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2002–03 SV Werder Bremen season

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Werder Bremen
2002–03 season
ManagerThomas Schaaf
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalSemi-final
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerAilton (16)

SV Werder Bremen retained its 6th place in Bundesliga with a solid season, in spite of key players Frank Rost and Torsten Frings leaving prior to the season. Coach Thomas Schaaf bought Johan Micoud as replacement for Frings, with the French ex-Parma player making an instant impact in Germany, while Ailton once again hit 16 goals, finishing third in the goal scoring charts.

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Jakub Wierzchowski
4 DF Germany GER Fabian Ernst
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
14 DF Netherlands NED Frank Verlaat
16 GK Germany GER Pascal Borel
17 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Klasnić[notes 1]
18 FW Germany GER Markus Daun
19 DF Ukraine UKR Viktor Skrypnyk
20 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Mladen Krstajić[notes 2]
22 MF Germany GER Marco Reich
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin
24 MF Germany GER Tim Borowski
27 DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
28 MF Namibia NAM Razundara Tjikuzu
30 GK Germany GER Michael Jürgen
31 GK Germany GER Alexander Walke
32 FW Brazil BRA Ailton
33 DF Germany GER Mike Barten
34 DF Germany GER Manuel Friedrich
35 MF Germany GER Marco Stier
36 MF Germany GER Stefan Beckert
37 MF Germany GER Christian Lenze
38 FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez
39 DF Germany GER Björn Schierenbeck

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
3 DF Germany GER Stefan Blank (to St. Pauli)
21 MF Germany GER Holger Wehlage (on loan to Union Berlin)
25 DF United States USA Philip Salyer (to Dallas Burn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Germany GER Simon Rolfes (on loan to SSV Reutlingen 05)
29 FW Cameroon CMR Blaise Mamoum (to Waldhof Mannheim)

Reserve team

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Werder Bremen's reserve team were managed by Thomas Wolter and finished 6th in the Regionalliga Nord.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Germany GER Carsten Albers
GK Germany GER Michael Jürgen
GK Germany GER Alexander Walke
DF Germany GER Mike Barten
DF Germany GER Danny Fütterer
DF Germany GER Florian Heidenreich
DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Damir Memišević
DF Germany GER Mario Neunaber
DF Germany GER Björn Schierenbeck
DF Germany GER Christian Schulz
DF United States USA Philip Salyer
DF Germany GER Hannes Wilking
MF Germany GER Stefan Beckert
MF Canada CAN Maycoll Cañizalez[notes 3]
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Sebastian Ferrulli
MF Germany GER Marius Flatken
MF Germany GER Peer Jaekel
MF Germany GER Christian Lenze
MF Germany GER André Möller
MF Hungary HUN Krisztian Nanasi
MF Germany GER Simon Rolfes
MF Germany GER Marco Stier
MF Germany GER Julian Stroppel
MF Namibia NAM Razundara Tjikuzu
FW Germany GER Ahmet Kuru
FW Cameroon CMR Blaise Mamoum
FW Germany GER Daniel Niemann
FW Paraguay PAR Nelson Valdez

Results

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Bundesliga

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Statistics

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Topscorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2002/03". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Sources

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Soccerbase.com – Results & Fixtures for W Bremen