2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2006–07 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

SV Werder Bremen

2006–07 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	First round
DFL-Ligapokal	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Diego/Miroslav Klose (13) All: Miroslav Klose (17)
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Season summary

Bremen finished in third this season, achieving Champions League qualification. The club reached the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated in a 5-1 aggregate defeat to eventual runners-up Espanyol. The club also won its first and only Ligapokal title.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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 1 GK  GER Andreas Reinke 3 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen 4 DF  BRA Naldo 5 DF  CMR Pierre Womé 6 MF  GER Frank Baumann 7 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ 8 MF  GER Clemens Fritz 9 FW  SWE Markus Rosenberg 10 MF  BRA Diego 11 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1] 14 MF  GER Aaron Hunt 15 DF  GER Patrick Owomoyela 17 FW  CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2] 18 GK  GER Tim Wiese 19 DF  GER Jérome Polenz 20 MF  DEN Daniel Jensen

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  GER Torsten Frings 23 FW  POR Hugo Almeida (on loan from Porto) 24 MF  GER Tim Borowski 25 MF  GER Peter Niemeyer 26 DF  GER Florian Mohr 27 DF  GER Christian Schulz 28 FW  GER Kevin Schindler 29 DF  GER Per Mertesacker 30 GK  DEN Kasper Jensen 31 MF  GER Kevin Artmann 32 DF  GER Sebastian Schachten 33 GK  GER Christian Vander 34 FW  AUT Martin Harnik[notes 3] 37 MF  BRA Thiago Rockenbach 38 MF  POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 4]

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  EGY Mohamed Zidan (to Mainz)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  DEN Leon Andreasen (on loan to Mainz)

Transfers

In

• Diego - FC Porto, May, €6,000,000
• Markus Rosenberg - Ajax, January 26
• Hugo Almeida - Porto, season-long loan
• Peter Niemeyer - FC Twente, January
• Christian Vander - VfL Bochum

Out

• Mohamed Zidan - Mainz, 17 January, €2,800,000
• Leon Andreasen - Mainz, January, season-long loan

Results

Champions League

Group stage

Chelsea v Werder Bremen

12 September 2006	Chelsea	2–0	Werder Bremen	Stamford Bridge, London
20:45	Essien 24' Ballack 68' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 32,135 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Werder Bremen v Barcelona

27 September 2006	Werder Bremen	1–1	Barcelona	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Puyol 56' (o.g.)	Report MatchCentre	Messi 89'	Attendance: 41,256 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Werder Bremen v Levski Sofia

18 October 2006	Werder Bremen	2–0	Levski Sofia	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Naldo 45+1' Diego 73'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Levski Sofia v Werder Bremen

31 October 2006	Levski Sofia	0–3	Werder Bremen	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45		Report MatchCentre	Mikhailov 33' (o.g.) Baumann 35' Frings 37'	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Werder Bremen v Chelsea

22 November 2006	Werder Bremen	1–0	Chelsea	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Mertesacker 27'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Barcelona v Werder Bremen

5 December 2006	Barcelona	2–0	Werder Bremen	Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45	Ronaldinho 13' Guðjohnsen 18'	Report MatchCentre		Attendance: 95,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Werder Bremen v Ajax

14 February 2007	Werder Bremen	3–0	Ajax	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30	Mertesacker 48' Naldo 54' Frings 71'	Report		Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Ajax v Werder Bremen

22 February 2007	Ajax	3–1	Werder Bremen	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
21:00	Leonardo 4' Huntelaar 60' Babel 74'	Report	Almeida 14'	Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Celta Vigo v Werder Bremen

8 March 2007	Celta Vigo	0–1	Werder Bremen	Balaídos, Vigo
20:45		Report	Almeida 84'	Attendance: 9,236 Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)

Werder Bremen v Celta Vigo

14 March 2007	Werder Bremen	2–0	Celta Vigo	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Almeida 48' Fritz 61'	Report		Attendance: 35,278 Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

AZ v Werder Bremen

5 April 2007	AZ	0–0	Werder Bremen	DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45		Report		Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Werder Bremen v AZ

12 April 2007	Werder Bremen	4–1	AZ	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Borowski 16' Klose 36', 62' Diego 82'	Report	Dembélé 32'	Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final

Espanyol v Werder Bremen

26 April 2007	Espanyol	3–0	Werder Bremen	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
20:45	Moisés 21' Pandiani 50' Coro 88'	Report		Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Werder Bremen v Espanyol

3 May 2007	Werder Bremen	1–2	Espanyol	Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45	Almeida 4'	Report	Coro 50' Lacruz 61'	Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.