1999–2000 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 1999–2000 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the 1. Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

SV Werder Bremen

1999–2000 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Bode (13) All: Marco Bode (18)
Home colours Third colours
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Season summary

Having barely escaped relegation last season, Bremen rose to 9th in the final table - 6 points off Champions League qualification. The club also qualified for the UEFA Cup again, giving them the chance to improve on that season's run to the quarter-finals. The team also reached the DFB-Pokal final for the second season running, but lost to Bayern Munich.

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Frank Rost 3 MF  SUI Raphael Wicky 4 MF  GER Dirk Flock 5 MF  GER Dieter Eilts 6 MF  GER Frank Baumann 7 MF  UKR Yuriy Maksymov 8 DF  GER Bernhard Trares 9 FW  YUG Rade Bogdanović[notes 1] 10 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro 11 DF  POL Jacek Chańko 12 GK  GER Stefan Brasas 13 DF  GER Andree Wiedener 15 DF  GER Dieter Frey 16 GK  GER Pascal Borel 17 MF  GER Marco Bode

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  AUT Andi Herzog 19 DF  UKR Viktor Skrypnyk 22 MF  GER Torsten Frings 23 MF  GER Christoph Dabrowski 25 MF  GER Sören Seidel 26 MF  GER Timo Schultz 27 MF  GER Alexander Nouri 28 MF  NAM Razundara Tjikuzu 29 DF  GER Matthias Plump 32 FW  BRA Ailton 33 DF  GER Mike Barten 35 DF  CAN Paul Stalteri 36 DF  BRA Julio Cesar 38 DF  GER Björn Schierenbeck 39 MF  GER Danny Fütterer

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  NED Lodewijk Roembiak (on loan to FC Aarau) 20 FW  GER Dirk Weetendorf (to Eintracht Braunschweig)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  GER Sven Benken (to Hansa Rostock) 30 DF  POL Paweł Wojtala (to Legia Warsaw)