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Werder Bremen
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Werder Bremen is a German football club playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded in 1899 as FV Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize of sports equipment to set them on their way. They took their name from the seldom used regional German word for "river island", describing the riverside field they first played football on.
History
The club enjoyed some early success, fielding competitive sides and winning a number of local championships. They were the first club to charge spectators a fee to attend their games, and to fence in their playing field. Steady growth after World War I led the club to adopt other sports and, in 1920, change their name to the current SV Werder Bremen. Football remained their primary interest, so much so that in 1922, they became... more Werder Bremen history
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