2009–10 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2009–10 German football season, SV Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

SV Werder Bremen

2009–10 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Claudio Pizarro (16)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Season summary

After last season's poor league form, 2009–10 saw a return to business for Bremen as they finished third, qualifying for the Champions League qualifying rounds. Bremen also reached the DFB-Pokal final for the second season running, but lost to Bayern Munich.

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 6 MF  GER Tim Borowski 8 DF  GER Clemens Fritz 9 FW  SWE Markus Rosenberg 10 MF  GER Marko Marin[notes 2] 11 MF  GER Mesut Özil 14 MF  GER Aaron Hunt 15 DF  AUT Sebastian Prödl 16 DF  TUN Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Étoile du Sahel) 17 MF  BIH Said Husejinović 19 FW  GER Sandro Wagner 20 MF  DEN Daniel Jensen 21 GK  GER Sebastian Mielitz

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  GER Torsten Frings (captain) 23 FW  POR Hugo Almeida 24 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro 25 MF  GER Peter Niemeyer 27 DF  GER Niklas Andersen 29 DF  GER Per Mertesacker 30 FW  HUN Márkó Futács 31 MF  GER Kevin Artmann 32 MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3] 33 GK  GER Christian Vander 41 DF  GER Dominik Schmidt 42 GK  GER Felix Wiedwald 43 FW  GER Pascal Testroet 44 MF  GER Philipp Bargfrede 45 DF  GER Timo Perthel 46 MF  TUR Onur Ayık[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 5 DF  SRB Duško Tošić (released) 7 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ (on loan to Gençlerbirliği) 18 FW  CIV Boubacar Sanogo (to Saint-Étienne)

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 FW  AUT Martin Harnik[notes 5] (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf) 39 FW  BOL Marcelo Moreno (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 47 FW  GER Torsten Oehrl (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Results

Bundesliga

Main article: 2009–10 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	20	10	4	72	31	+41	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	19	8	7	53	31	+22	65
3	Werder Bremen	34	17	10	7	71	40	+31	61	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	14	5	65	38	+27	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	54	42	+12	57

Source: kicker.de^{[dead link]} (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	17	10	7	71	40	+31	61	8	6	3	34	21	+13	9	4	4	37	19	+18

Source: Soccerway

Matches

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 August 2009 1	Werder Bremen	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Özil 13' (pen.) Frings  29' Sanogo 44' Prödl  79'  90+1'	Report	Amanatidis 6', 42' Teber  54' Fenin 71' Russ  90+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Christian Fischer

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

15 August 2009 2	Bayern Munich	1–1	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schweinsteiger  38' Gómez 72'	Report	Özil 39' Fritz  83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

23 August 2009 3	Werder Bremen	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pizarro 21', 38' Özil 56' Borowski  61' Naldo 88'	Report	Bradley  21' Levels  53' Arango  78'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Mike Pickel Fourth official: Sascha Thielert

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

30 August 2009 4	Hertha BSC	2–3	Werder Bremen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Piszczek 77' Ebert 90+1'	Report	Bargfrede  55' Özil 57' Borowski 74' Naldo 83'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Assistant referees: Christian Fischer, Detlef Scheppe Fourth official: Thomas Frank

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

13 September 2009 5	Werder Bremen	0–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Frings  41' Borowski  86'	Report	Djakpa  27'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Markus Schmidt Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz Fourth official: Tobias Welz

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

20 September 2009 6	Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hyypiä  77'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Referee: Peter Sippel Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann Fourth official: Thorsten Schiffner

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

26 September 2009 7	Werder Bremen	3–0	Mainz 05	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hunt 38' Pizarro 71', 82'	Report	Lőw  72'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

4 October 2009 8	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cacau  59' Delpierre  68'	Report	Pizarro 3' Naldo  26' Hunt 51'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Holger Henschel

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

17 October 2009 9	Werder Bremen	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wiese  14' Pizarro 18',  61' Mertesacker 22' Bargfrede  71'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 14' Salihović  15' Compper  23' Šimunić  40' Vorsah  52' Luiz Gustavo  56' Obasi  66' Vukčević  84'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus

VfL Bochum v Werder Bremen

25 October 2009 10	VfL Bochum	1–4	Werder Bremen	Bochum
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Šesták 1' Freier  73' Azaouagh  76'	Report	Hunt 9' Marin 31' Borowski 76' Özil 90+1'	Stadium: RewirpowerSTADION Referee: Peter Sippel Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann Fourth official: Guido Kleve

