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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. [4] The name "Werder" is the German word for "river peninsula ", alluding to the riverside field on which the team played their first football matches.
Weserstadion (German pronunciation: [ˈveːzɐˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] ⓘ) is a football stadium in Bremen, Germany. The Weserstadion is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks (the name 'Werder' is a regional German word for "river peninsula"). The city center is only about a kilometre away.
The Nordderby or Northern derby is a match between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen, the two most successful and popular football clubs in Northern Germany.Hamburger SV (HSV) were created in 1887 and play their matches at the Volksparkstadion, while Werder Bremen were founded in 1899 and have their home ground at the Weserstadion.
There was a British Forces hospital in Rinteln during the 1960s. In 1875, ... Stephanie Goddard (born 1988), former footballer, played for SV Werder Bremen ...
Hamburg against rivals Werder Bremen in the Nordderby. HSV contests the Nordderby with fellow Northern Germany side Werder Bremen. In Spring 2009, HSV faced Werder four times in only three weeks, and Werder defeated HSV in the UEFA-Cup semi-final, as well as in the DFB-Pokal semi-final. Furthermore, HSV shares a cross-town rivalry with FC St ...
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˈʃtatɡəˌmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] ⓘ), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Werder Bremen: Nord-Süd Klassiker ('North-South classic') Name for the two long-standing Bundesliga rivals in German top flight. The matches between them is the most often played in German top flight. [10] [11] VfL Wolfsburg: Hamburger SV: Nordderby ('northern derby'). [12] [13] Preußen Münster: VfL Osnabrück: Grenzlandderby ('borderlands ...
Werder Bremen climbed to second place in the final table, 5 points behind Bayern Munich. They were also the league's highest scoring team, with 79. Miroslav Klose was the league's top scorer with 25.