Werder Bremen

Sportverein Werder Bremen is one of the major soccer clubs playing in the Bundesliga. Its stadium is the 42,266 capacity Weserstadion named after the River Weser in Bremen.

Current events

In 1995, Rehhagel left the team to coach Bayern München, and that caused a crisis was not resolved until 1999 by freshly appointed coach Thomas Schaaf; Bremen won against Bayern München in the cup final. In the years afterward it stabilized itself in the top half of the league.

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1995 - Bayern München - 1999 - Thomas Schaaf

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In 2004, five years after Thomas Schaaf took over, Werder Bremen won its fourth Championship, establishing a 9 point lead with 2 matches left in an away game at arch-rival Bayern München, winning 3:1 (3:0). They also defeated Second Bundesliga side Alemannia Aachen 3:2 in the German Cup final, winning the cup for the fifth time. Only four teams in Germany have ever achieved being Champions and Cup Winner in one season (a Double).

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2004 - Alemannia Aachen - German Cup - Double

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Having qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Werder defeated the current Spanish champion Valencia CF 2:0 (0:0) to advance into the round of 16, where they crashed out against French champions Olympique Lyonnais losing 2:10 on aggregate.

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UEFA Champions League - Valencia CF - Olympique Lyonnais

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At the end of the 2004/05 season, Werder was able to secure a chance to qualify for the 2005/06 Champion's League by finishing third in the Bundesliga; a remarkable feat, given their long, injury-prone and game-intensive season.

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They successfully qualified and got into the Champions League group stages, after losing the first qualifying third-round against FC Basel of Switzerland 1:2, by beating them 3:0 in the second game at home.

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FC Basel - Switzerland

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