Werder Bremen Champions League profile

[Fabio]

Well after Enricos' detailed Anderlecht profile I thought I would do profiles for the other two teams starting with the Germans.

Werder Bremen

Official website: www.werder-online.de

Some great players have touched Werder Bremen in their careers such as Rudi Voller(97 goals), Mario Basler(36 goals), Torsten Frings(?? goals) and more recently, Ailton(88 goals).And just last season they were one of the shocks in the German Bundesliga, winning the title comfortably over giants Bayern Munich.

The team:

Despite the sale of some of their best players at the end of last season most notably Ailton and Krstajic,Werder Bremen still has a strong side with a team capable of beating anyone when in their prime.

Goalkeepers:Reinke, Borel, Walke

Defenders:Fahrenhorst, Pasanen, Baumann, Nery, Magnin, Ismael

Midfielders:Ernst, Davala, Stalteri, Lisztes, Micoud, Lagerblom, Jensen, Borowski, Schulz

Strikers:Charisteas, Klose, Hunt, Klasnic, Stier, Valdez

In bold = Key Player

In green = New Player

The coach:

Thomas Schaaf

Career as a coach:
1987-1995: A-Youth SV Werder Bremen
1995-1999: Coach Regional League team SV Werder Bremen and Head Coach SV Werder Bremen Young Talents
09.05.1999-??: Head Coach Bundesliga

It can be said that this squad is not as strong as last seasons but it is still strong.

Werder Bremens achievments:

Bundesliga - 1964/1965, 1987/1988, 1992/1993, 2003/2004
Cup Winners Cup - 1991/1992
Intertoto cup - 1998

Their season so far...

Werder Bremen have already okayed two games in this years Bundesliga and sit on top of the table with two wins out of two (6 points).The reigning champions beat highly fancies Schalke 04 1-0 and Hansa Rostock 4-0 away from home.Updates to come.

The Stadium:

Weserstadion

Capacity - 42 466 (32 506 seats)
Built - 1997



Fabio

[Handoyo]

Good profile Fabio. Perhaps you should add how they did last season and change the colour since green kinda camouflaged the words.


Handyo

[Interforeva]

Great profile!

[SB9Dragon]

I've seen quite a bit of Werder Bremen on FSW. They are a good organized side. Micoud the playmaker is IMO the best player to replace Zidane in the French NT setup. He maybe already 30 but he is a great player. Great passing, control, etc. Werder are definately no pushovers since they won the German League last season.

The addition of them in our group makes this group, in my eyes, the group of death.

[Catenaccio]

Werder Bremen's rise to prominence last season was one of the highlights of a fine fine Bundesliga season in terms of entertainment. Playing attractive football with the likes of now departed Ailton (direct and classy finisher) and Micoud, they steamrolled a lot of teams with ease. No doubt, the CL is a different matter, but they could be the surprise package (I have hunch that they'll finish 2nd to knock Valencia out of the CL).

They have replaced their 2 important players (Mladen Krstajic DF and Ailton ST) of last season with Frank Fahrenhorst, possible German international regular defender in the future (tall and can grab goals from set pieces) and Miroslav Klose (German international striker, decent finisher but nothing more).

Player for player they should be a weaker side from last term, yet the emergence of Klasnic (exceptional all round striker) and the coolness of Ernst (one of the best players in the Bundesliga last season) should still cause sides headaches.