2005–06 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2005–06 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

SV Werder Bremen
2005–06 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga2nd
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
DFL-LigapokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose (25)
All: Miroslav Klose (31)

Season summary edit

Werder Bremen climbed to second place in the final table, 5 points behind Bayern Munich. They were also the league's highest scoring team, with 79. Miroslav Klose was the league's top scorer with 25.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   GER Andreas Reinke
2 DF   GER Frank Fahrenhorst
3 DF   FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF   BRA Naldo
6 MF   GER Frank Baumann
7 MF   CRO Jurica Vranješ
9 FW   PAR Nelson Valdez
10 MF   FRA Johan Micoud
11 FW   GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1]
14 MF   GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF   GER Patrick Owomoyela
16 MF   DEN Leon Andreasen
17 FW   CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   GER Tim Wiese
19 MF   FIN Pekka Lagerblom
20 MF   DEN Daniel Jensen
22 MF   GER Torsten Frings
23 DF   BEL Jelle Van Damme (on loan from Southampton)
24 MF   GER Tim Borowski
25 MF   GER Francis Banecki
26 DF   GER Florian Mohr
27 DF   GER Christian Schulz
29 DF   GER Jérome Polenz
30 GK   DEN Kasper Jensen
33 GK   GER Christian Vander (on loan from VfL Bochum)
35 MF   GER Marco Stier

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
5 DF   TUR Ümit Davala[notes 3] (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   EGY Mohamed Zidan (on loan to Mainz 05)

Werder Bremen II 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
DF   GER Sebastian Schachten
DF   GER Björn Schierenbeck
DF   GER Sandro Stallbaum
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Daniel Brückner[notes 4]
MF   POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 5]
MF   BRA Thiago Rockenbach

Youth team 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
GK   GER Sebastian Mielitz
DF   GER Alexander Hessel
DF   GER Felix Schiller
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Tobias Kempe
MF   GER Kevin Schindler
MF   GER Norman Theuerkauf

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes edit

  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 , 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. ^ Davala was born in Mannheim, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1996.
  4. ^ Brückner was born in Rostock, East Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father.
  5. ^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother and represented Portugal at U-21 level.