2005–06 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2005–06 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga2nd
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueRound of 16
DFL-LigapokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose (25)
All: Miroslav Klose (31)

During the 2005–06 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary

Werder Bremen climbed to second place in the final table, 5 points behind Bayern Munich. They were also the league's highest scoring team, with 79. Miroslav Klose was the league's top scorer with 25.

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 Brazil BRA Naldo
6 MF Germany GER Frank Baumann
7 MF Croatia CRO Jurica Vranješ
9 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez
10 MF France FRA Johan Micoud
11 FW Germany GER Miroslav Klose[notes 1]
14 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
15 DF Germany GER Patrick Owomoyela
16 MF Denmark DEN Leon Andreasen
17 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Germany GER Tim Wiese
19 MF Finland FIN Pekka Lagerblom
20 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Jensen
22 MF Germany GER Torsten Frings
23 DF Belgium BEL Jelle Van Damme (on loan from Southampton)
24 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
25 MF Germany GER Francis Banecki
26 DF Germany GER Florian Mohr
27 DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
29 DF Germany GER Jérome Polenz
30 GK Denmark DEN Kasper Jensen
33 GK Germany GER Christian Vander (on loan from VfL Bochum)
35 MF Germany GER Marco Stier

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
5 DF Turkey TUR Ümit Davala[notes 3] (retired)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Zidan (on loan to Mainz 05)

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 Sebastian Schachten
— DF Germany GER Björn Schierenbeck
— DF Germany GER Sandro Stallbaum
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Daniel Brückner[notes 4]
— MF Portugal POR Amaury Bischoff[notes 5]
— 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
— GK Germany GER Sebastian Mielitz
— DF Germany GER Alexander Hessel
— DF Germany GER Felix Schiller
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Tobias Kempe
— MF Germany GER Kevin Schindler
— MF Germany GER Norman Theuerkauf

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

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 Croatia at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Croatia in February 2004.
  3. ^ Davala was born in Mannheim, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1996.
  4. ^ Brückner was born in Rostock, East Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father.
  5. ^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother and represented Portugal at U-21 level.