Here a list of the players joining Werder this season (state: July 2nd)
(information taken from Werder.de)

Jurica Vranjes (no.7)
day of birth: January, 30th 1980
place of birth: Osijek (Craoatia)
height: 1.86 m
weight: 75 kg
position: defensive midfield
last team: VfB Stuttgart
BL matches: 85
UEFA competition matches: 26
greatest sucess as player:
was in Croatian WM 2002 squad
reached CL final 2002 with Leverkusen

Patrick Owomoyela (no.15)
day of birth: November 11th 1979
place of birth: Hamburg (Germany)
height: 1.87 m
weight: 80 kg
position: right defender/midfielder
last team: Arminia Bielefeld
BL matches: 30 (5 goals)
German national team matches: 6
hobbies: basketball, music

Leon Andreasen (no. 16)
day of birth: April 23th 1983
place of birth: Aidt Thorso (Denmark)
height: 1.88 m
weight: 83 kg
position: defender
last team: Aarhus GF (Denmark)
BL matches: none (122 matches in Danish league, 19 goals)
hobbies: playing golf

Tim Wiese (no.18)
day of birth: December 17th 1981
place of birth: Bergisch-Gladbach (Germany)
height: 1.93 m
weight: 91 kg
position: goalkeeper
last team: 1.FC Kaiserslautern
BL matches: 65
greatest sucess as player:
reached DFB cup final 2003 with Kaiserslautern
hobbies: football

Torsten Frings (no. 22)
day of birth: November 11th 1976
place of birth: Würselen (Germany)
height: 1.82 m
weight: 80 kg
position: midfielder
last team: Bayern München
BL matches total: 238 (29 goals)
BL matches for Werder: 162 BL matches (16 goals)
UEFA competition matches: 20 (3 goals)
German national team matches: 44 (5 goals)
greatest sucess as player:
Vice world-champ with Gemany 2002
was in EC 2004 team
German champion and DFB cup winner 2005 (Bayern München)
DFB cup winner 1999 (Werder Bremen)
Hobbies: motorbike and his family

Jelle van Damme (no. 23)
day of birth: October 10th 1983
place of birth: Lokeren (Belgium)
height: 1.91 m
weight: 87 kg
position: left defender
last team: FC Southampton (England)
BL matches: 65
greatest sucess as player:
Dutch champion with Ajax Amsterdam 2004
hobbies: snooker, drum kit


Kasper Jensen (no. 30)
day of birth: July 10th 1982
place of birth: Aalborg (Denmark)
height: 1.93 m
weight: 90 kg
position: goalkeeper
last team: Werder Bremen II
(will also normally play there this season as "Vertragsamateur")
hobbies: music, family and friends

 

Werder Trikots for this season


Now the new Werder shirts are official made public:
Away Kit

They keep the green-white one

Home Kit

and add this one

Champions League/ 3rd Kit

the event shirt

the goalkeeper shirts

yellow

yes....its pink....

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I raelly like the new 3rd Kit...and the more i see the new home kit *gags* It does grow on me

Werder is GREEN AND WHITE, NOT ORANGE.

But its not....that....bad.....i swear...

 

heres a little bit on Werder's recent friendlies:

06.07.2005, 11:35 Uhr
Werders Goal Machine Wins 16:1 In Bornreihe

Now that's a stylish start, as to be expected. On Tuesday evening Werder steamrolled SV Blua-Weiß Bornreihe 16:1 in their first pre-season friendly. 4,000 frantic supporters packed the sports ground and were only kept waiting for 14 minutes before the goals began.

Ivan Klasnic got the ball rolling with two real poachers goals thanks to fine set up play by Nelson Valdez and Frank Baumann respectively (14'/17') before Christian Hasloop snatched an early consolation (20'). Just two minutes later Werders Croatian striker grabbed his hat-trick after some good combination play between Valdez and Marco Stier. From that point on the Bornreihe keeper found himself fishing the ball out of his net with monotonous regularity. Marco Stier scored Werders fourth in the 23rd minute and Klasnic got on the end of a pass from Micoud to make it 5:1 (25'). Before the break the energetic Nelson Valdez increased the scores (34', 45' and 45'+2) and Ümit Davala from the spot (36') made the half time score 9:1. An improvement for Bornreihe on last seasons 9:0 scoreline at the break.

