2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season

The 2012–13 Werder Bremen season was the club's 103rd season in its history. In 2012–13, the club participated in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football; it is the club's 32nd consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1981.

Werder Bremen

2012–13 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weserstadion, Bremen, Bremen
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Nils Petersen (11) Aaron Hunt (11) All: Nils Petersen (11) Aaron Hunt (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it was knocked out by 3. Liga side Preußen Münster in the first round.[1]

Review and events

Werder Bremen presented Wiesenhof as its new shirt sponsor on 13 August 2012.[2] Supporters of the club were outraged over Wiesenhof's sponsorship of the club that several supporters have cancelled their membership in the club.[2] The conduct of Wiesenhof was reported in a documentary in Germany in 2011 where they have been "accused of treating the poultry in its care cruelly and keeping them in inhumane conditions".[2]

The club opened its Bundesliga campaign against Borussia Dortmund, the defending champions.[2] The final score was 2–1 in favour of Borussia Dortmund.[3]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

Friendlies

Ostfriesenauswahl v Werder Bremen

11 July 2012 (2012-07-11)	Ostfriesenauswahl	1 – 13	Werder Bremen	Norderney
19:00			Füllkrug Avdić Petersen Hunt Arnautović Junuzović Trinks

Auswahl Loga/Leer v Werder Bremen

	Auswahl Loga/Leer	0 – 11	Werder Bremen
			Petersen Hunt Füllkrug Elia Naldo Arnautović Ekici

Tirol-Auswahl v Werder Bremen

17 July 2012 (2012-07-17)	Tirol-Auswahl	–	Werder Bremen	Zell am Ziller
18:00

Werder Bremen v Energie Cottbus

	Werder Bremen	1 – 1	Energie Cottbus
	Elia		Adlung

Werder Bremen v Aberdeen

25 July 2012 Friendly	Werder Bremen	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Bremen
18:00	Elia  24'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,500

SC Paderborn v Werder Bremen

	SC Paderborn	2 – 1	Werder Bremen
	Yılmaz  35' Bertels  74'		Junuzović  58'

Winterthur v Werder Bremen

8 August 2012	Winterthur	–	Werder Bremen
19:00

OB v Werder Bremen

14 August 2012	OB	1 – 2	Werder Bremen	Horne
18:00	N'Koum  84'		Bargfrede  29' Trinks  52'	Stadium: Horne Idrætscenter

Liga-total-Cup

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

4 August 2012 1st Round	Werder Bremen	2–2 (4–2 p)	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
18:35 CEST	Petersen  12' Füllkrug  43'	Report (in German)	Shaqiri  27' Kroos  60'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 42,217 Referee: Grudzinski
	Penalties
	Ekici Fritz Schmitz De Bruyne		Mandžukić Kroos Ribéry Schweinsteiger

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

5 August 2012 (2012-08-05) Final	Borussia Dortmund	3–3 (4–5 p)	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
20:35	Reus  22' Lewandowski  24', 25'		Füllkrug  3' Ekici  5' Hunt  49' (pen.)	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 39,175 Referee: Felix Zwayer
	Penalties
	Subotić Halstenberg Kehl Owomoyela Perišić Großkreutz		Hunt Fritz Wurtz Junuzović Füllkrug Prödl

Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen

24 August 2012 (2012-08-24) 1	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Werder Bremen	Dortmund
20:30	Reus  11' Gündoğan  21' Kehl  62' Götze  81'	Report (in German)	Ignjovski  29' Junuzović  59' Gebre Selassie  75'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2	Werder Bremen	2–0	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hunt  52' (pen.) Petersen  67'	Report (in German)	Tesche  80'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3	Hannover 96	3–2	Werder Bremen	Hannover
15:30	Haggui  3' Huszti  6', 90+2'  90+4'  90+4' Andreasen  10' Schlaudraff  31' Pinto  88'	Report (in German)	Hunt  26' (pen.) Bergfrede  30' Papastathopoulos  55' De Bruyne  74' Junuzović  75'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

22 September 2012 (2012-09-22) 4	Werder Bremen	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30	de Bruyne  23' Junuzović  34',  40' Bardfrede  84' Sokratis  86' Lukimya-Mulongoti  90+1'	Report (in German)	Harnik  24'  88',  50' Hunt  31' Cacau  81'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,172 Referee: Guido Winkmann

SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen

26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5	SC Freiburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Freiburg
20:00	Diagne  11' Schmid  36' Caligiuri  67'	Report (in German)	Akpala  48',  64' Junuzović  55' Hunt  59' Arnautović  90+3' Mielitz  90+4'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Thomas Kinhöfer

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6	Werder Bremen	0–2	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30	Papastathopoulos  14' Arnautović  80'	Report (in German)	Schweinsteiger  38' Luiz Gustavo  40',  81' Mandžukić  83'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Michael Weiner

FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen

6 October 2012 (2012-10-06) 7	FC Augsburg	3–1	Werder Bremen	Augsburg
15:30	Werner  2' Hain  32' Bancé  58' Baier  72' Musano  78'	Report (in German)	De Bruyne  19' Schmidtz  34'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Knut Kirchner

Werder Bremen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) 8	Werder Bremen	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bremen
18:30	Petersen  37' Arnautović  45' De Bruyne  54' Füllkrug  76' Junuzović  86'	Report (in German)	Nordtveit  59' Jantschke  60'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Günther Perl

Greuther Fürth v Werder Bremen

27 October 2012 (2012-10-27) 9	Greuther Fürth	1–1	Werder Bremen	Fürth
15:30 CEST	Edu  8' Fürstner  17' Prib  53' Azemi  89'	Report (in German)	Petersen  44' Gebre Selassie  72'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v Mainz 05

4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) 10	Werder Bremen	2–1	Mainz 05	Bremen
17:30	Hunt  10', 85' De Bruyne  68'	Report (in German)	Kirchhoff  21' Zabavník  55' Szalai  64',  74'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,114 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 11	Schalke 04	2–1	Werder Bremen	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Neustädter  59',  75' Draxler  69'	Report (in German)	Hunt  16',  83'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Florian Meyer

Werder Bremen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 12	Werder Bremen	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bremen
15:30	Lukimya-Mulongoti  36'  77' Petersen  51' Hunt  78' De Bruyne  82'	Report (in German)	Langeneke  19' (pen.) Ilsø  37' Giefer  74' Lambertz  75'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić  26' Dost  64' Josué  88'	Report (in German)	Arnautović  35',  82' Schmitz  40'  62' De Bruyne  87'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14	Werder Bremen	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
20:00	Ignjovski  48' Petersen  54' Junuzović  64' Fritz  82'	Report (in German)	Castro  31', 52' Carvajal  41' Rolfes  74' Hegeler  79'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,231 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15	1899 Hoffenheim	1–4	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
15:30	Schipplock  10' Schröck  21' Salihović  43',  50'	Report (in German)	Prödl  9',  21' Arnautović  29', 73', 79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Knut Kircher

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
18:30	Aigner  10',  63' Zambrano  20' Inui  40',  90' Rode  41' Meier  47' Schwegler  62'	Report	Prödl  42' Petersen  54' Schmitz  74'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) 17	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg
17:30	Arnautović  45' Petersen  88'	Report	Gebhart  50',  82' Chandler  84' Pinola  89' Klose  90'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 38,553

Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund

19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) 18	Werder Bremen	0–5	Borussia Dortmund	Bremen
		Report	Reus  19' Götze  19' Santana  48' Lewandowski  81' Błaszczykowski  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

27 January 2013 19	Hamburger SV	3–2	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
	Son  23' Aogo  46' Rudņevs  52'	Report	Lukimya-Mulongoti  9' Papastathopoulos  54'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 54,758

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

1 February 2013 20	Werder Bremen	2–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
	Petersen  85', 88'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

9 February 2013 21	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
	Traoré  50'	Report	Ekici  34', 74' Hunt  61' De Bruyne  90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,200

Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg

16 February 2013 22	Werder Bremen	2–3	SC Freiburg	Bremen
	Petersen  39', 64'	Report	Kruse  36' Caligiuri  54' Ginter  71'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,498

FC Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

23 February 2013 23	FC Bayern Munich	6–1	Werder Bremen	Munich
	Robben  25' Martínez  29' Gebre Selassie  49' (o.g.) Gómez  51', 89' Ribéry  86'	Report	De Bruyne  58'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000

