After the opener against second League climber Eintracht Braunschweig at 9. August (13.00) on place 11 of the Weser stadium, joined the Hanseatic League at 19. August against Linzer ASK (17.00) and five days later against SC Austria Lustenau (13.00) in the framework of the training camp in the Austrian Zell am Ziller (15. to 25. August) instead. Back at home the Team of coach Florian Kohfeldt tests with a double round against the Dutch first division club FC Groningen (15.00) and against the second division side FC St. Pauli (17.15). A week before the first-round game in the DFB-Pokal and the North-German Bundesliga Hannover 96 (15.30 CET) received. Training for the Werder professionals on 3. August.
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