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Peter Stöger to replace Peter Bosz

Borussia Dortmund have today ended their cooperation with head coach Peter Bosz and appointed Peter Stöger as his successor. Hans Joachim Watzke, the Chief Executive Officer, cited the club's current sporting plight as the reason behind the decision.

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The question marks surrounding Nico Schlotterbeck and Daniel Svensson have been resolved: both start.<\/p>\nBVB: <\/b>Kobel, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bellingham, Nmecha, Guirassy, Beier, Nwaneri, Sabitzer, Gadou, Svensson<\/p>\n<h2>Jerseys: BVB in Yellow<\/b> \n<\/h2>\nBorussia Dortmund will take the field in their yellow home jerseys with black shorts and yellow socks. The visitors will wear their coral-red third jerseys.<\/p>\n<img data-assetref=\"Gadou-1791446873743\" src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/10/08/countdown-bremen/Gadou.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Referee: Dingert to officiate<\/b><\/h2>\nChristian Dingert will referee the match. He will be assisted by Alexander Sather and Stefan Lupp. Tom Bauer has been assigned as the fourth official, and Benjamin Cortus as the video assistant. Dingert last refereed a BVB match on Matchday 19 of the 2024\u201325 season\u2014in a home game against Werder Bremen.<\/p>\n<h2>Broadcast: Live on Sky<\/b><\/h2>\nThe game will be broadcast live on Sky Sport Bundesliga, with coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. The match will also be streamed live on WOW. Hansi Küpper and Cornelius Küpper will provide commentary.<\/p>\n<h2>Beverages: Guinness for the First Time<\/b><\/h2>\nStarting this season, Guinness is expanding the beverage selection at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Fans will be able to enjoy the Irish stout for the first time during the match against Bremen. Guinness is available at these concession stands.<\/p>\n<img data-assetref=\"Guinness-Map-1791446895875\" src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/10/08/countdown-bremen/Guinness-Map.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Attendance: Sold Out<\/b><\/h2>\nThe night game is sold out; all 81,365 tickets have been sold. 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Dingert last refereed a BVB match on Matchday 19 of the 2024\u201325 season\u2014in a home game against Werder Bremen.<\/p>\n<h2>Broadcast: Live on Sky<\/b><\/h2>\nThe game will be broadcast live on Sky Sport Bundesliga, with coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. The match will also be streamed live on WOW. Hansi Küpper and Cornelius Küpper will provide commentary.<\/p>\n<h2>Beverages: Guinness for the First Time<\/b><\/h2>\nStarting this season, Guinness is expanding the beverage selection at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Fans will be able to enjoy the Irish stout for the first time during the match against Bremen. Guinness is available at these concession stands.<\/p>\n<img data-assetref=\"Guinness-Map-1791446895875\" src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/10/08/countdown-bremen/Guinness-Map.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Attendance: Sold Out<\/b><\/h2>\nThe night game is sold out; all 81,365 tickets have been sold. 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Still, we got off to a good start, and had a lot of possession \u2014 although maybe we didn\u2019t create enough scoring chances in the first half. That got better in the second half. We had made it a point to want to put away these kinds of games, and we actually did that by going up 2-0. Bremen then attacked with the courage of their desperation and did a good job with that. In the end, we have to look ahead. We have a lot of work ahead of us. As disappointed as we are right now, we can take some confidence from our start to the season.\u201d<\/p>\nNiko Kovac<\/b> (in the press conference): \u201cFor eighty-eight minutes, we we put pressure on our opponent so effectively that we had them on the ropes. But we didn\u2019t manage to close out the final eight minutes in the right way. We only have ourselves to blame for that. We had plenty of chances in the second half. Of course, we\u2019re disappointed. That\u2019s two points lost for us. Hopefully, we\u2019ll learn from those last eight minutes.\u201d<\/p>\nNico Schlotterbeck <\/b>(on Sky): \u201cWe actually had everything under control until the 88th minute, and then you give up two goals and end up with a draw. Fülle is Fülle. He is excellent at heading the ball and has an incredible leap. That's obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<img data-assetref=\"schlotterbeck-iv-1791581384411\" src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/10/09/reaktionen-bvb---werder/schlotterbeck-iv.jpg\"><\/p>\nWaldemar Anton <\/b>(in the mixed zone): \u201cAfter going up two-zero, we went away from our game plan. And to be honest, we didn\u2019t defend well anymore. We were committing fouls because we got there too late. That's beyond frustrating. The draw was unnecessary because we really had the game under control. In the end, we only came away with one point. 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