2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season
The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.
| 2011–12 season | ||||
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| Manager | Thomas Schaaf | |||
| Bundesliga | 9th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Claudio Pizarro (18) All: Claudio Pizarro (18) | |||
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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.
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 being 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.
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.
Competitions
Bundesliga
| 6 August 2011 1 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Bremen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Rosenberg  Wesley  |
Report | Sukuta-Pasu Dick |
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 Kadlec |
Report | Papastathopoulos Schmitz |
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 Pizarro Arnautović Schmitz Hunt Wesley |
Report | Cissé Schuster Flum Reisinger Krmaš |
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 |
Report | Arnautović Rosenberg Ekici |
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 Marin Bargfrede |
Report | Rajković Guerrero Mancienne Jansen Jarolím |
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 Wollscheid |
Report | Wiese  Ekici Ignjovski |
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 Fritz |
Report | Ramos  Lell Janker Mijatović |
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 Stindl Schulz Pinto Cherundolo Schmiedebach |
Report | Wolf Marin Bargfrede Arnautović Pizarro |
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 |
Report | Perišić Subotić Owomoyela |
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 Bellinghausen Callsen-Bracker Jentzsch |
Report | Papastathopoulos Pizarro |
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 Bungert Soto |
Report | Pizarro Hunt Ignjovski Wagner Prödl Schmitz |
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 Fritz Bargfrede Pizarro |
Report | Clemens Riether Podolski Sereno Rensing Lanig |
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 Reus Arango |
Report | Papastathopoulos |
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 Naldo Wolf |
Report | Tasci Gentner Boulahrouz Kvist |
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 Robben Kroos |
Match Report | Rosenberg Wolf Hunt Papastathopoulos |
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 Pizarro Rosenberg Arnautović |
Report | Josué Chris Träsch Schäfer |
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 Papadopoulos Huntelaar Höwedes |
Match Report | Schmitz Fritz |
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 Tiffert |
Papastathopoulos Bargfrede Schmitz |
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 Rosenberg Ignjovski Bargfrede |
Castro Kadlec Reinartz |
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 Schmid Jendrišek Caligiuri |
Pizarro Ekici |
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 |
| 11 February 2012 21 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Ekici Wiese Papastathopoulos Arnautović |
Vestergaard Weis Roberto Firmino Compper |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,176 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 18 February 2012 22 | Hamburger SV | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Hamburg |
| 15:30 (UTC+01) | Petrić Jarolím |
Marin Bargfrede Trybull Fritz Arnautović |
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 Fritz Papastathopoulos |
Report | Balitsch Esswein Feulner Schäfer |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,204 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 3 March 2012 24 | Hertha BSC | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Berlin |
| Raffael Rukavytsya Mijatović |
Report | Affolter |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 52,744 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 11 March 2012 25 | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | Hannover 96 | Bremen |
| Pizarro Prödl Rosenberg |
Report | Sobiech Stindl Royer Lala |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 17 March 2012 26 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Dortmund |
| Kagawa Piszczek |
Report | Ignjovski Affolter Fritz |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 24 March 2012 27 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | FC Augsburg | Bremen |
| Fritz Füllkrug Affolter Rosenberg |
Report | Davids Verhaegh Baier |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,208 Referee: Markus Wingenbach |
| 31 March 2012 28 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | Mainz 05 | Bremen |
| Fritz |
Report | Szalai Choupo-Moting Zabavník Soto |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,132 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 7 April 2012 29 | 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Cologne |
| Peszko Jemal Riether Jajalo |
Report | Fritz Rosenberg Papastathopoulos |
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 10 April 2012 30 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| Rosenberg Boenisch Naldo |
Report | Neustädter Reus Brouwers Hanke Arango |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 13 April 2012 31 | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart |
| Gentner Harnik Niedermeier Cacau |
Report | Rosenberg Schmitz Papastathopoulos Fritz |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 21 April 2012 32 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Bremen |
| Naldo |
Report | Naldo Ribéry |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 21 April 2012 33 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| Salihamidžić Helmes Josué |
Report | Stevanović Rosenberg Papastathopoulos |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 5 May 2012 34 | Werder Bremen | 2–3 | Schalke 04 | Bremen |
| Papastathopoulos Pizarro Fritz |
Report | Draxler Moritz Huntelaar |
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 Schnatterer |
Match Report | Rosenberg |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jochen Drees |
Player information
Roster and statistics
As of 23 December 2011
| Squad Season 2011–12 | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
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