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

31 October 2009 11	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Eigler 3' Diekmeier  15' Bunjaku 33' Schäfer  44' Wolf  55' Judt  79' Pinola  90+3'	Report	Fritz  42' Marin  44' Hunt 72', 90+2'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Florian Steuer

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

8 November 2009 12	Werder Bremen	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Özil 36' Bargfrede  73'	Report	Barrios 54',  66' Valdez  57'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Kai Voss

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

21 November 2009 13	SC Freiburg	0–6	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Almeida 33', 57' Marin 54' Özil 67' Naldo 73' (pen.) Rosenberg 82',  87'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Assistant referees: Christian Fischer, Detlef Scheppe Fourth official: Volker Wezel

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

28 November 2009 14	Werder Bremen	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Almeida 62' Jensen  81' Mertesacker 90+1'	Report	Džeko 42', 85' Hasebe  51' Ziani  90' Kahlenberg  90+1' Benaglio  90+3'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Josef Maier Fourth official: Thomas Metzen

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

6 December 2009 15	1. FC Köln	0–0	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mohamad  28' Schorch  54' Petit  71' Maniche  75'	Report	Naldo  12' Boenisch  50' Frings  76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Markus Wingenbach Fourth official: Mark Borsch

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

12 December 2009 16	Werder Bremen	0–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boenisch  51' Hunt  61' Frings  75'	Report	Kurányi 47',  63' Morávek 72' Farfán  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Norbert Grudzinski

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

20 December 2009 17	Hamburger SV	2–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mathijsen 9' Rincón  12' Boateng  32' Jansen 36' Aogo  67' Demel  77' Jarolím  78'	Report	Prödl  38' Jensen  50' Naldo  73', 90+3' Hunt  77'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Holger Henschel

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

16 January 2010 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Teber  27' Russ 57' Chris  90+3'	Report	Marin  82' Almeida  85'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Harm Osmers

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

23 January 2010 19	Werder Bremen	2–3	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hunt 10' Wiese  43' Almeida 75'	Report	Müller 25' Olić 35' Van Bommel  40' Robben 78' Demichelis  84'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp Fourth official: Carsten Kadach

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

30 January 2010 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–3	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Reus 4' Colautti 13' Bobadilla 18', 35',  35' Bailly  84'	Report	Özil 26' Pizarro 40',  66' Naldo  61' Fritz  77' Frings 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Robert Hartmann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Florian Steuer

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

5 February 2010 21	Werder Bremen	2–1	Hertha BSC	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marin 66' Fritz  67' Pizarro 81'	Report	Kobiashvili  33' Gekas 68' Kringe  80'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

13 February 2010 22	Hannover 96	1–5	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Eggimann  44' Schulz 59' Lala  64' Schlaudraff  67'	Report	Niemeyer 11' Naldo 18' Andreasen 26' (o.g.) Hunt 44' Pizarro 68'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Referee: Markus Schmidt Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz Fourth official: Christian Schößling

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

21 February 2010 23	Werder Bremen	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pizarro 34',  71' Borowski  53' Abdennour  68' Frings  84' Mertesacker 90+2'	Report	Derdiyok 29',  82' Reinartz  37' Kroos 57',  90+4' Schwaab  59' Vidal  84'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

27 February 2010 24	Mainz 05	1–2	Werder Bremen	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Heller  13' Bancé 45' Polanski  88' Soto  90+1'	Report	Hunt  13' Abdennour  21' Borowski 31' Prödl 50' Pasanen  89'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Babak Rafati Assistant referees: Holger Henschel, Patrick Ittrich Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

6 March 2010 25	Werder Bremen	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frings  74', 81' (pen.) Almeida 75'	Report	Pogrebnyak 15' Khedira 43' Delpierre  89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Bastian Dankert

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

14 March 2010 26	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Šimunić  83'	Report	Pizarro 80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Referee: Peter Sippel Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann Fourth official: Thomas Metzen

Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

20 March 2010 27	Werder Bremen	3–2	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Borowski  24' Naldo  46' Pizarro 58',  72' Marin 65' Frings 81'	Report	Šesták 14' Dedić 63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Markus Wingenbach Assistant referees: Guido Kleve, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Markus Hacker

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Nürnberg

27 March 2010 28	Werder Bremen	4–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mertesacker 1', 20' Borowski 36' Frings  82' Fritz 90+2'	Report	Gündoğan  15' Frantz 47' Choupo-Moting 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Markus Schmidt Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

