List of SV Werder Bremen seasons explained

This is a list of the seasons played by Werder Bremen from 1900 when the club was represented at the founding of the German Football Association (DFB) at Leipzig to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Players with a bold and were also top scorers of whichever division Werder were in during that season. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of German football:

• Before 1945 the German league structure was changing rapidly. The end of World War II marks the end of this episode.
• From 1945–1963 a German league structure without a nationwide league was maintained without greater changes.
• Since 1963 a nationwide league, the Bundesliga, exists.

Werder have won the Bundesliga four times. The club have also won the DFB-Pokal six times, and have won one European title, the Cup Winner's Cup in 1992.

Bremen have been relegated twice, in 1979–80 and 2020–21; on both occasions, they were promoted back to the first tier at the first attempt.

Key

Key to league record:

• Pld – Matches played
• W – Matches won
• D – Matches drawn
• L – Matches lost
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• Pts – Points
• Pos – Final position

Key to colours and symbols:

scope=col	Symbol	scope=col	Meaning
style=background:gold	W	Winners
style=background:silver	RU	Runners-up
style=background:#cfc		Promoted
style=background:MistyRose		Relegated
style=background:PapayaWhip	EC	European Cup / Champions League
style=background:lightblue	EC	UEFA Cup / Europa League
style=background:lightyellow	♦	Top league scorer in Werder Bremen's division

Key to rounds:

• Prel. – Preliminary round
• QR1 – First qualifying round
• QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc.
• Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper)
• GS – Group stage
• 1R – First round
• 2R – Second round, etc.
• R64 – 1/32 Final
• R32 – 1/16 Final
• R16 – 1/8 Final
• QF – Quarter-finals
• SF – Semi-finals
• F – Final
• W – Winners
• DNE – Did not enter

• BL – Bundesliga
• 2BL – 2. Bundesliga
• NDFM – Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft

Seasons until 1933

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Player(s)	Goals
	League									Top goalscorer(s)^[1]
1902–03									^[2]	N/A
1903–04									^[3]	N/A
1904–05										N/A
1905–06									^[4]	N/A
1906–07										N/A
1907–08										N/A
1908–09										N/A
1909–10									^[5]	N/A
1910–11										N/A
1911–12										N/A
1912–13										N/A
1913–14										N/A
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20										N/A
1920–21										N/A
1921–22										N/A
1922–23									^[6]	N/A
1923–24										N/A
1924–25										N/A
1925–26									^[7]	N/A
1926–27									^[8]	N/A
1927–28									^[9]	N/A
1928–29									^[10]	N/A
1929–30										N/A
1930–31									^[11]	N/A
1931–32										N/A
1932–33									^[12]	N/A
1934–35										N/A
1935–36

Gauliga (1933–1945)

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	Player(s)	Goals
	League										Top goalscorer(s)^[13]
1933–34									^[14]		N/A
1934–35											N/A
1935–36									^[15]		N/A
1936–37									^[16]		N/A
1937–38											N/A
1938–39											N/A
1939–40											N/A
1940–41											N/A
1941–42									^[17]		N/A
1942–43											N/A
1943–44											N/A
1944–45

1945–1963

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	Cup	Result	Name(s)	Goals
	League										UEFA – FIFA		Top goalscorer(s)^[18]
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51													N/A
1951–52
1952–53													N/A
1953–54													N/A
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59									^[19]
1959–60									^[20]
1960–61									^[21]	style=background:gold
1961–62									^[22]		CWC	QF
1962–63									^[23]				Dieter Meyer ♦

Since 1963 (foundation of Bundesliga)

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	DFL-Supercup	Cup	Result	Player(s)	Goals
	League											UEFA – FIFA		Top goalscorer(s)^[24]
1963–64
1964–65									style=background:gold
1965–66												EC	R16
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80									style=background:MistyRose
1980–81									style=background:#cfc
1981–82									style=background:lightblue
1982–83									style=background:lightblue				UC	R16	Rudi Völler ♦
1983–84									style=background:lightblue				UC	R32
1984–85									style=background:lightblue				UC	R64
1985–86									style=background:lightblue				UC	R64
1986–87									style=background:lightblue				UC	R64
1987–88									style=background:gold				UC	SF
1988–89									style=background:lightblue		style=background:silver		style=background:gold		EC	QF
1989–90										style=background:silver			UC	SF
1990–91										style=background:gold
1991–92											style=background:silver		CWC	style=background:gold	W
1992–93									style=background:gold
1993–94										style=background:gold		style=background:gold		UCL	GS
1994–95									style=background:lightblue			style=background:silver		CWC	R16	Mario Basler ♦
1995–96												UC	R16
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99										style=background:gold			UC	R32
1999–2000										style=background:silver			UC	QF
2000–01												UC	R32
2001–02									style=background:lightblue
2002–03												UC	2R
2003–04									style=background:gold;color:red		style=background:gold					Ailton ♦
2004–05									style=background:PapayaWhip				UCL	R16
2005–06									style=background:PapayaWhip				UCL	R16	Miroslav Klose ♦
2006–07									style=background:PapayaWhip
2007–08									style=background:PapayaWhip
2008–09										style=background:gold
2009–10									style=background:PapayaWhip		style=background:silver			UEL	R16
2010–11												UCL	GS
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20									^[25]
2020–21									style=background:MistyRose
2021–22	2. Bundesliga								style=background:#cfc
2022–23	Bundesliga													Niclas Füllkrug ♦
2023–24

