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
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; 79 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
Current season

Players

As of 7 January 2022
No. Position Player
1   GK Koen Casteels (captain)
2 23x15px DF William
3 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DF Sebastiaan Bornauw
4 23x15px DF Maxence Lacroix
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg DF Micky van de Ven
6 23x15px DF Paulo Otávio
7 File:Flag of Germany.svg FW Luca Waldschmidt
8   MF Aster Vranckx
9 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg FW Wout Weghorst
10 File:Flag of Germany.svg FW Lukas Nmecha
11   MF Renato Steffen
12 File:Flag of Austria.svg GK Pavao Pervan
14 File:Flag of Switzerland.svg FW Admir Mehmedi
15 23x15px 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 23x15px 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 File:Flag of Germany.svg MF Yannick Gerhardt
33 File:Flag of Germany.svg FW Daniel Ginczek
35 File:Flag of Germany.svg GK Philipp Schulze
38 File:Flag of Germany.svg DF Jannis Lang
42 File:Flag of Germany.svg MF Dominik Marx
44 File:Flag of Germany.svg MF Marvin Stefaniak
23x15px FW Fally Mayulu

Players out on loan

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