The storming of the pitch in the Weser Stadium after Werder Bremen returned to the Bundesliga led to 20 injuries.
“Some had to be taken to a hospital for further treatment,” wrote the Bremen police on Twitter on Sunday evening. Further investigations are ongoing, it said.
Werder was promoted on the last day of the 2nd Bundesliga by beating Jahn Regensburg 2-0 (1-0), the fans had stormily celebrated the return to the first division after a year in the lower house, in the evening things continued in the city; not always peaceful, as the police confirmed. “Increased” “physical altercations” were reported.
There should be no more celebrations in Bremen on Monday, the club announced. “Together with the city of Bremen, for reasons of safety, reason and short-termism, we decided to move the celebrations to the immediate vicinity of the Weser Stadium and to celebrate the end of the season here today,” Werder wrote on Twitter