During the 2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season, the club finished 10th in the Bundesliga, won the DFB-Pokal, and were eliminated in the Group Stage of Champions League, they also finished as runners-up in the final of this season's UEFA Cup, which was also the last competition season to use the UEFA Cup format, before it changed to UEFA Europa League the following season. Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Werder Bremen II
Bundesliga
Bundesliga review Bundesliga results DateKick–off Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Werder Bremen Opponent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Results summary
League table
DFB–Pokal
DFB–Pokal review In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, on 17 August, Werder Bremen defeated Oberliga club Eintracht Nordhorn 9–3. Werder Bremen got four goals from Markus Rosenberg, three goals from Hugo Almeida, and two more goals from Boubacar Sanogo and Jurica Vranješ. Dennis Brode, Herion Novaku, and Bertino Nacar scored for Eintracht Nordhorn. Then in the second round, on 23 September, Werder Bremen defeated 3. Liga club Erzgebirge Aue 2–1. Fabian Müller gave Erzgebirge Aue a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute. However, Werder Bremen equalized with a 26-minute goal from Claudio Pizarro and took the lead with a 54-minute goal from Markus Rosenberg. Then in the round of 16, on 28 January, Werder Bremen defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1.
DFB–Pokal results DateKick–off Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Werder Bremen 17 August15:30 A Eintracht Nordhorn 9–3 9,000 Rosenberg Almeida Sanogo Vranješ Brode Novaku Nacar 23 September19:00 A Erzgebirge Aue 2–1 12,000 Pizarro Rosenberg Müller Schmidt Paulus Kos 28 January19:00 H Borussia Dortmund 2–1 74,000 4 March19:00 A VfL Wolfsburg 5–2 22 April20:30 A Hamburger SV 1–1 55,237 Shoot–out score Shoot–out 3–1 30 May20:00 N Bayer Leverkusen 1–0
Champions League
Champions League review
Werder Bremen kicked–off their Champions League campaign with a 0–0 draw against Anorthosis Famagusta on 16 September.
Champions League results DateKick–off Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Werder Bremen Opponent 1 16 September20:45 H Anorthosis Famagusta 0–0 1 0 2 1 October20:45 A Inter Milan 1–1 2 0 3 22 October20:45 A Panathinaikos 2–2 3 0 4 4 November20:45 H Panathinaikos 0–3 3 –3 5 26 November20:45 A Anorthosis Famagusta 2–2 4 –3 6 9 December20:45 H Inter Milan 2–1 7 –2
Group table
UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup review UEFA Cup results Leg Datekick–off Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Werder Bremen Opponent Second round 18 February20:30 H Milan 1–1 — 26 February20:45 A Milan 2–2 3–3 Round of 16 12 March20:30 H Saint-Étienne 1–0 — 18 March20:30 A Saint-Étienne 2–2 3–2 Quarter–final 9 April20:45 H Udinese 3–1 — 16 April20:45 A Udinese 3–3 6–4 Semi–final 30 April20:45 H Hamburger SV 0–1 — 7 May20:45 A Hamburger SV 3–2 3–3 Final — 20 May20:45 N Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 —
Team record
Competition First match Last match Record Bundesliga 16 August 23 May DFB-Pokal 17 August 30 May DFB–Pokal results Champions League 16 September 9 December Champions League results UEFA Cup 18 February 20 May UEFA Cup results Total—
Player information Squad and statistics Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League UEFA Cup Goalkeepers Tim Wiese 46 0 29 0 5 0 4 0 8 0 Christian Vander 8 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Nico Pellatz 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders Niklas Andersen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Boenisch 42 0 24 0 5 0 4 0 9 0 Clemens Fritz 42 0 24 0 6 0 5 0 7 0 Per Mertesacker 39 4 23 2 3 1 6 1 7 0 Naldo 47 5 28 3 5 0 5 0 9 2 Petri Pasanen 27 0 16 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 Timo Perthel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Prödl 33 0 22 0 3 0 4 0 4 1 Duško Tošić 11 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Midfielders Frank Baumann 39 2 27 1 4 0 4 0 4 1 Diego 39 21 21 12 5 2 5 1 8 6 Torsten Frings 48 4 30 4 5 0 5 0 8 0 Aaron Hunt 28 2 18 2 2 0 4 0 4 0 Said Husejinović 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Jensen 19 0 11 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 Peter Niemeyer 25 0 15 0 4 0 1 0 5 0 Mesut Özil 47 5 28 3 5 2 6 0 8 0 Alexandros Tziolis 27 1 15 1 4 0 0 0 8 0 Jurica Vranješ 18 1 14 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 Forwards Martin Harnik 9 0 8 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 Torsten Oehrl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claudio Pizarro 46 28 26 17 5 4 6 2 9 5 Markus Rosenberg 47 13 29 7 5 5 6 1 7 0 Boubacar Sanogo 26 3 22 2 1 1 3 0 0 0
Discipline
Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League UEFA Cup Tim Wiese 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Boenisch 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Clemens Fritz 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Per Mertesacker 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Naldo 6 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Petri Pasanen 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sebastian Prödl 6 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Duško Tošić 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Baumann 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Diego 10 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 Torsten Frings 14 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 Aaron Hunt 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daniel Jensen 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Peter Niemeyer 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mesut Özil 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Alexandros Tziolis 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Jurica Vranješ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claudio Pizarro 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Markus Rosenberg 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Boubacar Sanogo 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 100 0 4 54 0 4 12 0 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 —
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