During the break, trainer Thomas Schaaf took the oportunity to try out his alternatives and made eight changes. Changes which didn't affect the flow of the game with Werder still hungry for goals. Substitute Mohamed Zidan was on the mark three times (55', 80' and 87'), Aaron Hunt once (78') and Valdez twice more in the 75th minute and from the spot in the 83rd after a foul on Hunt which increased the score to an almost record breaking 16:1.

Five time scorer Nelson Valdez, along with Ivan Klasnic and Mohamed Zidan (3 each) were Werders most successful players on the night. As new signings Jurica Vranjes, Jelle van Damme and Leon Andreasen could enjoy the cheers of the Werder faithful, keeper Tim Wiese will have to wait for his first real test. The 23-year-old made his Green-White debut in the second half but didn't have a single shot to hold.

Werder Bremens next friendly will take place on Saturday, 09.07.2005 in the "BetandWin-supermatch" at Norderney SV Niederkassel, the question remains if the Kreisliga side can at all test their Big League opponents.

11.07.2005, 19:48 Uhr
"Killer" Klasnic Hits Niederkassel For Five In 15:0 Drubbing

van Damme in action

Werder celebrated their second 'Goal-Rush' in four days against SV Niederkassel. Following Werders 16:1 thrashing of BW Bornreihe, Thomas Schaafs side crushed SV Niederkassel 15:0 in the "BetandWin-Supermatch 2005".
As in Bornreihe, once again it was Ivan Klasnic who got the scoring started. 3,500 fans watched on as the Kreisliga team struggled to restrain their big league opponents for just six minutes "An der Mühle" on Norderney before the "Killer" Klasnic headed home an Ümit Davala cross to put Werder ahead. Two minutes later Klasnic converted a pass from Johan Micoud to make it 2:0. It wasn't long before it became clear that SV Niederkassel keeper Tobias Geiger would be their best and busiest man of the match.

Three minute hat-trick for Klasnic

But even SV's in form keeper couldn't prevent the scoreline reaching double figures before the break. Alone Klasnic was on the mark three more times before being replaced by Valdez for the second half. Even more impressively, the Croatians third, fourth and fifth goals fell within a six minute period (37', 41', 43'). The rest of the first halfs goals were notched up by Mohamed Zidan (24', 44'), Johan Micoud (16', 30') and Frank Fahrenhorst (15'). Thomas Schaaf opted for an almost completely new look side in the second half leaving only keeper Kasper Jensen, defender Florian Mohr and striker Mohamed Zidan to partake in the second half.

Werder take their foot of the gas

Werders tough training schedule appeared to take its toll on the Bundesliga side in the second half. Even so, Mohamed Zidan (53', 86'), Marco Stier (61'), Nelson Valdez (80') and Jurica Vranjes (82') were able to boost Werder to a 15:0 final score.
The defence, captained by Petri Pasanen, found themselves with little but not nothing to do. By the end SV Niederkassel were happy to have achieved their goal of not conseeding more than 20 goals for which Thomas Schaaf was full of praise: "The lads from Niederkassel fought well and gave everything". The coach had an equally good report for his own side: "It was clear to see that our players are in the middle of hard pre-season training. Despite that we scored 15 goals and presented our fans with an enjoyable game."

Werder Bremen 1st half: K.Jensen - Davala, Mohr, Fahrenhorst, van Damme - Baumann, Andreasen - Micoud - Hunt - Klasnic, Zidan
Werder Bremen 2nd half: K.Jensen - Banecki, Pasanen, Mohr, Schulz - Vranjes, Lagerbloom, D.Jensen - Stier - Valdez, Zidan



12.07.2005, 23:23 Uhr
Valdez And Zidan Get Hat-Trick Happy In Meppen

Werder Bremen have now won their third pre-season friendly in a superior manner. Thomas Schaafs team disposed of Oberliga side SV Meppen on Tuesday evening with a 7:0 win thanks to two hat-tricks from Nelson Valdez and Mohamed. Zidan.

