2015–16 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2015–16 SV Werder Bremen season is the 106th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football league system. It is the clubs 33rd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1981.

Werder Bremen

2015–16 season
President	Hubertus Hess-Grunewald
Head coach	Viktor Skripnik
Stadium	Weserstadion
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Claudio Pizarro
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club also is taking part in the 2015–16 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Season overview

August

On 8 August, Werder Bremen started the season by winning against third division side Würzburger Kickers.[1] Werder lost the opening match of Bundesliga to Schalke 04 at home by a margin of 0–3.[2] Werder earned their first point in Bundesliga after 1–1 draw away at Hertha BSC.[3] Bremen earned their first win of the season by beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 at home with impressive performance from goal scorer Jannik Vestergaard and Aron Jóhannsson[4]

September

After the international break, Werder continued their winning form by beating TSG Hoffenheim 3–1. The game appeared to be headed to a draw, but a two injury time goals from Anthony Ujah and Zlatko Junuzović in a matter of two minutes sealed the victory for Werder.[5] However, Werder lost their way and winning form by losing to newly promoted team FC Ingolstadt and Darmstadt 98. Werder also saw Philipp Bargfrede and Fin Bartels getting marching orders against Ingolstadt and Darmstadt respectively.[6] Aron Jóhannsson suffered a hip injury during training with no timeline given by Werder's medical staff on his return.[7] Werder lost their third-straight match with a defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.[8][9] Head coach Viktor Skrypnyk conceded that losing three match in a row was a big disappointment for the team.[10]

October

Werder continued their losing trend by losing 1–0 to lowly-placed Hannover 96. This was the fourth consecutive loss for Werder, with unbeaten Bayern Munich looking to pounce on the team when they meet at Weserstadion after international break.[11] Werder gave a fighting performance against league leaders Bayern and came close to securing a point through Anthony Ujah. Bremen, however, could not prevent Bayern from becoming the first-ever team to win nine opening matches[12] Captain Clemens Fritz played his 250th match for Bremen but was not satisfied with the loss against Bayern after a spirited performance. Sporting Director Thomas Eichin, however, was at least pleased with the response of the team after having lost four-straight Bundesliga games.[13] After losing five consecutive matches, The Whites showed strength and character to outclass FSV Mainz 05 courtesy of an Ujah brace.[14] The next match for Bremen was in DFB-Pokal, where they knocked off 1. FC Köln 1–0 to reach the last 16 of the competition.[15] The month of October ended with a home match against second-placed Borussia Dortmund, which ended in 1–3 defeat. Sporting Director Eichin was happy with the spirited performance of Bremen and conceded that goal by Henrikh Mkhitaryan just before the half-time break changed the game in favour of Dortmund.[16]

November

The Whites started the month with a hard-fought 2–1 victory away at struggling FC Augsburg.[17] The match will be remembered for Claudio Pizzaro's first goal of his third stint at Werder and his 177th Bundesliga goal, the highest-ever total by foreign player in the Bundesliga.[18] In the next match, however, Werder faced their worst defeat of the season when they were thrashed 6–0 at the hands of VfL Wolfsburg.[19] After the humiliating loss, Werder Bremen next faces their fiercest northern neighbour Hamburger SV for the 103rd time in the Bundesliga. Despite Werder historically tallying more wins (37) over their opponent (32), Hamburg appeared more up-beat about facing Werder after its impressive win over Borussia Dortmund the week prior.[20] Werder lost the match 1–3, increasing the mounting pressure on coach Viktor Skripnik.[21]

