2004–05 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2004-05 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

SV Werder Bremen

2004–05 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Second stage
Champions League	Round of 16
DFL-Ligapokal	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Miroslav Klose (15) All: Ivan Klasnić (19)
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

Werder Bremen never came close to retaining their Bundesliga title and finished 18 points behind champions Bayern Munich. This was still good enough for another season in the Champions League, albeit entering in the third qualifying round. The club also failed to retain its DFB-Pokal crown, being eliminated in the semi-finals by Schalke.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Andreas Reinke 2 DF  GER Frank Fahrenhorst 3 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen 4 DF  GER Fabian Ernst 5 DF  TUR Ümit Davala[notes 1] 6 MF  GER Frank Baumann 7 DF  CAN Paul Stalteri 8 MF  HUN Krisztián Lisztes 10 MF  FRA Johan Micoud 11 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 2] 14 MF  GER Aaron Hunt 16 GK  GER Pascal Borel 17 FW  CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 3] 20 MF  DEN Daniel Jensen 21 FW  EGY Mohamed Zidan (on loan from Midtjylland) 22 DF  GER Francis Banecki

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  SUI Ludovic Magnin 24 MF  GER Tim Borowski 25 DF  FRA Valérien Ismaël 26 DF  GER Florian Mohr 27 DF  GER Christian Schulz 28 DF  GER Florian Heidenreich 29 MF  GER Daniel Brückner[notes 4] 30 GK  GER Michael Jürgen 31 GK  GER Alexander Walke 33 FW  GER Deniz Kacan 35 MF  GER Marco Stier 36 MF  GER Stefan Beckert 37 MF  GER Kevin Wittke 38 FW  PAR Nelson Valdez 39 GK  GER Christopher Möllering

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 9 FW  GRE Angelos Charisteas (to Ajax) 13 DF  BRA Gustavo Nery (on loan to Corinthians)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  FIN Pekka Lagerblom (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg) 19 DF  GER Robert Paul (to Wacker Burghausen)

Werder Bremen II

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 — DF  GER Jérome Polenz — DF  BIH Damir Memišević — DF  GER Björn Schierenbeck

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Danny Fütterer — MF  BRA Thiago Rockenbach

Youth team

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 — MF  GER Kevin Schindler

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Norman Theuerkauf