Club Culture
Werder Bremen has a long-standing rivalry with northern German club Hamburger SV, another major club in northern Germany, known as the Nordderby and other big clubs like Bayern Munich in particular. They have developed a recent but intense dislike of Schalke 04 after the Gelsenkirchen side lured top players (including Aílton, Mladen Krstajić, Frank Rost, Oliver Reck (goalkeeping coach), and Fabian Ernst) with lucrative contracts to join them.
There are a few Ultra-Groups in Bremen: "Wanderers-Bremen", "The Infamous Youth" and "Ultra-Team Bremen", they support the team in each match.
The official anthem of Werder Bremen is "Lebenslang Grün-Weiß" by Bremen-based band Original Deutschmacher.
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