The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.
| 2011–12 season | ||||
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| Manager | Thomas Schaaf | |||
| Bundesliga | 9th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Claudio Pizarro (18) All: Claudio Pizarro (18) | |||
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Review and events
editFriendlies
editWerder 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.[citation needed]
Transfers Summer
editBremen 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.[citation needed]
Transfers Winter
editDuring 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.[citation needed]
Competitions
editBundesliga
edit| 6 August 2011 1 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Bremen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Rosenberg  60', 81'Wesley  71' |
Report | Sukuta-Pasu 17' Dick 73' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,100 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Clemens Fritz |
| 14 August 2011 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Kießling 44' Kadlec 85' |
Report | Papastathopoulos 47' Schmitz 83' |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Tim Wiese |
| 20 August 2011 3 | Werder Bremen | 5–3 | SC Freiburg | Bremen |
| CEST (UTC+02) | Fritz 30' Pizarro 34'Arnautović 65'Schmitz 71'Hunt 87' (pen.)Wesley 90+3' |
Report | Cissé 7', 48' Schuster 60'Flum 64'Reisinger 75', 84'Krmaš 86' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,201 Referee: Peter Sippel Man of the Match: Marko Marin |
| 27 August 2011 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | Werder Bremen | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Roberto Firmino 37' |
Report | Arnautović 38' Rosenberg 83'Ekici 85' |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Babak Rafati Man of the Match: Tim Wiese |
| 10 September 2011 5 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | Hamburger SV | Bremen |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Pizarro 25', 52', 78' Marin 45'Bargfrede 68' |
Report | Rajković 22' Guerrero 23'Mancienne 28'Jansen 70'Jarolím 72' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro |
| 17 September 2011 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Nuremberg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Eigler 45' Wollscheid 62' |
Report | Wiese  17'Ekici 24'Ignjovski 90+3' |
Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion Attendance: 43,121 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Timmy Simons |
| 25 September 2011 7 | Werder Bremen | 2–1 | Hertha BSC | Bremen |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Pizarro 23', 90+3', 76' Fritz 67' |
Report | Ramos 3', 10'  63'Lell 12' 57'Janker 74'Mijatović 89' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,760 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro |
| 2 October 2011 8 | Hannover 96 | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Hanover |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Abdellaoue 2' (pen.), 38', 60' Stindl 44'Schulz 55'Pinto 56'Cherundolo 74'Schmiedebach 84' |
Report | Wolf 30' Marin 42'Bargfrede 45'Arnautović 45+3', 78'Pizarro 84' |
Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| 14 October 2011 9 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Bremen |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Wolf 15' |
Report | Perišić 38' 47', 42' Subotić 45+1'Owomoyela 71' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,068 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Mats Hummels |
| 21 October 2011 10 | FC Augsburg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Augsburg |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Baier 6' Bellinghausen 49'Callsen-Bracker 90'Jentzsch 90+2' |
Report | Papastathopoulos 14' Pizarro 56', 68' |
Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Simon Jentzsch |
| 29 October 2011 11 | Mainz 05 | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Mainz |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Kirchhoff 6' Bungert 23'Soto 89' |
Report | Pizarro 29', 76' Hunt 47'Ignjovski 50'Wagner 76'Prödl 78'Schmitz 89' |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 5 November 2011 12 | Werder Bremen | 3–2 | 1. FC Köln | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Papastathopoulos 20' Fritz 45'Bargfrede 47'Pizarro 49', 54' (pen.), 86' |
Report | Clemens 3' Riether 42'Podolski 45'Sereno 53'Rensing 78'Lanig 89' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Michael Weiner Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro |
| 19 November 2011 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Herrmann 16' Reus 23', 38', 51'Arango 53' |
Report | Papastathopoulos 37' 76' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,465 Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Marco Reus |
| 27 November 2011 14 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Hunt 57' Naldo 67'Wolf 90' |
Report | Tasci 44' Gentner 57'Boulahrouz 66'Kvist 90+1' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Naldo |
| 3 December 2011 15 | Bayern Munich | 4–1 | Werder Bremen | Munich |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Ribéry 22', 77' Robben 69' (pen.), 83' (pen.)Kroos 84' |
