# 2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season, the club finished 10th in the Bundesliga, won the DFB-Pokal, and were eliminated in the Group Stage of Champions League and the final of the UEFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Tim Wiese |
| 2 | DF | GER | Sebastian Boenisch |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Petri Pasanen |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Naldo |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Duško Tošić |
| 6 | MF | GER | Frank Baumann |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Jurica Vranješ |
| 8 | DF | GER | Clemens Fritz |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Diego |
| 11 | MF | GER | Mesut Özil |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Sebastian Prödl |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Daniel Jensen |
| 22 | MF | GER | Torsten Frings |
| 23 | FW | POR | Hugo Almeida |
| 24 | FW | PER | Claudio Pizarro (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer |
| 27 | DF | GER | Niklas Andersen |
| 29 | DF | GER | Per Mertesacker |
| 33 | GK | GER | Christian Vander |
| 34 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik |
| 40 | GK | GER | Nico Pellatz |
| 45 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel |
| 47 | FW | GER | Torsten Oehrl |

### 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 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Said Husejinović (on loan to Kaiserslautern) |
| 18 | FW | CIV | Boubacar Sanogo (on loan to Hoffenheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier (to Nürnberg) |

### Werder Bremen II

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 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Sebastian Mielitz |
| 30 | FW | HUN | Márkó Futács |
| 31 | MF | GER | Kevin Artmann |
| 32 | MF | GER | José-Alex Ikeng |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan from Marseille) |
| 36 | FW | GER | Max Kruse |
| 44 | MF | GER | Philipp Bargfrede |

## Bundesliga
### Bundesliga results

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### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 August 2014. Source:

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 50 | |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 49 | |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 45 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 40 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 39 | |
* ↑ Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.

## DFB–Pokal
### DFB–Pokal review

In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, on 17 August, Werder Bremen defeated Oberliga club Eintracht Nordhorn 9–3. Werder Bremen got four goals from Markus Rosenberg, three goals from Hugo Almeida, and two more goals from Boubacar Sanogo and Jurica Vranješ. Dennis Brode, Herion Novaku, and Bertino Nacar scored for Eintracht Nordhorn. Then in the second round, on 23 September, Werder Bremen defeated 3. Liga club Erzgebirge Aue 2–1. Fabian Müller gave Erzgebirge Aue a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute. However, Werder Bremen equalized with a 26-minute goal from Claudio Pizarro and took the lead with a 54-minute goal from Markus Rosenberg. Then in the round of 16, on 28 January, Werder Bremen defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1.

### DFB–Pokal results

| Rd | Date Kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Rd | Date Kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Werder Bremen | Opponent | Ref. |
| FR | 17 August 15:30 | A | Eintracht Nordhorn | 9–3 | 9,000 | Rosenberg 6', 31', 54', 73' Almeida 15', 22', 50' Sanogo 71' Vranješ 74' | Brode 37' Novaku 81' Nacar 90' | |
| SR | 23 September 19:00 | A | Erzgebirge Aue | 2–1 | 12,000 | Pizarro 26' Rosenberg 54' | Müller 7' Schmidt 40' Paulus 56' Kos 90' | |
| R16 | 28 January 19:00 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 74,000 | | | |
| QF | 4 March 19:00 | A | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–2 | | | | |
| SF | 22 April 20:30 | A | Hamburger SV | 1–1 | 55,237 | | | |
| SF | 22 April 20:30 | A | Hamburger SV | Shoot–out score | Shoot–out score | Shoot–out | Shoot–out | |
| SF | 22 April 20:30 | A | Hamburger SV | 3–1 | 3–1 | | | |
| F | 30 May 20:00 | N | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | | | | |

## Champions League
### Champions League review

Werder Bremen kicked–off their Champions League campaign with a 0–0 draw against Anorthosis Famagusta on 16 September.

### Champions League results

| MD | Date Kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date Kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Werder Bremen | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 1 | 16 September 20:45 | H | Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–0 | | | | | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 October 20:45 | A | Inter Milan | 1–1 | | | | | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 22 October 20:45 | A | Panathinaikos | 2–2 | | | | | 3 | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 November 20:45 | H | Panathinaikos | 0–3 | | | | | 3 | –3 | |
| 5 | 26 November 20:45 | A | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–2 | | | | | 4 | –3 | |
| 6 | 9 December 20:45 | H | Inter Milan | 2–1 | | | | | 7 | –2 | |

### Group table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Internazionale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 August 2014. Source: Champions League results

## UEFA Cup
### UEFA Cup results

| Leg | Date kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Agg. score F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Leg | Date kick–off | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Agg. score F–A | Att. | Werder Bremen | Opponent | Ref. |
| Second round ||||||||||
| FL | 18 February 20:30 | H | Milan | 1–1 | — | | | | |
| SL | 26 February 20:45 | A | Milan | 2–2 | 3–3 | | | | |
| Round of 16 ||||||||||
| FL | 12 March 20:30 | H | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | — | | | | |
| SL | 18 March 20:30 | A | Saint-Étienne | 2–2 | 3–2 | | | | |
| Quarter–final ||||||||||
| FL | 9 April 20:45 | H | Udinese | 3–1 | — | | | | |
| SL | 16 April 20:45 | A | Udinese | 3–3 | 6–4 | | | | |
| Semi–final ||||||||||
| FL | 30 April 20:45 | H | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | — | | | | |
| SL | 7 May 20:45 | A | Hamburger SV | 3–2 | 3–3 | | | | |
| Final ||||||||||
| — | 20 May 20:45 | N | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | — | | | | |

## Team record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. |
| Bundesliga | 16 August | 23 May | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 035.29 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 17 August | 30 May | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 083.33 | DFB–Pokal results |
| Champions League | 16 September | 9 December | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 016.67 | Champions League results |
| UEFA Cup | 18 February | 20 May | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 033.33 | UEFA Cup results |
| Total | Total | Total | 55 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 107 | 81 | +26 | 038.18 | — |

## Player information
### Squad and statistics

| Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Ref. |
| Player | App. | Gls | App. | Gls | App. | Gls | App. | Gls | App. | Gls | Ref. |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| Tim Wiese | 46 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Christian Vander | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nico Pellatz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| Niklas Andersen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Boenisch | 42 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Clemens Fritz | 42 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Per Mertesacker | 39 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Naldo | 47 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Petri Pasanen | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Timo Perthel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Prödl | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Duško Tošić | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| Frank Baumann | 39 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Diego | 39 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| Torsten Frings | 48 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Aaron Hunt | 28 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Said Husejinović | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Jensen | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter Niemeyer | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Mesut Özil | 47 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Alexandros Tziolis | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jurica Vranješ | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| Martin Harnik | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Torsten Oehrl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claudio Pizarro | 46 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
| Markus Rosenberg | 47 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Boubacar Sanogo | 26 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Discipline

| Player | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Ref. |
| Tim Wiese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Boenisch | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clemens Fritz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Per Mertesacker | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Naldo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petri Pasanen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sebastian Prödl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duško Tošić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Baumann | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Diego | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Torsten Frings | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Hunt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Jensen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Niemeyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mesut Özil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexandros Tziolis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jurica Vranješ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claudio Pizarro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Markus Rosenberg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boubacar Sanogo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 100 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — |