2000–01 SV Werder Bremen season

SV Werder Bremen
2000–01 season
Manager	Thomas Schaaf
Stadium	Weser-Stadion
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Claudio Pizarro (19); All: Claudio Pizarro (23)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Season summary[edit]

Werder Bremen's progress under Thomas Schaaf continued and they climbed to 7th place in the final Bundesliga table.

Squad at end of season^[1]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Frank Rost
2	DF	GER	Fabian Ernst
5	MF	GER	Dieter Eilts
6	MF	GER	Frank Baumann
7	MF	UKR	Yuriy Maksymov
8	DF	GER	Bernhard Trares
9	FW	YUG	Rade Bogdanović^{[notes 1]}
10	FW	PER	Claudio Pizarro
11	MF	CRO	Ivica Banović
12	GK	GER	Stefan Brasas
13	DF	GER	Andree Wiedener
14	DF	NED	Frank Verlaat
15	DF	GER	Dieter Frey
16	GK	GER	Pascal Borel
17	MF	GER	Marco Bode


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	AUT	Andi Herzog
19	DF	UKR	Viktor Skrypnyk
20	DF	SCG	Mladen Krstajić^{[notes 2]}
21	FW	KOR	Lee Dong-gook (on loan from Pohang Steelers)
22	MF	GER	Torsten Frings
23	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski
24	MF	GER	Tim Borowski
28	MF	NAM	Razundara Tjikuzu
30	FW	GER	Enrico Kern
32	FW	BRA	Aílton
33	DF	GER	Mike Barten
35	DF	CAN	Paul Stalteri
38	DF	GER	Björn Schierenbeck
39	MF	GER	Danny Fütterer

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	MF	SUI	Raphaël Wicky (to Atlético Madrid)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	GER	Dirk Flock (to Arminia Bielefeld)

^ Bogdanović was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Yugoslavia internationally after Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence and made his international debut for Yugoslavia in 1997.
^ Krstajić was born in Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Yugoslavia internationally after Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 1999.