Werder Bremen Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-27 · 28 entries checked · 13 flagged · 20 issues confirmed · 13 corrected · 7 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Grün-Weiß — The entry incorrectly lists 1965 as a pre-Bundesliga championship and omits it from the Bundesliga titles list; Werder Bremen's 1965 title is a Bundesliga title, and the club has no pre-Bundesliga German championships.

Werder, Werder, grün und weiß — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section is cut off mid-sentence, and if the intended text was 'Bayern Munich' as a prior German UEFA Cup winner before Werder Bremen's 1992 win, that would be a factual error because Bayern's first UEFA Cup win was in 1996, after 1992.

Die Grün-Weißen — The description of the stadium roof as 'open' is misleading; the Weserstadion has a roof over most stands, not an open roof.

Jürgen Wegmann — The 1985–86 Bundesliga season had 18 teams, so the third-to-last place (16th) was the direct relegation spot, not the relegation/promotion play-off spot. The play-off spot was 16th place only starting in the 1986–87 season; in 1985–86, the 16th-placed team was

Jürgen Wegmann — The claim that the play-off ended 3–3 on aggregate before a replay is incorrect. The two-legged play-off ended 2–0 for Dortmund and 1–1 in the second leg, not 3–3 on aggregate. The 8–0 replay occurred after the second leg was abandoned due to a pitch invasion,

Torsten Frings — Frings did not play for Bayern Munich after Borussia Dortmund; he played for Bayern Munich before Dortmund. The correct sequence is: Werder Bremen (1997–2002), Borussia Dortmund (2002–2004), Bayern Munich (2004–2005), then back to Werder Bremen (2005–2011).

Claudio Pizarro — The entry lists 2004 DFB-Pokal as a major honour with Werder Bremen for Pizarro, but he was not at the club in 2004; he was at Bayern Munich.

Claudio Pizarro — The 2009 DFB-Pokal final score is listed as 1-0 with Pizarro scoring, but the goal was scored by Mesut Özil, not Pizarro.

Bundesliga 1988 — Oliver Reck was not the starting goalkeeper for the 1987–88 title-winning team; Dieter Burdenski was the starter that season.

Bundesliga 1988 — Hans-Erik Bergqvist joined Werder Bremen after the 1987–88 season and was not part of the title-winning squad.

Mesut Özil — Özil was not seventeen when he made his Bundesliga debut; he was 18.

Mesut Özil — The claim that Özil arrived from Rot-Weiss Essen at age 17 in 2006 is correct in age but the transfer actually occurred in 2005.

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