2015–16 season | |||
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President | Hubertus Hess-Grunewald | ||
Head coach | Viktor Skripnik | ||
Stadium | Weserstadion | ||
Bundesliga | 13th | ||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | Claudio Pizarro | ||
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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.
The club also is taking part in the 2015–16 edition of the DFB-Pokal.
On 8 August, Werder Bremen started the season by winning against third division side Würzburger Kickers. Werder lost the opening match of Bundesliga to Schalke 04 at home by a margin of 0–3. Werder earned their first point in Bundesliga after 1–1 draw away at Hertha BSC. 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
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. 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.Aron Jóhannsson suffered a hip injury during training with no timeline given by Werder's medical staff on his return. Werder lost their third-straight match with a defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. Head coach Viktor Skrypnyk conceded that losing three match in a row was a big disappointment for the team.