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The 2008-2009 Bremen Werder season is the club's sequel to the highest level. For this season, the Werder is engaged in the Champions League, thanks to his vice-champion position acquired the previous year.

At the end of a semi-tinted season, the Werder was the finalist of the UEFA Cup, bowing against Chakhtior Donetsk after the extensions, on the score of two goals to one.

Summary of the season

Mercato

After the departure of the cadre and the leader Tim Borowski for Bayern Munich, as Miroslav Klose had been, the Werder made the bet of youth, with the arrivals of Said Huseginović, young Bosnian international and Niklas Andersen. When Ivan Klasnić reached the end of his contract, Bremen chose the Peruvian Claudio Pizarro, an elder of the house, to replace him.

In the championship

After two draws, the Werder conceded his first defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach. During the , Bremen signed his first victory, and with the way against Energy Cottbus (3 goals at 0). On 20 September, in the shock against the Bavarian champion, Frank Baumann's teammates were impressive in ease and accuracy, scoring no less than 5 goals for poor Michael Rensing. At the end of the game, former Bramme Tim Borowski will narrow the gap, bringing the score to 5-2.

The German club seems to have really launched its season, a launch confirmed by a new victory against the surprising leader, the 1899 Hoffenheim, on the big score of 5 goals to 4. But a large defeat in Stuttgart, then two disappointing results against Dortmund and Hanover stopped the advance. In the , the Bremen Werder occupies the second part of the table.

In the European Cup

In the Champions League, the Werder is starting his European campaign badly, granting the draw against the modest Cypriot club of the Anorthosis Famagusta. The second match ends on the same score, but this time against the band's favourite, Inter Milan. Third game, third draw, placing the Werder in third place. After an overwhelming home defeat against the Panathinaikos, the Werder saw his chances of reaching the eighth in the finals diminished. Not able to beat Famagouste to keep his cards in hand, Bremen said on the evening of definitely goodbye to the Champions League. Still in play to be defeated in the UEFA Cup, the Werder must win at home against the Inter, and count on a defeat of the Anorthosis. Everything is settled at the time of play, thanks to the goal of Claudio Pizarro (), but also of Giorgos Karagounis at the Olympic Stadium in Athens. Markus Rosenberg's second goal reinforced Werder in his new position, with Zlatan Ibrahimović's not changing anything to the final result.

On , Werder Bremen played his first UEFA Cup match, at the pace of the eighth final of the Champions League. Opposed to Group E, Milan AC, Thomas Schaaf's men get at the end of my