Werder Bremen's Bundesliga start: Encounters and highlights of the 2025/26 season

Werder Bremen's Bundesliga start: Encounters and highlights of the 2025/26 season

Weser-Stadion, Bremen, Deutschland - The anticipation for the new Bundesliga season 2025/26 is increasing, because the DFL has now released the game plans. Werder Bremen will compete against Eintracht Frankfurt on the first match day before continuing at home against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The first two games are real challenges, because Eintracht qualified with strong performances for the Champions League last season and successfully set itself against Werder with a nine point.

Already on the 5th matchday there will be an exciting duel if the north-south classic against Bayern Munich is on the program in the Allianz Stadium. You can only hope that Werder has a good hand and can prevail against the Munich ones!

The first games at a glance

Here is an overview of the first 17 game days for Werder Bremen:

• 1. Eintracht Frankfurt: Werder (23rd to 24th August)
• 2. Werder: Bayer Leverkusen (29th to August 31)
• 3. Borussia M’Gladbach: Werder (12th to 14th September)
• 4. Werder: SC Freiburg (September 19th to 21st)
• 5. Bayern Munich: Werder (September 26th to 28th)
• 6. Werder: FC St. Pauli (October 3 to 5)
• 7. 1. FC Heidenheim: Werder (17th to 19th October)
• 8. Werder: Union Berlin (October 24th to 26th)
• 9. 1. FSV Mainz: Werder (October 31 to November 2)
• 10. Werder: VfL Wolfsburg (7th to 9th November)
• 11. RB Leipzig: Werder (November 21 to 23)
• 12. Werder: 1. FC Köln (28th to 30th November)
• 13. Hamburger SV: Werder (5th to 7th December)
• 14. Werder: VfB Stuttgart (December 12th to 14th)
• 15. FC Augsburg: Werder (December 19th to 21st)
• 16. Werder: TSG Hoffenheim (9th to 11th January)
• 17. Borussia Dortmund: Werder (13th to 15th January)

The second legs against Hamburger SV are also fixed. The first northern derby takes place in the Volksparkstadion before the HSV hits the Bremen in the Weser Stadium in the second leg. Hopefully this meeting in April will be a highlight of the season. The new trainer Horst Steffen can be happy, because with a heavily established squad, his goal is to position Werder Bremen further in the upper third of the table.

Review of the last season

After relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2021/22 season, Werder Bremen recovered well and shows that they can act as a serious first division. In the last two seasons, the qualification for the European Cup was only missed. The new season will be exciting and the fans can hope for a gripping and successful season.

More information about Werder Bremen and the current course of the season find interested readers on Kicker.de .