Valdez back-heels hat-trick

Werder were the better team from begin on and combined fantastically for long periods. Werders first goal left many of the 9,850 fans at Meppens Elmsland stadium breathless. Aaron Hunt fed Nelson Valdez a strong through pass which the Paraguayan flicked on to Johan Micoud with his heel. "Le Chef" Micoud found himself going it alone towards the Meppen keeper Marcus Antczak and then passed back to the advancing Valdez who only needed to push the ball over the line (17'). Valdez scored his second after a chip from Christian Schulz and sliding the ball into the far corner of the Meppen goal from the right (29'). The sparky striker completed his hat-trick in the 35th minute. Valdez first lifted the ball over his marker before heading past Antczak.

With a more emphatic exploitation of their chances, Valdez (43') and new signing Jurica Vranjes, who cracked a shot off the bar (25'), could have easily extended Werders half time lead. The Green-Whites goal saw only one peice of action as Tim Wiese, for the first time in his new pink jersey, allowed himself to catastrophically misplace a pass but was saved a pink face as Ümit Davala cleared the danger.

Werder keep the pressure on

At the break, Thomas schaaf, as expected, made a number of changes bringing Reinke, Fahrenhorst, Klasnic, Zidan and Baumann who took the captains armband from Johan Micoud. SV Meppen soon had their second and last attempt at goal. Striker Yaw-Oppong broke free on goal but was denied by the reactions of Andy Reinke (49').

From then on it was all Werder pressure again and a will to score unchanged since leaving Norderney. Following two good chances from Klasnic (55') and Zidan (58'), Aaron Hunt made it 4:0 with a fine solo effort and strike from 17 meters (60'). Ivan Klasnic became provider thirteen minutes later despite having his shirt tugged to pull a pass back from the by-line to find Mohamed Zidan.

The Egyptian had only to say "Thank you" and slide the ball home to make it 5:0. Zidan profitted twice more from clever assists. Firstly he pounced on a deflected Pekka Lagerbloom effort (80') and then he turned a Marco Stier effore into the glaring Meppen goal (90') - the second hat-trick of the night to round off another successful Green-White performance.

Werder took the game and their opponents seriously and reaped their rewards, which was much to the enjoyment of fans and trainer alike. Bremen have left a positive impression after their third pre-season test.

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For a combined score of 38:1 for Werder

These games are great to increase the confidence of our strikers. Its great to see the likes of Stier and Hunt getting in on the scoring. These matches should also help get Zidan back to fitness

 

I love Werders Champions League Kit and the away kit...the others just plain suck so bad. I always thot Kappa would be able to come up with better ideas for jerseys.

Anyways im really really excited about seeing Werder in action in the Champs League yet again. They are a super team especially in attack. I really do think that Tomas Schaff should go all out and play atleast three strikers. Nelson Valdez impressed me a great deal in the win against Valencia and Klose was very consistent all of last season. Klasnic is a super player and Zidane a fine talent. Aaron Hunt is very good as well. I think Werder just need another good center half and they would be a very fine team. Time Weise is a very good keeper.

 

I love Werders Champions League Kit and the away kit...the others just plain suck so bad. I always thot Kappa would be able to come up with better ideas for jerseys.

Anyways im really really excited about seeing Werder in action in the Champs League yet again. They are a super team especially in attack. I really do think that Tomas Schaff should go all out and play atleast three strikers. Nelson Valdez impressed me a great deal in the win against Valencia and Klose was very consistent all of last season. Klasnic is a super player and Zidane a fine talent. Aaron Hunt is very good as well. I think Werder just need another good center half and they would be a very fine team. Time Weise is a very good keeper.

Yes, I have high hopes for Weise, but i dont know if he will be our starter at the beginning of the season, either way, I think this is Reinke's last year.

