2009–10 SV Werder Bremen season

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  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. 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 Martins Moreno (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
47 FW  GER Torsten Oehrl (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Results

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
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)

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
  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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