2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen 2006–07 football season
SV Werder Bremen
2006–07 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalFirst round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Diego/Miroslav Klose (13)
All:
Miroslav Klose (17)

During the 2006–07 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Bremen finished in third this season, still good enough for Champions League qualification. The club also made it to the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated in a 5-1 aggregate defeat to eventual runners-up Espanyol.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Andreas Reinke
3 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF Brazil BRA Naldo
5 DF Cameroon CMR Pierre Womé
6 MF Germany GER Frank Baumann
7 MF Croatia CRO Jurica Vranješ
8 MF Germany GER Clemens Fritz
9 FW Sweden SWE Markus Rosenberg
10 MF Brazil BRA Diego
11 FW Germany GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1]
14 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF Germany GER Patrick Owomoyela
17 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
18 GK Germany GER Tim Wiese
19 DF Germany GER Jérome Polenz
20 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Germany GER Torsten Frings
23 FW Portugal POR Hugo Almeida (on loan from Porto)
24 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
25 MF Germany GER Peter Niemeyer
26 DF Germany GER Florian Mohr
27 DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
28 FW Germany GER Kevin Schindler
29 DF Germany GER Per Mertesacker
30 GK Denmark DEN Kasper Jensen
31 MF Germany GER Kevin Artmann
32 DF Germany GER Sebastian Schachten
33 GK Germany GER Christian Vander
34 FW Austria AUT Martin Harnik[notes 3]
37 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Rockenbach
38 MF Portugal POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 4]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zidan (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Denmark DEN Leon Andreasen (on loan to Mainz)

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Champions League

Group stage

Chelsea England v Germany Werder Bremen
12 September 2006 Chelsea England 2–0 Germany Werder Bremen Stamford Bridge, London
20:45 Essien 24'
Ballack 68' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 32,135
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Werder Bremen Germany v Spain Barcelona
27 September 2006 Werder Bremen Germany 1–1 Spain Barcelona Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Puyol 56' (o.g.) Report MatchCentre Messi 89' Attendance: 41,256
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Werder Bremen Germany v Bulgaria Levski Sofia
18 October 2006 Werder Bremen Germany 2–0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Naldo 45+1'
Diego 73'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria v Germany Werder Bremen
31 October 2006 Levski Sofia Bulgaria 0–3 Germany Werder Bremen Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45 Report MatchCentre Mikhailov 33' (o.g.)
Baumann 35'
Frings 37'		 Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
Werder Bremen Germany v England Chelsea
22 November 2006 Werder Bremen Germany 1–0 England Chelsea Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Mertesacker 27' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Barcelona Spain v Germany Werder Bremen
5 December 2006 Barcelona Spain 2–0 Germany Werder Bremen Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Ronaldinho 13'
Guðjohnsen 18'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 95,500
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

Werder Bremen Germany v Netherlands Ajax
14 February 2007 Werder Bremen Germany 3–0 Netherlands Ajax Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 Mertesacker 48'
Naldo 54'
Frings 71'		 Report Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Ajax Netherlands v Germany Werder Bremen
22 February 2007 Ajax Netherlands 3–1 Germany Werder Bremen Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
21:00 Leonardo 4'
Huntelaar 60'
Babel 74'		 Report Almeida 14' Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Celta Vigo Spain v Germany Werder Bremen
8 March 2007 Celta Vigo Spain 0–1 Germany Werder Bremen Balaídos, Vigo
20:45 Report Almeida 84' Attendance: 9,236
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
Werder Bremen Germany v Spain Celta Vigo
14 March 2007 Werder Bremen Germany 2–0 Spain Celta Vigo Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Almeida 48'
Fritz 61'		 Report Attendance: 35,278
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

AZ Netherlands v Germany Werder Bremen
5 April 2007 AZ Netherlands 0–0 Germany Werder Bremen DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45 Report Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Werder Bremen Germany v Netherlands AZ
12 April 2007 Werder Bremen Germany 4–1 Netherlands AZ Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Borowski 16'
Klose 36', 62'
Diego 82'		 Report Dembélé 32' Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final

Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2006/07".

Notes

  1. ^ Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
  2. ^ Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in February 2004.
  3. ^ Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented Austria at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
  4. ^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother, switched his international allegiance to Portugal in May 2007, and represented Portugal at U-21 level.
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