2003–04 SV Werder Bremen season

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Werder Bremen
2003–04 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalWinners
Intertoto CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Aílton (28)
All: Aílton (34)

SV Werder Bremen won its first ever German double, clinching both Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal. Following a club record-breaking league season, Werder won the title six points clear of Bayern Munich, with Aílton hitting 28 goals, the most ever from a Werder Bremen player. The cup victory was clinched following a 3–2 win against Alemannia Aachen, with defensive midfielder Tim Borowski the unexpected hero, hitting Alemannia with a brace. The title successes were Thomas Schaaf's first in his managerial career. Werder, however, lost both Aílton and defensive senior talisman Mladen Krstajić to FC Schalke 04, since both refused to sign new contracts with the club.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Andreas Reinke
4 DF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
5 DF Turkey TUR Ümit Davala[notes 1] (on loan from Inter Milan)
6 MF Germany GER Frank Baumann
7 DF Canada CAN Paul Stalteri
8 MF Hungary HUN Krisztián Lisztes
9 FW Greece GRE Angelos Charisteas
10 MF France FRA Johan Micoud
11 MF Croatia CRO Ivica Banović
15 MF Finland FIN Pekka Lagerblom
16 GK Germany GER Pascal Borel
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 2]
18 FW Germany GER Markus Daun
19 DF Ukraine UKR Viktor Skrypnyk
20 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 3]
21 MF Germany GER Holger Wehlage
23 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin
24 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
25 DF France FRA Valérien Ismaël
27 DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
32 FW Brazil BRA Ailton
38 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez

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
22 MF Germany GER Marco Reich (to Derby County)
34 DF Germany GER Manuel Friedrich (to Mainz 05)
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF Germany GER Christian Lenze (to VfL Osnabrück)

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
26 MF Germany GER Simon Rolfes
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Walke
35 MF Germany GER Marco Stier
36 MF Germany GER Stefan Beckert
DF Germany GER Danny Fütterer
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Memišević
DF Germany GER Björn Schierenbeck
MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt
MF Canada CAN Maycoll Cañizalez[notes 4]
FW Germany GER Ahmet Kuru

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
DF Germany GER Jérome Polenz
MF Germany GER Kevin Schindler
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Norman Theuerkauf
MF Brazil BRA Thiago Rockenbach

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Werder Bremen (C) 34 22 8 4 79 38 +41 74 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 20 8 6 70 39 +31 68
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 8 7 73 39 +34 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 18 10 6 52 24 +28 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 VfL Bochum 34 15 11 8 57 39 +18 56
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
2 August 2003 1 Hertha BSC 0–3 Werder Bremen Berlin
15:30 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Micoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'
Stadium: Berlin Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,152
Referee: Herbert Fandel
16 August 2003 3 Kaiserslautern 0–1 Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern
15:30 Micoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Franz–Xaver Wack
20 September 2003 6 Werder Bremen 2–1 1860 Munich Bremen
15:30 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen)
Micoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Schroth File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
29 November 2003 14 Hamburger SV 1–1 Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 Rahn File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Ernst File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 55,500
Referee: Herbert Fandel
6 December 2003 15 Werder Bremen 1–1 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (pen) Pizarro File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
16 December 2003 17 Werder Bremen 3–0 Hansa Rostock Bremen
20:00 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Ismaël File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Lisztes File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
15 February 2004 20 Werder Bremen 1–0 Kaiserslautern Bremen
17:30 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen) Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 36,900
Referee: Knut Kircher
21 February 2004 21 Schalke 04 0–0 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 61,266
Referee: Franz–Xaver Wack
28 February 2004 22 Werder Bremen 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 Ismaël File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
4 April 2004 27 Werder Bremen 1–1 SC Freiburg Bremen
17:30 Aílton File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Kruppke File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Jörg Keßler
10 April 2004 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
15:30 Ismaël File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
18 April 2004 29 Werder Bremen 0–0 Hannover 96 Bremen
17:30 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
25 April 2004 30 VfL Bochum 0–0 Werder Bremen Bochum
17:30 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Helmut Fleischer

DFB-Pokal

Statistics

Topscorers

Sources

Results & Fixtures for W Bremen – soccerbase.com

References

  1. "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

  1. Davala was born in Mannheim, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1996.
  2. 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.
  3. Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Serbia and Montenegro (now Serbia) and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.
  4. Cañizalez was born in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, but was raised in Canada and represented Canada at U-17, U-20, and U-23 level before making his international debut for Canada in January 2003.