2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen
2008–09 season
Head coach	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weserstadion; Bremen, Bremen
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio Pizarro (17); All: Claudio Pizarro (28)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

During the 2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season, the club finished 10th in the Bundesliga, won the DFB-Pokal, and were eliminated in the Group Stage of Champions League and the final of the UEFA Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Tim Wiese
2	DF	GER	Sebastian Boenisch^{[notes 1]}
3	DF	FIN	Petri Pasanen
4	DF	BRA	Naldo
5	DF	SRB	Duško Tošić
6	MF	GER	Frank Baumann
7	MF	CRO	Jurica Vranješ
8	DF	GER	Clemens Fritz
9	FW	SWE	Markus Rosenberg
10	MF	BRA	Diego
11	MF	GER	Mesut Özil
14	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt
15	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	GRE	Alexandros Tziolis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
20	MF	DEN	Daniel Jensen
22	MF	GER	Torsten Frings
23	FW	POR	Hugo Almeida
24	FW	PER	Claudio Pizarro (on loan from Chelsea)
25	MF	GER	Peter Niemeyer
27	DF	GER	Niklas Andersen
29	DF	GER	Per Mertesacker
33	GK	GER	Christian Vander
34	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik^{[notes 2]}
40	GK	GER	Nico Pellatz
45	DF	GER	Timo Perthel
47	FW	GER	Torsten Oehrl

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	BIH	Said Husejinović (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
18	FW	CIV	Boubacar Sanogo (on loan to Hoffenheim)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	DF	GER	Dennis Diekmeier (to Nürnberg)

Werder Bremen II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	GER	Sebastian Mielitz
30	FW	HUN	Márkó Futács
31	MF	GER	Kevin Artmann
32	MF	GER	José-Alex Ikeng^{[notes 3]}


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	DF	FRA	Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan from Marseille)
36	FW	GER	Max Kruse
44	MF	GER	Philipp Bargfrede

Bundesliga

Bundesliga review

Bundesliga results

MD	Date Kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	9	13	64	50	+14	45	10	4	3	43	22	+21	2	5	10	21	28	−7

Last updated: 18 August 2014.
Source: ^[2]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Schalke 04	34	14	8	12	47	35	+12	50
9	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	7	13	59	46	+13	49
10	Werder Bremen^[a]	34	12	9	13	64	50	+14	45	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
11	Hannover 96	34	10	10	14	49	69	−20	40
12	1. FC Köln	34	11	6	17	35	50	−15	39

Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.

DFB–Pokal

DFB–Pokal review

In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, on 17 August, Werder Bremen defeated Oberliga club Eintracht Nordhorn 9–3.^[3] Werder Bremen got four goals from Markus Rosenberg, three goals from Hugo Almeida, and two more goals from Boubacar Sanogo and Jurica Vranješ.^[3] Dennis Brode, Herion Novaku, and Bertino Nacar scored for Eintracht Nordhorn.^[3] Then in the second round, on 23 September, Werder Bremen defeated 3. Liga club Erzgebirge Aue 2–1.^[4] Fabian Müller gave Erzgebirge Aue a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute.^[4] However, Werder Bremen equalized with a 26-minute goal from Claudio Pizarro and took the lead with a 54-minute goal from Markus Rosenberg.^[4] Then in the round of 16, on 28 January, Werder Bremen defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1.^[5]

DFB–Pokal results

Rd	Date Kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
Rd	Date Kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Werder Bremen	Opponent	Ref.
FR	17 August 15:30	A	Eintracht Nordhorn	9–3	9,000	Rosenberg 6', 31', 54', 73' Almeida 15', 22', 50' Sanogo 71' Vranješ 74'	Brode 37' Novaku 81' Nacar 90'	^[3]
SR	23 September 19:00	A	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	12,000	Pizarro 26' Rosenberg 54'	Müller 7' Schmidt 40' Paulus 56' Kos 90'	^[4]
R16	28 January 19:00	H	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	74,000			^[5]
QF	4 March 19:00	A	VfL Wolfsburg	5–2				^[6]
SF	22 April 20:30	A	Hamburger SV	1–1	55,237			^[7]
				Shoot–out score		Shoot–out
				3–1
F	30 May 20:00	N	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0				^[8]

Champions League

Champions League review

Werder Bremen kicked–off their Champions League campaign with a 0–0 draw against Anorthosis Famagusta on 16 September.

