2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen
2008–09 season
Head Coach Thomas Schaaf
Stadium Weserstadion
Bremen, Bremen
Bundesliga 10th out of 18 teams
DFB-Pokal Winners
Champions League Group Stage
UEFA Cup Runners–up
Top goalscorer League: Claudio Pizarro (17)
All: Claudio Pizarro (28)
← 2007–08
2009–10 →

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.

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
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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: [1]

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 34 12 9 13 64 50 +14 45 2009–10 UEFA 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: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Greece Panathinaikos 631287+110
Italy Inter Milan 622287+18
Germany Werder Bremen 614179−27
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 61328806
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

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 35.29 [2]
DFB-Pokal 17 August 30 May 6 5 1 0 20 8 +12 83.33 DFB–Pokal results
Champions League 16 September 9 December 6 1 4 1 7 9 -2 16.67 Champions League results
UEFA Cup 18 February 20 May 9 3 4 2 16 14 +2 33.33 UEFA Cup results
Total 55 21 18 16 107 81 +26 38.18 —

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 [9]
Christian Vander 8 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 [10]
Nico Pellatz 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [11]
Defenders
Niklas Andersen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [12]
Sebastian Boenisch 42 0 24 0 5 0 4 0 9 0 [13]
Clemens Fritz 42 0 24 0 6 0 5 0 7 0 [14]
Per Mertesacker 39 4 23 2 3 1 6 1 7 0 [15]
Naldo 47 5 28 3 5 0 5 0 9 2 [16]
Petri Pasanen 27 0 16 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 [17]
Timo Perthel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [18]
Sebastian Prödl 33 0 22 0 3 0 4 0 4 1 [19]
Duško Tošić 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 [20]
Midfielders
Frank Baumann 39 2 27 1 4 0 4 0 4 1 [21]
Diego 39 21 21 12 5 2 5 1 8 6 [22]
Torsten Frings 48 4 30 4 5 0 5 0 8 0 [23]
Aaron Hunt 28 2 18 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 [24]
Said Husejinović 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [25]
Daniel Jansen 19 0 11 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 [26]
Peter Niemeyer 25 0 15 0 4 0 1 0 5 0 [27]
Mesut Özil 47 5 28 3 5 2 6 0 8 0 [28]
Alexandros Tziolis 27 1 15 1 4 0 0 0 8 0 [29]
Jurica Vranješ 18 1 14 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 [30]
Forwards
Martin Harnik 9 0 8 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 [31]
Torsten Oehrl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [32]
Claudio Pizarro 46 28 26 17 5 4 6 2 9 5 [33]
Markus Rosenberg 47 13 29 7 5 5 6 1 7 0 [34]
Boubacar Sanogo 26 3 22 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 [35]

Discipline

Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League UEFA Cup Ref.
Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card
Tim Wiese 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [9]
Sebastian Boenisch 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 [13]
Clemens Fritz 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 [14]
Per Mertesacker 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [15]
Naldo 6 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [16]
Petri Pasanen 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [17]
Sebastian Prödl 6 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [19]
Duško Tošić 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [20]
Frank Baumann 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 [21]
Diego 10 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 [22]
Torsten Frings 14 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 [23]
Aaron Hunt 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [24]
Daniel Jansen 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 [26]
Peter Niemeyer 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [27]
Mesut Özil 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 [28]
Alexandros Tziolis 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 [29]
Jurica Vranješ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [30]
Claudio Pizarro 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 [33]
Markus Rosenberg 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 [34]
Boubacar Sanogo 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [35]
Totals 100 0 4 54 0 4 12 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 —

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Rosenberg in Torlaune". kicker (in German). 9 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Nach der Gala erfüllt Werder die Pflicht". kicker (in German). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Pizarro trifft den BVB ins Mark". kicker (in German). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Werders Triumph dank Özil". kicker (in German). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Wiese, Tim". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Vander, Christian". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Nico-Stephano Pellatz" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Andersen, Niklas". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Boenisch, Sebastian". kicker (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Fritz, Clemens". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Tosic, Dusko". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Frings, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  25. ↑ "Husejinovic, Said". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Jensen, Daniel". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Niemeyer, Peter". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Tziolis, Alexandros". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Vranjes, Jurica". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  31. ↑ "Harnik, Martin". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  32. ↑ "Oehrl, Torsten". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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