Match Report | Rosenberg 52' Wolf 62'Hunt 81'Papastathopoulos 83' |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Franck Ribéry |
| 10 December 2011 16 | Werder Bremen | 4–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Papastathopoulos 18', 46' Pizarro 45'Rosenberg 55'Arnautović 71' |
Report | Josué 21' Chris 27'Träsch 74'Schäfer 86' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,124 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Claudio Pizarro |
| 17 December 2011 17 | Schalke 04 | 5–0 | Werder Bremen | Gelsenkirchen |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01) | Raúl 16', 20', 63', 43' Papadopoulos 67'Huntelaar 70'Höwedes 76' |
Match Report | Schmitz 26' Fritz 65' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Raúl |
| 21 January 2012 18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | Werder Bremen | Kaiserslautern |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01) | Świerczok 58' Tiffert 59' |
[1] | Papastathopoulos 39' Bargfrede 71' Schmitz 75' |
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,381 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 28 January 2012 19 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Pizarro 29' Rosenberg 52' Ignjovski 89' Bargfrede 90+1' |
[2] | Castro 15' Kadlec 44' Reinartz 57' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,060 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 5 February 2012 20 | SC Freiburg | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Freiburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Makiadi 32' Schmid 70'Jendrišek 75'Caligiuri 79' |
Pizarro 28', 30', 48' Ekici 53' |
Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 |
| 11 February 2012 21 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01) | Ekici 45' Wiese 63'Papastathopoulos 82'Arnautović 89' |
[3] | Vestergaard 4', 36' Weis 54'Roberto Firmino 88'Compper 90+3' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,176 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 18 February 2012 22 | Hamburger SV | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Hamburg |
| 15:30 (UTC+01) | Petrić 75' Jarolím 71' |
[4] | Marin 9' Bargfrede 33'Trybull 45', 84'Fritz 54'Arnautović 86' |
Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 56,553 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 25 February 2012 23 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Bremen |
| 18:30 (UTC+01) | Junuzović 19' Fritz 75'Papastathopoulos 90+4' |
Report | Balitsch 5' Esswein 65'Feulner 70'Schäfer 90+4' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,204 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 3 March 2012 24 | Hertha BSC | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Berlin |
| Raffael 29' Rukavytsya 63'Mijatović 86' |
Report | Affolter 45' |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 52,744 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 11 March 2012 25 | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | Hannover 96 | Bremen |
| Pizarro 31' Prödl 49' Rosenberg 56' |
Report | Sobiech 67' Stindl 71'Royer 72'Lala 90+1' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 17 March 2012 26 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Dortmund |
| Kagawa 8' Piszczek 29' |
Report | Ignjovski 32' Affolter 61'Fritz 89' |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,720 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 24 March 2012 27 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | FC Augsburg | Bremen |
| Fritz 18' Füllkrug 61'Affolter 86'Rosenberg 90+2' |
Report | Davids 53' Verhaegh 66', 90+2'Baier 81' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,208 Referee: Markus Wingenbach |
| 31 March 2012 28 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | Mainz 05 | Bremen |
| Fritz 54' |
Report | Szalai 18' Choupo-Moting 48', 74'Zabavník 62'Soto 63' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,132 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 7 April 2012 29 | 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Cologne |
| Peszko 27' Jemal 39'Riether 58'Jajalo 75' |
Report | Fritz 22' Rosenberg 24'Papastathopoulos 35' |
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 10 April 2012 30 | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bremen |
| Rosenberg 18' Boenisch 27'Naldo 74' |
Report | Neustädter 36' Reus 39'Brouwers 49'Hanke 52', 67'Arango 60' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 13 April 2012 31 | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart |
| Gentner 37' Harnik 45+1', 53' Niedermeier 87'Cacau 89' |
Report | Rosenberg 25' Schmitz 76'Papastathopoulos 81'Fritz 88' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 21 April 2012 32 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Bremen |
| Naldo 51' |
Report | Naldo 75' (o.g.) Ribéry 90' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 21 April 2012 33 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| Salihamidžić 40', 79' Helmes 66', 89'Josué 84' |
Report | Stevanović 42' Rosenberg 45+1', 86'Papastathopoulos 62' |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 5 May 2012 34 | Werder Bremen | 2–3 | Schalke 04 | Bremen |
| Papastathopoulos 27' Pizarro 41' (pen.), 82'Fritz 89' |
