2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

Werder Bremen
2011–12 season
Manager Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga 9th
DFB-Pokal Round 1
Top goalscorer League:
Claudio Pizarro (18)
All:
Claudio Pizarro (18)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2011–12 SV 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 super liga side FC Midtjylland 5-4. They then beat Rot-Weis Erfurt 2-1. They then drew 0-0 against Chemnitzer and beat Freiburg then 4-3. They were held to a draw against Greek side Olympiakos and then lost to 3. liga side Heidenheim 2-1. They then went on to beat Everton 1-0 and went past St.Pauli 5-4. They lost though against Fenerbahce 1-0 and drew 2-2 to Union Berlin. In October however they beat Osnabruck 3-0. They lost to Eintracht Braunschweiger 2-1 and lost to Ajax and Hansa Rostock but beat AZ Alkmaar 2-1.

Transfers Summer

Bremen lost Torsten Frings who joined Toronto for Free Petri Pasanen who went to Salzburg for Free as well whilst Peter Niemeyer joined Hertha Berlin on a permanent basis after being on loan. Per Mertesacker was also sold and joined Arsenal for £11 million.

Bremen signed Mehmet Ekici from Bayern Munich and Tom Trybull from Hansa Rostock. They also signed Lukas Schmitz from Schalke, Andreas Wolf from Nuremberg whilst Sokratis Papastathopoulos signed on loan from Genoa. They also signed Florian Hartherz from Wolfsburg and Aleksander Ignjovski from 1860 Munich.

Transfers Winter

For the winter Bremen sold Andreas Wolf and sent Sandro Wagner on loan whilst signing 2010 Austrian player of the year Zlatko Junuzovic from Austrian Wien. They also signed François Affolter from BSC Young Boys on loan.

Competitions

Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

Player information

Roster and statistics

As of 23 December 2011

Squad Season 2011–12
PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalTotals
PlayerNat.Birthdayat Werder sincePrevious clubMatchesGoalsMatchesGoalMatchesGoals
Goalkeepers
Tim WieseGermany17 December 198120051. FC Kaiserslautern13010140
Sebastian MielitzGermany18 July 19892005Energie Cottbus500050
Christian VanderGermany24 October 19802005VfL Bochum000000
Defenders
Leon BalogunGermany28 June 19882010Hannover 96000000
Sebastian BoenischPoland18 July 19892007Schalke 04000000
Clemens FritzGermany7 December 19802006Bayer Leverkusen17110181
Florian HartherzGermany29 May 19932011VfL Wolfsburg10000100
NaldoBrazil10 September 19822005Juventude12100121
Sebastian PrödlAustria21 June 19872008Sturm Graz11100111
Lukas SchmitzGermany13 October 19882011Schalke 0414010150
Mikaël SilvestreFrance9 August 19772010Arsenal F.C.000000
Sokratis PapastathopoulosGreece9 June 19882011A.C. Milan14110151
Andreas WolfGermany12 June 198220111. FC Nuremberg15010160
Per MertesackerGermany29 September 19842006Hannover 96400040
Midfielders
Philipp BargfredeGermany3 March 19892004TuS Heeslingen15010161
Tim BorowskiGermany2 May 19802009Bayern Munich001010
Mehmet EkiciTurkey25 March 19902011Bayern Munich14110151
Aaron HuntGermany4 September 19862001Goslarer SC 0815310163
Aleksandar IgnjovskiSerbia27 January 19912011OFK Beograd12000120
Felix KroosGermany12 March 19912010Hansa Rostock000000
Marko MarinGermany13 March 19892010Borussia Mönchengladbach11010120
Aleksandar StevanovićSerbia16 February 19922011Schalke 04100010
Predrag StevanovićSerbia3 March 19912011Schalke 04000000
Florian TrinksGermany29 September 19842006FC Carl Zeiss Jena300030
Tom TrybullGermany9 March 19932011Hansa Rostock000000
WesleyBrazil24 June 19872010Santos FC510051
Özkan YıldırımGermany10 April 19932003TuS Sulingen000000
Forwards
Marko ArnautovićAustria19 April 19892010Intr Milan13410144
Denni AvdićSweden5 September 19882011IF Elfsborg000000
Onur AyıkTurkey28 January 19902004Viktoria Rethem000000
Claudio PizzaroPeru10 March 19782009Chelsea F.C.1512001512
Markus RosenbergSweden27 September 19822011Racing Santander16511176
Lennart ThyGermany25 February 19922007JFV Norden201030
Sandro WagnerGermany29 November 19872010MSV Duisburg701080

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
11 FW Sweden Markus Rosenberg 29EU Racing Santander End of loan Summer 2012
13 DF Germany Lukas Schmitz 23EU Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2015
17 MF Serbia Aleksandar Ignjovski 20Non-EU OFK Beograd Transfer Summer
20 MF Turkey Mehmet Ekici 20Non-EU Bayern Munich Transfer Summer €5M
22 DF Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos 23EU Milan Loan Summer 2012
23 DF Germany Andreas Wolf 29EU 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
3 DF Germany Per Mertesacker 27EU ArsenalEngland Transfer Summer £8 M
3 MF Germany Torsten Frings 35EU Toronto FCCanada Free Summer N/A
3 DF Finland Petri Pasanen 31EU Red Bull SalzburgAustria Free Summer N/A
3 MF Germany Peter Niemeyer 28EU Hertha BSCGermany Transfer Summer £700,000
3 DF Germany Andreas Wolf 29EU MonacoFrance Transfer Winter £1 M

Sources

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