2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.

Werder Bremen

2011–12 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio Pizarro (18) All: Claudio Pizarro (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Review and events

Friendlies

Werder Bremen started the 2011–12 season by beating lower division German side Meppen by 13–1. They then however lost against Danish side Midtjylland 5–4. They then beat Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–1. They then drew 0–0 against Chemnitzer then beat SC Freiburg 4–3. They were held to a draw against Greek side Olympiacos and then lost to 3. Liga side Heidenheim 2-1. They then went on to beat Everton 1–0 and went past FC St. Pauli 5–4. They lost though against Fenerbahçe 1–0 and drew 2–2 to Union Berlin. In October, they beat VfL Osnabrück 3–0. They lost to Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 and lost to Ajax and Hansa Rostock, but beat AZ 2–1.^{[citation needed]}

Transfers Summer

Bremen lost Torsten Frings and Petri Pasanen on free transfers to Toronto FC and Red Bull Salzburg respectively. The club also lost Peter Niemeyer, who joined Hertha BSC permanently after having been on loan during the 2010–11 season. German international Per Mertesacker also departed, joining Arsenal for a £11 million transfer fee.

Bremen signed Mehmet Ekici from Bayern Munich and Tom Trybull from Hansa Rostock. The club also signed Lukas Schmitz from Schalke 04, Andreas Wolf from 1. FC Nürnberg, while Sokratis Papastathopoulos signed on loan from Genoa. Bremen also signed Florian Hartherz from VfL Wolfsburg and Aleksandar Ignjovski from 1860 Munich.^{[citation needed]}

Transfers Winter

During the winter transfer window, Bremen sold Andreas Wolf and sent Sandro Wagner out on loan, while signing 2010 Austrian Player of the Year Zlatko Junuzović from Austria Wien. Bremen also signed François Affolter from Young Boys on loan.^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Bundesliga

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 August 2011 1	Werder Bremen	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Rosenberg 60', 81' Wesley  71'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu  17' Dick  73'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,100 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Clemens Fritz

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

14 August 2011 2	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kießling  44' Kadlec 85'	Report	Papastathopoulos  47' Schmitz  83'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Tim Wiese

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

20 August 2011 3	Werder Bremen	5–3	SC Freiburg	Bremen
CEST (UTC+02)	Fritz 30' Pizarro 34' Arnautović 65' Schmitz  71' Hunt 87' (pen.) Wesley 90+3'	Report	Cissé 7', 48' Schuster  60' Flum  64' Reisinger  75', 84' Krmaš  86'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,201 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Marko Marin

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

27 August 2011 4	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Roberto Firmino 37'	Report	Arnautović 38' Rosenberg 83' Ekici  85'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Tim Wiese

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

10 September 2011 5	Werder Bremen	2–0	Hamburger SV	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pizarro  25', 52', 78' Marin  45' Bargfrede  68'	Report	Rajković  22' Guerrero  23' Mancienne  28' Jansen  70' Jarolím  72'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

17 September 2011 6	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Eigler  45' Wollscheid 62'	Report	Wiese  17' Ekici 24' Ignjovski  90+3'	Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion Attendance: 43,121 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Timmy Simons

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

25 September 2011 7	Werder Bremen	2–1	Hertha BSC	Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Pizarro 23', 90+3',  76' Fritz  67'	Report	Ramos 3',  10'  63' Lell  12'  57' Janker  74' Mijatović  89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,760 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

2 October 2011 8	Hannover 96	3–2	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Abdellaoue 2' (pen.), 38', 60' Stindl  44' Schulz  55' Pinto  56' Cherundolo  74' Schmiedebach  84'	Report	Wolf  30' Marin  42' Bargfrede  45' Arnautović 45+3',  78' Pizarro 84'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Mohammed Abdellaoue

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

14 October 2011 9	Werder Bremen	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Wolf  15'	Report	Perišić  38'  47', 42' Subotić  45+1' Owomoyela 71'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,068 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Mats Hummels

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

21 October 2011 10	FC Augsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Baier  6' Bellinghausen 49' Callsen-Bracker  90' Jentzsch  90+2'	Report	Papastathopoulos  14' Pizarro  56', 68'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Simon Jentzsch

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

29 October 2011 11	Mainz 05	1–3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kirchhoff  6' Bungert 23' Soto  89'	Report	Pizarro 29',  76' Hunt 47' Ignjovski  50' Wagner  76' Prödl 78' Schmitz  89'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

5 November 2011 12	Werder Bremen	3–2	1. FC Köln	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Papastathopoulos  20' Fritz  45' Bargfrede  47' Pizarro 49', 54' (pen.), 86'	Report	Clemens 3' Riether  42' Podolski 45' Sereno  53' Rensing  78' Lanig  89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Michael Weiner Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

