2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season explained

Club:Werder Bremen
Season:2008–09
Manager:Thomas Schaaf
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Weserstadion
Bremen, Bremen
League:Bundesliga
League Result:10th
Cup1:DFB-Pokal
Cup1 Result:Winners
Cup2:Champions League
Cup2 Result:Group stage
Cup3:UEFA Cup
Cup3 Result:Runners–up
League Topscorer:Claudio Pizarro (17)
Season Topscorer:Claudio Pizarro (28)
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Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason: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.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Werder Bremen II

Bundesliga

See main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga.

Bundesliga results

Date
Kick–off		VenueOpponent
Goalscorers and disciplined playersTable
Werder BremenOpponent
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League table

DFB–Pokal

See 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. Werder Bremen got four goals from Markus Rosenberg, three goals from Hugo Almeida, and two more goals from Boubacar Sanogo and Jurica Vranješ. Dennis Brode, Herion Novaku, and Bertino Nacar scored for Eintracht Nordhorn. Then in the second round, on 23 September, Werder Bremen defeated 3. Liga club Erzgebirge Aue 2–1. Fabian Müller gave Erzgebirge Aue a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute. However, Werder Bremen equalized with a 26-minute goal from Claudio Pizarro and took the lead with a 54-minute goal from Markus Rosenberg. Then in the round of 16, on 28 January, Werder Bremen defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1.

DFB–Pokal results

Date
Kick–off		VenueOpponent
Goalscorers and disciplined players
Werder Bremen
17 August
15:30		AEintracht Nordhorn9–39,000[2]
23 September
19:00		AErzgebirge Aue2–112,000[3]
28 January
19:00		HBorussia Dortmund2–174,000[4]
4 March
19:00		AVfL Wolfsburg5–2[5]
22 April
20:30		AHamburger SV1–155,237[6]
Shoot–out scoreShoot–out
3–1
30 May
20:00		NBayer Leverkusen1–0[7]

Champions League

See 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

Date
Kick–off		VenueOpponent
Goalscorers and disciplined playersTable
Werder BremenOpponent
116 September
20:45		HAnorthosis Famagusta0–010
21 October
20:45		AInter Milan1–120
322 October
20:45		APanathinaikos2–230
44 November
20:45		HPanathinaikos0–33–3
526 November
20:45		AAnorthosis Famagusta2–24–3
69 December
20:45		HInter Milan2–17–2

Group table

UEFA Cup

See main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

UEFA Cup results

LegDate
kick–off		VenueOpponent

Goalscorers and disciplined players
Werder BremenOpponent
Second round
18 February
20:30		HMilan1–1—
26 February
20:45		AMilan2–23–3
Round of 16
12 March
20:30		HSaint-Étienne1–0—
18 March
20:30		ASaint-Étienne2–23–2
Quarter–final
9 April
20:45		HUdinese3–1—
16 April
20:45		AUdinese3–36–4
Semi–final
30 April
20:45		HHamburger SV0–1—
7 May
20:45		AHamburger SV3–23–3
Final
—20 May
20:45		NShakhtar Donetsk1–2—

Team record

CompetitionFirst matchLast matchRecord
Bundesliga16 August23 May[8]
DFB-Pokal17 August30 MayDFB–Pokal results
Champions League16 September9 DecemberChampions League results
UEFA Cup18 February20 MayUEFA Cup results
Total—

Player information

Squad and statistics

Player Total
Goalkeepers
Tim Wiese460290504080[9]
Christian Vander8050002010[10]
Nico Pellatz1000100000[11]
Defenders
Niklas Andersen1010000000[12]
Sebastian Boenisch420240504090[13]
Clemens Fritz420240605070[14]
Per Mertesacker394232316170[15]
Naldo475283505092[16]
Petri Pasanen270160303050[17]
Timo Perthel1010000000[18]
Sebastian Prödl330220304041[19]
Duško Tošić11090101000[20]
Midfielders
Frank Baumann392271404041[21]
Diego39212112525186[22]
Torsten Frings484304505080[23]
Aaron Hunt282182204040[24]
Said Husejinović3030000000[25]
Daniel Jensen190110203030[26]
Peter Niemeyer250150401050[27]
Mesut Özil475283526080[28]
Alexandros Tziolis271151400 080[29]
Jurica Vranješ181140212000[30]
Forwards
Martin Harnik90800001010[31]
Torsten Oehrl1010000000[32]
Claudio Pizarro46282617546295[33]
Markus Rosenberg4713297556170[34]
Boubacar Sanogo263222113000[35]

Discipline

PlayerTotalBundesligaDFB-PokalChampions LeagueUEFA Cup
Tim Wiese200100100000000
Sebastian Boenisch700500000000200
Clemens Fritz800500000100200
Per Mertesacker201001100000100
Naldo601301200000100
Petri Pasanen500300200000000
Sebastian Prödl6 0 0400100100000
Duško Tošić2 0 0100000100000
Frank Baumann7 0 0400000200100
Diego10 0 0400100300200
Torsten Frings14 0 0500200500200
Aaron Hunt4 0 0400000000000
Daniel Jensen5 0 0300000100100
Peter Niemeyer4 0 0300100000000
Mesut Özil3 0 1101000100100
Alexandros Tziolis5 0 0200000000300
Jurica Vranješ1 0 0100000000000
Claudio Pizarro3 0 1201000000100
Markus Rosenberg5 0 0200100100100
Boubacar Sanogo1 0 0100000000000
Totals100 0 45404120016001800—

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2008/09.
  2. News: Rosenberg in Torlaune. 19 August 2014. kicker. 9 August 2008. de.
  3. News: Nach der Gala erfüllt Werder die Pflicht. 19 August 2014. kicker. 23 September 2008. de.
  4. News: Pizarro trifft den BVB ins Mark. 19 August 2014. kicker. 28 January 2009. de.
  5. News: Diego und Pizarro nicht zu stoppen. 19 August 2014. kicker. 4 March 2009. de.
  6. News: Wiese fliegt bis nach Berlin. 19 August 2014. kicker. 22 April 2009.
  7. News: Werders Triumph dank Özil. 19 August 2014. kicker. 30 May 2009. de.
  8. Web site: 1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle. kicker.de. kicker. 21 August 2014. de.
  9. Web site: Wiese, Tim. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  10. Web site: Vander, Christian. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  11. Web site: Nico-Stephano Pellatz. Fussballdaten.de. 19 August 2014. de.
  12. Web site: Andersen, Niklas. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  13. Web site: Boenisch, Sebastian. kicker. kicker.de. 19 August 2014. de.
  14. Web site: Fritz, Clemens. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  15. Web site: Mertesacker, Per. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  16. Web site: Naldo. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  17. Web site: Pasanen, Petri. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  18. Web site: Perthel, Timo. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  19. Web site: Prödl, Sebastian. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  20. Web site: Tosic, Dusko. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  21. Web site: Baumann, Frank. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  22. Web site: Diego. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  23. Web site: Frings, Torsten. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  24. Web site: Hunt, Aaron. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  25. Web site: Husejinovic, Said. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  26. Web site: Jensen, Daniel. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  27. Web site: Niemeyer, Peter. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  28. Web site: Özil, Mesut. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  29. Web site: Tziolis, Alexandros. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  30. Web site: Vranjes, Jurica. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  31. Web site: Harnik, Martin. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  32. Web site: Oehrl, Torsten. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  33. Web site: Pizarro, Claudio. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  34. Web site: Rosenberg, Markus. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.
  35. Web site: Sanogo, Boubacar. kicker.de. kicker. 19 August 2014. de.

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