SV Werder Bremen in European football

SV Werder Bremen in European football
The official logo of SV Werder Bremen
ClubSV Werder Bremen
Seasons played26
First entry1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry2010–11 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League0
Europa League0[a]
Cup Winners' Cup
1
Super Cup0[b]

Werder Bremen is a successful German football club based in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, northern Germany which participated in UEFA competitions on many occasions in the past. The club won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992[1][2] and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1998.[2] They were runners-up of the UEFA Cup in 2008–09[2] before it was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League (or UEL for short).[3] They were also runners-up of the 1993 European Super Cup.

Currently, they still play in Bundesliga as of 2025. Nonetheless, they haven't been playing in any UEFA-organised competition since the 2010–11 season, when they last competed in UEFA Champions League, reaching the group stage respectively.

Overall statistics in UEFA competitions

Competition P W D L
UEFA Champions League 66 27 14 25 [4]
UEFA Europa League 99 46 24 29
UEFA Super Cup 2 0 1 1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 21 11 3 7
UEFA Intertoto Cup 22 14 4 4

UEFA record

In the table below are depicted SV Werder Bremen's historical results in European football by UEFA competition, according to their competitive history in the passing of time.[5][6]

Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Aarhus 2–0 3–2 5–2
Quarter-finals Atlético Madrid 1–1 1–3 2–4
1965–66 European Cup Preliminary round APOEL 5–0 5–0 10–0
First round Partizan 0–3 1–0 1–3
1982–83 UEFA Cup First round Vorwärts Frankfurt 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
Second round Brage 2–0 6–2 8–2
Third round Dundee United 1–1 1–2 2–3
1983–84 UEFA Cup First round Malmö 1–1 2–1 3–2
Second round Lokomotive Leipzig 0–1 1–1 1–2
1984–85 UEFA Cup First round Anderlecht 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Chornomorets 1–2 3–2 4–4 (a)
1986–87 UEFA Cup First round Atlético 0–2 2–1 (a.e.t.) 2–3
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round Mjøndalen 5–0 0–1 5–1
Second round Spartak 1–4 6–2 (a.e.t.) 7–6
Third round Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 1–1 3–2
Quarter-finals Hellas 1–1 1–0 2–1
Semi-finals Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 0–1 0–1
1988–89 European Cup First round Berliner FC Dynamo 5–0 0–3 5–3
Second round Celtic 1–0 0–0 1–0
Quarter-finals Milan 0–0 0–1 0–1
1989–90 UEFA Cup First round Lillestrøm SK 2–0 3–1 5–1
Second round Austria Vienna 5–0 0–2 5–2
Third round Napoli 5–1 3–2 8–3
Quarter-finals RFC Liège 0–2 4–1 4–3
Semi-finals Fiorentina 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Bacău 5–0 6–0 11–0
Second round Ferencváros 3–2 1–2 4–2
Quarter-finals Galatasaray 2–1 0–0 2–1
Semi-finals Brugge 2–0 0–1 2–1
Final Monaco 2–0 Winners
1992–93 Super Cup Final Barcelona 1–1 1–2 2–3
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Hannover 96 3–1 1–2 4–3
Second round Sparta 2–3 0–1 2–4
1993–94 UEFA Champions League
First round Dinamo Minsk 5–2 1–1 6–3
Second round Levski 1–0 2–2 3–2
Group B
Milan 1–1 1–2 3rd place
Anderlecht 5–3 2–1
Porto 0–5 2–3
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
First round Maccabi Tel Aviv 2–0 0–0 2–0
Second round Feyenoord 3–4 0–1 3–5
1995–96 UEFA Cup
First round Glenavon 5–0 2–0 7–0
Second round Dinamo Minsk 5–0 1–2 6–2
Third round PSV 0–0 1–2 1–2
1998–99 UEFA Cup
First round Brann 4–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 4–2
Second round Marseille 1–1 2–3 3–4
1999–2000 UEFA Cup
First round Bodø/Glimt 1–1 5–0 6–1
Second round Viking 0–0 2–2 (a) 2–2
Third round Lyon 4–0 0–3 4–3
Fourth round Parma 3–1 0–1 3–2
Quarter-finals Arsenal 2–4 0–2 2–6
2000–01 UEFA Cup
First round Antalyaspor 6–0 0–2 6–2
Second round Genk 4–1 5–2 9–3
Third round Bordeaux 0–0 1–4 0–4
2002–03 UEFA Cup
First round Metalurh Donetsk 8–0 2–2 10–2
Second round Vitesse 3–3 1–2 4–5
2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group G Internazionale 1–1 0–2 2nd place
Valencia 2–1 2–0
Anderlecht 5–1 2–1
Round of 16 Lyon 0–3 2–7 2–10
2005–06 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Basel 3–0 1–2 4–2
Group C Barcelona 0–2 1–3 2nd place
Udinese 4–3 1–1
Panathinaikos 5–1 1–2
Round of 16 Juventus 3–2 1–2 4–4 (a)
2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Group A Barcelona 1–1 0–2 3rd place
Chelsea 1–0 0–2
Levski 2–0 3–0
UEFA Cup Round of 32 Ajax 3–0 1–3 4–3
Round of 16 Celta Vigo 1–0 2–0 3–0
Quarter-finals AZ Alkmaar 0–0 4–1 4–1
Semi-finals Espanyol 0–3 1–2 1–5

Notes

  1. ^ Runners-up in 2009
  2. ^ Runners-up in 1992

References

  1. ^ "About Werder". Werder.de. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "SV Werder Bremen". UEFA. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "Revamped UEFA Cup rebranded Europa League". ESPN Soccernet. September 26, 2008. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  4. ^ "SV Werder Bremen". July 12, 2010. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
  5. ^ "SV Werder, Bremen in international football competitions". EU Fotball.info. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ^ "SV Werder Bremen". UEFA Champions League official website. Retrieved 4 February 2023.