3 April 2010 29	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Großkreutz 9' Subotić 22' Błaszczykowski  60'	Report	Hunt 65' Bargfrede  89'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Babak Rafati Assistant referees: Holger Henschel, Patrick Ittrich Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

10 April 2010 30	Werder Bremen	4–0	SC Freiburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pizarro 35', 56' Hunt 53' Özil 66'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: René Kunsleben

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

17 April 2010 31	VfL Wolfsburg	2–4	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Džeko 18' Grafite 39' Misimović  54'	Report	Frings 38' (pen.), 62',  59' Pizarro 49' Almeida 75',  75' Borowski  77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Florian Steuer Fourth official: Manuel Kunzmann

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

24 April 2010 32	Werder Bremen	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Özil  90' Frings 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Ehret  49' Brečko  52' Geromel  90' McKenna  90+2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

1 May 2010 33	Schalke 04	0–2	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rafinha  70'	Report	Özil 55',  60' Almeida 64' Borowski  73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Knut Kircher Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

8 May 2010 34	Werder Bremen	1–1	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bargfrede  32' Pizarro 58' Frings  76'	Report	Jarolím  14' Pitroipa  77' Van Nistelrooy 82'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Harm Osmers

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Werder Bremen v Aktobe

20 August 2009	Werder Bremen	6–3	Aktobe	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
21:00	Boenisch 17' Pizarro 28' Naldo 36', 65' Almeida 60' Özil 67' (pen.)	Report	Strukov 21', 32' Smakov 87'	Attendance: 21,446 Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Aktobe v Werder Bremen

27 August 2009	Aktobe	0–2	Werder Bremen	Aktobe Central Stadium, Aktobe
16:00		Report	Pizarro 10', 45+1'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Werder Bremen won 8–3 on aggregate.

Group stage

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRM	ATH	NCL	AUS
1	Werder Bremen	6	5	1	0	17	6	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	4–1	2–0
2	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10			0–3	—	2–1	3–0
3	Nacional	6	1	2	3	11	12	−1	5			2–3	1–1	—	5–1
4	Austria Wien	6	0	2	4	4	16	−12	2			2–2	0–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Nacional v Werder Bremen

17 September 2009	Nacional	2–3	Werder Bremen	Estádio da Madeira, Funchal
21:05	Lopes 68' Halliche 75'	Report	Frings 39' (pen.) Pizarro 55', 85'	Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Werder Bremen v Athletic Bilbao

1 October 2009	Werder Bremen	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
19:00	Hunt 18' Naldo 41' Frings 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Llorente 90+1'	Attendance: 24,305 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Austria Wien v Werder Bremen

22 October 2009	Austria Wien	2–2	Werder Bremen	Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna
19:00	Sulimani 73' Schumacher 87'	Report	Pizarro 19', 63'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Werder Bremen v Austria Wien

5 November 2009	Werder Bremen	2–0	Austria Wien	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
21:05	Borowski 81' Almeida 84'	Report		Attendance: 25,121 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Werder Bremen v Nacional

3 December 2009	Werder Bremen	4–1	Nacional	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
19:00	Rosenberg 31', 34' Moreno 84' Marin 90+2'	Report	Micael 61'	Attendance: 24,784 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Athletic Bilbao v Werder Bremen

16 December 2009	Athletic Bilbao	0–3	Werder Bremen	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
21:05		Report	Pizarro 13' Naldo 20' Rosenberg 36'	Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Twente v Werder Bremen

18 February 2010	Twente	1–0	Werder Bremen	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
19:00	Janssen 38'	Report		Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Werder Bremen v Twente

25 February 2010	Werder Bremen	4–1	Twente	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
21:05	Pizarro 15', 20', 58' Naldo 27'	Report	De Jong 33'	Attendance: 20,963 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

Werder Bremen won 4–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Valencia v Werder Bremen

11 March 2010	Valencia	1–1	Werder Bremen	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia
21:05	Mata 57'	Report	Frings 24' (pen.)	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Werder Bremen v Valencia

18 March 2010	Werder Bremen	4–4	Valencia	Weser-Stadion, Bremen
19:00	Almeida 26' Frings 57' (pen.) Marin 62' Pizarro 84'	Report	Villa 2', 45', 65' Mata 15'	Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Valencia 5–5 Werder Bremen on aggregate. Valencia won on away goals.