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 edit

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 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 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 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
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 edit

UEFA Europa League edit

Play-off round edit

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 edit

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 edit

Round of 32 edit
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 edit
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 edit

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

Notes edit

  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.