19 November 2011 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Herrmann 16' Reus 23', 38', 51' Arango 53'	Report	Papastathopoulos  37'  76'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,465 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Marco Reus

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

27 November 2011 14	Werder Bremen	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Hunt 57' Naldo 67' Wolf  90'	Report	Tasci  44' Gentner  57' Boulahrouz  66' Kvist  90+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Naldo

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

3 December 2011 15	Bayern Munich	4–1	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ribéry 22', 77' Robben 69' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Kroos  84'	Match Report	Rosenberg 52' Wolf  62' Hunt  81' Papastathopoulos  83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Franck Ribéry

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

10 December 2011 16	Werder Bremen	4–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Papastathopoulos 18',  46' Pizarro 45' Rosenberg 55' Arnautović 71'	Report	Josué  21' Chris  27' Träsch  74' Schäfer 86'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,124 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

17 December 2011 17	Schalke 04	5–0	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Raúl 16', 20', 63',  43' Papadopoulos 67' Huntelaar 70' Höwedes  76'	Match Report	Schmitz  26' Fritz  65'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Raúl

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Werder Bremen

21 January 2012 18	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	Werder Bremen	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Świerczok  58' Tiffert  59'		Papastathopoulos  39' Bargfrede  71' Schmitz  75'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,381 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

28 January 2012 19	Werder Bremen	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Pizarro 29' Rosenberg  52' Ignjovski  89' Bargfrede  90+1'		Castro  15' Kadlec  44' Reinartz 57'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,060 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

5 February 2012 20	SC Freiburg	2–2	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Makiadi 32' Schmid 70' Jendrišek  75' Caligiuri  79'		Pizarro  28', 30', 48' Ekici  53'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 22,000

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

11 February 2012 21	Werder Bremen	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ekici  45' Wiese  63' Papastathopoulos  82' Arnautović 89'		Vestergaard 4',  36' Weis  54' Roberto Firmino  88' Compper  90+3'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,176 Referee: Michael Weiner

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

18 February 2012 22	Hamburger SV	1–3	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 (UTC+01)	Petrić 75' Jarolím  71'		Marin 9' Bargfrede  33' Trybull 45',  84' Fritz  54' Arnautović 86'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 56,553 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Nürnberg

25 February 2012 23	Werder Bremen	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bremen
18:30 (UTC+01)	Junuzović  19' Fritz  75' Papastathopoulos  90+4'	Report	Balitsch  5' Esswein 65' Feulner  70' Schäfer  90+4'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,204 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

3 March 2012 24	Hertha BSC	1–0	Werder Bremen	Berlin
	Raffael  29' Rukavytsya 63' Mijatović  86'	Report	Affolter  45'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 52,744 Referee: Günter Perl

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

11 March 2012 25	Werder Bremen	3–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
	Pizarro 31' Prödl 49' Rosenberg 56'	Report	Sobiech  67' Stindl  71' Royer  72' Lala  90+1'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

17 March 2012 26	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
	Kagawa 8' Piszczek  29'	Report	Ignjovski  32' Affolter  61' Fritz  89'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

24 March 2012 27	Werder Bremen	1–1	FC Augsburg	Bremen
	Fritz  18' Füllkrug 61' Affolter  86' Rosenberg  90+2'	Report	Davids  53' Verhaegh  66', 90+2' Baier  81'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,208 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

31 March 2012 28	Werder Bremen	0–3	Mainz 05	Bremen
	Fritz  54'	Report	Szalai 18' Choupo-Moting 48', 74' Zabavník  62' Soto  63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,132 Referee: Knut Kircher

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

7 April 2012 29	1. FC Köln	1–1	Werder Bremen	Cologne
	Peszko  27' Jemal 39' Riether  58' Jajalo  75'	Report	Fritz  22' Rosenberg 24' Papastathopoulos  35'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

10 April 2012 30	Werder Bremen	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
	Rosenberg 18' Boenisch  27' Naldo 74'	Report	Neustädter  36' Reus  39' Brouwers  49' Hanke 52', 67' Arango  60'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

13 April 2012 31	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
	Gentner 37' Harnik 45+1', 53' Niedermeier  87' Cacau 89'	Report	Rosenberg 25' Schmitz  76' Papastathopoulos  81' Fritz  88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

21 April 2012 32	Werder Bremen	1–2	Bayern Munich	Bremen
	Naldo 51'	Report	Naldo 75' (o.g.) Ribéry 90'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

21 April 2012 33	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
	Salihamidžić 40',  79' Helmes 66', 89' Josué  84'	Report	Stevanović  42' Rosenberg 45+1',  86' Papastathopoulos  62'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