December

The month of December was received with positive news that forward Aron Jóhannsson, who has been out of action since October, has started training sessions. The aim for Jóhannsson is to be in full training before the second half of the season begins after the winter break.[22] On 6 December, Werder traveled to VfB Stuttgart and battled hard in the second half to rescue a point after Lukas Rupp put the hosts in front.[23] Anthony Ujah scored the equaliser; his consistent goal-scoring performances have caught the attention of Stoke City for the upcoming winter transfer window.[24] In Werder's next match, Ujah was again the centre of focus, missing a penalty in the next match against his former club, Köln. Werder were leading when Ujah missed the penalty, whereupon Köln compounded the misery for the Green Whites by leveling with a controversial goal.[25] Werder are now without a win in their last six home games, and are desperate to win in their next match away at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the DFB-Pokal. The desperate Werder battled hard with courage and passion to come from behind to defeat Mönchengladbach 3–4 to earn a quarter-final spot in the DFB-Pokal.[26] It was the night to remember for the Green-Whites, especially the young stars of Werder, such as Levin Öztunalı, Florian Grillitsch and Janek Sternberg, the latter who scored his first goal for Bremen.[27] The DFB-Pokal win set up a quarter-final match away at Bayer Leverkusen, which will be played in the second week of February. Werder is set to face fellow Bundesliga strugglers Eintracht Frankfurt for the last game before the winter break commences. Head coach Viktor Skripnik is placing special importance to the match, terming it as "mini final" with players determined to give everything against Frankfurt.[28] Werder ended 2015 with a loss against Frankfurt, thus ending the first half of the Bundesliga season in the relegation zone.[29]

January

The start of new year saw Werder Bremen sign 21-year-old Hungarian midfielder László Kleinheisler and Senegalese centre back Papy Djilobodji on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.[30][31] Meanwhile, long-serving Felix Kroos and Levent Ayçiçek has been loaned out to 1. FC Union Berlin and 1860 München respectively until the summer of 2016.[32][33] The new year began with an impressive win for the Green Whites at Schalke 04, with captain Clemens Fritz leading from the front by scoring an equalizing goal and providing beautiful crosses for the next two goals.[34] Unfortunately, Philipp Bargfrede suffered a meniscus tear in the game and will miss the remainder of the season.[35] In the first home game of 2016, Werder played out a hard-earned draw against Hertha BSC. Despite going 2–0 down and later 3–1 down in the match, Werder fought valiantly to earn a 3–3 draw, with stunning goal by Fin Bartels and a superb header by Santiago García.[36] Before the January transfer window closed, Bremen secured the services of midfielder Sambou Yatabaré from Olympiacos and centre back Miloš Veljković from Tottenham Hotspur.[37][38]

February

Bremen's next match was against Borussia Mönchengladbach, who were looking to end their losing streak. Bremen lost 5–1, pushing them down to the relegation play-off position in the table, whilst moving Gladbach up to sixth and pushing for a Champions League spot.[39] It was disappointing team performance by the Green-Whites, despite striker Claudio Pizarro scoring a goal in his 400th game. Thomas Eichin was critical of the effort put by the players and stated his expectation for "100 percent" effort from his players.[40] After the demoralising loss, Bremen returned to cup competition to face Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals. Bremen continued its good fortune in the cup by coming from behind to beat Leverkusen 1–3 and secure their place in the semi-final against reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.[41] On 13 February, Werder faced fellow league strugglers Hoffenheim at Weserstadion. Papy Djilobodji scored a crucial debut goal to earn a vital point for Werder, keeping them above Hoffenheim in the relegation battle. The game also saw a significant milestone when newly appointed Julian Nagelsmann of Hoffenheim became the youngest-ever Bundesliga coach at 28 years of age.[42] On 20 February, Bremen suffered another defeat against newcomers FC Ingolstadt. The last match of the month saw Bremen hosting Darmstadt 98 for its 23rd league game. Eichin admitted that after the loss to Ingolstadt,[43] the game against Darmstadt is like a must win encounter for Bremen. Bremen ultimately drew the match 2–2.[44]

March

With mediocre performance in the previous month and with mounting pressure to avoid relegation, Werder Bremen started the month of March with impressive display of goal scoring to earn two vital victories against Leverkusen and Hannover.[45][46] It was an important landmark for veteran goal scorer Pizarro who scored hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen to become the oldest bundesliga player to score a hat-trick. Pizarro was also on target against Hannover, which moved him within one goal away from the record goal-scorer Marco Bode's tally of 101 goals for Werder Bremen.[47] The next match saw Werder receive pounding from current champion and league leader Bayern Munich and losing 5-0 at Allianz Areana.[48] The last match of the month saw Werder Bremen coming from behind to secure a point against high flying Mainz [49]

