2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen
2011–12 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalRound 1
Top goalscorerLeague:
Claudio Pizarro (18)
All:
Claudio Pizarro (18)

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Competitions

Bundesliga

6 August 2011 1 Werder Bremen 2–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Rosenberg 60', 81'
Wesley Yellow card 71'		 Report Sukuta-Pasu Yellow card 17'
Dick Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,100
Referee: Günter Perl
Man of the Match: Clemens Fritz
14 August 2011 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Kießling Yellow card 44'
Kadlec 85'		 Report Papastathopoulos Yellow card 47'
Schmitz Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Felix Brych
Man of the Match: Tim Wiese
20 August 2011 3 Werder Bremen 5–3 SC Freiburg Bremen
CEST (UTC+02) Fritz 30'
Pizarro 34'
Arnautović 65'
Schmitz Yellow card 71'
Hunt 87' (pen.)
Wesley 90+3'		 Report Cissé 7', 48'
Schuster Yellow card 60'
Flum Yellow card 64'
Reisinger Yellow card 75', 84'
Krmaš Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,201
Referee: Peter Sippel
Man of the Match: Marko Marin
27 August 2011 4 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 Werder Bremen Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Roberto Firmino 37' Report Arnautović 38'
Rosenberg 83'
Ekici Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 28,750
Referee: Babak Rafati
Man of the Match: Tim Wiese
10 September 2011 5 Werder Bremen 2–0 Hamburger SV Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02) Pizarro Yellow card 25', 52', 78'
Marin Yellow card 45'
Bargfrede Yellow card 68'		 Report Rajković Yellow card 22'
Guerrero Yellow card 23'
Mancienne Yellow card 28'
Jansen Yellow card 70'
Jarolím Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,600
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro
17 September 2011 6 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 Werder Bremen Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Eigler Yellow card 45'
Wollscheid 62'		 Report Wiese Red card 17'
Ekici 24'
Ignjovski Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion
Attendance: 43,121
Referee: Jochen Drees
Man of the Match: Timmy Simons
25 September 2011 7 Werder Bremen 2–1 Hertha BSC Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02) Pizarro 23', 90+3', Yellow card 76'
Fritz Yellow card 67'		 Report Ramos 3', Yellow card 10' Yellow-red card 63'
Lell Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 57'
Janker Yellow card 74'
Mijatović Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,760
Referee: Felix Brych
Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro
2 October 2011 8 Hannover 96 3–2 Werder Bremen Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Abdellaoue 2' (pen.), 38', 60'
Stindl Yellow card 44'
Schulz Yellow card 55'
Pinto Yellow card 56'
Cherundolo Yellow card 74'
Schmiedebach Yellow card 84'		 Report Wolf Yellow card 30'
Marin Yellow card 42'
Bargfrede Yellow card 45'
Arnautović 45+3', Red card 78'
Pizarro 84'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Man of the Match: Mohammed Abdellaoue
14 October 2011 9 Werder Bremen 0–2 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02) Wolf Yellow card 15' Report Perišić Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 47', 42'
Subotić Yellow card 45+1'
Owomoyela 71'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,068
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Mats Hummels
21 October 2011 10 FC Augsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02) Baier Yellow card 6'
Bellinghausen 49'
Callsen-Bracker Yellow card 90'
Jentzsch Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Papastathopoulos Yellow card 14'
Pizarro Yellow card 56', 68'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Simon Jentzsch
29 October 2011 11 Mainz 05 1–3 Werder Bremen Mainz
18:30 CEST (UTC+02) Kirchhoff Yellow card 6'
Bungert 23'
Soto Yellow card 89'		 Report Pizarro 29', Yellow card 76'
Hunt 47'
Ignjovski Yellow card 50'
Wagner Yellow card 76'
Prödl 78'
Schmitz Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
5 November 2011 12 Werder Bremen 3–2 1. FC Köln Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Papastathopoulos Yellow card 20'
Fritz Yellow card 45'
Bargfrede Yellow card 47'
Pizarro 49', 54' (pen.), 86'		 Report Clemens 3'
Riether Yellow card 42'
Podolski 45'
Sereno Red card 53'
Rensing Yellow card 78'
Lanig Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Michael Weiner
Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro
19 November 2011 13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Herrmann 16'
Reus 23', 38', 51'
Arango 53'		 Report Papastathopoulos Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 76' Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,465
Referee: Felix Brych
Man of the Match: Marco Reus
27 November 2011 14 Werder Bremen 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Hunt 57'
Naldo 67'
Wolf Yellow card 90'		 Report Tasci Yellow card 44'
Gentner Yellow card 57'
Boulahrouz Yellow card 66'
Kvist Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,800
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Man of the Match: Naldo
3 December 2011 15 Bayern Munich 4–1 Werder Bremen Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ribéry 22', 77'
Robben 69' (pen.), 83' (pen.)
Kroos Yellow card 84'		 Match Report Rosenberg 52'
Wolf Yellow card 62'
Hunt Red card 81'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
Man of the Match: Franck Ribéry
10 December 2011 16 Werder Bremen 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Papastathopoulos 18', Yellow card 46'
Pizarro 45'
Rosenberg 55'
Arnautović 71'		 Report Josué Yellow card 21'
