Nordderby

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Other namesNorth Derby
First meetingWerder 1–4 HSV
(13 March 1927; 99 years ago (1927-03-13))
Latest meetingWerder 3–1 HSV
Bundesliga
(18 April 2026; 9 days ago (2026-04-18))
Nordderby
Other namesNorth Derby
LocationNorthern Germany
First meetingWerder 1–4 HSV
(13 March 1927; 99 years ago (1927-03-13))
Latest meetingWerder 3–1 HSV
Bundesliga
(18 April 2026; 9 days ago (2026-04-18))
StadiumsVolksparkstadion
Weserstadion
Statistics
Meetings total158
Most winsWerder Bremen (59)
All-time seriesHSV: 55
Drawn: 44
Werder: 59
Largest victoryWerder 6–0 HSV
(1 May 2004; 21 years ago (2004-05-01))

The Nordderby or Northern derby is a match between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen, the two most successful and popular football clubs in Northern Germany. Hamburger SV (HSV) were created in 1887 and play their matches at the Volksparkstadion, while Werder Bremen were founded in 1899 and have their home ground at the Weserstadion.

Beyond football, there is also a historic rivalry between the cities of Hamburg and Bremen, dating back to medieval times and the Hanseatic League. The two cities are also the core elements of the two largest metropolitan areas in the north of Germany.

The match between Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV used to be the most frequently played match in the Bundesliga: Bremen played in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1980 and from 1981 to 2021, while Hamburg were a Bundesliga club without interruption from 1963 to 2018. The fact that Werder Bremen and HSV are the biggest clubs in Bremen and Hamburg respectively, said cities being the biggest Hanseatic cities and also the biggest in the north of the country contribute to the rivalry. The catchment areas of Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen border on each other and overlaps between the two are not uncommon. In particular, there is an overlap in the districts (Landkreis) of Cuxhaven and Rotenburg (Wümme), which belong to Lower Saxony. Fans of both clubs are neighbours and the majorities differ according to location. A contribution to the rivalry was also made by the death of Adrian Maleika, a Werder Bremen fan, who was hit by a stone by Hamburg hooligans in the run-up to a match between Hamburger SV and the Bremen club in the DFB Cup in 1982, and he succumbed to the stone throwing in a Hamburg hospital. The relationship between Werder Bremen supporters and the Hamburgers was considered "quite normal" until this event.

History

The game was first contested in 1927 with HSV recording a 4–1 away win. Since the founding of the Bundesliga in 1963, the match has been held twice every season, except in 1980–81, because Werder had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in the previous season. To date, 158 games have been contested with Werder holding a slight lead of 59 wins to HSV's 55. 44 games have ended in a draw.

The pinnacle of the rivalry came in 2009 when they met four times in 18 days. Two of the four matches came in European competition at the semi-final stage of the last edition of the UEFA Cup. After losing 1–0 at home in the first leg, Werder won 3–2 in Hamburg to advance to the final on away goals. In the 2021–22 season the nordderby has been played in 2. Bundesliga for the first time, after the relegation of Werder in the 2020–21 season, and the third consecutive failure promotion of HSV, after the relegation in 2017–18. In the 2025–26 season the match returned in the Bundesliga after seven years, with promotion of HSV at the end of the previous season.

