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.

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 (1945-09-12)
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Other websites

• Official website (in German)