Werder Bremen 2011–12 football season
Werder Bremen 2011–12 season Manager Thomas Schaaf Bundesliga 9th DFB-Pokal Round 1 Top goalscorer League: Claudio Pizarro (18) All: Claudio Pizarro (18)
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.[citation needed ]
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 .[citation needed ]
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.[citation needed ]
Competitions [ ]
Bundesliga [ ]
Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg
1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen
27 August 2011 4 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 Werder Bremen show 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
Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV
Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC
25 September 2011 7 Werder Bremen 2–1 Hertha BSC show 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
Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Borussia Dortmund
14 October 2011 9 Werder Bremen 0–2 Borussia Dortmund show 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
Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart
Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg
Schalke 04 v Werder Bremen
1. FC Kaiserslautern v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen
28 January 2012 19 Werder Bremen 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen show Bremen 15:30 CET (UTC+01 )
Pizarro 29' Rosenberg 52' Ignjovski 89' Bargfrede 90+1'
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Castro 15' Kadlec 44' Reinartz 57'
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,060 Referee: Deniz Aytekin
SC Freiburg v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim
Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen
Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Hannover 96
Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Mainz 05
31 March 2012 28 Werder Bremen 0–3 Mainz 05 show Bremen
Fritz 54'
Report
Szalai 18' Choupo-Moting 48' , 74' Zabavník 62' Soto 63'
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,132 Referee: Knut Kircher
VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich
21 April 2012 32 Werder Bremen 1–2 Bayern Munich show Bremen
Naldo 51'
Report
Naldo 75' (o.g. ) Ribéry 90'
Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Manuel Gräfe
VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen v Schalke 04
5 May 2012 34 Werder Bremen 2–3 Schalke 04 show 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 [ ]
1. FC Heidenheim v Werder Bremen
Player information [ ]
Roster and statistics [ ]
As of 23 December 2011
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 [ ]
In [ ]
Out [ ]
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
Sources [ ]
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League competitions
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