Chris Yellow card 27'
Träsch Yellow card 74'
Schäfer 86'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,124
Referee: Knut Kircher
Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro
17 December 2011 17 Schalke 04 5–0 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Raúl 16', 20', 63', Yellow card 43'
Papadopoulos 67'
Huntelaar 70'
Höwedes Yellow card 76'		 Match Report Schmitz Yellow card 26'
Fritz Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Man of the Match: Raúl
21 January 2012 18 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern
18:30 CET (UTC+01) Świerczok Yellow card 58'
Tiffert Yellow card 59'		 [1] Papastathopoulos Yellow card 39'
Bargfrede Yellow card 71'
Schmitz Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 40,381
Referee: Robert Hartmann
28 January 2012 19 Werder Bremen 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Pizarro 29'
Rosenberg Yellow card 52'
Ignjovski Yellow card 89'
Bargfrede Yellow card 90+1'		 [2] Castro Yellow card 15'
Kadlec Yellow card 44'
Reinartz 57'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,060
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
5 February 2012 20 SC Freiburg 2–2 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Makiadi 32'
Schmid 70'
Jendrišek Yellow card 75'
Caligiuri Yellow card 79'		 Pizarro Yellow card 28', 30', 48'
Ekici Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
11 February 2012 21 Werder Bremen 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ekici Yellow card 45'
Wiese Yellow card 63'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 82'
Arnautović 89'		 [3] Vestergaard 4', Yellow card 36'
Weis Yellow card 54'
Roberto Firmino Yellow card 88'
Compper Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,176
Referee: Michael Weiner
18 February 2012 22 Hamburger SV 1–3 Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 (UTC+01) Petrić 75'
Jarolím Yellow card 71'		 [4] Marin 9'
Bargfrede Yellow card 33'
Trybull 45', Yellow card 84'
Fritz Yellow card 54'
Arnautović 86'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 56,553
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
25 February 2012 23 Werder Bremen 0–1 1. FC Nürnberg Bremen
18:30 (UTC+01) Junuzović Yellow card 19'
Fritz Yellow card 75'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Balitsch Yellow card 5'
Esswein 65'
Feulner Yellow card 70'
Schäfer Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,204
Referee: Felix Zwayer
3 March 2012 24 Hertha BSC 1–0 Werder Bremen Berlin
Raffael Yellow card 29'
Rukavytsya 63'
Mijatović Yellow card 86'		 Report Affolter Yellow card 45' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 52,744
Referee: Günter Perl
11 March 2012 25 Werder Bremen 3–0 Hannover 96 Bremen
Pizarro 31'
Prödl 49'
Rosenberg 56'		 Report Sobiech Yellow card 67'
Stindl Yellow card 71'
Royer Yellow card 72'
Lala Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Christian Dingert
17 March 2012 26 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Werder Bremen Dortmund
Kagawa 8'
Piszczek Yellow card 29'		 Report Ignjovski Yellow card 32'
Affolter Yellow card 61'
Fritz Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,720
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
24 March 2012 27 Werder Bremen 1–1 FC Augsburg Bremen
Fritz Yellow card 18'
Füllkrug 61'
Affolter Yellow card 86'
Rosenberg Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Davids Yellow card 53'
Verhaegh Yellow card 66', 90+2'
Baier Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,208
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
31 March 2012 28 Werder Bremen 0–3 Mainz 05 Bremen
Fritz Yellow card 54' Report Szalai 18'
Choupo-Moting 48', 74'
Zabavník Yellow card 62'
Soto Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,132
Referee: Knut Kircher
7 April 2012 29 1. FC Köln 1–1 Werder Bremen Cologne
Peszko Yellow card 27'
Jemal 39'
Riether Yellow card 58'
Jajalo Yellow card 75'		 Report Fritz Yellow card 22'
Rosenberg 24'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 35'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Günter Perl
10 April 2012 30 Werder Bremen 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
Rosenberg 18'
Boenisch Red card 27'
Naldo 74'		 Report Neustädter Yellow card 36'
Reus Yellow card 39'
Brouwers Yellow card 49'
Hanke 52', 67'
Arango Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Marco Fritz
13 April 2012 31 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
Gentner 37'
Harnik 45+1', 53'
Niedermeier Yellow card 87'
Cacau 89'		 Report Rosenberg 25'
Schmitz Yellow card 76'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 81'
Fritz Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
21 April 2012 32 Werder Bremen 1–2 Bayern Munich Bremen
Naldo 51' Report Naldo 75' (o.g.)
Ribéry 90'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
21 April 2012 33 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
Salihamidžić 40', Yellow card 79'
Helmes 66', 89'
Josué Yellow card 84'		 Report Stevanović Yellow card 42'
Rosenberg 45+1', Yellow card 86'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych
5 May 2012 34 Werder Bremen 2–3 Schalke 04 Bremen
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 27'
Pizarro 41' (pen.), 82'
Fritz Yellow card 89'		 Report Draxler 30'
Moritz Yellow card 32'
Huntelaar 65', 74'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

30 July 1st Round 1. FC Heidenheim 2–1 Werder Bremen Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Sauter 56'
Schnatterer 58'		 Match Report Rosenberg 3' Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 10,000 (sell-out)
Referee: Jochen Drees

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 23 December 2011

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Sources