As for the center half, Naldo, of Juventude appears to be commiting to Werder within the next 2 days or so, Allofs is claiming that Naldo will be a great replacement for Ismael...one can only hope. But Thomas Shaff says he is good, and Shaff was an excellent defender himself, so I have high hope for this young brazilian as well

As for the 3 Stiker idea. I wouldnt have a problem with it, however Werder also has one of the best midfields in the bundesliga. Frings-Baumann-Micoud-Borowski. I would not sacrifice our midfield solidarity for the inclusion of another striker.

In Last season's CL Matchday 2 fixture against Valencia (at the weserstadion) Schaff played a 4-3-3 because Baumann was injured. The starters for that match were Klose, Valdez, and Klasnic as i recall. However it was Charisteas ( i miss him ) that scored the winning goal. The point im trying to make is, the 4-3-3 might work well in European competition, but for the bundesliga i think the 4-1-2-1-2 is the way to go

 

4-1-2-1-2

the midfield would basically be

Baumann
Frings Borowski
Micoud

 

4-1-2-1-2

the midfield would basically be

Baumann
Frings Borowski
Micoud

Yest, something to that effect

the good news for us is, if our central defense is shaky, Baumann can play as a Central Defender, Frings can play DM, and Borowski can play either wing, which gives us the option to include either Vranjes or Jensen in the starting midfield

if Werder's defense holds strong, which i think it will, they can challenge bayern for the title this season

 

Hey decent thread Werder Bremen Yank. Will you be going to a Bundesliga game next year Werder Yank. Good to see another Werder fan in here

 

Hey decent thread Werder Bremen Yank. Will you be going to a Bundesliga game next year Werder Yank. Good to see another Werder fan in here

its quite hard for a teenage american to get to as many bundesliga matches as he would like p

However a mate of mine that lives in Hamburg has invited me over sometime next spring, so i will make a great effort to get to a Werder match sometime around then

 

That sounds cool. I will try and get over to some games again this season. Went to 3 games last season and also Werder v Lyon in the Champions League which sucked

 

That sounds cool. I will try and get over to some games again this season. Went to 3 games last season and also Werder v Lyon in the Champions League which sucked

yea, i stayed home from school 'sick' that day to watch the game on UEFA.com....

yea...that was a mistake

 

Whoa! Love the pink shirt. :thumbsup:

 

Whoa! Love the pink shirt. :thumbsup:

Actualyl i do too

Hopefully theyll have the shirt for sale... i would buy it

im secure enough in my sexuality to wear it

 

well gg buffon's pink shirt at Juve dint look all that bad....

 

Ready To Roll ; Werders Internationals Set To Rejoin Squad

In just two more days, Werders squad will be completed by the German internationals who took part in last months Confederations Cup. The trio of Tim Borowski, Patrick Owomoyela and Torsten Frings face a heavy schedule when they return to work at the Weser.

The German internationals first appointment will take place at 8am on Friday morning when they will undergo a test of their fitness levels, which the rest of the squad completed on the first day of training. 'Lutscher' & Co. don't have much of a break after that. Just one hour after the test, the trio must be showered and ready to join their team mates for the official team photo to be taken in the Weser stadium.

Subsequently the team will make their way off to Bremen airport from where they will take a flight to Cottbus for their friendly against the second Bundesliga side. On the same night the Werder squad will head on to a further trainings camp in Schruns, Austria.

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The team's coming together. Klose is also back from his surgury, and will be ready to go in a week our so

We play Cottbus in our next friendly

 

Podolski to Werder at the end of next season?

Kampf um Lukas Podolski

>4 Klubs starten Poker >Köln zieht jetzt Geheimklausel > Beckenbauer schaltet sich ein

Er ist 20 Jahre jung und ein Publikumsliebling, Nationalspieler und die größte Entdeckung beim Konföderationen-Cup. Jetzt beginnt der Poker: Die besten Karten hat zwar Köln. Aber Podolski stellt erste Bedingungen

Von Berries Bossmann und Torsten Rumpf

Lukas Podolski ist abgetaucht. Bei Verwandten in Polen wollte der Nationalstürmer dem Rummel in Deutschland entfliehen, bevor er diese Woche ins Trainig des Aufsteigers 1.FC Köln einsteigt. 30 Interview-Anfragen sind jeden Tag eingegangen, seit BILD am Freitag Podolskis-Geheimbesuch in München enthüllt hat.

