2004–05 SV Werder Bremen season

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SV Werder Bremen
2004–05 season
Manager Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga 3rd
DFB-Pokal Second stage
Champions League Round of 16
DFL-Ligapokal Runners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Miroslav Klose (15)
All: Ivan Klasnić (19)
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During the 2004-05 season , SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

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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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Andreas Reinke
2 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Frank Fahrenhorst
3 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Petri Pasanen
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fabian Ernst
5 DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Ümit Davala [notes 1]
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Frank Baumann
7 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Krisztián Lisztes
10 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Johan Micoud
11 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Miroslav Klose [notes 2]
14 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Aaron Hunt
16 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Pascal Borel
17 FW Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Klasnić [notes 3]
20 MF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Daniel Jensen
21 FW Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY Mohamed Zidan (on loan from Midtjylland)
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Francis Banecki
No.Pos.NationPlayer
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Ludovic Magnin
24 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tim Borowski
25 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Valérien Ismaël
26 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Mohr
27 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christian Schulz
28 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Heidenreich
29 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Daniel Brückner [notes 4]
30 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Jürgen
31 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Walke
33 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Deniz Kacan
35 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marco Stier
36 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Stefan Beckert
37 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Wittke
38 FW Flag of Paraguay.svg  PAR Nelson Valdez
39 GK Flag of Germany.svg  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.NationPlayer
9 FW Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Angelos Charisteas (to Ajax)
13 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Gustavo Nery (on loan to Corinthians)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Pekka Lagerblom (on loan to 1. FC Nürnberg)
19 DF Flag of Germany.svg  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.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jérome Polenz
— DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Damir Memišević
— DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Björn Schierenbeck
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Danny Fütterer
— MF Flag of Brazil.svg  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.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Kevin Schindler
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Norman Theuerkauf

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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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