VfL Wolfsburg

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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
Logo-VfL-Wolfsburg.svg
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; 78 years ago (1945-09-12)
GroundVolkswagen Arena
(capacity: 30,000)
OwnerVolkswagen (of GmbH)
Executive DirectorFrancisco Javier García Sanz
Head CoachFlorian Kohfeldt
LeagueBundesliga
2016–1716th
WebsiteClub home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

Players

As of 7 January 2022
No. Position Player
1   GK Koen Casteels (captain)
2   DF William
3   DF Sebastiaan Bornauw
4   DF Maxence Lacroix
5   DF Micky van de Ven
6   DF Paulo Otávio
7   FW Luca Waldschmidt
8   MF Aster Vranckx
9   FW Wout Weghorst
10   FW Lukas Nmecha
11   MF Renato Steffen
12   GK Pavao Pervan
14   FW Admir Mehmedi
15   DF Jérôme Roussillon
17   FW Maximilian Philipp
18   DF Anselmo García McNulty
No. Position Player
19   DF Kevin Mbabu
20   MF Ridle Baku
21   FW Bartosz Białek
22   MF Felix Nmecha
23   MF Josuha Guilavogui
24   MF Xaver Schlager
25   DF John Brooks
27   MF Maximilian Arnold (vice-captain)
28   FW Dodi Lukebakio (on loan from Hertha)
30   GK Niklas Klinger
31   MF Yannick Gerhardt
33   FW Daniel Ginczek
35   GK Philipp Schulze
38   DF Jannis Lang
42   MF Dominik Marx
44   MF Marvin Stefaniak
  FW Fally Mayulu

Players out on loan

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

League position

Season League Position
1997/98 Bundesliga 14th
1998/99 Bundesliga 6th
1999/00 Bundesliga 7th
2000/01 Bundesliga 9th
2001/02 Bundesliga 10th
2002/03 Bundesliga 8th
2003/04 Bundesliga 10th
2004/05 Bundesliga 9th
2005/06 Bundesliga 15th
2006/07 Bundesliga 15th
2007/08 Bundesliga 5th
2008/09 Bundesliga Champions
2009/10 Bundesliga 8th
2010/11 Bundesliga 15th
2011/12 Bundesliga 8th
2012/13 Bundesliga 11th
2013/14 Bundesliga 5th
2014/15 Bundesliga 2nd
2015/16 Bundesliga 8th
2016/17 Bundesliga 16th
wins relegation versus Eintracht Braunschweig
2017/18 Bundesliga 16th
wins relegation versus Holstein Kiel
2018/19 Bundesliga 6th
2019/20 Bundesliga 7th
2020/21 Bundesliga 4th

Honours

Domestic

Regional

Youth

References

  1. "Volkswagen Group - Annual Report 2009 - Chronicle 2009". annualreport2009.volkswagenag.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2019-02-13.

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