2005–06 SV Werder Bremen season
# 2005–06 SV Werder Bremen season

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

| 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 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt |
| 15 | DF | GER | Patrick Owomoyela |
| 16 | MF | DEN | Leon Andreasen |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ivan Klasnić |
| 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Ümit Davala (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. 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 |
| — | MF | POR | Amaury Bischoff |
| — | MF | BRA | Thiago Rockenbach |

### Youth team

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 | 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 |
