2002–03 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen retained its 6th place in Bundesliga with a solid season, in spite of key players Frank Rost and Torsten Frings leaving prior to the season. Coach Thomas Schaaf bought Johan Micoud as replacement for Frings, with the French ex-Parma player making an instant impact in Germany, while Ailton once again hit 16 goals, finishing third in the goal scoring charts.

Werder Bremen
2002–03 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalSemi-final
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerAilton (16)

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   POL Jakub Wierzchowski
4 DF   GER Fabian Ernst
6 MF   GER Frank Baumann
7 DF   CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF   HUN Krisztián Lisztes
9 FW   GRE Angelos Charisteas
10 MF   FRA Johan Micoud
11 MF   CRO Ivica Banović
14 DF   NED Frank Verlaat
16 GK   GER Pascal Borel
17 FW   CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 1]
18 FW   GER Markus Daun
19 DF   UKR Viktor Skrypnyk
20 DF   SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 2]
22 MF   GER Marco Reich
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
24 MF   GER Tim Borowski
27 DF   GER Christian Schulz
28 MF   NAM Razundara Tjikuzu
30 GK   GER Michael Jürgen
31 GK   GER Alexander Walke
32 FW   BRA Ailton
33 DF   GER Mike Barten
34 DF   GER Manuel Friedrich
35 MF   GER Marco Stier
36 MF   GER Stefan Beckert
37 MF   GER Christian Lenze
38 FW   PAR Nelson Valdez
39 DF   GER Björn Schierenbeck

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   GER Stefan Blank (to St. Pauli)
21 MF   GER Holger Wehlage (on loan to Union Berlin)
25 DF   USA Philip Salyer (to Dallas Burn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   GER Simon Rolfes (on loan to SSV Reutlingen 05)
29 FW   CMR Blaise Mamoum (to Waldhof Mannheim)

Reserve team edit

Werder Bremen's reserve team were managed by Thomas Wolter and finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   GER Carsten Albers
GK   GER Michael Jürgen
GK   GER Alexander Walke
DF   GER Mike Barten
DF   GER Danny Fütterer
DF   GER Florian Heidenreich
DF   BIH Damir Memišević
DF   GER Mario Neunaber
DF   GER Björn Schierenbeck
DF   GER Christian Schulz
DF   USA Philip Salyer
DF   GER Hannes Wilking
MF   GER Stefan Beckert
MF   CAN Maycoll Cañizalez[notes 3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Sebastian Ferrulli
MF   GER Marius Flatken
MF   GER Peer Jaekel
MF   GER Christian Lenze
MF   GER André Möller
MF   HUN Krisztian Nanasi
MF   GER Simon Rolfes
MF   GER Marco Stier
MF   GER Julian Stroppel
MF   NAM Razundara Tjikuzu
FW   GER Ahmet Kuru
FW   CMR Blaise Mamoum
FW   GER Daniel Niemann
FW   PAR Nelson Valdez

Results edit

Bundesliga edit

Statistics edit

Topscorers edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  3. ^ Cañizalez was born in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, but was raised in Canada and represented Canada at U-17, U-20, and U-23 level before making his international debut for Canada in January 2003.

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2002/03". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Sources edit

Soccerbase.com – Results & Fixtures for W Bremen