1999–2000 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
1999–2000 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Runners-up
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Bode (13); All: Marco Bode (18)
Home colours	Third colours
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

During the 1999–2000 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the 1. Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary

Having barely escaped relegation last season, Bremen rose to 9th in the final table - 6 points off Champions League qualification. The club also qualified for the UEFA Cup again, giving them the chance to improve on that season's run to the quarter-finals. The team also reached the DFB-Pokal final for the second season running, but lost to Bayern Munich.

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Frank Rost
3	MF	SUI	Raphael Wicky
4	MF	GER	Dirk Flock
5	MF	GER	Dieter Eilts
6	MF	GER	Frank Baumann
7	MF	UKR	Yuriy Maksymov
8	DF	GER	Bernhard Trares
9	FW	YUG	Rade Bogdanović^{[notes 1]}
10	FW	PER	Claudio Pizarro
11	DF	POL	Jacek Chańko
12	GK	GER	Stefan Brasas
13	DF	GER	Andree Wiedener
15	DF	GER	Dieter Frey
16	GK	GER	Pascal Borel
17	MF	GER	Marco Bode


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	AUT	Andi Herzog
19	DF	UKR	Viktor Skrypnyk
22	MF	GER	Torsten Frings
23	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski
25	MF	GER	Sören Seidel
26	MF	GER	Timo Schultz
27	MF	GER	Alexander Nouri
28	MF	NAM	Razundara Tjikuzu
29	DF	GER	Matthias Plump
32	FW	BRA	Ailton
33	DF	GER	Mike Barten
35	DF	CAN	Paul Stalteri
36	DF	BRA	Julio Cesar
38	DF	GER	Björn Schierenbeck
39	MF	GER	Danny Fütterer