2004–05 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen 2004–05 football season
SV Werder Bremen
2004–05 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalSecond stage
Champions LeagueRound of 16
DFL-LigapokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose (15)
All: Ivan Klasnić (19)
Home colours
Away colours

During the 2004-05 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary

Werder Bremen never came close to retaining their Bundesliga title and finished 18 points behind champions Bayern Munich. This was still good enough for another season in the Champions League, albeit entering in the third qualifying round. The club also failed to retain its DFB-Pokal crown, being eliminated in the semi-finals by Schalke.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Andreas Reinke
2 DF Germany GER Frank Fahrenhorst
3 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
5 DF Turkey TUR Ümit Davala[notes 1]
6 MF Germany GER Frank Baumann
7 DF Canada CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF Hungary HUN Krisztián Lisztes
10 MF France FRA Johan Micoud
11 FW Germany GER Miroslav Klose[notes 2]
14 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
16 GK Germany GER Pascal Borel
17 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 3]
20 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Jensen
21 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zidan (on loan from Midtjylland)
22 DF Germany GER Francis Banecki
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin
24 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
25 DF France FRA Valérien Ismaël
26 DF Germany GER Florian Mohr
27 DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
28 DF Germany GER Florian Heidenreich
29 MF Germany GER Daniel Brückner[notes 4]
30 GK Germany GER Michael Jürgen
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Walke
33 FW Germany GER Deniz Kacan
35 MF Germany GER Marco Stier
36 MF Germany GER Stefan Beckert
37 MF Germany GER Kevin Wittke
38 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez
39 GK Germany GER Christopher Möllering

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 Greece GRE Angelos Charisteas (to Ajax)
13 DF Brazil BRA Gustavo Nery (on loan to Corinthians)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Finland FIN Pekka Lagerblom (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg)
19 DF Germany GER Robert Paul (to Wacker Burghausen)

Werder Bremen II

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Germany GER Jérome Polenz
— DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Memišević
— DF Germany GER Björn Schierenbeck
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Danny Fütterer
— MF Brazil BRA Thiago Rockenbach

Youth team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Kevin Schindler
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Norman Theuerkauf

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2004/05". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

  1. ^ Davala was born in Mannheim, West Germany , but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1996.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West 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.
  4. ^ Brückner was born in Rostock, East Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father.
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