April

The month of April saw Werder Bremens ambition to be in Bundesliga receive a massive dent as Werder lost consecutive matches to Borrusia Dortmund and struggling Augsburg. However, Werder Bremen resumed their Bundesliga survival by beating Wolfsburg 3-2 at Weserstadion. Claudio Pizarro scored from the spot and thereby became Bremen's all-time leading goal scorer with 102 goals.[50] Weder Bremen next assignment was semi-final of DFB pokal against Bayern Munich, which Bremen eventually lost 2-0 ending their any hope of silverware to an otherwise disappointing season.[51] The last match of the month, saw Werder facing its fierce neighbour Hamburg. The game ended in 2-1 loss for Werder despite a goal from Anthony Ujah.

May

Werder Bremen came out of relegation zone after an emphatic victory over fellow strugglers VfB Stuttgart. Fin Bartels scored a brace for the Green-Whites and revived the hopes of survival in the bundesliga next season.[52] However, Bremen came down to the relegation zone after earning a draw against Cologne in the next match.[53] The final match of 2015-16 Bundesliga sees Werder Bremen facing their closest rival Eintracht Frankfurt in the relegation battle to decide who is guaranteed a place in the Bundesliga next season. The final match ended in a dramatic fashion when Papy Djilobodji gave the Green-whites much needed goal in the 88th minute to ensure Werder Bremen continues to be in top-flight of German football.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Lose

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38
14	Darmstadt 98	34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38
15	1899 Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[54]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38	5	5	7	27	30	−3	5	3	9	23	35	−12

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W
Position	16	15	11	6	9	13	13	14	16	14	16	14	14	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	16	13

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 1	Werder Bremen	0–3	Schalke 04	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Gebre Selassie  34' (o.g.) Choupo-Moting  68' Aogo  77' Höger  80' Huntelaar  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

21 August 2015 (2015-08-21) 2	Hertha BSC	1–1	Werder Bremen	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stocker  6'	Report	Ujah  26' Fritz  60'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 56,376 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) 3	Werder Bremen	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  30' Jóhannsson  39' (pen.) Vestergaard  53' U. Garcia  62' Wiedwald  90+4'	Report	Xhaka  24'  87' Stindl  45' Nordtveit  66'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

TSG Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 4	TSG Hoffenheim	1–3	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vargas  49' Volland  53' Polanski  60'	Report	Junuzović  18',  45', 90+3' Lukimya  66' Fritz  69' Ujah  90+2',  90+2'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,312 Referee: Jochen Drees

Werder Bremen v FC Ingolstadt

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	Werder Bremen	0–1	FC Ingolstadt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gebre Selassie  56' Lukimya  66' Pizarro  86' Bargfrede  90+4'	Report	Hübner  26' Groß  28' Suttner  39' Morales  82' Hartmann  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Darmstadt 98 v Werder Bremen

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Werder Bremen	Darmstadt
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Holland  28' Wagner  31' (pen.), 84' Niemeyer  40' Díaz  88'	Report	Bartels  10'  88' Jóhannsson  19' Wiedwald  30'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Werder Bremen	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  39'	Report	Mehmedi  31' Bellarabi  43' Brandt  58' Kampl  65' Donati  83'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,005 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Hannover 96	1–0	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sané  19',  55' Schulz  51' Gülselam  89' Zieler  90+2'	Report	Bartels  36'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Werder Bremen	0–1	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  60' Bargfrede  80'	Report	Müller  23' Rafinha  42' Kimmich  82'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Christian Dingert

