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)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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 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

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^[update]

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

In

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

Out

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