Champions League results

MD	Date Kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
MD	Date Kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Werder Bremen	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD	Ref.
1	16 September 20:45	H	Anorthosis Famagusta	0–0					1	0
2	1 October 20:45	A	Inter Milan	1–1					2	0
3	22 October 20:45	A	Panathinaikos	2–2					3	0
4	4 November 20:45	H	Panathinaikos	0–3					3	–3
5	26 November 20:45	A	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–2					4	–3
6	9 December 20:45	H	Inter Milan	2–1					7	–2

Group table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Internazionale	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Werder Bremen	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6

Source: RSSSF


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7	1	1	1	2	4	−2	0	3	0	5	5	0

Last updated: 20 August 2014.
Source: Champions League results

UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup review

UEFA Cup results

Leg	Date kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
Leg	Date kick–off	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Agg. score F–A	Att.	Werder Bremen	Opponent	Ref.
Second round
FL	18 February 20:30	H	Milan	1–1	—
SL	26 February 20:45	A	Milan	2–2	3–3
Round of 16
FL	12 March 20:30	H	Saint-Étienne	1–0	—
SL	18 March 20:30	A	Saint-Étienne	2–2	3–2
Quarter–final
FL	9 April 20:45	H	Udinese	3–1	—
SL	16 April 20:45	A	Udinese	3–3	6–4
Semi–final
FL	30 April 20:45	H	Hamburger SV	0–1	—
SL	7 May 20:45	A	Hamburger SV	3–2	3–3
Final
—	20 May 20:45	N	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	—

Team record

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Bundesliga	16 August	23 May	34	12	9	13	64	50	+14	035.29	^[9]
DFB-Pokal	17 August	30 May	6	5	1	0	20	8	+12	083.33	DFB–Pokal results
Champions League	16 September	9 December	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	016.67	Champions League results
UEFA Cup	18 February	20 May	9	3	4	2	16	14	+2	033.33	UEFA Cup results
Total			55	21	18	16	107	81	+26	038.18	—

Player information

Squad and statistics

Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League		UEFA Cup		Ref.
Player	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	Ref.
Goalkeepers
Tim Wiese	46	0	29	0	5	0	4	0	8	0	^[10]
Christian Vander	8	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	^[11]
Nico Pellatz	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	^[12]
Defenders
Niklas Andersen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[13]
Sebastian Boenisch	42	0	24	0	5	0	4	0	9	0	^[14]
Clemens Fritz	42	0	24	0	6	0	5	0	7	0	^[15]
Per Mertesacker	39	4	23	2	3	1	6	1	7	0	^[16]
Naldo	47	5	28	3	5	0	5	0	9	2	^[17]
Petri Pasanen	27	0	16	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	^[18]
Timo Perthel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[19]
Sebastian Prödl	33	0	22	0	3	0	4	0	4	1	^[20]
Duško Tošić	11	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	^[21]
Midfielders
Frank Baumann	39	2	27	1	4	0	4	0	4	1	^[22]
Diego	39	21	21	12	5	2	5	1	8	6	^[23]
Torsten Frings	48	4	30	4	5	0	5	0	8	0	^[24]
Aaron Hunt	28	2	18	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	^[25]
Said Husejinović	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[26]
Daniel Jensen	19	0	11	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	^[27]
Peter Niemeyer	25	0	15	0	4	0	1	0	5	0	^[28]
Mesut Özil	47	5	28	3	5	2	6	0	8	0	^[29]
Alexandros Tziolis	27	1	15	1	4	0	0	0	8	0	^[30]
Jurica Vranješ	18	1	14	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	^[31]
Forwards
Martin Harnik	9	0	8	0	0	0	01	0	1	0	^[32]
Torsten Oehrl	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[33]
Claudio Pizarro	46	28	26	17	5	4	6	2	9	5	^[34]
Markus Rosenberg	47	13	29	7	5	5	6	1	7	0	^[35]
Boubacar Sanogo	26	3	22	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	^[36]

