The next season, his final year in the Premier League, he played 29 games for West Brom, mostly as a starter, scoring three goals, while receiving six yellow cards. His team reached the third round in the League Cup, losing to Everton. West Brom earned 47 points again, finishing on tenth place. After not meeting a clause in his contract that would trigger a twelve-month extension, Scharner announced on 8 May that he would be leaving West Brom in the summer and search for a new challenge.