Werder Bremen v FC Augsburg

2 March 2013 24	Werder Bremen	0–1	FC Augsburg	Bremen
		Report	Werner  29'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,211

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Werder Bremen

9 March 2013 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Werder Bremen	Mönchengladbach
	Mlapa  72'	Report	Ignjovski  77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010

Werder Bremen v Greuther Fürth

16 March 2013 26	Werder Bremen	2–2	Greuther Fürth	Bremen
	Hunt  47', 70'	Report	Fürstner  55' Petsos  62'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,789

Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

30 March 2013 27	Mainz 05	1–1	Werder Bremen	Mainz
	Szalai  1'	Report	Hunt  69'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,374

Werder Bremen v Schalke 04

6 April 2013 28	Werder Bremen	0–2	Schalke 04	Bremen
		Report	Draxler  51' Marica  69'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Werder Bremen

13 April 2013 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Werder Bremen	Düsseldorf
	Reisinger  7', 48'	Report	Junuzović  16' Latka  70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,000

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

20 April 2013 30	Werder Bremen	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
		Report	Arnold  13' Olić  27' Diego  66'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

27 April 2013 31	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Werder Bremen	Leverkusen
	Kießling  35'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

4 May 2013 32	Werder Bremen	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
	Hunt  2' De Bruyne  24'	Report	Schipplock  85', 90'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000

Werder Bremen v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 May 2013 33	Werder Bremen	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
	De Bruyne  22'	Report	Lakić  51'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100

1. FC Nürnberg v Werder Bremen

18 May 2013 34	1. FC Nürnberg	3–2	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
	Nilsson  61' Polter  81' Pekhart  88'	Report	De Bruyne  37', 89'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 46,157

DFB-Pokal

Preußen Münster v Werder Bremen

19 August 2012 (2012-08-19) 1st Round	Preußen Münster	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Münster
16:00	Taylor  54', 81', 118' Nazarov  96'	Report	Elia  45' Füllkrug  67'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Squad

Squad and statistics

Sources:[4] As of 31 June 2013

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sebastian Mielitz	35	0	34	0	1	0
20	GK		Raphael Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Richard Strebinger	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Christian Vander	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		François Affolter	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti	22	1	17+5	1	0	0
13	DF		Lukas Schmitz	23	0	20+3	0	0	0
15	DF		Sebastian Prödl	29	1	23+5	1	1	0
22	DF		Sokratis Papastathopoulos	30	1	29	1	1	0
23	DF		Theodor Gebre Selassie	28	1	24+3	1	1	0
26	DF		Florian Hartherz	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Cimo Röcker	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Kevin De Bruyne	34	10	33	10	1	0
8	MF		Clemens Fritz	23	0	18+4	0	1	0
10	MF		Mehmet Ekici	9	2	6+3	2	0	0
14	MF		Aaron Hunt	29	11	26+2	11	1	0
16	MF		Zlatko Junuzović	30	3	28+2	3	0	0
17	MF		Aleksandar Ignjovski	21	1	17+3	1	1	0
18	MF		Felix Kroos	5	0	5	0	0	0
25	MF		Tom Trybull	4	0	4	0	0	0
28	MF		Levent Ayçiçek	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Predrag Stevanović	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Özkan Yıldırım	8	0	3+5	0	0	0
34	MF		Aleksandar Stevanović	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
44	MF		Philipp Bargfrede	14	0	7+6	0	0+1	0
7	FW		Marko Arnautović	27	5	21+5	5	0+1	0
11	FW		Eljero Elia	25	1	22+2	0	1	1
19	FW		Joseph Akpala	21	1	3+18	1	0	0
24	FW		Nils Petersen	35	11	30+4	11	1	0
27	FW		Johannes Wurtz	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
41	FW		Niclas Füllkrug	13	1	1+11	1	0+1	0

Kits

Home

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Away

Third

Sources

1. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
2. "Outrage over Werder Bremen shirt sponsor". Deutsche Welle. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
3. "Götze nutzt wie Reus gleich seine erste Chance". kicker (in German). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
4. "1. Bundesliga - Werder Bremen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

External links

• 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2012–13 SV Werder Bremen season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)