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 coachThomas Schaaf
StadiumWeserstadion
Bremen, Bremen
Bundesliga10th
DFB-PokalWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRunners–up
Top goalscorerLeague: Claudio Pizarro (17)
All: Claudio Pizarro (28)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Tim Wiese
2 DF Germany GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 1]
3 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF Brazil BRA Naldo
5 DF Serbia SRB Duško Tošić
6 MF Germany GER Frank Baumann
7 MF Croatia CRO Jurica Vranješ
8 DF Germany GER Clemens Fritz
9 FW Sweden SWE Markus Rosenberg
10 MF Brazil BRA Diego
11 MF Germany GER Mesut Özil
14 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF Austria AUT Sebastian Prödl
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Greece GRE Alexandros Tziolis (on loan from Panathinaikos)
20 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Jensen
22 MF Germany GER Torsten Frings
23 FW Portugal POR Hugo Almeida
24 FW Peru PER Claudio Pizarro (on loan from Chelsea)
25 MF Germany GER Peter Niemeyer
27 DF Germany GER Niklas Andersen
29 DF Germany GER Per Mertesacker
33 GK Germany GER Christian Vander
34 FW Austria AUT Martin Harnik[notes 2]
40 GK Germany GER Nico Pellatz
45 DF Germany GER Timo Perthel
47 FW Germany GER Torsten Oehrl

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Said Husejinović (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
18 FW Ivory Coast CIV Boubacar Sanogo (on loan to Hoffenheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
41 DF Germany GER Dennis Diekmeier (to Nürnberg)

Werder Bremen II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK Germany GER Sebastian Mielitz
30 FW Hungary HUN Márkó Futács
31 MF Germany GER Kevin Artmann
32 MF Germany GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 DF France FRA Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan from Marseille)
36 FW Germany GER Max Kruse
44 MF Germany GER Philipp Bargfrede

Bundesliga
Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

Bundesliga results
MD Date
Kick–off		 Venue Opponent Res.
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Ref.
Werder Bremen Opponent Pos. Pts. GD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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 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[lower-alpha 1] 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 Yellow card 40'
Paulus Yellow card 56'
Kos Yellow card 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greece Panathinaikos 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 Italy Internazionale 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
3 Germany Werder Bremen 6 1 4 1 7 9 −2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 6 1 3 2 8 8 0 6
Source: RSSSF
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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 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
PlayerTotalBundesligaDFB-PokalChampions LeagueUEFA CupRef.
App.GlsApp.GlsApp.GlsApp.GlsApp.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.
Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card
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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Notes
  1. Boenisch was born in Gliwice, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Poland in September 2010.
  2. Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented Austria at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
  3. Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
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