Werder Bremen

2008–09 season
Head coach	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weserstadion Bremen, Bremen
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio Pizarro (17) All: Claudio Pizarro (28)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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During the 2008–09 SV Werder Bremen season, the club finished 10th in the Bundesliga, won the DFB-Pokal, and were eliminated in the Group Stage of Champions League and the final of the UEFA Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Tim Wiese 2 DF  GER Sebastian Boenisch[notes 1] 3 DF  FIN Petri Pasanen 4 DF  BRA Naldo 5 DF  SRB Duško Tošić 6 MF  GER Frank Baumann 7 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ 8 DF  GER Clemens Fritz 9 FW  SWE Markus Rosenberg 10 MF  BRA Diego 11 MF  GER Mesut Özil 14 MF  GER Aaron Hunt 15 DF  AUT Sebastian Prödl

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GRE Alexandros Tziolis (on loan from Panathinaikos) 20 MF  DEN Daniel Jensen 22 MF  GER Torsten Frings 23 FW  POR Hugo Almeida 24 FW  PER Claudio Pizarro (on loan from Chelsea) 25 MF  GER Peter Niemeyer 27 DF  GER Niklas Andersen 29 DF  GER Per Mertesacker 33 GK  GER Christian Vander 34 FW  AUT Martin Harnik[notes 2] 40 GK  GER Nico Pellatz 45 DF  GER Timo Perthel 47 FW  GER Torsten Oehrl

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 17 MF  BIH Said Husejinović (on loan to Kaiserslautern) 18 FW  CIV Boubacar Sanogo (on loan to Hoffenheim)

No. Pos. Nation Player 41 DF  GER Dennis Diekmeier (to Nürnberg)

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 21 GK  GER Sebastian Mielitz 30 FW  HUN Márkó Futács 31 MF  GER Kevin Artmann 32 MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3]

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  FRA Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan from Marseille) 36 FW  GER Max Kruse 44 MF  GER Philipp Bargfrede

Bundesliga

Bundesliga review

Bundesliga results