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Mainz 05	1–3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balogun  62' Jairo  79' Muto  90'	Report	Fritz  11' Ujah  39', 44' Bartels  45+3'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,837 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	Werder Bremen	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah  32' Sternberg  55' Fritz  60' Gálvez  64'	Report	Reus  9', 72' Mkhitaryan  44'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Tobias Welz

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 12	FC Augsburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kohr  3' Verhaegh  90+1' (pen.)	Report	S. García  11' Pizarro  58' Bartels  69' Vestergaard  77' Junuzović  90+3' Wiedwald  90+4'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 28,122 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	6–0	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gálvez  11' (o.g.) Kruse  44', 87' Vieirinha  56' Guilavogui  67' Dost  78'	Report	Gálvez  26' Fritz  43'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Werder Bremen	1–3	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bartels  30' Lukimya  54' Ujah  62'	Report	Iličević  3' Sakai  18' Gregoritsch  26' N. Müller  68'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 15	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Die  25' Rupp  33' Kostić  49'	Report	Bargfrede  30' Fritz  53' Ujah  71'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,590 Referee: Florian Meyer

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vestergaard  4' Bartels  70' Öztunalı  70' Fritz  83'	Report	Vogt  45+1' Gerhardt  50' Švento  79'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,727 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kadlec  10' Meier  31' Aigner  42',  48' Ignjovski  79'	Report	Fritz  14' Pizarro  29' Sternberg  78' Zetterer  79' Öztunalı  86' U. Garcia  87'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18	Schalke 04	1–3	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matip  4' Kolašinac  77'	Report	Grillitsch  35' Fritz  43' Pizarro  53',  80' Junuzović  58' Ujah  89'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,271 Referee: Christian Dingert

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19	Werder Bremen	3–3	Hertha BSC	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	S. García  40' Fritz  48' Djilobodji  53' Bartels  67' Pizarro  75' (pen.), 77'	Report	Haraguchi  9' Darida  29' Plattenhardt  41' Skjelbred  46' Weiser  68' Kalou  71'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,141 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–1	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stindl  12' Hazard  30' Christensen  31', 50' Raffael  70' (pen.) Nordtveit  88'	Report	Pizarro  56' (pen.) Vestergaard  69' Junuzović  74'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,569 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Werder Bremen v TSG Hoffenheim

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	Werder Bremen	1–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djilobodji  13' S. García  56'	Report	Kramarić  10',  49'  77' Volland  45' Schmid  73' Vargas  90+2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,454 Referee: Benjamin Brand

FC Ingolstadt v Werder Bremen

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	FC Ingolstadt	2–0	Werder Bremen	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hübner  12' Cohen  22' da Costa  59' Hinterseer  90' (pen.)	Report	Djilobodji  36' Pizarro  72'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Werder Bremen v Darmstadt 98

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	Werder Bremen	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah  33' Wiedwald  43' Yatabaré  45+1' S. García  47' Pizarro  89'	Report	Rajković  36' Wagner  44' (pen.) Sulu  57',  82' Niemeyer  71'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,396 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández  43' Djilobodji  69' (o.g.)	Report	Bartels  5' Pizarro  55', 65' (pen.), 83' Djilobodji  62'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,506 Referee: Marco Fritz

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	Werder Bremen	4–1	Hannover 96	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bartels  18' Pizarro  26' Gebre Selassie  56' Junuzović  67',  85' Fritz  69'	Report	Karaman  38',  45' Gülselam  40'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	Bayern Munich	5–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thiago  9', 90' Müller  31', 65' Ribéry  35' Lewandowski  86'	Report	Gebre Selassie  25' Djilobodji  67' U. Garcia  83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	Werder Bremen	1–1	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fritz  38' Pizarro  45+3' (pen.) Djilobodji  62'	Report	Baumgartlinger  38' Jairo  61' Bell  89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,416 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aubameyang  53' Kagawa  77' Ramos  82' Castro  90+1'	Report	S. García  15' Yatabaré  50' Gálvez  53',  69' Junuzović  74'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Tobias Welz