Report | Draxler 30' Moritz 32'Huntelaar 65', 74' |
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
DFB-Pokal
edit| 30 July 1st Round | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–1 | Werder Bremen | Heidenheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02) | Sauter 56' Schnatterer 58' |
Match Report | Rosenberg 3' |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jochen Drees |
Player information
editRoster and statistics
editAs of 23 December 2011[update]
| Squad Season 2011–12 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Totals | |||||||
| Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Werder since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| Tim Wiese |  |
17 December 1981 | 2005 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sebastian Mielitz | |
18 July 1989 | 2005 | Energie Cottbus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Christian Vander | |
24 October 1980 | 2005 | VfL Bochum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| Leon Balogun | |
28 June 1988 | 2010 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Boenisch |  |
18 July 1989 | 2007 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clemens Fritz | |
7 December 1980 | 2006 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Florian Hartherz | |
29 May 1993 | 2011 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Naldo |  |
10 September 1982 | 2005 | Juventude | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Sebastian Prödl |  |
21 June 1987 | 2008 | Sturm Graz | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Lukas Schmitz | |
13 October 1988 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mikaël Silvestre |  |
9 August 1977 | 2010 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sokratis Papastathopoulos |  |
9 June 1988 | 2011 | Milan | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Andreas Wolf | |
12 June 1982 | 2011 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Per Mertesacker | |
29 September 1984 | 2006 | Hannover 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| Philipp Bargfrede | |
3 March 1989 | 2004 | TuS Heeslingen | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Tim Borowski | |
2 May 1980 | 2009 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mehmet Ekici |  |
25 March 1990 | 2011 | Bayern Munich | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Aaron Hunt | |
4 September 1986 | 2001 | Goslarer SC 08 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Aleksandar Ignjovski |  |
27 January 1991 | 2011 | OFK Beograd | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Felix Kroos | |
12 March 1991 | 2010 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marko Marin | |
13 March 1989 | 2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Aleksandar Stevanović | |
16 February 1992 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Predrag Stevanović | |
3 March 1991 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian Trinks | |
29 September 1984 | 2006 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Trybull | |
9 March 1993 | 2011 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wesley | |
24 June 1987 | 2010 | Santos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Özkan Yıldırım | |
10 April 1993 | 2003 | TuS Sulingen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| Marko Arnautović | |
19 April 1989 | 2010 | Internazionale | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Denni Avdić |  |
5 September 1988 | 2011 | Elfsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Onur Ayık | |
28 January 1990 | 2004 | Viktoria Rethem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claudio Pizzaro |  |
10 March 1978 | 2009 | Chelsea | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 |
| Markus Rosenberg | |
27 September 1982 | 2011 | Racing Santander | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| Lennart Thy | |
25 February 1992 | 2007 | JFV Norden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sandro Wagner | |
29 November 1987 | 2010 | MSV Duisburg | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Transfers
editIn
edit| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | FW |
|
Markus Rosenberg | 29 | EU | Racing Santander 
|
End of loan | Summer | 2012 | ||
| 13 | DF |
|
Lukas Schmitz | 23 | EU | Schalke 04
|
Transfer | Summer | 2015 | ||
| 17 | MF |
|
Aleksandar Ignjovski | 20 | Non-EU | OFK Beograd
|
Transfer | Summer | |||
| 20 | MF |
|
Mehmet Ekici | 20 | Non-EU | Bayern Munich
|
Transfer | Summer | €5,000,000 | ||
| 22 | DF |
|
Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 23 | EU | Milan 
|
Loan | Summer | 2012 | €600,000 | |
| 23 | DF |
|
Andreas Wolf | 29 | EU | 1. FC Nürnberg
|
Transfer | Summer |
Out
edit| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF |
|
Per Mertesacker | 27 | EU | Arsenal 
|
Transfer | Summer | £8,000,000 | |
| 3 | MF |
|
Torsten Frings | 35 | EU | Toronto FC 
|
Free | Summer | N/A | |
| 3 | DF | 
|
Petri Pasanen | 31 | EU | Red Bull Salzburg
|
Free | Summer | N/A | |
| 3 | MF |
|
Peter Niemeyer | 28 | EU | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | £700,000 | |
| 3 | DF |
|
Andreas Wolf | 29 | EU | Monaco
|
Transfer | Winter | £1,000,000 |