All-time results

Season Date Competition Home team Score Away team Home goal scorers Away goal scorers Att. Match report
1926–2713 March 1927Northern German
Championship
Werder
14
HSVto be addedto be added7,000[citation needed]
1935–361 September 1935Tschammer Cup R1Werder
45
HSVMahlstedt 5', 35', 70', Ziolkewitz 43'Noack 15', 41', 87', Gloede 80', Behning 82'6,600report
1947–489 November 1947Oberliga NordWerder
06
HSV-Boller 12', 29', 44', Adamkiewicz 28', 38', E. Seeler 84'15,000report
11 January 1948Oberliga NordHSV
22
WerderBoller 10', 77'Gernhardt 70', Kraatz 80'16,000report
1948–493 October 1948Oberliga NordHSV
52
WerderSpundflasche 20', 25', 80', Ebeling 40', Niemann 71'Rath 70', 85'15,000report
30 January 1949Oberliga NordWerder
23
HSVGernhardt 31', 46'Ackerschott 10' (o.g.), Schmeißer 41', Trenkel 87'22,500report
1949–508 January 1950Oberliga NordWerder
11
HSVGernhardt 68'Adamkiewicz 88'26,500report
16 April 1950Oberliga NordHSV
31
WerderRohrberg 29', 55', Wojtkowiak 84'Hagenacker 7'16,800report
1950–511 October 1950Oberliga NordHSV
11
WerderKrüger 79'Klinge 37'25,500report
8 April 1951Oberliga NordWerder
15
HSVPreuße 82'Wojtkowiak 7', 22', 70', Adamkiewicz 25', 89'28,000report
1951–527 October 1951Oberliga NordHSV
41
WerderHarden 6', 46', Krüger 34', 86'Rath 5'20,500report
6 January 1952Oberliga NordWerder
24
HSVGernhardt 44', Sahm 55'Wojtkowiak 24', 89', Schemel 40', Harden 61'18,000report
1952–5330 December 1952Oberliga NordWerder
43
HSVBurdenski 4', Preuße 39', Behring 73', Klinge 89'Schemel 14', Klepacz 19', Krüger 57'18,000report
12 April 1953Oberliga NordHSV
14
WerderMeinke 30'Hardtke 17', Stange 41', 66', E. Ebert 85'20,500report
1953–546 December 1953Oberliga NordWerder
21
HSVE. Ebert 69', Behring 77'Harden 61'15,000report
14 March 1954Oberliga NordHSV
02
Werder-Haase 15', Preuße 20'7,000report
1954–5526 December 1954Oberliga NordHSV
23
WerderSchlegel 16', 75'Posipal 31' (o.g.), Kratz 35', Preuße 52'10,000report
13 March 1955Oberliga NordWerder
31
HSVSchröder 30', Stange 57', Kratz 70'Stürmer 17'35,000report
1955–5626 December 1955Oberliga NordWerder
11
HSVSchütz 24'Harden 55'15,000report
8 April 1956Oberliga NordHSV
31
WerderU. Seeler 37', 50', 60'Schröder 55'22,000report
1956–572 December 1956Oberliga NordHSV
03
Werder-H. Ebert 1', 35', Čajkovski 37'12,000report
5 May 1957Oberliga NordWerder
31
HSVWilmovius 21', Schröder 84', Preuße 88'Krug 60'12,000report
1957–5817 November 1957Oberliga NordWerder
20
HSVSchröder 57', Wilmovius 75'-17,000report
9 February 1958Oberliga NordHSV
31
WerderSchemel 37', Krug 44', U. Seeler 56'Wilmovius 53'18,000report
1958–5914 September 1958Oberliga NordHSV
33
WerderReuter 36', U. Seeler 41', 47'Barth 43', Hänel 50', 90'20,000report
19 April 1959Oberliga NordWerder
32
HSVSchröder 37', 83', Schimeczek 64'Reuter 61', Dehn 86'27,000report
5 August 1959NFV Cup SFHSV
91
WerderU. Seeler 6', 46', 57', Neisner 10', 22', 35', 78', Dehn 13', D. Seeler 52'Hänel 40'15,000[citation needed]
1959–6015 November 1959Oberliga NordWerder