Da nutzte es wenig, daß der 20jährige beteuerte: "Bis heute hat kein Verantwortlicher vom FC Bayern mit mir gesprochen. Ich habe auch nichts unterschrieben."

Podolski hat, autorisiert und von seinen Beraten freigegeben, auch gesagt: "Ich will international spielen. Titel gewinnen. Das ist mit Bayern einfacher als mit Köln."

In der Erklärungsnot hatte ihn die Aussage von Uli Hoeneß gebracht, Podolski werde 2006 nach München wechseln - obwohl er in Köln einen Vertrag bis 2007 hat. Doch hat der Bayern-Manager die Rechnung nicht nur ohne die Konkurrenz aus Bremen, Berlin und Stuttgart gemacht - sondern auch ohne Köln.

"Die Kölner haben eine einseitige Option, durch die sie den Vertrag bis 2008 verlängern können", verriet Podolskis Berater Norbert Pflippen im Gespräch mit SPORT BILD.

FC Manager Andreas Rettig kündigte inzwischen an, so schnell wie möglich mit Podolski verlängern zu wollen. Er wird sie Option ziehen. Was bedeutet: Ein Klub muß dann, um Podolski zu verpflichten, eine noch höhere zweistellige Millionen-Summe zahlen. Oder verzichten.

Ob Podolski in Köln bleibt, hängt vom Saisonverlauf ab. Pflippen zu SPORT BILD: "Wenn man im Dezember sieht, daß die Kölner um den 2., 3. oder 4. Platz mitspielen, kann man über eine Vertragsverlängerung nachdenken." Versinke Köln aber im Abstiegskampf, "müssen wir im Winter verhandeln."

Finanziell hätte Branchenkrösus FC Bayern die besten Chancen bei der Jagt auf Podolski. Das Jahresgahalt von aktuell rund 300 000 Euro könnte der Rekordmeister locker verdoppeln und verdreifachen.

Aber: Es ist nicht sicher, ob Trainer Felix Magath den Kölner überhaupt will: "Podolski hat noch lange keine internationale Klasse."

Darum gibt der Bayern-Präsident Franz Beckenbauer den dringenden Rat: "Wichtig ist, daß sich der junge Mann entwickelt. Ob in Köln, Bayern oder sonstwo."

Oder sonstwo - damit fühlen sich sofort Werder Bremen, VFB Stuttgart und Hertha BSC angesprochen.

Werder Manager Klaus Allofs ("Natürlich ist so ein Spieler für uns interessant") gibt sogar zu, daß er mit Spielerberater Norbert Pflippen über Podolski spricht: " Daß wir mit seinem Berater, mit dem wir schon eineige Transfers abgewickelt haben (zuletzt Torsten Frings; d.Red.), über ihn reden, ist selbstverständlich."
Allofs zu SPORT BILD: "Der logische Weg ist, daß Podolski irgendwann bei den Bayern landet. Die Frage ist: Bleibt er noch ein oder zwei Jahre in Köln und macht dann vielleicht einen Zwischenschritt, oder ist er schon soweit, daß er sofort zu einem Spitzenklub geht?" Allofs gibt gibt die Antwort: "Von seinem Können her und so, wie Podolski gestrickt ist, wäre ein Zwischenschritt auch nicht schlecht. Werder ist auf dem Weg nach ganz oben sich häufig die richtige Adresse,"

Da will der VFB Stuttgart nicht lange nachstehen. Sportdirektor Herbert Briem: "Lukas Podolski wprde zum VB passen. Wenn irgendwo ein Signal herkommt, daß er in Köln unzufrieden ist, werden wir uns damit befassen, das ist doch ganz klar."

