2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season

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.

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

Bundesliga review

Bundesliga results

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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:

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

DFB–Pokal

Main article: 2008–09 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.
						Werder Bremen	Opponent
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

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA 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.
						Werder Bremen	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
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

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

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
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

Main article: 2008–09 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.
							Werder Bremen	Opponent
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
			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.
	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls	App.	Gls
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.
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	—

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