2009–10 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2009–10 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	3rd
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Claudio Pizarro (16)

During the 2009–10 German football season, SV Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

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

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Bundesliga

League table

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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

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

Results summary


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

8 August 2009 1	Werder Bremen	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Özil 13' (pen.) Frings 29' Sanogo 44' Prödl 79' 90+1'	Report	Amanatidis 6', 42' Teber 54' Fenin 71' Russ 90+1'	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)	Schweinsteiger 38' Gómez 72'	Report	Özil 39' Fritz 83'	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)	Pizarro 21', 38' Özil 56' Borowski 61' Naldo 88'	Report	Bradley 21' Levels 53' Arango 78'	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)	Piszczek 77' Ebert 90+1'	Report	Bargfrede 55' Özil 57' Borowski 74' Naldo 83'	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)	Frings 41' Borowski 86'	Report	Djakpa 27'	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)	Hyypiä 77'	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)	Hunt 38' Pizarro 71', 82'	Report	Lőw 72'	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)	Cacau 59' Delpierre 68'	Report	Pizarro 3' Naldo 26' Hunt 51'	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)	Wiese 14' Pizarro 18', 61' Mertesacker 22' Bargfrede 71'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 14' Salihović 15' Compper 23' Šimunić 40' Vorsah 52' Luiz Gustavo 56' Obasi 66' Vukčević 84'	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)	Šesták 1' Freier 73' Azaouagh 76'	Report	Hunt 9' Marin 31' Borowski 76' Özil 90+1'	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)	Eigler 3' Diekmeier 15' Bunjaku 33' Schäfer 44' Wolf 55' Judt 79' Pinola 90+3'	Report	Fritz 42' Marin 44' Hunt 72', 90+2'	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)	Özil 36' Bargfrede 73'	Report	Barrios 54', 66' Valdez 57'	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	Almeida 33', 57' Marin 54' Özil 67' Naldo 73' (pen.) Rosenberg 82', 87'	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)	Almeida 62' Jensen 81' Mertesacker 90+1'	Report	Džeko 42', 85' Hasebe 51' Ziani 90' Kahlenberg 90+1' Benaglio 90+3'	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)	Mohamad 28' Schorch 54' Petit 71' Maniche 75'	Report	Naldo 12' Boenisch 50' Frings 76'	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)	Boenisch 51' Hunt 61' Frings 75'	Report	Kurányi 47', 63' Morávek 72' Farfán 85'	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)	Mathijsen 9' Rincón 12' Boateng 32' Jansen 36' Aogo 67' Demel 77' Jarolím 78'	Report	Prödl 38' Jensen 50' Naldo 73', 90+3' Hunt 77'	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)	Teber 27' Russ 57' Chris 90+3'	Report	Marin 82' Almeida 85'	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)	Hunt 10' Wiese 43' Almeida 75'	Report	Müller 25' Olić 35' Van Bommel 40' Robben 78' Demichelis 84'	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)	Reus 4' Colautti 13' Bobadilla 18', 35', 35' Bailly 84'	Report	Özil 26' Pizarro 40', 66' Naldo 61' Fritz 77' Frings 85' (pen.)	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)	Marin 66' Fritz 67' Pizarro 81'	Report	Kobiashvili 33' Gekas 68' Kringe 80'	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)	Eggimann 44' Schulz 59' Lala 64' Schlaudraff 67'	Report	Niemeyer 11' Naldo 18' Andreasen 26' (o.g.) Hunt 44' Pizarro 68'	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)	Pizarro 34', 71' Borowski 53' Abdennour 68' Frings 84' Mertesacker 90+2'	Report	Derdiyok 29', 82' Reinartz 37' Kroos 57', 90+4' Schwaab 59' Vidal 84'	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)	Heller 13' Bancé 45' Polanski 88' Soto 90+1'	Report	Hunt 13' Abdennour 21' Borowski 31' Prödl 50' Pasanen 89'	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)	Frings 74', 81' (pen.) Almeida 75'	Report	Pogrebnyak 15' Khedira 43' Delpierre 89'	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)	Šimunić 83'	Report	Pizarro 80'	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)	Borowski 24' Naldo 46' Pizarro 58', 72' Marin 65' Frings 81'	Report	Šesták 14' Dedić 63'	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)	Mertesacker 1', 20' Borowski 36' Frings 82' Fritz 90+2'	Report	Gündoğan 15' Frantz 47' Choupo-Moting 63' (pen.)	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)	Großkreutz 9' Subotić 22' Błaszczykowski 60'	Report	Hunt 65' Bargfrede 89'	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)	Pizarro 35', 56' Hunt 53' Özil 66'	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)	Džeko 18' Grafite 39' Misimović 54'	Report	Frings 38' (pen.), 62', 59' Pizarro 49' Almeida 75', 75' Borowski 77'	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)	Özil 90' Frings 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Ehret 49' Brečko 52' Geromel 90' McKenna 90+2'	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)	Rafinha 70'	Report	Özil 55', 60' Almeida 64' Borowski 73'	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)	Bargfrede 32' Pizarro 58' Frings 76'	Report	Jarolím 14' Pitroipa 77' Van Nistelrooy 82'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Harm Osmers

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

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

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	Advance to knockout phase	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

Round of 32

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

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

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

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

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