# 2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.

## Review and events
### Friendlies

Werder Bremen started the 2011–12 season by beating lower division German side Meppen by 13–1. They then however lost against Danish side Midtjylland 5–4. They then beat Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–1. They then drew 0–0 against Chemnitzer then beat SC Freiburg 4–3. They were held to a draw against Greek side Olympiacos and then lost to 3. Liga side Heidenheim 2-1. They then went on to beat Everton 1–0 and went past FC St. Pauli 5–4. They lost though against Fenerbahçe 1–0 and drew 2–2 to Union Berlin. In October, they beat VfL Osnabrück 3–0. They lost to Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 and lost to Ajax and Hansa Rostock, but beat AZ 2–1.

### Transfers Summer

Bremen lost Torsten Frings and Petri Pasanen on free transfers to Toronto FC and Red Bull Salzburg respectively. The club also lost Peter Niemeyer, who joined Hertha BSC permanently after having been on loan during the 2010–11 season. German international Per Mertesacker also departed, joining Arsenal for a £11 million transfer fee.
Bremen signed Mehmet Ekici from Bayern Munich and Tom Trybull from Hansa Rostock. The club also signed Lukas Schmitz from Schalke 04, Andreas Wolf from 1. FC Nürnberg, while Sokratis Papastathopoulos signed on loan from Genoa. Bremen also signed Florian Hartherz from VfL Wolfsburg and Aleksandar Ignjovski from 1860 Munich.

### Transfers Winter

During the winter transfer window, Bremen sold Andreas Wolf and sent Sandro Wagner out on loan, while signing 2010 Austrian Player of the Year Zlatko Junuzović from Austria Wien. Bremen also signed François Affolter from Young Boys on loan.

## Player information
### Roster and statistics

As of 23 December 2011
Squad Season 2011–12 :
| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Totals | Totals |
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Werder since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| Tim Wiese | | 17 December 1981 | 2005 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sebastian Mielitz | | 18 July 1989 | 2005 | Energie Cottbus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Christian Vander | | 24 October 1980 | 2005 | VfL Bochum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| Leon Balogun | | 28 June 1988 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Boenisch | | 18 July 1989 | 2007 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clemens Fritz | | 7 December 1980 | 2006 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Florian Hartherz | | 29 May 1993 | 2011 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Naldo | | 10 September 1982 | 2005 | Juventude | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Sebastian Prödl | | 21 June 1987 | 2008 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Lukas Schmitz | | 13 October 1988 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mikaël Silvestre | | 9 August 1977 | 2010 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos | | 9 June 1988 | 2011 | Milan | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Andreas Wolf | | 12 June 1982 | 2011 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Per Mertesacker | | 29 September 1984 | 2006 | Hannover 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| Philipp Bargfrede | | 3 March 1989 | 2004 | TuS Heeslingen | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tim Borowski | | 2 May 1980 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mehmet Ekici | | 25 March 1990 | 2011 | Bayern Munich | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Aaron Hunt | | 4 September 1986 | 2001 | Goslarer SC 08 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Aleksandar Ignjovski | | 27 January 1991 | 2011 | OFK Beograd | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Felix Kroos | | 12 March 1991 | 2010 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marko Marin | | 13 March 1989 | 2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Stevanović | | 16 February 1992 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Predrag Stevanović | | 3 March 1991 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian Trinks | | 29 September 1984 | 2006 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Trybull | | 9 March 1993 | 2011 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley | | 24 June 1987 | 2010 | Santos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Özkan Yıldırım | | 10 April 1993 | 2003 | TuS Sulingen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| Marko Arnautović | | 19 April 1989 | 2010 | Internazionale | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Denni Avdić | | 5 September 1988 | 2011 | Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Onur Ayık | | 28 January 1990 | 2004 | Viktoria Rethem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claudio Pizzaro | | 10 March 1978 | 2009 | Chelsea | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| Markus Rosenberg | | 27 September 1982 | 2011 | Racing Santander | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| Lennart Thy | | 25 February 1992 | 2007 | JFV Norden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sandro Wagner | | 29 November 1987 | 2010 | MSV Duisburg | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 11 | FW | Markus Rosenberg | 29 | EU | Racing Santander | End of loan | Summer | 2012 | |
| 13 | DF | Lukas Schmitz | 23 | EU | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | |
| 17 | MF | Aleksandar Ignjovski | 20 | Non-EU | OFK Beograd | Transfer | Summer | | |
| 20 | MF | Mehmet Ekici | 20 | Non-EU | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | | €5,000,000 |
| 22 | DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 23 | EU | Milan | Loan | Summer | 2012 | €600,000 |
| 23 | DF | Andreas Wolf | 29 | EU | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | | |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Per Mertesacker | 27 | EU | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | £8,000,000 |
| 3 | MF | Torsten Frings | 35 | EU | Toronto FC | Free | Summer | N/A |
| 3 | DF | Petri Pasanen | 31 | EU | Red Bull Salzburg | Free | Summer | N/A |
| 3 | MF | Peter Niemeyer | 28 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | £700,000 |
| 3 | DF | Andreas Wolf | 29 | EU | Monaco | Transfer | Winter | £1,000,000 |

## Sources

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