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SV Werder Bremen
2005–06 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Round of 16
DFL-Ligapokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Miroslav Klose (25); All: Miroslav Klose (31)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

During the 2005–06 season, SV Werder Bremen played in the Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system.

Season summary

Werder Bremen climbed to second place in the final table, 5 points behind Bayern Munich. They were also the league's highest scoring team, with 79. Miroslav Klose was the league's top scorer with 25.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Andreas Reinke
2	DF	GER	Frank Fahrenhorst
3	DF	FIN	Petri Pasanen
4	DF	BRA	Naldo
6	MF	GER	Frank Baumann
7	MF	CRO	Jurica Vranješ
9	FW	PAR	Nelson Valdez
10	MF	FRA	Johan Micoud
11	FW	GER	Miroslav Klose^{[notes 1]}
14	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt
15	DF	GER	Patrick Owomoyela
16	MF	DEN	Leon Andreasen
17	FW	CRO	Ivan Klasnić^{[notes 2]}


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	GER	Tim Wiese
19	MF	FIN	Pekka Lagerblom
20	MF	DEN	Daniel Jensen
22	MF	GER	Torsten Frings
23	DF	BEL	Jelle Van Damme (on loan from Southampton)
24	MF	GER	Tim Borowski
25	MF	GER	Francis Banecki
26	DF	GER	Florian Mohr
27	DF	GER	Christian Schulz
29	DF	GER	Jérome Polenz
30	GK	DEN	Kasper Jensen
33	GK	GER	Christian Vander (on loan from VfL Bochum)
35	MF	GER	Marco Stier

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	TUR	Ümit Davala^{[notes 3]} (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	EGY	Mohamed Zidan (on loan to Mainz 05)

Werder Bremen II

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Sebastian Schachten
—	DF	GER	Björn Schierenbeck
—	DF	GER	Sandro Stallbaum


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Daniel Brückner^{[notes 4]}
—	MF	POR	Amaury Bischoff^{[notes 5]}
—	MF	BRA	Thiago Rockenbach

Youth team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Sebastian Mielitz
—	DF	GER	Alexander Hessel
—	DF	GER	Felix Schiller


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Tobias Kempe
—	MF	GER	Kevin Schindler
—	MF	GER	Norman Theuerkauf

References

^ "FootballSquads - Werder Bremen - 2005/06". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

^ Klose was born in Opole, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 8 and made his international debut for Germany in March 2001.
^ Klasnić was born in Hamburg, West 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.
^ Davala was born in Mannheim, West Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1996.
^ Brückner was born in Rostock, East Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father.
^ Bischoff was born in Colmar, France, and represented France at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his mother and represented Portugal at U-21 level.