2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2006–07 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

SV Werder Bremen
2006–07 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalFirst round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Diego/Miroslav Klose (13)

All:
Miroslav Klose (17)

Season summary edit

Bremen finished in third this season, still good enough for Champions League qualification. The club also made it to the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated in a 5-1 aggregate defeat to eventual runners-up Espanyol.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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 Andreas Reinke
3 DF   FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF   BRA Naldo
5 DF   CMR Pierre Womé
6 MF   GER Frank Baumann
7 MF   CRO Jurica Vranješ
8 MF   GER Clemens Fritz
9 FW   SWE Markus Rosenberg
10 MF   BRA Diego
11 FW   GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1]
14 MF   GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF   GER Patrick Owomoyela
17 FW   CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
18 GK   GER Tim Wiese
19 DF   GER Jérome Polenz
20 MF   DEN Daniel Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   GER Torsten Frings
23 FW   POR Hugo Almeida (on loan from Porto)
24 MF   GER Tim Borowski
25 MF   GER Peter Niemeyer
26 DF   GER Florian Mohr
27 DF   GER Christian Schulz
28 FW   GER Kevin Schindler
29 DF   GER Per Mertesacker
30 GK   DEN Kasper Jensen
31 MF   GER Kevin Artmann
32 DF   GER Sebastian Schachten
33 GK   GER Christian Vander
34 FW   AUT Martin Harnik[notes 3]
37 MF   BRA Thiago Rockenbach
38 MF   POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 4]

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW   EGY Mohamed Zidan (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   DEN Leon Andreasen (on loan to Mainz)

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Results edit

Champions League edit

Group stage edit

12 September 2006 Chelsea   2–0   Werder Bremen Stamford Bridge, London
20:45 Essien   24'
Ballack   68' (pen.)
Report MatchCentre Attendance: 32,135
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
27 September 2006 Werder Bremen   1–1   Barcelona Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Puyol   56' (o.g.) Report MatchCentre Messi   89' Attendance: 41,256
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
18 October 2006 Werder Bremen   2–0   Levski Sofia Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Naldo   45+1'
Diego   73'
Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
22 November 2006 Werder Bremen   1–0   Chelsea Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Mertesacker   27' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

UEFA Cup edit

Round of 32 edit

14 February 2007 Werder Bremen   3–0   Ajax Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 Mertesacker   48'
Naldo   54'
Frings   71'
Report Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
22 February 2007 Ajax   3–1   Werder Bremen Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
21:00 Leonardo   4'
Huntelaar   60'
Babel   74'
Report Almeida   14' Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16 edit

8 March 2007 Celta Vigo   0–1   Werder Bremen Balaídos, Vigo
20:45 Report Almeida   84' Attendance: 9,236
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
14 March 2007 Werder Bremen   2–0   Celta Vigo Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Almeida   48'
Fritz   61'
Report Attendance: 35,278
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-final edit

12 April 2007 Werder Bremen   4–1   AZ Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Borowski   16'
Klose   36', 62'
Diego   82'
Report Dembélé   32' Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final edit

Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2006/07".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
  2. ^ Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in February 2004.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother, switched his international allegiance to Portugal in May 2007, and represented Portugal at U-21 level.