33
HSVSchimeczek 7', Hänel 40', Wilmovius 62'Neisner 30', 57', U. Seeler 80'28,000report
3 April 1960Oberliga NordHSV
52
WerderStürmer 2', C. Dörfel 13', Neisner 57', U. Seeler 62', 66'Zebrowski 40', Schröder 50'22,000report
6 August 1960NFV Cup FWerder
24
HSVSchimeczek 69', Zebrowski 90'Krug 67', Stürmer 68', 84', Neisner 87'15,000[citation needed]
1960–6126 December 1960Oberliga NordHSV
41
WerderU. Seeler 1', Dehn 34', Stürmer 52', 88'Piontek 75'18,000report
3 April 1961Oberliga NordWerder
21
HSVWilmovius 22', Barth 51'Neisner 40'30,000report
1961–6226 November 1961Oberliga NordWerder
21
HSVSchröder 35', Hänel 73'Dehn 77'32,000report
18 March 1962Oberliga NordHSV
12
WerderPiechowiak 10'Barth 55', Schröder 78'21,000report
1962–6314 October 1962Oberliga NordHSV
11
WerderReuter 29'Meyer 65'47,000report
10 February 1963Oberliga NordWerder
14
HSVThun 45'U. Seeler 12', 79', C. Dörfel 30', Fritzsche 44'31,812report
1963–6412 October 1963BundesligaWerder
42
HSVZebrowski 10', Schütz 14', 49', 79'C. Dörfel 25', U. Seeler 55'40,000report
26 March 1964BundesligaHSV
11
WerderU. Seeler 2'Jung 13'25,000report
1964–6526 September 1964BundesligaWerder
00
HSV--40,000report
13 February 1965BundesligaHSV
04
Werder-Matischak 16', 26', D. Seeler 78' (o.g.), Schütz 80'50,000report
1965–6611 December 1965BundesligaWerder
20
HSVDanielsen 14', Höttges 17'-18,000report
21 May 1966BundesligaHSV
13
WerderPohlschmidt 32'Soya 24', Piechowiak 33' (o.g.), Schulz 52'20,000report
1966–6724 September 1966BundesligaWerder
51
HSVHöttges 7', Zebrowski 8', Schütz 42', Schweighöfer 52', Danielsen 63'Kurbjuhn 55'18,000report
25 February 1967BundesligaHSV
11
WerderU. Seeler 29'Hänel 18'22,000report
1967–6819 August 1967BundesligaWerder
14
HSVRupp 10'Schulz 43', B. Dörfel 65', Kurbjuhn 79', C. Dörfel 88'40,000report
6 January 1968BundesligaHSV
21
WerderHönig 35', 52'Rupp 66'14,174report
1968–694 September 1968BundesligaHSV
52
WerderC. Dörfel 36', Pötzschke 42', U. Seeler 55', 74', Hönig 90'Görts 25', Schütz 49'18,000report
1 February 1969BundesligaWerder
11
HSVGörts 14'Schulz 69'30,000report
1969–706 September 1969BundesligaWerder
11
HSVWindhausen 22'U. Seeler 38'35,000report
14 April 1970BundesligaHSV
22
WerderHellfritz 49', Hönig 89'Schütz 82', Höttges 88'10,000report
1970–7110 October 1970BundesligaHSV
11
WerderHönig 64'Windhausen 86'13,000report
17 April 1971BundesligaWerder
22
HSVSchmidt 28', Lorenz 87'Hönig 63', Klier 88'25,000report
1971–7227 November 1971BundesligaHSV
21
WerderVolkert 61', Zaczyk 71'Weist 86'18,000report
14 February 1972DFB Cup R2Werder
42
HSVKamp 35', Neuberger 40', Hasebrink 61', Höttges 86'Zaczyk 19', 39'15,000report
22 February 1972DFB Cup R2HSV
10
WerderU. Seeler 77'-14,000report
24 June 1972BundesligaWerder
40
HSVHöttges 16', 44', Neuberger 47', Weist 52'-8,000report
1972–7318 November 1972BundesligaHSV
22
WerderVolkert 3', 43'Kaltz 68' (o.g.), Laumen 70'14,000report
5 May 1973BundesligaWerder
14
HSVGörts 28'Heese 5', 8', Memering 13', Nogly 85'16,000report
