2011–12 SV Werder Bremen season

Review and events

Friendlies

Werder Bremen started the 2011–12 season by beating lower division German side Meppen by 13–1. They then however lost against Danish side Midtjylland 5–4. They then beat Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–1. They then drew 0–0 against Chemnitzer then beat SC Freiburg 4–3. They were held to a draw against Greek side Olympiacos and then lost to 3. Liga side Heidenheim 2-1. They then went on to beat Everton 1–0 and went past FC St. Pauli 5–4. They lost though against Fenerbahçe 1–0 and drew 2–2 to Union Berlin. In October, they beat VfL Osnabrück 3–0. They lost to Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 and lost to Ajax and Hansa Rostock, but beat AZ 2–1.

Transfers Summer

Bremen lost Torsten Frings and Petri Pasanen on free transfers to Toronto FC and Red Bull Salzburg respectively. The club also lost Peter Niemeyer, who joined Hertha BSC permanently after having been on loan during the 2010–11 season. German international Per Mertesacker also departed, joining Arsenal for a £11 million transfer fee.

Bremen signed Mehmet Ekici from Bayern Munich and Tom Trybull from Hansa Rostock. The club also signed Lukas Schmitz from Schalke 04, Andreas Wolf from 1. FC Nürnberg, while Sokratis Papastathopoulos signed on loan from Genoa. Bremen also signed Florian Hartherz from VfL Wolfsburg and Aleksandar Ignjovski from 1860 Munich.

Transfers Winter

During the winter transfer window, Bremen sold Andreas Wolf and sent Sandro Wagner out on loan, while signing 2010 Austrian Player of the Year Zlatko Junuzović from Austria Wien. Bremen also signed François Affolter from Young Boys on loan.

Competitions

Bundesliga

Wesley Dick Kadlec Schmitz Pizarro Arnautović Schmitz Hunt Wesley Schuster Flum Reisinger , Krmaš Rosenberg Ekici Marin Bargfrede Guerrero Mancienne Jansen Jarolím Wollscheid Ekici Ignjovski Fritz Lell Janker Mijatović Stindl Schulz Pinto Cherundolo Schmiedebach Marin Bargfrede Arnautović , Pizarro Subotić Owomoyela Bellinghausen Callsen-Bracker Jentzsch Pizarro , Bungert Soto Hunt Ignjovski Wagner Prödl Schmitz Fritz Bargfrede Pizarro Riether Podolski Sereno Rensing Lanig Reus Arango Naldo Wolf Gentner Boulahrouz Kvist Robben Kroos Wolf Hunt Papastathopoulos Pizarro Rosenberg Arnautović Chris Träsch Schäfer Papadopoulos Huntelaar Höwedes Fritz Tiffert Bargfrede
Schmitz Rosenberg
Ignjovski
Bargfrede Kadlec
Reinartz Schmid Jendrišek Caligiuri Ekici Wiese Papastathopoulos Arnautović Weis Roberto Firmino Compper Jarolím Bargfrede Trybull , Fritz Arnautović Fritz Papastathopoulos Esswein Feulner Schäfer Rukavytsya Mijatović Prödl
Rosenberg Stindl Royer Lala Piszczek Affolter Fritz Füllkrug Affolter Rosenberg Verhaegh , Baier Choupo-Moting Zabavník Soto Jemal Riether Jajalo Rosenberg Papastathopoulos Boenisch Naldo Reus Brouwers Hanke Arango Harnik
Niedermeier Cacau Schmitz Papastathopoulos Fritz Ribéry Helmes Josué Rosenberg , Papastathopoulos Pizarro Fritz Moritz Huntelaar

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