VfL Wolfsburg

Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (pronounced [faʊ̯ ʔɛf ʔɛl ˈvɔlfsbʊʁk]) or Wolfsburg, is a football club from Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the German Bundesliga The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg and is owned by the Volkswagen Group.[1]

VfL Wolfsburg
Full nameVerein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V. (Sports club)
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH (Professional football club)
Nickname(s)Die Wölfe (The Wolves)
Founded12 September 1945 (1945-09-12)
GroundVolkswagen Arena
Capacity30,000
OwnerVolkswagen (of GmbH)
Executive DirectorFrancisco Javier García Sanz
Head CoachFlorian Kohfeldt
LeagueBundesliga
2016–1716th
WebsiteClub website

Players
As of 7 January 2022[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  Belgium Koen Casteels (captain)
2 DF  Brazil William
3 DF  Belgium Sebastiaan Bornauw
4 DF  France Maxence Lacroix
5 DF  Netherlands Micky van de Ven
6 DF  Brazil Paulo Otávio
7 FW  Germany Luca Waldschmidt
8 MF  Belgium Aster Vranckx
9 FW  Netherlands Wout Weghorst
10 FW  Germany Lukas Nmecha
11 MF   Switzerland Renato Steffen
12 GK  Austria Pavao Pervan
14 FW   Switzerland Admir Mehmedi
15 DF  France Jérôme Roussillon
17 FW  Germany Maximilian Philipp
18 DF  Republic of Ireland Anselmo García McNulty
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   Switzerland Kevin Mbabu
20 MF  Germany Ridle Baku
21 FW  Poland Bartosz Białek
22 MF  England Felix Nmecha
23 MF  France Josuha Guilavogui
24 MF  Austria Xaver Schlager
25 DF  United States John Brooks
27 MF  Germany Maximilian Arnold (vice-captain)
28 FW  Belgium Dodi Lukebakio (on loan from Hertha)
30 GK  Germany Niklas Klinger
31 MF  Germany Yannick Gerhardt
33 FW  Germany Daniel Ginczek
35 GK  Germany Philipp Schulze
38 DF  Germany Jannis Lang
42 MF  Germany Dominik Marx
44 MF  Germany Marvin Stefaniak
– FW  France Fally Mayulu

Players out on loan

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  Netherlands Jeffrey Bruma (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2020)
10 MF  Turkey Yunus Mallı (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2020)
17 DF  Germany Felix Uduokhai (at FC Augsburg until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF  Germany John Yeboah (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2020)
34 MF  Germany Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
37 MF  Germany Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at FC Köln until 30 June 2021)

League position
SeasonLeaguePosition
1997/98Bundesliga14th
1998/99Bundesliga6th
1999/00Bundesliga7th
2000/01Bundesliga9th
2001/02Bundesliga10th
2002/03Bundesliga8th
2003/04Bundesliga10th
2004/05Bundesliga9th
2005/06Bundesliga15th
2006/07Bundesliga15th
2007/08Bundesliga5th
2008/09BundesligaChampions
2009/10Bundesliga8th
2010/11Bundesliga15th
2011/12Bundesliga8th
2012/13Bundesliga11th
2013/14Bundesliga5th
2014/15Bundesliga2nd
2015/16Bundesliga8th
2016/17Bundesliga16th
wins relegation versus Eintracht Braunschweig
2017/18Bundesliga16th
wins relegation versus Holstein Kiel
2018/19Bundesliga6th
2019/20Bundesliga7th
2020/21Bundesliga4th

Honours

Domestic

Regional
  • Deutsche Amateurmeisterschaft:
    • Runners-up: 1963
  • Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II):
    • Winners: 1952, 1954, 1963
  • Regionalliga Nord (II):
    • Runners-up: 1970
  • Oberliga Nord (III):
    • Winners: 1991, 1992
    • Runners-up (3): 1976, 1978, 1988
  • Lower Saxony Cup
    • Winners: 1962, 2002, 2003

Youth
  • German Under 19 championship
    • Winners: 2010–11, 2012–13
    • Runners-up: 2007–08
  • Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast
    • Winners: 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Under 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast
    • Winners: 2008–09, 2015–16

References
  1. "Volkswagen Group - Annual Report 2009 - Chronicle 2009". annualreport2009.volkswagenag.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  2. "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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