1973–7425 August 1973BundesligaWerder
11
HSVWeist 73'Nogly 88'26,000report
26 January 1974BundesligaHSV
30
WerderZaczyk 15', Hönig 61', Volkert 71'-23,000report
1974–7521 December 1974BundesligaWerder
10
HSVWeist 76'-36,000report
7 June 1975BundesligaHSV
20
WerderBjørnmose 33' Reimann 37'-24,000report
1975–7622 November 1975BundesligaWerder
13
HSVGörts 78'Reimann 35', Bertl 39', Memering 67'37,000report
29 May 1976BundesligaHSV
12
WerderMemering 43'Görts 22', Aslund 40'24,000report
1976–7721 August 1976BundesligaWerder
22
HSVRöber 40', Konschal 60'Steffenhagen 30', 56'37,000report
22 January 1977BundesligaHSV
53
WerderMemering 19', Volkert 67', 72', Steffenhagen 70', Reimann 88'Görts 45', Bracht 82', Meininger 89'18,000report
1977–7824 September 1977BundesligaWerder
12
HSVMeininger 71'Keller 32', Keegan 48'36,000report
18 February 1978BundesligaHSV
11
WerderBertl 14'Glowacz 28'19,000report
1978–7919 August 1978BundesligaWerder
11
HSVWunder 5'Reimann 66'28,000report
14 March 1979BundesligaHSV
22
WerderKaltz 13', Hartwig 46'Möhlmann 83', Reinders 90'40,000report
1979–8020 October 1979BundesligaWerder
11
HSVRöber 72'Hrubesch 88'40,000report
22 March 1980BundesligaHSV
50
WerderHrubesch 16', 82', 86', Milewski 42', Jakobs 60'-31,000report
1981–8228 November 1981BundesligaWerder
32
HSVReinders 6', 8', Kostedde 68'Bastrup 25', Magath 87'40,000report
15 May 1982BundesligaHSV
50
WerderHrubesch 40', 51', 67', Magath 48', Bastrup 73'-53,400report
1982–8325 August 1982BundesligaHSV
11
WerderJakobs 22'Völler 5'25,000report
16 October 1982DFB Cup R2HSV
32
WerderHrubesch 22', Bastrup 49', 52'Schaaf 15', Otten 85'20,000report
29 January 1983BundesligaWerder
32
HSVVöller 43', Neubarth 45', Möhlmann 65'Bastrup 49', Jakobs 87'40,000report
1983–8423 September 1983BundesligaWerder
00
HSV--40,800report
17 March 1984BundesligaHSV
40
WerderWuttke 9', Rolff 14', Hartwig 54', Magath 90'-46,000report
1984–8520 October 1984BundesligaWerder
52
HSVReinders 43', Völler 54', 81' Neubarth 64', Meier 64'von Heesen 42', Kaltz 87'35,000report
3 April 1985BundesligaHSV
20
WerderMagath 32', von Heesen 53'-50,000report
1985–8631 August 1985BundesligaWerder
20
HSVNeubarth 13', Wolter 79'-35,000report
1 February 1986BundesligaHSV
01
Werder-Burgsmüller 56'44,000report
1986–8716 August 1986BundesligaHSV
30
WerderGründel 5', 28', Kaltz 71'-46,000report
28 February 1987BundesligaWerder
21
HSVVöller 13', 46'Kastl 70'32,000report
1987–8814 November 1987BundesligaHSV
00
Werder--34,600report
14 May 1988BundesligaWerder
14
HSVMeier 37'Möhlmann 39', Bein 70', Labbadia 77', 87'38,000report
1988–8923 July 1988BundesligaWerder
21
HSVRiedle 73', Burgsmüller 86'Spörl 14'24,594report
18 February 1989BundesligaHSV
20
WerderBein 47', von Heesen 62'-21,000report
29 March 1989DFB Cup QFHSV
01
Werder-Riedle 37'30,000report
1989–9020 September 1989BundesligaHSV
40
WerderEck 37', Ballwanz 40', von Heesen 67', J. Bode 85'-14,000report
31 March 1990BundesligaWerder
21
HSVBockenfeld 34', Eilts 43'Furtok 11'21,679report