Hertha BSC ist da einen Schritt weiter. Manger Dieter Hoeneß erkundigte sich schon vorige Saison bei Pflippen: Hoeneß: "Podolski ist ein Spielertyp, der wunderbar zu uns passen würde. Ich bin ziemlich sicher, daß der Junge nach der WM wechseln wird, und dann wollen wir mal sehen, wo er landet. Sportlich haben wir vielleicht sogar mehr zu bieten als die Bayern, weil er bei uns die Garantie hat, daß er spielt."
Magath bestätigt ihn: "Junge Spieler müssen sich entwickeln. Es ist klar, daß sie lieber da spielen, wo sie größere Gewißheit haben, ständig zum Einsatz zu kommen."
Podolski scheint auch nicht abgeneigt zu sein: "Berlin ist eine tolle Stadt und Hertha ein Klub, der professionell geführt wird."
Schon einmal hat Hertha einen späteren Bayern-Profi ausgebildet: Sebastian Deisler von 1999 bis 2002. In Berlin holte sich das Mittelfeldtalent das Rüstzeug, um zum FC Hollywood nach München zu wechseln.

Für Bremen spricht, führt Allofs ins Feld, daß Miroslav Klose dort spielt. In der Nationalelf versteht sich Podolski gut mit ihm, nicht nur spielerisch: Beide haben polnische Wurzeln. "Wir sprechen im Spiel manchmal polnisch, damit uns der Gegener nicht versteht", erzählt er.
Auch in Bremen gibt es ein Vorbild, wie man trotzdem den Sprung zu Bayern schaffen kann. Allofs: "Claudio Pizarro ist zu uns gekommen und hat gesagt, ich will irgendwann bei einem europäischen Spitzenklub spielen." Als er die nötige Klasse hatte, durfte er wechseln.

Noch beteuert Podolski: "Es gibt wenig Gründe, den Verein zu verlassen. Der einzige Grund, es trotzdem zu tun, ist die Möglichkeit, international zu spielen, Titel zu Gewinnen, davon träumt jeder."
Die Kölner ziehen alle Register, um Podolski zu halten: Präsident Wolfgang Overath will den Eltern Waldemar und Christina ein Haus in Bergeim schenken. Podolskis Gehalt noch einmal aufstocken.

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Basically, to sum up the 2 paragraphis in Bold..

Allofs has been talking to Podolskis agent, who theyve worked with before. Allofs says "the logical path is that Poldi will go to Munich at some point, however it is quite possible for him to go to a transitionary club before hand.

Podolski has said he would like to play with Klose "we sometimes speak Polish while we play, which the other team does not understand. Dont tell them :happy: "


I can definitely see Poldi in a Werder shirt. We all know he is going to go to Bayern at some point, but possibly he'll go the way of Herzog and Pizzaro, stoping in Bremen for 2-3 seasons first :shades:

 

I think Podolski is going straight to Bayern from his current club

That said and done...y are the Werder players reporting back for duty so soon?

The Bayern Stars arent scheduled to return until the 20th

 

I think Podolski is going straight to Bayern from his current club

That said and done...y are the Werder players reporting back for duty so soon?

The Bayern Stars arent scheduled to return until the 20th

I think its because Schaff wants to have everyone back and together, we've got a good amount of new signings that he wants practicing together as much as possible before the season starts

:heart: Thomas Schaff

 

KA wants Katsouranis


Allofs will Grieche Katsouranis

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Der Kauf eines neuen Innenverteidigers bei Werder Bremen steht unmittelbar bevor. Sicheres Indiz dafür: Klaus Allofs war am Mittwoch auf Tour.
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Ein Europameister für Werder? Bremen hat Konstantinos Katsouranis von AEK Athen an der Angel.Wohin seine Reise ging? Auf keinen Fall nach Brasilien, um den Kauf von Naldo einzutüten.