Literature

• Book: Jankowski/Pistorius/Prüß. Fußball im Norden. Geschichte, Chronik, Namen, Daten, Fakten, Zahlen.. 2005. Bremen und Barsinghausen.
• Book: Grüber. Walter. Fußball Torjägerstatistik Deutschland. Torschützenlisten 1945-2011. 2011. Books on Demand GmbH. 978-3-8448-6248-5.
• Web site: Hirschi. Hirschis Fussballseiten. www.fussball-historie.de. 11 September 2017.
• Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. 11 September 2017.
• Web site: Kassies. Bert. UEFA European Cup Football. kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl. 11 September 2017.
• Web site: UEFA. www.uefa.com. 10 September 2017.
• Web site: Worldfootball. www.worldfootball.net. 12 September 2017.

Notes and References

1. Goals in German football championship and Northern German football championship.
2. Although champions of the league, Werder Bremen did not enter the German Football Championship
3. In the first years there's no data available for the lower classed teams in the Verband Bremer Fußball-Vereine
4. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: 1/2 final versus Eintracht Braunschweig 2-5
5. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: quarter-final vs Frisia Wilhelmshaven 4–3, semi-final vs Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0, final vs Holstein Kiel 1–7
6. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: Preliminary vs Arminia Hannover 1–6 Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1922-23. 11 September 2017.
7. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: Qualification vs Arminia Hannover 3–5 Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1925-26. 11 September 2017.
8. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: Qualification versus Hamburger SV 1-4 Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1926-27. 11 September 2017.
9. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: Qualification vs Rasensport Harburg 3–6 (a.e.t.) Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1927-28. 11 September 2017.
10. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: Qualification vs Phönix Lübeck 4–3 (a.e.t.), quarter-final vs Hannover 96 0–2 Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1928-29. 11 September 2017.
11. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Matches: quarter-final vs Altona 93 2–3 (a.e.t.). Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1930-31. 11 September 2017.
12. Played Norddeutsche Fußballmeisterschaft. Group I, 4th place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1932-33. 11 September 2017.
13. Goals in all competitions Gauliga or lower divisions and DFB-Pokal.
14. Played German Footballchampionship. Gruppe 2, 3rd place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1933-34. 11 September 2017.
15. Played German Footballchampionship. Gruppe 2, 2nd place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1935-36. 11 September 2017.
16. Played German Footballchampionship. Gruppe 2, 2nd place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1936-37. 11 September 2017.
17. Played German Football Championship. Matches: Preliminary vs Sportfreunde Hamborn 1–1, 5–1, Intermediate vs Eimsbütteler TV 4–2, quarter-final vs Kickers Offenbach 3–4. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1941-42. 11 September 2017.
18. Goals in all competitions (Bundesliga or lower divisions, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup and European tournaments).
19. Played German Football Championship. Matches: Qualifying round vs Borussia Neunkirchen 6–3, Group 1 4th place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1958-59. 11 September 2017.
20. Played German Football Championship. Group 2 2nd place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1959-60. 11 September 2017.
21. Played German Football Championship. Group 2 2nd place. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1960-61. 11 September 2017.
22. Played German Football Championship. Matches: Qualifying round vs Schalke 04 1–4 (a.e.t.). Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1961-62. 11 September 2017.
23. Played German Football Championship. Matches: Qualifying round vs 1. FC Nürnberg 1–2. Web site: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1962-63. 11 September 2017.
24. Goals in all competitions (Bundesliga or lower divisions, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup and European tournaments).
25. Played relegation play-off vs 1. FC Heidenheim. Matches: 0–0 (H), 2–2 (A), won on away goals.