SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club from the port city of Bremen, formed by a group of schoolboys as a football club, and known by its green and white colors. It has won the German championship four times and the German Cup several times. Its best years came under the coach Otto Rehhagel in the 1980s and 1990s, when it won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1992, and under Thomas Schaaf, whose team won the league and cup double in 2004. The club plays at the Weserstadion beside the Weser river, and it has spent only a few seasons outside the Bundesliga. Famous players include Rudi Völler, Mesut Özil and Miroslav Klose.
Before and after
- from January 1899 to August 1907Adamawa Wars
- 1899Construction of White Hart Lane
- 1899Founding of AFC Bournemouth
- 1899Founding of Nairobi
- 1899Founding of SV Werder Bremen
- 1899Oracle bones reveal early Chinese writing
- from 4 February 1899 to 2 July 1902Philippine–American War
- 8 March 1899Founding of Eintracht Frankfurt
- 10 April 1899Birth of Vladimir Nabokov
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