1990–911 September 1990BundesligaWerder
31
HSVAllofs 13', Hermann 50', Rufer 83'Eck 45'20,441report
15 March 1991BundesligaHSV
32
WerderBeiersdorfer 8', Furtok 25', Stratos 89'Bratseth 80', Rufer 90'43,000report
1991–9217 August 1991DFB Cup R2Werder
31
HSVRufer 3', Kohn 28', 30'Furtok 7'19,400report
10 November 1991BundesligaHSV
01
Werder-Hermann 22'20,600report
28 April 1992BundesligaWerder
11
HSVKohn 21'Eck 58'20,000report
1992–934 December 1992BundesligaHSV
00
Werder--46,000report
29 May 1993BundesligaWerder
50
HSVHerzog 32', 90', Rufer 37', 87', Kohn 70'-38,395report
1993–9424 October 1993BundesligaWerder
02
HSV-Bäron 32', 44'36,669report
27 October 1993DFB Cup R4Werder
42
HSVHerzog 13', Hobsch 74', Neubarth 86', Rufer 90'von Heesen 49', Ivanauskas 64'34,400report
9 April 1994BundesligaHSV
11
WerderBäron 41'Herzog 6'36,950report
1994–956 October 1994BundesligaWerder
14
HSVBeschastnykh 12'Letchkov 29', Houbchev 38', Wiedener 45' (o.g.), Zárate 80'38,878report
2 April 1995BundesligaHSV
00
Werder--42,000report
1995–9618 August 1995BundesligaHSV
33
WerderBreitenreiter 14', 25', Spörl 51'Hobsch 31', 79', Basler 61'32,247report
5 March 1996BundesligaWerder
21
HSVScholz 3', Cardoso 33'Spörl 33'29,000report
1996–972 November 1996BundesligaWerder
00
HSV--35,400report
3 April 1997BundesligaHSV
32
WerderCardoso 6', Spörl 18', Mason 62'Kovačević 77' (o.g.), M. Bode 90'31,392report
1997–9817 October 1997BundesligaWerder
00
HSV--34,800report
27 March 1998BundesligaHSV
21
WerderDembiński 78', Yeboah 90'M. Bode 25'38,261report
1998–9923 October 1998BundesligaHSV
11
WerderYeboah 58'Maksymov 86'29,052report
13 April 1999BundesligaWerder
00
HSV--34,486report
1999–0021 November 1999BundesligaWerder
21
HSVM. Bode 62', Aílton 81'Butt 90'35,838report
15 April 2000BundesligaHSV
00
Werder--52,800report
2000–016 September 2000BundesligaHSV
21
WerderBarbarez 25', Hertzsch 82'M. Bode 42'37,400report
3 February 2001BundesligaWerder
31
HSVPizarro 45', 90', Aílton 71'Heinz 57'31,500report
2001–0222 September 2001BundesligaHSV
04
Werder-Aílton 13', M. Bode 34', Ernst 84', Stalteri 86'43,000report
24 February 2002BundesligaWerder
01
HSV-Romeo 74'32,300report
2002–0318 August 2002BundesligaWerder
21
HSVCharisteas 9', Wehlage 50'Ujfaluši 20'35,000report
2 February 2003BundesligaHSV
10
WerderBarbarez 56'-45,000report
2003–0429 November 2003BundesligaHSV
11
WerderRahn 50'Ernst 27'55,500report
1 May 2004BundesligaWerder
60
HSVBarbarez 16' (o.g.), Ismaël 22', Klasnić 39', Aílton 48', Valdez 80', Skrypnyk 84'-42,500report
2004–0530 October 2004BundesligaWerder
11
HSVSchulz 74'Jarolím 22'42,100report
9 April 2005BundesligaHSV
12
WerderMahdavikia 58'Klose 8', Klasnić 70'55,500report
2005–0618 December 2005BundesligaWerder
11
HSVMicoud 45'Kučuković 67'42,100report
13 May 2006BundesligaHSV
12
WerderBarbarez 59'Klasnić 27', Klose 72'57,000report
2006–071 August 2006League Cup SFWerder
21
HSV Zidan 50', Frings 82'Sanogo 70'27,650report
23 September 2006BundesligaHSV
11
WerderReinhardt 69'Borowski 58'57,000report