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	Werder Bremen	1–2	FC Augsburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grillitsch  43' Gebre Selassie  68' Fritz  90'	Report	Caiuby  12' Opare  50' Finnbogason  53',  70' Max  72' Janker  82' Hong  87'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	Werder Bremen	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  26' Pizarro  32' (pen.) Bartels  64' Yatabaré  83'	Report	Schürrle  17' Vieirinha  31' Guilavogui  36' Luiz Gustavo  77' Benaglio  83' Dost  86' Arnold  88'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,557 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) 31	Hamburger SV	2–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga  5', 32',  26' Gregoritsch  46' Drobný  79'	Report	Yatabaré  15' Fritz  35' Ujah  65' Djilobodji  76' Bartels  90+5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

2 May 2016 (2016-05-02) 32	Werder Bremen	6–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartels  10', 80' Barba  33' (o.g.) Öztunalı  42' Pizarro  64' Ujah  86' Gebre Selassie  90'	Report	Insúa  9' Didavi  26' Barba  53'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	1. FC Köln	0–0	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maroh  24' Hector  51' Sørensen  61'	Report	Grillitsch  38' Bartels  79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Werder Bremen	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grillitsch  50' Gebre Selassie  78' Djilobodji  88' Ujah  89' Junuzović  90+2'	Report	Oczipka  64' Russ  90'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Würzburger Kickers v Werder Bremen

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Würzburger Kickers	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Würzburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shapourzadeh  22' Russ  105' Fennell  111'	Report	Ujah  79',  102' Bargfrede  90' Bartels  108' Gálvez  113'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 9,706 Referee: Rene Rohde

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2	Werder Bremen	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah  23'	Report	Modeste  39'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,052 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) Round of 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–4	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
19:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stindl  32',  63' Dahoud  48' Hrgota  74', 90+3'	Report	Sternberg  51' Vestergaard  58' U. Garcia  71' Pizarro  75' Ujah  78'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,106 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen	1–3	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández  22' (pen.) Wendell  41' Çalhanoğlu  52'	Report	Gálvez  21' S. García  31',  34' Pizarro  42' (pen.) Grillitsch  82'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,104 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	2–0	Werder Bremen	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller  30', 71' (pen.)	Report	Fritz  24'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Squad and statistics

Sources:[55] As of 23 January 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Felix Wiedwald	20	0	17	0	3	0
2	FW		Anthony Ujah	20	10	17	7	3	3
3	DF		Jannik Vestergaard	19	3	16	2	3	1
4	DF		Theodor Gebre Selassie	19	0	16	0	3	0
5	MF		Fin Bartels	18	3	16	2	2	1
6	MF		Clemens Fritz	17	0	15	0	2	0
7	MF		Zlatko Junuzović	16	2	14	2	2	0
8	MF		Philipp Bargfrede	16	0	13	0	3	0
9	FW		Claudio Pizarro	16	3	14	2	2	1
11	DF		Álex Gálvez	15	0	13	0	2	0
14	DF		Assani Lukimya	15	0	12	0	3	0
15	DF		Santiago García	14	0	13	0	1	0
16	MF		Levin Öztunali	12	0	10	0	2	0
17	MF		Florian Grillitsch	12	0	9	0	3	0
18	DF		Ulisses Garcia	11	0	9	0	2	0
19	DF		Janek Sternberg	8	1	5	0	3	1
20	FW		Aron Jóhannsson	6	2	6	2	0	0
21	MF		Maximilian Eggestein	5	0	4	0	1	0
22	FW		Melvyn Lorenzen	4	0	4	0	0	0
23	MF		Lukas Fröde	3	0	2	0	1	0
25	DF		Luca-Milan Zander	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF		Marcel Hilßner	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Özkan Yildirim	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Felix Kroos	9	0	8	0	1	0
30	MF		Julian von Haacke	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Raphael Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Michael Zetterer	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Papy Djilobodji	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Mateo Pavlović	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Oliver Hüsing	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF		Marnon Busch	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		László Kleinheisler	0	0	0	0	0	0

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