Wie der kicker erfuhr, reiste der Bremer Sportdirektor nach Griechenland. Das Objekt der Biegierde: Konstantinos Katsouranis von AEK Athen. Der 26-Jährige dürfte die Bremer rund 2,5 Millionen Euro kosten, womit der Europameister des Jahres 2004 im Vergleich zu Naldo auch noch rund 500.000 Euro günstiger ist.

Beim Turnier in Portugal wurde Katsouranis vom griechischen Nationaltrainer Otto Rehhagel im ersten Spiel in der Halbzeitpause eingewechselt, danach stand er bis zum Finale stets 90 Minuten auf dem Platz.

Unter Rehhagel wird Katsouranis zumeist im Mittelfeld eingesetzt, so auch beim Confederations Cup. Bei den enttäuschenden Vorstellungen der Griechen stand Katsouranis beim 0:3 gegen Brasilien und beim 0:1 gegen Japan in der Startformation. Bei der Nullnummer gegen Mexiko spielte er nicht.

source: kicker.de

basically it says Allofs is looking to get the services of Greek European Champion Konstantinos Katsouranis.

Dont really know why we're looking at him, We've got Baumann and Frings capable already of playing DM

but his marketworth is pretty high

 

Werder Trikots for this season


Now the new Werder shirts are official made public:
Away Kit

This strip looks fantastic. :thmbup:

What's with the sudden upsurge in orange being added to the home strips though, i never thought that was a colour ever associated with Werder Bremen?

 

Werder has had atleast a little bit of orange ever since around 1999 when O.tel.o was their sponsor. Those kits had the sponsor's name written in orange on the chest. it disappeared for a season or 2, then came back with a fury with the papagei (parrot) trikots

 

basically it says Allofs is looking to get the services of Greek European Champion Konstantinos Katsouranis.

Dont really know why we're looking at him, We've got Baumann and Frings capable already of playing DM

but his marketworth is pretty high

Katsouranis is one of the most versitaille Greek players around. He is usually a DM, but can play as a fullback also. He is also not too shabby going forward. Basically this guy does it all.

 

Katsouranis is one of the most versitaille Greek players around. He is usually a DM, but can play as a fullback also. He is also not too shabby going forward. Basically this guy does it all.

Have you heard anything before this about him going to Werder?

 

Werder NEWS:

werder news:

Leon Andreasen exonerated

A friend of the 22 years old admits, he threw the bottle i
nto the girls face in a disco in Arhus.

rumors:

Werder should now try to sign Greek international Katsouranis from AEK,
because there a problems with the Naldo transfer.

 

15.07.2005, 11:38 Uhr
Test In Cottbus : Nostalgic reunion With Piplica & Co.

Top pre-season scorer with ten goals in three games ; Mohamed zidan

Werder have one more test on Friday evening before they head south to Schruns, Austria for their second trainings camp. Second division side FC Energie Cottbus await the Green-Whites in what will be Bremens toughest test so far during their ongoing preparations. The game kicks off at 7pm and those lucky enough to pick up German T.V. can watch the match live from 6:45pm on DSF.

FC Energie Cottbus were relegated to the second division back in 2003 after three years in the Bundesliga and all at the club are eagerly awaiting the return of a top club to the 'Lausitz' region : "This game is without a doubt the highlight of our preparations and we're looking forward to a really tough test in front of a packed house", exclaimed club manager Petrik Sander. Most football fans will remember Cottbus keeper Tomislav Piplica, U.S international and team captain Gregg Berhalter, Timo Rost and ex-Gladbacher Lawrence Aidoo. One time Rostock striker now in Cottbus Steffan Baumgart will miss out with a middle foot break.

The side from the Lausitz have partaken in four pre-season games so far, losing their last friendly 3:2 against Polish first division team GSK Belchatow. Petrik Sander is hoping to field his first eleven against Werder: "The only doubt is Markus Dworrak with a thigh problem, aside from that I have my best team available for selection", explained the 44 year old.

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I think this game will be played more like a real game than an exibition. Cottbus have something to prove as they fight their way back to the 1st Bundesliga. I hope I can manage to get highlights of this