Ole Werner

Ole Werner

Werner with Holstein Kiel in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-05-04) 4 May 1988
Place of birth	Preetz, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Team information
Current team	Werder Bremen (head coach)
Youth career
2006–2007	Holstein Kiel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Holstein Kiel II
2007–2008	Holstein Kiel
2008–2009	TSV Kropp
Managerial career
2013–2014	Holstein Kiel (U16 assistant)
2014	Holstein Kiel II (assistant)
2014–2019	Holstein Kiel II
2016	Holstein Kiel (interim)
2019–2021	Holstein Kiel
2021–	Werder Bremen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ole Werner (born 4 May 1988) is a German football coach who is the head coach Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. He previously coached Holstein Kiel.

Coaching career

Ahead of the 2013/14 season, Werner was hired as youth coach at his former club, Holstein Kiel. More precisely, he became assistant coach for the club's U16 team. For the 2014/15 season, he became assistant to Christian Riecks at the second team, which played in the fifth-tier Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein. He succeeded Riecks in November 2014 and finished the season with the team in 2nd place. This was followed by 3rd place in the 2015/16 season.

On 17 August 2016, following the dismissal of Karsten Neitzel, Werner became head coach of Holstein Kiel as interim manager. He managed two matches, first in the Schleswig-Holstein Cup quarter-final against ETSV Weiche which finished as a 2–0 win. He also managed a 3. Liga match against FSV Zwickau, which finished as a 3–0 win. On 27 August, he was replaced by Markus Anfang and returned to the second team, with whom he finished the 2016/17 season in 2nd place.

On 16 September 2019, Werner returned as the interim manager for Kiel, which was in 16th place with five points after matchday 6, following the dismissal of André Schubert. On 24 October 2019, After six points from four games, he was permanently appointed as manager of Holstein Kiel, signing a deal until June 2022. He ultimately finished the 2019/20 season with Kiel in a safe 11th place. He resigned as coach of Holstein Kiel in September 2021 after four losses in seven games.

On 28 November 2021, Werner was named the new manager of Werder Bremen as successor to Markus Anfang, who had resigned. The newly relegated Bundesliga side were in 10th place with 20 points after matchday 15. Werner won the first 7 games with his new team and led them to 2nd place. Bremen were able to defend this position, meaning that at the end of the season they were directly promoted back to the Bundesliga for the 2022/23 season with 63 points behind FC Schalke 04.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 November 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Holstein Kiel II	17 November 2014	16 September 2019	158	89	34	35	334	180	+154	056.33
Holstein Kiel (interim)	16 August 2016	30 August 2016	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Holstein Kiel	16 September 2019	20 September 2021	78	33	21	24	132	114	+18	042.31
Werder Bremen	28 November 2021	Present	104	41	24	39	173	170	+3	039.42
Total			342	165	79	98	644	464	+180	048.25	—

External links

• Ole Werner at WorldFootball.net
• Ole Werner at kicker (in German)
• Ole Werner at the German Football Association