2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season

During the 2006–07 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.

SV Werder Bremen
2006–07 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
StadiumWeser-Stadion
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalFirst round
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Diego/Miroslav Klose (13)
All:
Miroslav Klose (17)

Season summary

Bremen finished in third this season, still good enough for Champions League qualification. The club also made it to the UEFA Cup semi-final before being eliminated in a 5-1 aggregate defeat to eventual runners-up Espanyol.

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Andreas Reinke
3 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF  BRA Naldo
5 DF  CMR Pierre Womé
6 MF  GER Frank Baumann
7 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ
8 MF  GER Clemens Fritz
9 FW  SWE Markus Rosenberg
10 MF  BRA Diego
11 FW  GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1]
14 MF  GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF  GER Patrick Owomoyela
17 FW  CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
18 GK  GER Tim Wiese
19 DF  GER Jérome Polenz
20 MF  DEN Daniel Jensen
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  GER Torsten Frings
23 FW  POR Hugo Almeida (on loan from Porto)
24 MF  GER Tim Borowski
25 MF  GER Peter Niemeyer
26 DF  GER Florian Mohr
27 DF  GER Christian Schulz
28 FW  GER Kevin Schindler
29 DF  GER Per Mertesacker
30 GK  DEN Kasper Jensen
31 MF  GER Kevin Artmann
32 DF  GER Sebastian Schachten
33 GK  GER Christian Vander
34 FW  AUT Martin Harnik[notes 3]
37 MF  BRA Thiago Rockenbach
38 MF  POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 4]

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
9 FW  EGY Mohamed Zidan (to Mainz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  DEN Leon Andreasen (on loan to Mainz)

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Group stage
12 September 2006 Chelsea 2–0 Werder Bremen Stamford Bridge, London
20:45 Essien  24'
Ballack  68' (pen.)		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 32,135
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
27 September 2006 Werder Bremen 1–1 Barcelona Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Puyol  56' (o.g.) Report MatchCentre Messi  89' Attendance: 41,256
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
18 October 2006 Werder Bremen 2–0 Levski Sofia Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Naldo  45+1'
Diego  73'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
31 October 2006 Levski Sofia 0–3 Werder Bremen Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45 Report MatchCentre Mikhailov  33' (o.g.)
Baumann  35'
Frings  37'		 Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
22 November 2006 Werder Bremen 1–0 Chelsea Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Mertesacker  27' Report MatchCentre Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
5 December 2006 Barcelona 2–0 Werder Bremen Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Ronaldinho  13'
Guðjohnsen  18'		 Report MatchCentre Attendance: 95,500
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Round of 32
14 February 2007 Werder Bremen 3–0 Ajax Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 Mertesacker  48'
Naldo  54'
Frings  71'		 Report Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
22 February 2007 Ajax 3–1 Werder Bremen Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
21:00 Leonardo  4'
Huntelaar  60'
Babel  74'		 Report Almeida  14' Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16
8 March 2007 Celta Vigo 0–1 Werder Bremen Balaídos, Vigo
20:45 Report Almeida  84' Attendance: 9,236
Referee: Robert Małek (Poland)
14 March 2007 Werder Bremen 2–0 Celta Vigo Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Almeida  48'
Fritz  61'		 Report Attendance: 35,278
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

Werder Bremen won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-final
5 April 2007 AZ 0–0 Werder Bremen DSB Stadion, Alkmaar
20:45 Report Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
12 April 2007 Werder Bremen 4–1 AZ Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Borowski  16'
Klose  36', 62'
Diego  82'		 Report Dembélé  32' Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Werder Bremen won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final
26 April 2007 Espanyol 3–0 Werder Bremen Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
20:45 Moisés  21'
Pandiani  50'
Coro  88'		 Report Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
3 May 2007 Werder Bremen 1–2 Espanyol Weserstadion, Bremen
20:45 Almeida  4' Report Coro  50'
Lacruz  61'		 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2006-2007/bundes/wbremen.htm

Notes
  1. Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
  2. Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in February 2004.
  3. Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level and would make his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
  4. Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother, switched his internationally allegiance to Portugal in May 2007, and would later represent them at U-21 level.
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