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
ManagerGermany Thomas Schaaf
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalRunners-up
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerClaudio Pizarro (16)

Season summary

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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

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First-team squad

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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   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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team 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 (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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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

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8 August 2009 1 Werder Bremen 2–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve
Fourth official: Christian Fischer
15 August 2009 2 Bayern Munich 1–1 Werder Bremen Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker
Fourth official: Tobias Stieler
23 August 2009 3 Werder Bremen 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Günter Perl
Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Mike Pickel
Fourth official: Sascha Thielert
30 August 2009 4 Hertha BSC 2–3 Werder Bremen Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Olympiastadion
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Assistant referees: Christian Fischer, Detlef Scheppe
Fourth official: Thomas Frank
13 September 2009 5 Werder Bremen 0–0 Hannover 96 Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz
Fourth official: Tobias Welz
20 September 2009 6 Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Referee: Peter Sippel
Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann
Fourth official: Thorsten Schiffner
26 September 2009 7 Werder Bremen 3–0 Mainz 05 Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Felix Brych
Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann
Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst
4 October 2009 8 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Referee: Florian Meyer
Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg
Fourth official: Holger Henschel
17 October 2009 9 Werder Bremen 2–0 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Knut Kircher
Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp
Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus
25 October 2009 10 VfL Bochum 1–4 Werder Bremen Bochum
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: RewirpowerSTADION
Referee: Peter Sippel
Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann
Fourth official: Guido Kleve
31 October 2009 11 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 Werder Bremen Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg
Fourth official: Florian Steuer
8 November 2009 12 Werder Bremen 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker
Fourth official: Kai Voss
21 November 2009 13 SC Freiburg 0–6 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Assistant referees: Christian Fischer, Detlef Scheppe
Fourth official: Volker Wezel
28 November 2009 14 Werder Bremen 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Günter Perl
Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Josef Maier
Fourth official: Thomas Metzen
6 December 2009 15 1. FC Köln 0–0 Werder Bremen Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Referee: Jochen Drees
Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Markus Wingenbach
Fourth official: Mark Borsch
12 December 2009 16 Werder Bremen 0–2 Schalke 04 Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve
Fourth official: Norbert Grudzinski
20 December 2009 17 Hamburger SV 2–1 Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Referee: Florian Meyer
Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg
Fourth official: Holger Henschel
16 January 2010 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Referee: Michael Weiner
Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski
Fourth official: Harm Osmers
23 January 2010 19 Werder Bremen 2–3 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Knut Kircher
Assistant referees: Robert Kempter, Stefan Lupp
Fourth official: Carsten Kadach
30 January 2010 20 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–3 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Borussia-Park
Referee: Felix Brych
Assistant referees: Robert Hartmann, Guido Kleve
Fourth official: Florian Steuer
5 February 2010 21 Werder Bremen 2–1 Hertha BSC Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Günter Perl
Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Georg Schalk
Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus
13 February 2010 22 Hannover 96 1–5 Werder Bremen Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: AWD-Arena
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz
Fourth official: Christian Schößling
21 February 2010 23 Werder Bremen 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Michael Weiner
Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski
Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst
27 February 2010 24 Mainz 05 1–2 Werder Bremen Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Referee: Babak Rafati
Assistant referees: Holger Henschel, Patrick Ittrich
Fourth official: Dirk Margenberg
6 March 2010 25 Werder Bremen 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Felix Brych
Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Tobias Stieler
Fourth official: Bastian Dankert
14 March 2010 26 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 Werder Bremen Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Referee: Peter Sippel
Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann
Fourth official: Thomas Metzen
20 March 2010 27 Werder Bremen 3–2 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
Assistant referees: Guido Kleve, Daniel Siebert
Fourth official: Markus Hacker
27 March 2010 28 Werder Bremen 4–2 1. FC Nürnberg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Assistant referees: Kai Voss, Wolfgang Walz
Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever
3 April 2010 29 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Werder Bremen Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Referee: Babak Rafati
Assistant referees: Holger Henschel, Patrick Ittrich
Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst
10 April 2010 30 Werder Bremen 4–0 SC Freiburg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Felix Brych
Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann
Fourth official: René Kunsleben
17 April 2010 31 VfL Wolfsburg 2–4 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Referee: Jochen Drees
Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Florian Steuer
Fourth official: Manuel Kunzmann
24 April 2010 32 Werder Bremen 1–0 1. FC Köln Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg
Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus
1 May 2010 33 Schalke 04 0–2 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Referee: Knut Kircher
Assistant referees: Stefan Lupp, Tobias Stieler
Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann
8 May 2010 34 Werder Bremen 1–1 Hamburger SV Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
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Stadium: Weserstadion
Referee: Michael Weiner
Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Tobias Welz
Fourth official: Harm Osmers

UEFA Europa League

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Play-off round

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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)
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

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Pos Team 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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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Round of 32
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18 February 2010 Twente   1–0   Werder Bremen De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
19:00 Janssen   38' Report Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
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
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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)
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.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2009/10". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

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  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. ^ Marin was born in Bosanska Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in May 2008.
  3. ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
  4. ^ Ayık was born in Walsrode, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-16, U-18, U-19, and U-23 level.
  5. ^ 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.