17 February 2007BundesligaWerder
02
HSV-van der Vaart 42', 87'42,100report
2007–081 December 2007BundesligaWerder
21
HSV Sanogo 15', Pasanen 64' van der Vaart 60'42,100report
23 May 2008BundesligaHSV
01
Werder- Almeida 50'57,000report
2008–0923 November 2008BundesligaHSV
21
Werder Guerrero 6', Olić 74' Diego 24'56,121report
22 April 2009DFB Cup SFHSV
11 13 p
Werder Olić 67' Mertesacker 11'55,237report
30 April 2009UEFA Cup SFWerder
01
HSV- Trochowski 28'37,500report
7 May 2009UEFA Cup SFHSV
23
Werder Olić 13', 87' Diego 29', Pizarro 66', Baumann 83'51,000report
10 May 2009BundesligaWerder
20
HSV Almeida 34', 49'-42,100report
2009–1020 December 2009BundesligaHSV
21
Werder Mathijsen 9', Jansen 36' Naldo 90'57,000report
8 May 2010BundesligaWerder
11
HSV Pizarro 58' van Nistelrooy 82'41,150report
2010–1125 September 2010BundesligaWerder
32
HSV Marin 25', Almeida 29', 86' van Nistelrooy 59', Pitroipa 65'36,300report
19 February 2011BundesligaHSV
40
WerderPetrić 42', Guerrero 64', 79', Ben-Hatira 89'-54,100report
2011–1210 September 2011BundesligaWerder
20
HSVPizarro 52', 78'-41,600report
18 February 2012BundesligaHSV
13
WerderPetrić 76'Marin 9', Trybull 45', Arnautović 86'56,000report
2012–131 September 2012BundesligaWerder
20
HSVHunt 52', Petersen 67'-42,100report
27 January 2013BundesligaHSV
32
WerderSon 23', Aogo 46', Rudņevs 52'Lukimya 9', Papastathopoulos 54'56,000report
2013–1421 September 2013BundesligaHSV
02
Werder- Petersen 32', 90'53,300report
1 March 2014BundesligaWerder
10
HSVJunuzović 19'-42,100report
2014–1523 November 2014BundesligaHSV
20
WerderRudņevs 83', Wolf 90' (o.g.)-53,300report
19 April 2015BundesligaWerder
10
HSVDi Santo 84'-42,100report
2015–1628 November 2015BundesligaWerder
13
HSVUjah 62'Iličević 3', Gregoritsch 27', N. Müller 68'42,100report
22 April 2016BundesligaHSV
21
WerderLasogga 5', 32'Ujah 65'57,000report
2016–1726 November 2016BundesligaHSV
22
WerderGregoritsch 3', 28'Bartels 14', Gnabry 45'55,200report
16 April 2017BundesligaWerder
21
HSVKruse 41', Kainz 75'Gregoritsch 6'42,100report
2017–1830 September 2017BundesligaHSV
00
Werder--54,631report
24 February 2018BundesligaWerder
10
HSVvan Drongelen 86' (o.g.)-42,100report
2021–2218 September 20212. BundesligaWerder
02
HSV-Glatzel 2', Heyer 45+1'21,050report
27 February 20222. BundesligaHSV
23
WerderMeffert 46', Glatzel 80'Ducksch 10', 78', Füllkrug 51'25,000report
2025–267 December 2025BundesligaHSV
32
WerderSambi Lokonga 63', Vušković 75', Poulsen 84'Stage 45', Njinmah 78'56,100report
18 April 2026BundesligaWerder
31
HSVStage 37', 57', Puertas 90+1'Glatzel 41'40,000report

Head to head

Overall match statistics.

Competition Games HSV wins Draws Werder wins
Bundesliga 110353540
Oberliga Nord 3212713
2. Bundesliga 2101
Cup 1162*3
League Cup 100 1
UEFA Cup 2101
Total 158554459

* Cup game finished 1–1 after 120 minutes, won by Werder Bremen on penalties.

Honours

Head-to-head ranking in Bundesliga (1964–2025)

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