2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

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

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

All:
Claudio Pizarro (18)

Review and events

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Friendlies

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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

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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

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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

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Bundesliga

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6 August 2011 1 Werder Bremen 2–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02) Rosenberg   60', 81'
Wesley   71'
Report Sukuta-Pasu   17'
Dick   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   44'
Kadlec   85'
Report Papastathopoulos   47'
Schmitz   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   71'
Hunt   87' (pen.)
Wesley   90+3'
Report Cissé   7', 48'
Schuster   60'
Flum   64'
Reisinger   75',   84'
Krmaš   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   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   25',   52', 78'
Marin   45'
Bargfrede   68'
Report Rajković   22'
Guerrero   23'
Mancienne   28'
Jansen   70'
Jarolím   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   45'
Wollscheid   62'
Report Wiese   17'
Ekici   24'
Ignjovski   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',   76'
Fritz   67'
Report Ramos   3',   10'   63'
Lell   12'   57'
Janker   74'
Mijatović   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   44'
Schulz   55'
Pinto   56'
Cherundolo   74'
Schmiedebach   84'
Report Wolf   30'
Marin   42'
Bargfrede   45'
Arnautović   45+3',   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   15' Report Perišić   38'   47',   42'
Subotić   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   6'
Bellinghausen   49'
Callsen-Bracker   90'
Jentzsch   90+2'
Report Papastathopoulos   14'
Pizarro   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   6'
Bungert   23'
Soto   89'
Report Pizarro   29',   76'
Hunt   47'
Ignjovski   50'
Wagner   76'
Prödl   78'
Schmitz   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   20'
Fritz   45'
Bargfrede   47'
Pizarro   49', 54' (pen.), 86'
Report Clemens   3'
Riether   42'
Podolski   45'
Sereno   53'
Rensing   78'
Lanig   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   37'   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   90'
Report Tasci   44'
Gentner   57'
Boulahrouz   66'
Kvist   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   84'
Match Report Rosenberg   52'
Wolf   62'
Hunt   81'
Papastathopoulos   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',   46'
Pizarro   45'
Rosenberg   55'
Arnautović   71'
Report Josué   21'
Chris   27'
Träsch   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',   43'
Papadopoulos   67'
Huntelaar   70'
Höwedes   76'
Match Report Schmitz   26'
Fritz   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   58'
Tiffert   59'
[1] Papastathopoulos   39'
Bargfrede   71'
Schmitz   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   52'
Ignjovski   89'
Bargfrede   90+1'
[2] Castro   15'
Kadlec   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   75'
Caligiuri   79'
Pizarro   28',   30', 48'
Ekici   53'
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
11 February 2012 21 Werder Bremen 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01) Ekici   45'
Wiese   63'
Papastathopoulos   82'
Arnautović   89'
[3] Vestergaard   4',   36'
Weis   54'
Roberto Firmino   88'
Compper   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   71'
[4] Marin   9'
Bargfrede   33'
Trybull   45',   84'
Fritz   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   19'
Fritz   75'
Papastathopoulos   90+4'
Report Balitsch   5'
Esswein   65'
Feulner   70'
Schäfer   90+4'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,204
Referee: Felix Zwayer
3 March 2012 24 Hertha BSC 1–0 Werder Bremen Berlin
Raffael   29'
Rukavytsya   63'
Mijatović   86'
Report Affolter   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   67'
Stindl   71'
Royer   72'
Lala   90+1'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Christian Dingert
17 March 2012 26 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Werder Bremen Dortmund
Kagawa   8'
Piszczek   29'
Report Ignjovski   32'
Affolter   61'
Fritz   89'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,720
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
24 March 2012 27 Werder Bremen 1–1 FC Augsburg Bremen
Fritz   18'
Füllkrug   61'
Affolter   86'
Rosenberg   90+2'
Report Davids   53'
Verhaegh   66',   90+2'
Baier   81'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,208
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
31 March 2012 28 Werder Bremen 0–3 Mainz 05 Bremen
Fritz   54' Report Szalai   18'
Choupo-Moting   48', 74'
Zabavník   62'
Soto   63'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,132
Referee: Knut Kircher
7 April 2012 29 1. FC Köln 1–1 Werder Bremen Cologne
Peszko   27'
Jemal   39'
Riether   58'
Jajalo   75'
Report Fritz   22'
Rosenberg   24'
Papastathopoulos   35'
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Günter Perl
10 April 2012 30 Werder Bremen 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
Rosenberg   18'
Boenisch   27'
Naldo   74'
Report Neustädter   36'
Reus   39'
Brouwers   49'
Hanke   52', 67'
Arango   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   87'
Cacau   89'
Report Rosenberg   25'
Schmitz   76'
Papastathopoulos   81'
Fritz   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',   79'
Helmes   66', 89'
Josué   84'
Report Stevanović   42'
Rosenberg   45+1',   86'
Papastathopoulos   62'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych
5 May 2012 34 Werder Bremen 2–3 Schalke 04 Bremen
Papastathopoulos   27'
Pizarro   41' (pen.), 82'
Fritz   89'
Report Draxler   30'
Moritz   32'
Huntelaar   65', 74'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

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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

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Roster and statistics

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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   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

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
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

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
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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