The Werder Bremen 2001-02 Away Retro Football Shirt recreates the clean alternative strip worn by Thomas Schaaf’s side during the 2001/02 Bundesliga season.
The shirt features a predominantly white base with green detailing, reversing the club’s traditional home colours. The minimalist appearance is one of its defining characteristics, with the uncluttered white body and contrasting green elements giving it a particularly clean early-2000s look. Historical kit records identify this design as Werder Bremen’s 2001/02 Away shirt.
This shirt belongs to an important transitional period for Bremen. Aílton, Torsten Frings, Marco Bode, Frank Baumann and Viktor Skripnik formed the experienced core, while younger players including Tim Borowski and Ivan Klasnić were beginning to establish themselves.
One particularly memorable appearance of the away shirt came at Schalke on 24 November 2001, when Werder recorded an emphatic 4–1 away victory. A surviving match-worn example from that fixture documents Torsten Frings wearing this away design.
SV Werder Bremen 2001-02 Away Jersey
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Season Information
Season/Year: 2001/02
Club: SV Werder Bremen
Country: Germany
Competition: Bundesliga / DFB-Pokal
Kit Type: Away
Stadium: Weserstadion
Head Coach: Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga Finish: 6th
Points: 56
League Record: 17 Wins / 5 Draws / 12 Losses
League Top Scorer: Aílton – 16 goals
European Qualification: UEFA Cup qualificationWerder Bremen’s 2001/02 season was another step in the development of the side Thomas Schaaf was building. Bremen finished sixth in the Bundesliga with 56 points, winning 17 of their 34 league matches and scoring 54 goals. The result secured qualification for the following season’s UEFA Cup.
The principal attacking figure was Aílton. Wearing No.32, the Brazilian scored 16 Bundesliga goals in 33 appearances, placing him joint-fifth in the league’s goalscoring standings. He also contributed five assists, giving him 21 direct goal contributions in league play.
Torsten Frings was another central figure. The No.22 midfielder started 33 Bundesliga matches and contributed six goals and five assists. His combination of energy, versatility and technical quality made him one of the most important players in Schaaf’s team during what proved to be his final season before leaving Bremen that summer.
Club veteran Marco Bode remained an important attacking presence, scoring seven league goals while wearing No.17. Frank Baumann appeared in all 34 Bundesliga matches, while Viktor Skripnik, Frank Verlaat and Mladen Krstajić were important members of the defensive group.
The season also featured several players who would later become central to Bremen’s success. Tim Borowski, wearing No.24, made 26 Bundesliga appearances, while Ivan Klasnić wore No.7 during his first season with the club. Both would eventually become major members of the Bremen side that won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2003/04.
An important historical correction for this particular season is that Claudio Pizarro was no longer a Werder Bremen player in 2001/02. Bremen’s own pre-season squad announcement records his departure to Bayern Munich before the campaign began, so PIZARRO should not be used as a player-printing option for this shirt.
Rec. Player Printing Options
Printing Recommendation AÍLTON 32 The strongest overall choice. Aílton scored 16 Bundesliga goals to finish as Bremen’s leading scorer and was developing into the striker who would later spearhead the club’s championship-winning side. FRINGS 22 An outstanding season-specific option. Torsten Frings started 33 league matches, contributed six goals and five assists, and a surviving match-worn version of this exact away shirt is documented with his name and number. BODE 17 A classic Bremen choice. Marco Bode was a one-club legend and scored seven Bundesliga goals during his final full season with Werder. BAUMANN 6 A strong long-term club option. Frank Baumann played all 34 Bundesliga matches and would later captain Bremen during one of the most successful periods in the club’s history. SKRIPNIK 19 A highly representative Bremen choice. Viktor Skripnik was an established member of the side and made 31 Bundesliga appearances during the campaign. KRSTAJIĆ 20 A strong defensive option. Mladen Krstajić was an important member of Bremen’s defence and later became part of the 2003/04 double-winning team. BOROWSKI 24 An excellent early-career option. Tim Borowski was beginning his senior career and made 26 Bundesliga appearances before becoming a major figure in Bremen’s successful mid-2000s side. KLASNIĆ 7 Another interesting early-career choice. Ivan Klasnić joined Bremen for 2001/02 and would later develop into an important goalscorer for the club. AÍLTON 32 is the defining printing for the Werder Bremen 2001-02 Away Retro Football Shirt.
Aílton was Bremen’s leading attacking player, scoring 16 Bundesliga goals in 33 appearances. Only four players scored more in the league that season, placing him among the Bundesliga’s leading forwards.
The No.32 also became one of the most recognisable player-number combinations of Bremen’s early-2000s era. He retained it as his importance to the side increased, eventually becoming the Bundesliga’s leading scorer during Bremen’s famous 2003/04 double-winning campaign.
For this exact Away shirt, FRINGS 22 is an especially strong alternative because a match-worn example is documented from Bremen’s memorable 4–1 away win at Schalke in November 2001.
