The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.
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 been 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
DFB-Pokal
Player information
Roster and statistics
Squad Season 2011–12PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalTotalsPlayerNat.Birthdayat Werder sincePrevious clubMatchesGoalsMatchesGoalMatchesGoals GoalkeepersTim Wiese20051. FC Kaiserslautern13010140Sebastian Mielitz2005Energie Cottbus500050Christian Vander2005VfL Bochum000000 DefendersLeon Balogun2010Hannover 96000000Sebastian Boenisch2007Schalke 04000000Clemens Fritz2006Bayer Leverkusen17110181Florian Hartherz2011VfL Wolfsburg10000100Naldo2005Juventude12100121Sebastian Prödl2008Sturm Graz11100111Lukas Schmitz2011Schalke 0414010150Mikaël Silvestre2010Arsenal000000Sokratis Papastathopoulos2011Milan14110151Andreas Wolf20111. FC Nürnberg15010160Per Mertesacker2006Hannover 96400040 MidfieldersPhilipp Bargfrede2004TuS Heeslingen15010161Tim Borowski2009Bayern Munich001010Mehmet Ekici2011Bayern Munich14110151Aaron Hunt2001Goslarer SC 0815310163Aleksandar Ignjovski2011OFK Beograd12000120Felix Kroos2010Hansa Rostock000000Marko Marin2010Borussia Mönchengladbach11010120Aleksandar Stevanović2011Schalke 04100010Predrag Stevanović2011Schalke 04000000Florian Trinks2006Carl Zeiss Jena300030Tom Trybull2011Hansa Rostock000000Wesley2010Santos510051Özkan Yıldırım2003TuS Sulingen000000 ForwardsMarko Arnautović2010Internazionale13410144Denni Avdić2011Elfsborg000000Onur Ayık2004Viktoria Rethem000000Claudio Pizzaro2009Chelsea1512001512Markus Rosenberg2011Racing Santander16511176Lennart Thy2007JFV Norden201030Sandro Wagner2010MSV Duisburg701080
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