5 May 2012 34	Werder Bremen	2–3	Schalke 04	Bremen
	Papastathopoulos  27' Pizarro 41' (pen.), 82' Fritz  89'	Report	Draxler 30' Moritz  32' Huntelaar 65', 74'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

1. FC Heidenheim v Werder Bremen

30 July 1st Round	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Sauter 56' Schnatterer 58'	Match Report	Rosenberg 3'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jochen Drees

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 23 December 2011^[update]

Squad Season 2011–12
Player					Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Totals
Player	Nat.	Birthday	at Werder since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
Tim Wiese		17 December 1981	2005	1. FC Kaiserslautern	13	0	1	0	14	0
Sebastian Mielitz		18 July 1989	2005	Energie Cottbus	5	0	0	0	5	0
Christian Vander		24 October 1980	2005	VfL Bochum	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
Leon Balogun		28 June 1988	2010	Hannover 96	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Boenisch		18 July 1989	2007	Schalke 04	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clemens Fritz		7 December 1980	2006	Bayer Leverkusen	17	1	1	0	18	1
Florian Hartherz		29 May 1993	2011	VfL Wolfsburg	10	0	0	0	10	0
Naldo		10 September 1982	2005	Juventude	12	1	0	0	12	1
Sebastian Prödl		21 June 1987	2008	Sturm Graz	11	1	0	0	11	1
Lukas Schmitz		13 October 1988	2011	Schalke 04	14	0	1	0	15	0
Mikaël Silvestre		9 August 1977	2010	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sokratis Papastathopoulos		9 June 1988	2011	Milan	14	1	1	0	15	1
Andreas Wolf		12 June 1982	2011	1. FC Nürnberg	15	0	1	0	16	0
Per Mertesacker		29 September 1984	2006	Hannover 96	4	0	0	0	4	0
Midfielders
Philipp Bargfrede		3 March 1989	2004	TuS Heeslingen	15	0	1	0	16	1
Tim Borowski		2 May 1980	2009	Bayern Munich	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mehmet Ekici		25 March 1990	2011	Bayern Munich	14	1	1	0	15	1
Aaron Hunt		4 September 1986	2001	Goslarer SC 08	15	3	1	0	16	3
Aleksandar Ignjovski		27 January 1991	2011	OFK Beograd	12	0	0	0	12	0
Felix Kroos		12 March 1991	2010	Hansa Rostock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marko Marin		13 March 1989	2010	Borussia Mönchengladbach	11	0	1	0	12	0
Aleksandar Stevanović		16 February 1992	2011	Schalke 04	1	0	0	0	1	0
Predrag Stevanović		3 March 1991	2011	Schalke 04	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florian Trinks		29 September 1984	2006	Carl Zeiss Jena	3	0	0	0	3	0
Tom Trybull		9 March 1993	2011	Hansa Rostock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wesley		24 June 1987	2010	Santos	5	1	0	0	5	1
Özkan Yıldırım		10 April 1993	2003	TuS Sulingen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
Marko Arnautović		19 April 1989	2010	Internazionale	13	4	1	0	14	4
Denni Avdić		5 September 1988	2011	Elfsborg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Onur Ayık		28 January 1990	2004	Viktoria Rethem	0	0	0	0	0	0
Claudio Pizzaro		10 March 1978	2009	Chelsea	15	12	0	0	15	12
Markus Rosenberg		27 September 1982	2011	Racing Santander	16	5	1	1	17	6
Lennart Thy		25 February 1992	2007	JFV Norden	2	0	1	0	3	0
Sandro Wagner		29 November 1987	2010	MSV Duisburg	7	0	1	0	8	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW		Markus Rosenberg	29	EU	Racing Santander	End of loan	Summer	2012
13	DF		Lukas Schmitz	23	EU	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2015
17	MF		Aleksandar Ignjovski	20	Non-EU	OFK Beograd	Transfer	Summer
20	MF		Mehmet Ekici	20	Non-EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer		€5,000,000
22	DF		Sokratis Papastathopoulos	23	EU	Milan	Loan	Summer	2012	€600,000
23	DF		Andreas Wolf	29	EU	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
3	DF		Per Mertesacker	27	EU	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	£8,000,000
3	MF		Torsten Frings	35	EU	Toronto FC	Free	Summer	N/A
3	DF		Petri Pasanen	31	EU	Red Bull Salzburg	Free	Summer	N/A
3	MF		Peter Niemeyer	28	EU	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	£700,000
3	DF		Andreas Wolf	29	EU	Monaco	Transfer	Winter	£1,000,000