2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season

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

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)

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

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Group stage

12 September 2006 Chelsea 20 Werder Bremen Stamford Bridge, London
20:45 Essien 24'
Ballack 68' (pen.)
Report MatchCentre Attendance: 32,135
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
27 September 2006 Werder Bremen 11 Barcelona Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Puyol 56' (o.g.) Report MatchCentre Messi 89' Attendance: 41,256
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
18 October 2006 Werder Bremen 20 Levski Sofia Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Naldo 45+1'
Diego 73'
Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
22 November 2006 Werder Bremen 10 Chelsea Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Mertesacker 27' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Round of 32

Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

8 March 2007 Celta Vigo 01 Werder Bremen Balaídos, Vigo
20:45 Report Almeida 84' Attendance: 9,236
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
14 March 2007 Werder Bremen 20 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

12 April 2007 Werder Bremen 41 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

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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