Werder Bremen 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2005

Result

Werder Bremen 3-2 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2005, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Werder Bremen · Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 3-2 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Werder Bremen defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 September 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ebi Smolarek opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Miroslav Klose (37'), Ivan Klasnic (54') and Johan Micoud (78'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Ebi Smolarek (8') and Ebi Smolarek (69').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Borussia Dortmund 9th on 5 points from 4. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Borussia Dortmund 7th with 46.

Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read W-D-W-W and Borussia Dortmund's W-D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Ebi SmolarekBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Christian SchulzWerder Bremen
  • 37'Goal · Miroslav KloseWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Ivan KlasnicWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 69'Goal · Ebi SmolarekBorussia Dortmund · 2-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Torsten FringsWerder Bremen
  • 78'Goal · Johan MicoudWerder Bremen · 3-2
  • 79'Yellow card · C. WörnsBorussia Dortmund

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up

Andreas Reinke, Naldo, Patrick Owomoyela, Frank Baumann, Johan Micoud, Leon Andreasen, Tim Borowski, Miroslav Klose, Ivan Klasnic, Torsten Frings, Christian Schulz

Borussia Dortmund line-up

Roman Weidenfeller, Dedé, Christoph Metzelder, Philipp Degen, Sebastian Kehl, Florian Kringe, Tomáš Rosický, David Odonkor, Lars Ricken, Ebi Smolarek, Christian Worns