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

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Tim Wiese
2 DF Germany GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 1]
3 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF Brazil BRA Naldo
6 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
8 DF Germany GER Clemens Fritz
9 FW Sweden SWE Markus Rosenberg
10 MF Germany GER Marko Marin[notes 2]
11 MF Germany GER Mesut Özil
14 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF Austria AUT Sebastian Prödl
16 DF Tunisia TUN Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Étoile du Sahel)
17 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Said Husejinović
19 FW Germany GER Sandro Wagner
20 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Jensen
21 GK Germany GER Sebastian Mielitz
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Germany GER Torsten Frings (captain)
23 FW Portugal POR Hugo Almeida
24 FW Peru PER Claudio Pizarro
25 MF Germany GER Peter Niemeyer
27 DF Germany GER Niklas Andersen
29 DF Germany GER Per Mertesacker
30 FW Hungary HUN Márkó Futács
31 MF Germany GER Kevin Artmann
32 MF Germany GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3]
33 GK Germany GER Christian Vander
41 DF Germany GER Dominik Schmidt
42 GK Germany GER Felix Wiedwald
43 FW Germany GER Pascal Testroet
44 MF Germany GER Philipp Bargfrede
45 DF Germany GER Timo Perthel
46 MF Turkey TUR Onur Ayık[notes 4]

Left club during season

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 Serbia SRB Duško Tošić (released)
7 MF Croatia CRO Jurica Vranješ (on loan to Gençlerbirliği)
18 FW Ivory Coast CIV Boubacar Sanogo (to Saint-Étienne)
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 FW Austria AUT Martin Harnik[notes 5] (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
39 FW Bolivia BOL Marcelo Moreno (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
47 FW Germany GER Torsten Oehrl (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Results

Play-off round

20 August 2009 Werder Bremen Germany 6–3 Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan 0–2 Germany 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

17 September 2009 Nacional Portugal 2–3 Germany 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 Germany 3–1 Spain 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 Austria 2–2 Germany 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 Germany 2–0 Austria Austria Wien Weser-Stadion, Bremen
21:05 Borowski 81'
Almeida 84'
Report Attendance: 25,121
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
3 December 2009 Werder Bremen Germany 4–1 Portugal Nacional Weser-Stadion, Bremen
19:00 Rosenberg 31', 34'
Moreno 84'
Marin 90+2'
Report Micael 61' Attendance: 24,784
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Round of 32

18 February 2010 Twente Netherlands 1–0 Germany Werder Bremen De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
19:00 Janssen 38' Report Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
25 February 2010 Werder Bremen Germany 4–1 Netherlands 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 Spain 1–1 Germany 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 Germany 4–4 Spain 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

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

Notes

  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.
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