VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg
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Full name	Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V. (Sports club); Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH (Professional football club)
Nickname(s)	Die Wölfe (The Wolves)
Founded	12 September 1945; 80 years ago
Ground	Volkswagen Arena; (capacity: 30,000)
Owner	Volkswagen (of GmbH)
Executive Director	Francisco Javier García Sanz
Head Coach	Florian Kohfeldt
League	Bundesliga
2016–17	16th
Website	Club home page
	Current season

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]

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

Bundesliga:
- Winners: 2008–09
- Runners-up: 2014–15
DFB-Pokal:
- Winners: 2014–15
- Runners-up: 1994–95
DFL-Supercup:
- Winners: 2015

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