Werder Bremen is a founding member of the Bundesliga (1963) and one of the most successful football clubs in Germany. The team have won the German championship four times and the DFB-Pokal six times (both as of December 2019). In the all-time Bundesliga table, Werder Bremen sit in 2nd place behind FC Bayern.
The club's name derives from the Stadtwerder, a river island on the Weser where the club's first training and playing grounds were located.