Discipline

Player	Total			Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Champions League			UEFA Cup			Ref.
Player																Ref.
Tim Wiese	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[10]
Sebastian Boenisch	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	^[14]
Clemens Fritz	8	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	^[15]
Per Mertesacker	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	^[16]
Naldo	6	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	^[17]
Petri Pasanen	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[18]
Sebastian Prödl	6	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	^[20]
Duško Tošić	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	^[21]
Frank Baumann	7	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	^[22]
Diego	10	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	^[23]
Torsten Frings	14	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	^[24]
Aaron Hunt	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[25]
Daniel Jensen	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	^[27]
Peter Niemeyer	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[28]
Mesut Özil	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	^[29]
Alexandros Tziolis	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	^[30]
Jurica Vranješ	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[31]
Claudio Pizarro	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	^[34]
Markus Rosenberg	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	^[35]
Boubacar Sanogo	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	^[36]
Totals	100	0	4	54	0	4	12	0	0	16	0	0	18	0	0	—

Transfers

In

Out

References

^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2008/09".
^ "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rosenberg in Torlaune". kicker (in German). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Nach der Gala erfüllt Werder die Pflicht". kicker (in German). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Pizarro trifft den BVB ins Mark". kicker (in German). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Diego und Pizarro nicht zu stoppen". kicker (in German). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Wiese fliegt bis nach Berlin". kicker. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Werders Triumph dank Özil". kicker (in German). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Wiese, Tim". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Vander, Christian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Nico-Stephano Pellatz" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Andersen, Niklas". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Boenisch, Sebastian". kicker (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Fritz, Clemens". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Mertesacker, Per". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Naldo". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Pasanen, Petri". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Perthel, Timo". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Prödl, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Tosic, Dusko". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Baumann, Frank". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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^ ^a ^b "Frings, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ "Husejinovic, Said". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Jensen, Daniel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Niemeyer, Peter". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Özil, Mesut". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Tziolis, Alexandros". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Vranjes, Jurica". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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^ "Oehrl, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Pizarro, Claudio". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Rosenberg, Markus". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Sanogo, Boubacar". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

Notes

^ Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.
^ Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented Austria at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

[table_note_SVW0.31041437960715-6] Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.

[1] "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2008/09".

[5] "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 18 August 2014.

[rd1-7] "Rosenberg in Torlaune". kicker (in German). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[rd2-8] "Nach der Gala erfüllt Werder die Pflicht". kicker (in German). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[r16-9] "Pizarro trifft den BVB ins Mark". kicker (in German). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[dfbqf-10] "Diego und Pizarro nicht zu stoppen". kicker (in German). 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[dfbsf-11] "Wiese fliegt bis nach Berlin". kicker. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[dfbpokalfinal-12] "Werders Triumph dank Özil". kicker (in German). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[2008–09leaguetable-13] "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

[wiese-14] "Wiese, Tim". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[15] "Vander, Christian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[16] "Nico-Stephano Pellatz" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[17] "Andersen, Niklas". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[boenisch-18] "Boenisch, Sebastian". kicker (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[fritz-19] "Fritz, Clemens". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[mertesacker-20] "Mertesacker, Per". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[naldo-21] "Naldo". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[pasanen-22] "Pasanen, Petri". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[23] "Perthel, Timo". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[prödl-24] "Prödl, Sebastian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[tosic-25] "Tosic, Dusko". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[baumann-26] "Baumann, Frank". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[diego-27] "Diego". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[frings-28] "Frings, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[hunt-29] "Hunt, Aaron". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[30] "Husejinovic, Said". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[jensen-31] "Jensen, Daniel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[niemeyer-32] "Niemeyer, Peter". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[Özil-33] "Özil, Mesut". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[tziolis-34] "Tziolis, Alexandros". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[vranješ-35] "Vranjes, Jurica". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[harnik-36] "Harnik, Martin". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[37] "Oehrl, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[pizarro-38] "Pizarro, Claudio". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[rosenberg-39] "Rosenberg, Markus". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[sanogo-40] "Sanogo, Boubacar". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[2] Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.

[3] Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented Austria at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.

[4] Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

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