Women’s North Derby
Werder player apologizes for poster campaign
October 13, 2025 – 6:11 p.mReading time: 1 min.

After the derby between Bremen and Hamburg, a player apologized for an offensive poster. Both clubs refrained from publicly reacting.
After the women’s football derby between Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV, Werder player Medina Desic apologized for holding up an offensive poster. This action took place after Bremen’s 2-0 win against Hamburg instead of.
Desic showed a poster with the HSV coat of arms on a pile of feces, which was handed to her by a fan. She explained on Instagram that she held up the sign in a moment of euphoria. “I didn’t mean to offend or provoke anyone, I just ran out of emotions. I’m sorry to everyone who felt offended by this,” she wrote.
The HSV fans who had traveled with them reacted with whistles. Both clubs took the incident calmly and refrained from making a public statement.
