2006–07 SV Werder Bremen season
| 2006–07 season | |
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| Manager | Thomas Schaaf |
| Stadium | Weser-Stadion |
| Bundesliga | 3rd |
| DFB-Pokal | First round |
| Champions League | Group stage |
| UEFA Cup | Semi-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Diego/Miroslav Klose (13) All: Miroslav Klose (17) |
During the 2006–07 German football season, Werder Bremen competed in the Bundesliga.
Season summary
[edit]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.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- 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.
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Left club during season
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]- Diego - FC Porto, May, €6,000,000
- Markus Rosenberg - Ajax, January 26
- Hugo Almeida - Porto, season-long loan
- Peter Niemeyer - FC Twente, January
- Christian Vander - VfL Bochum
Out
[edit]- Mohamed Zidan - Mainz, 17 January, €2,800,000
- Leon Andreasen - Mainz, January, season-long loan
Results
[edit]Champions League
[edit]Group stage
[edit]| 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) |
UEFA Cup
[edit]Round of 32
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented Austria at U-19, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
- ^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother, switched his international allegiance to Portugal in May 2007, and represented Portugal at U-21 level.