2003–04 SV Werder Bremen season

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.

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

Players

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First-team squad

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

Left club during season

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

Werder Bremen II

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

Youth team

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

Competitions

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Bundesliga

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League table

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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   18',   65'
Micoud   21'
Stadium: Berlin Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 40,152
Referee: Herbert Fandel
9 August 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
16 August 2003 3 Kaiserslautern 0–1 Werder Bremen Kaiserslautern
15:30 Micoud   66' Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Franz–Xaver Wack
23 August 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
13 September 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
20 September 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
27 September 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
5 October 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
18 October 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
25 October 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
1 November 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
8 November 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
22 November 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
29 November 2003 14 Hamburger SV 1–1 Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 Rahn   50' Ernst   27' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 55,500
Referee: Herbert Fandel
6 December 2003 15 Werder Bremen 1–1 Bayern Munich Bremen
15:30 Aílton   58' (pen) Pizarro   79' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
13 December 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
16 December 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
31 January 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
7 February 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
15 February 2004 20 Werder Bremen 1–0 Kaiserslautern Bremen
17:30 Aílton   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   57'
Aílton   86'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
7 March 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
13 March 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
21 March 2004 25 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
17:30 Klasnić   75'
Micoud   85'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Markus Merk
28 March 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
4 April 2004 27 Werder Bremen 1–1 SC Freiburg Bremen
17:30 Aílton   18' Kruppke   1' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Jörg Keßler
10 April 2004 28 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 Werder Bremen Frankfurt
15:30 Ismaël   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
1 May 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
8 May 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
15 May 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
22 May 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

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30 August 2003 First round Ludwigsfelder FC 1–9 Werder Bremen Ludwigsfelde
15:30 Fricke   80' Borowski   8',   27',   81'
Aílton   31' (pen),   50',   58' (pen)
Klasnić   67',   89'
Banović   73'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Hoyzer
28 October 2003 Second round Werder Bremen 3–1 (a.e.t.) VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
19:30 Aílton   55'
Micoud   95'
Charisteas   101'
Thiam   6' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
3 December 2003 Round of 16 Werder Bremen 6–1 Hertha BSC Bremen
19:30 Klasnić   19',   37'
Micoud   26'
Ismaël   47'
Aílton   78'
Charisteas   85'
Marcelinho   89' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 22,100
Referee: Jürgen Jansen
3 February 2004 Quarter-finals SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–3 Werder Bremen Fürth
20:30 Ismaël   74' (o.g.)
Feinbier   76'
Stalteri   18'
Micoud   90'
Klasnić   90'
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
16 March 2004 Semi-finals Werder Bremen 3–2 (a.e.t.) VfB Lübeck Bremen
20:30 Micoud   54'
Aílton   111'
Valdez   114'
Krstajić   11' (o.g.)
Zandi   94'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 38,700
Referee: Lutz–Michael Fröhlich
29 May 2004 Final Werder Bremen 3–2 Alemannia Aachen Berlin
20:00 Borowski   31',   84'
Klasnić   45'
Blank   52'
Meijer   90'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 71,682
Referee: Herbert Fandel

Statistics

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Topscorers

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Sources

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Results & Fixtures for W Bremen – soccerbase.com

References

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

Notes

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  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.