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

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
Aug 2, 2003 1 Hertha BSC 0-3 Werder Bremen Berlin
15:30 Aílton 18', 65'
Micoud 21'		 Stadium: Berlin Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,152
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Aug 9, 2003 2 Werder Bremen 1-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bremen
15:30 Aílton 64' (pen) Van Hout 81' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 30,100
Referee: Stefan Trautmann
Aug 16, 2003 3 Kaiserslautern 0-1 Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern
15:30 Micoud 66' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
Aug 23, 2003 4 Werder Bremen 4-1 Schalke 04 Bremen
15:30 Charisteas 4'
Borowski 28'
Aílton 35'
Valdez 81'		 Agali 82' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Edgar Steinborn
Sep 13, 2003 5 Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen Dortmund
15:30 Ewerthon 17'
Ismaël 70' (o.g.)		 Lisztes 41' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,500
Referee: Lutz Wagner
Sep 20, 2003 6 Werder Bremen 2-1 1860 Munich Bremen
15:30 Aílton 48' (pen)
Micoud 66'		 Schroth 57' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Sep 27, 2003 7 Köln 1-4 Werder Bremen Cologne
15:30 Scherz 79' Micoud 11'
Klasnić 40'
Stalteri 70'
Charisteas 90+2'		 Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Markus Merk
Oct 5, 2003 8 Werder Bremen 5-3 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
17:30 Aílton 2', 21'
Stalteri 41'
Micoud 57'
Klasnić 58'		 Biliskov 40'
Streit 54'
Karhan 64'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
Oct 18, 2003 9 Werder Bremen 1-3 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 Charisteas 60' Szabics 29'
Kurányi 34'
Tiffert 90'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,100
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Oct 25, 2003 10 SC Freiburg 2-4 Werder Bremen Freiburg
15:30 Iashvili 60', 90' Aílton 14', 28'
Micoud 37'
Klasnić 65'		 Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn
Nov 1, 2003 11 Werder Bremen 3-1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bremen
15:30 Aílton 18'
Baumann 25'
Klasnić 71'		 Chris 67' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
Nov 8, 2003 12 Hannover 96 1-5 Werder Bremen Hanover
15:30 Stajner 55' Valdez 8', 38'
Klasnić 41', 79'
Ernst 87'		 Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 25,900
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Nov 22, 2003 13 Werder Bremen 3-1 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 Aílton 6', 15', 50' (pen) Fahrenhorst 75' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,298
Referee: Markus Merk
Nov 29, 2003 14 Hamburger SV 1-1 Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 Rahn 50' Ernst 27' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 55,500
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Dec 6, 2003 15 Werder Bremen 1-1 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 Aílton 58' (pen) Pizarro 79' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
Dec 13, 2003 16 Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
15:30 Nowotny 72' Aílton 42'
Krstajić 44'
Lisztes 90'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Uwe Kemmling
Dec 16, 2003 17 Werder Bremen 3-0 Hansa Rostock Bremen
20:00 Aílton 3'
Ismaël 78'
Lisztes 89'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
Jan 31, 2004 18 Werder Bremen 4-0 Hertha BSC Bremen
15:30 Aílton 18', 30'
Micoud 34'
Valdez 90+1'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Markus Merk
Feb 7, 2004 19 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 Werder Bremen Mönchengladbach
15:30 Sverkos 51' Klasnić 54'
Baumann 90'		 Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 28,650
Referee: Torsten Koop
Feb 15, 2004 20 Werder Bremen 1-0 Kaiserslautern Bremen
17:30 Aílton 90' (pen) Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 36,900
Referee: Knut Kircher
Feb 21, 2004 21 Schalke 04 0-0 Werder Bremen Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 61,266
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack
Feb 28, 2004 22 Werder Bremen 2-0 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 Ismaël 57'
Aílton 86'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
Mar 7, 2004 23 1860 Munich 0-2 Werder Bremen Munich
17:30 Klasnić 38'
Charisteas 79'		 Stadium: Munich Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
Mar 13, 2004 24 Werder Bremen 3-2 Köln Bremen
15:30 Micoud 16'
Aílton 37', 43'		 Schröder 57'
Lottner 70'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,600
Referee: Edgar Steinborn
Mar 21, 2004 25 VfL Wolfsburg 0-2 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
17:30 Klasnić 75'
Micoud 85'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Markus Merk
Mar 28, 2004 26 VfB Stuttgart 4-4 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
17:30 Bordon 3', 24', 50'
Streller 59'		 Klasnić 13', 35'
Aílton 43', 70'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Apr 4, 2004 27 Werder Bremen 1-1 SC Freiburg Bremen
17:30 Aílton 18' Kruppke 1' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Jörg Keßler
Apr 10, 2004 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
15:30 Ismaël 80' (pen) Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
Apr 18, 2004 29 Werder Bremen 0-0 Hannover 96 Bremen
17:30 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
Apr 25, 2004 30 VfL Bochum 0-0 Werder Bremen Bochum
17:30 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
May 1, 2004 31 Werder Bremen 6-0 Hamburger SV Bremen
15:30 Barbarez 17' (o.g.)
Ismaël 22'
Klasnić 39'
Aílton 48'
Valdez 80'
Skrypnyk 84' (pen)		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
May 8, 2004 32 Bayern Munich 1-3 Werder Bremen Munich
15:30 Makaay 56' Klasnić 19'
Micoud 26'
Aílton 35'		 Stadium: Munich Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn
May 15, 2004 33 Werder Bremen 2-6 Bayer Leverkusen Bremen
15:30 Krstajić 50'
Aílton 54'		 França 7', 21', 61'
Bierofka 13'
Berbatov 65'
Neuville 80'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Markus Merk
May 22, 2004 34 Hansa Rostock 3-1 Werder Bremen Rostock
15:30 Prica 30'
Krstajić 47' (o.g.)
Lantz 72' (pen)		 Krstajić 38' Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jürgen Jansen

DFB-Pokal

Aug 30, 2003 First round Ludwigsfelder FC 1-9 Werder Bremen Waldstadion, Ludwigsfelde
15:30 Fricke 80' Borowski 8', 27', 81'
Aílton 31' (pen), 50', 58' (pen)
Klasnić 67', 89'
Banović 73'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Hoyzer
Oct 28, 2003 Second round Werder Bremen 3-1 (aet) VfL Wolfsburg Weserstadion, Bremen
19:30 Aílton 55'
Micoud 95'
Charisteas 101'		 Thiam 6' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
Dec 3, 2003 Round of 16 Werder Bremen 6-1 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
19:30 Klasnić 19', 37'
Micoud 26'
Ismaël 47'
Aílton 78'
Charisteas 85'		 Marcelinho 89' Attendance: 22,100
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
Feb 3, 2004 Quarter-finals SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-3 Werder Bremen Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, Fürth
20:30 Ismaël 74' (o.g.)
Feinbier 76'		 Stalteri 18'
Micoud 90'
Klasnić 90'		 Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
Mar 16, 2004 Semi-finals Werder Bremen 3-2 (aet) VfB Lübeck Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 Micoud 54'
Aílton 111'
Valdez 114'		 Krstajić 11' (o.g.)
Zandi 94'		 Attendance: 38,700
Referee: Lutz-Michael Fröhlich
May 29, 2004 Final Werder Bremen 3-2 Alemannia Aachen Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 Borowski 31', 84'
Klasnić 45'		 Blank 52'
Meijer 90'		 Attendance: 71,682
Referee: Herbert Fandel

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.
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