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.
| 2012–13 season | ||||
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| 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) | |||
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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 edit
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 edit
Legend edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches edit
Pre-season edit
Friendlies edit
| 11 July 2012 | Ostfriesenauswahl | 1 – 13 | Werder Bremen | Norderney |
| 19:00 |  |
Füllkrug Avdić Petersen Hunt Arnautović Junuzović Trinks |
| Auswahl Loga/Leer | 0 – 11 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Petersen Hunt Füllkrug Elia Naldo Arnautović Ekici |
| 17 July 2012 | Tirol-Auswahl | – | Werder Bremen | Zell am Ziller |
| 18:00 |
| 25 July 2012 Friendly | Werder Bremen | 1 – 0 |  Aberdeen | Bremen |
| 18:00 | Elia 24' |
Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,500 |
| SC Paderborn | 2 – 1 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Yılmaz 35' Bertels 74' |
Junuzović 58' |
| 8 August 2012 | Winterthur  | – | Werder Bremen | |
| 19:00 |
| 14 August 2012 | OB  | 1 – 2 | Werder Bremen | Faaborg |
| 18:00 | N'Koum 84' |
Bargfrede 29' Trinks 52' |
Stadium: Horne Idrætscenter |
Liga-total-Cup edit
| 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 | ||||
| 5 August 2012 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 |
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Bundesliga edit
| 24 August 2012 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 |
| 1 September 2012 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 |
| 15 September 2012 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 |
| 22 September 2012 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 |
| 26 September 2012 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 |
| 29 September 2012 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 |
| 6 October 2012 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 |
| 20 October 2012 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 |
| 27 October 2012 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 |
| 4 November 2012 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 |
| 10 November 2012 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 |
| 18 November 2012 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 |
| 24 November 2012 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 |
| 28 November 2012 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 |
| 2 December 2012 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 |
| 8 December 2012 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 |
| 16 December 2012 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 |
| 19 January 2013 18 | Werder Bremen | 0–5 | Borussia Dortmund | Bremen |
| Report | Reus 19' Götze 19' Santana 48' Lewandowski 81' Błaszczykowski 85' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 |
| 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 |
| 1 February 2013 20 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | Hannover 96 | Bremen |
| Petersen 85', 88' |
Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 March 2013 24 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | FC Augsburg | Bremen |
| Report | Werner 29' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,211 |
| 9 March 2013 25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| Mlapa 72' |
Report | Ignjovski 77' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 |
| 16 March 2013 26 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Greuther Fürth | Bremen |
| Hunt 47', 70' |
Report | Fürstner 55' Petsos 62' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,789 |
| 30 March 2013 27 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Mainz |
| Szalai 1' |
Report | Hunt 69' |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,374 |
| 6 April 2013 28 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Schalke 04 | Bremen |
| Report | Draxler 51' Marica 69' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 |
| 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 |
| 20 April 2013 30 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
| Report | Arnold 13' Olić 27' Diego 66' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 |
| 27 April 2013 31 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
| Kießling 35' |
Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 |
| 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 |
| 11 May 2013 33 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bremen |
| De Bruyne 22' |
Report | Lakić 51' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 |
| 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 edit
| 19 August 2012 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 edit
Squad and statistics edit
Sources:[4] As of 31 June 2013[update]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | GER
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Sebastian Mielitz | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER
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Raphael Wolf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK |  AUT
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Richard Strebinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER
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Christian Vander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SUI
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François Affolter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF |  COD
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Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti | 22 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER
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Lukas Schmitz | 23 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUT
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Sebastian Prödl | 29 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF |  GRE
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF |  CZE
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Theodor Gebre Selassie | 28 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER
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Florian Hartherz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER
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Cimo Röcker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF |  BEL
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Kevin De Bruyne | 34 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER
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Clemens Fritz | 23 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF |  TUR
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Mehmet Ekici | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER
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Aaron Hunt | 29 | 11 | 26+2 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUT
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Zlatko Junuzović | 30 | 3 | 28+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF |  SRB
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Aleksandar Ignjovski | 21 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER
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Felix Kroos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER
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Tom Trybull | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER
|
Levent Ayçiçek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SRB
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Predrag Stevanović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER
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Özkan Yıldırım | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER
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Aleksandar Stevanović | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | GER
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Philipp Bargfrede | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUT
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Marko Arnautović | 27 | 5 | 21+5 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW |  NED
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Eljero Elia | 25 | 1 | 22+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW |  NGA
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Joseph Akpala | 21 | 1 | 3+18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER
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Nils Petersen | 35 | 11 | 30+4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER
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Johannes Wurtz | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GER
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Niclas Füllkrug | 13 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
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Sources edit
- ^ DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan (in German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 13 September 2012
- ^ a b c d "Outrage over Werder Bremen shirt sponsor". Deutsche Welle. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Götze nutzt wie Reus gleich seine erste Chance". kicker (in German). 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "1. Bundesliga - Werder Bremen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
External links edit
- 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)