bundesliga Winners: 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04 Runners-up: 1967–68, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2007–08 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1980–81 Runners-up: 2021–22 DFB-Pokal Winners: 1960–61, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09 Runners-up: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2009–10 DFL-Ligapokal Winners: 2006 Runners-up: 1999, 2004 DFL-Supercup Winners: 1988, 1993, 1994, 2009 (unofficial) Runners-up: 1991 DFB-Hallenpokal Winners: 1989 Runners-up: 1991, 2001

Regional

Gauliga Niedersachsen Winners: 1933–34, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42 Runners-up: 1934–35

International

European Cup Winners' Cup Winners: 1991–92 UEFA Cup Runners-up: 2008–09 European Super Cup Runners-up: 1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners: 1998 Kirin Cup Winners: 1982, 1986

Double

2003–04: Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal