2002–03 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen retained its 6th place in Bundesliga with a solid season, in spite of key players Frank Rost and Torsten Frings leaving prior to the season. Coach Thomas Schaaf bought Johan Micoud as replacement for Frings, with the French ex-Parma player making an instant impact in Germany, while Ailton once again hit 16 goals, finishing third in the goal scoring charts.

Werder Bremen

2002–03 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga	6th
UEFA Cup	Second round
DFB-Pokal	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	Ailton (16)
Home colours Away colours

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Jakub Wierzchowski 4 DF  GER Fabian Ernst 6 MF  GER Frank Baumann 7 DF  CAN Paul Stalteri 8 MF  HUN Krisztián Lisztes 9 FW  GRE Angelos Charisteas 10 MF  FRA Johan Micoud 11 MF  CRO Ivica Banović 14 DF  NED Frank Verlaat 16 GK  GER Pascal Borel 17 FW  CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 1] 18 FW  GER Markus Daun 19 DF  UKR Viktor Skrypnyk 20 DF  SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 2] 22 MF  GER Marco Reich

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin 24 MF  GER Tim Borowski 27 DF  GER Christian Schulz 28 MF  NAM Razundara Tjikuzu 30 GK  GER Michael Jürgen 31 GK  GER Alexander Walke 32 FW  BRA Ailton 33 DF  GER Mike Barten 34 DF  GER Manuel Friedrich 35 MF  GER Marco Stier 36 MF  GER Stefan Beckert 37 MF  GER Christian Lenze 38 FW  PAR Nelson Valdez 39 DF  GER Björn Schierenbeck

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Stefan Blank (to St. Pauli) 21 MF  GER Holger Wehlage (on loan to Union Berlin) 25 DF  USA Philip Salyer (to Dallas Burn)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  GER Simon Rolfes (on loan to SSV Reutlingen 05) 29 FW  CMR Blaise Mamoum (to Waldhof Mannheim)

Reserve team

Werder Bremen's reserve team were managed by Thomas Wolter and finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GER Carsten Albers — GK  GER Michael Jürgen — GK  GER Alexander Walke — DF  GER Mike Barten — DF  GER Danny Fütterer — DF  GER Florian Heidenreich — DF  BIH Damir Memišević — DF  GER Mario Neunaber — DF  GER Björn Schierenbeck — DF  GER Christian Schulz — DF  USA Philip Salyer — DF  GER Hannes Wilking — MF  GER Stefan Beckert — MF  CAN Maycoll Cañizalez[notes 3]

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Sebastian Ferrulli — MF  GER Marius Flatken — MF  GER Peer Jaekel — MF  GER Christian Lenze — MF  GER André Möller — MF  HUN Krisztian Nanasi — MF  GER Simon Rolfes — MF  GER Marco Stier — MF  GER Julian Stroppel — MF  NAM Razundara Tjikuzu — FW  GER Ahmet Kuru — FW  CMR Blaise Mamoum — FW  GER Daniel Niemann — FW  PAR Nelson Valdez

Results

Bundesliga

• Arminia Bielefeld-Werder Bremen 3–0
• 1–0 Bastian Reinhardt  16'
• 2–0 Massimilian Porcello  90'
• 3–0 Artur Wichniarek  90'
• Werder Bremen-Hamburg 2–1
• 1–0 Angelos Charisteas  9'
• 1–1 Tomáš Ujfaluši  20'
• 2–1 Holger Wehlage  50'
• 1860 Munich-Werder Bremen 3–0
• 1–0 Markus Schroth  32'
• 2–0 Harald Cerny  62'
• 3–0 Martin Max  78'
• Werder Bremen-Nürnberg 4–1
• 1–0 Ailton  30' (pen.)
• 1–1 Saša Ćirić  54'
• 2–1 Johan Micoud  59'
• 3–1 Ailton  66'
• 4–1 Ailton  79'
• Energie Cottbus-Werder Bremen 0–1
• 0–1 Tomislav Piplica  51' (o.g.)
• Werder Bremen-Bayer Leverkusen 3–2
• 0–1 Thomas Brdarić  11'
• 1–1 Ailton  25' (pen.)
• 2–1 Angelos Charisteas  27'
• 3–1 Angelos Charisteas  32'
• 3–2 Paul Stalteri  42' (o.g.)
• Bochum-Werder Bremen 1–4
• 0–1 Ailton  17'
• 1–1 Paul Freier  23'
• 1–2 Angelos Charisteas  37'
• 1–3 Ailton  50'
• 1–4 Mladen Krstajić  87'
• Werder Bremen-Hansa Rostock 0–0
• Hannover-Werder Bremen 4–4
• 1–0 Nebojša Krupniković  6'
• 1–1 Frank Verlaat  10'
• 2–1 Mohamadou Idrissou  39'
• 2–2 Ailton  52'
• 2–3 Angelos Charisteas  60'
• 2–4 Johan Micoud  67'
• 3–4 Fredi Bobić  81'
• 4–4 Fredi Bobić  84'
• Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund 1–4
• 0–1 Torsten Frings  2'
• 1–1 Fabian Ernst  35'
• 1–2 Dedê  71'
• 1–3 Ewerthon  74'
• 1–4 Ewerthon  85'
• Werder Bremen-Bayern Munich 2–0
• 1–0 Markus Daun  17'
• 2–0 Mladen Krstajić  81'
• Wolfsburg-Werder Bremen 3–1
• 1–0 Martin Petrov  28'
• 2–0 Robson Ponte  67'
• 2–1 Johan Micoud  70'
• 3–1 Stefan Effenberg  84'
• Werder Bremen-Kaiserslautern 5–3
• 0–1 Lincoln  13'
• 1–1 Frank Verlaat  16'
• 1–2 Harry Koch  17' (pen.)
• 1–3 Christian Timm  54'
• 2–3 Miroslav Klose  61' (o.g.)
• 3–3 Ailton  77'
• 4–3 Ailton  88'
• Hertha BSC-Werder Bremen 0–1
• 0–1 Ailton  10'
• Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 3–1
• 1–0 Ailton  26'
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi  55'
• 2–1 Mladen Krstajić  80'
• 3–1 Ailton  89'
• Schalke 04-Werder Bremen 1–1
• 0–1 Markus Daun  3'
• 1–1 Ebbe Sand  7'
• Werder Bremen-Mönchengladbach 2–0
• 1–0 Markus Daun  13'
• 2–0 Ailton  58'
• Werder Bremen-Arminia Bielefeld 2–2
• 1–0 Viktor Skrypnyk  5'
• 1–1 Mamadou Diabang  11'
• 2–1 Ailton  36'
• 2–2 Cha Doo-Ri  40'
• Hamburg-Werder Bremen 1–0
• 1–0 Sergej Barbarez  56'
• Werder Bremen-1860 Munich 1–2
• 1–0 Ivan Klasnić  45'
• 1–1 Markus Schroth  53'
• 1–2 Daniel Borimirov  82'
• Nürnberg-Werder Bremen 1–0
• 1–0 Lars Müller  42'
• Werder Bremen-Energie Cottbus 0–1
• 0–1 Marko Topić  5'
• Bayer Leverkusen-Werder Bremen 3–0
• 1–0 Daniel Bierofka  11'
• 2–0 Sebastian Schoof  50'
• 3–0 Juan  61'
• Werder Bremen-Bochum 2–0
• 1–0 Ailton  52'
• 2–0 Ivica Banović  56'
• Hansa Rostock-Werder Bremen 1–0
• 1–0 Dietmar Hirsch  71'
• Werder Bremen-Hannover 1–2
• 1–0 Ailton  10'
• 1–1 Fredi Bobić  44'
• 1–2 Fredi Bobić  76'
• Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen 1–2
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso  29'
• 1–1 Angelos Charisteas  54'
• 1–2 Fabian Ernst  86'
• Bayern Munich-Werder Bremen 0–1
• 0–1 Johan Micoud  13'
• Werder Bremen-Wolfsburg 0–1
• 0–1 Marino Biliškov  85'
• Kaiserslautern-Werder Bremen 1–0
• 1–0 Miroslav Klose  65'
• Werder Bremen-Hertha BSC 4–2
• 0–1 Arne Friedrich  21'
• 1–1 Mladen Krstajić  23'
• 2–1 Ludovic Magnin  27'
• 3–1 Angelos Charisteas  36'
• 4–1 Angelos Charisteas  77'
• 4–2 Thorben Marx  79'
• Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 0–1
• 0–1 Rui Marques  50' (o.g.)
• Werder Bremen-Schalke 04 2–1
• 1–0 Angelos Charisteas  22'
• 1–1 Victor Agali  36'
• 2–1 Johan Micoud  57'
• Mönchengladbach-Werder Bremen 4–1
• 1–0 Peer Kluge  62'
• 2–0 Morten Skoubo  73'
• 3–0 Morten Skoubo  76'
• 3–1 Bernd Korzynietz  84' (o.g.)
• 4–1 Mikael Forssell  90'

Statistics

Topscorers

• Ailton 16
• Angelos Charisteas 9
• Johan Micoud 5
• Mladen Krstajić 4

Notes

1. Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented Croatia at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in February 2004.
2. Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
3. Cañizalez was born in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, but was raised in Canada and represented Canada at U-17, U-20, and U-23 level before making his international debut for Canada in January 2003.

References

1. "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2002/03". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Sources

Soccerbase.com – Results & Fixtures for W Bremen