VfL Wolfsburg
2012–13 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena,
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalSemi-finalis
Top goalscorerLeague: Bas Dost (8)
All: Bas Dost (10)

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 1 Denmark Odense
Schäfer
Lakić
10 July 2012 FC St. Pauli 3 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Streichmühle
19:00
17 July 2012 Helmstedter SV – VfL Wolfsburg
19:00
26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit Bayern Munich 2 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST Mandžukić 29' (pen.)
Robben 39'		 Pilař 90+2'

Bundesliga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
20:45 Report 90' Dost Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48.280
Referee: Tobias Welz
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2 Wolfsburg 0–4 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 Report Haggui 10'
Sobiech 26', 56'
Andreasen 52'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,451
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3 FC Augsburg 0–0 Wolfsburg Augsburg
20:30 Report Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,512
Referee: Guido Winkmann
22 September 2012 4 Wolfsburg 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Wolfsburg
14:30 Olić 42' Summary Pogatetz 28' (o.g.)
Mavraj Yellow card 64'
Petsos Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,552
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 September 2012 5 Bayern Munich 3–0 Wolfsburg Munich
20:00 Schweinsteiger 24', Yellow card 82'
Mandžukić 57', 65'		 Summary Kahlenberg Yellow card 35' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2012 6 Wolfsburg 0–2 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
17:30 Josué Yellow card 42'
Träsch Yellow card 44'
Olić Yellow card 51'		 Summary Díaz 26'
Szalai 37'
Soto Yellow card 53'
Baumgartlinger Yellow card 77'
Caligiuri Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,795
Referee: Marco Fritz
6 October 2012 7 Schalke 04 3–0 Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Farfán 33'
Afellay 46', Yellow card 54'
Neustädter 58'		 Summary Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,671
Referee: Peter Sippel
20 October 2012 8 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 Naldo Yellow card 39' Summary Mujdža Yellow card 11'
Caligiuri 40' (pen.)
Schuster 84'
Diagne Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,080
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 October 2012 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 Fink Yellow card 59' Red card 77'
Langeneke 71' (pen.)
Ilsø Yellow card 82'		 Summary Dost 50', 64'
Olić 53'
Josué Yellow card 72'
Diego 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 45,673
Referee: Tobias Welz
3 November 2012 10 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
15:30 Gebhart 76'
Kiyotake Yellow card 84'
Chandler Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Josué Yellow card 49'
Fagner Yellow card 85'
Kjær Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,586
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2012 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego 4', 16'
Naldo Yellow card 7'
Dost 33'		 Report (in German) Yellow card 48' Boenisch
Yellow card 68' Wollscheid
Yellow card 87' Reinartz
90+1' Kießling		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,825
Referee: Bastian Dankert
18 November 2012 12 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Hoffenheim
17:30 Rudy Yellow card 55'
Jensen Yellow card 77'
Derdiyok 88'		 Report 7' Hasebe
24' Dost
Yellow card 63' Josué
78' Naldo		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Günther Perl
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić Yellow card 26'
Dost 64'
Josué Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Arnautović 35', Yellow card 82'
Schmitz Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 62'
De Bruyne Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 29,723
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:00 Arango 11'
Jantschke Yellow card 38', 44'		 Report (in German) Polák Yellow card 65'
Jönsson Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,165
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Naldo Yellow card 22'
Kjær 68'		 Report (in German) Beister 26'
Rincón Yellow card 64'
Adler Yellow card 68'
Westermann Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,121
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 December 2012 16 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 Reus 6', Yellow card 49'
Schmelzer Red card 35'
Błaszczykowski 61' (pen.)
Gündoğan Yellow card 64'
Götze Yellow card 83'		 Report (in German) Diego 36' (pen.)
Naldo 41'
Kjær Yellow card 61'
Josué Yellow card 63'
Dost 73'
Kahlenberg Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
15 December 2012 17 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 Josué Red card 16'
Diego Yellow card 56'
Naldo Yellow card 89'		 Report Meier 12'
Inui 18', Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,452
Referee: Germany Peter Gagelmann
19 January 2013 18 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego 51'
Madlung 67'		 Report Niedermeier Yellow card 54'
Rüdiger Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,125
Referee: Germany Felix Brych
26 January 2013 19 Hannover 96 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hannover
15:30 Abdellaoue 3'
Pocognoli Red card 34'
Diouf 38'
Huszti Yellow card 42'
Chahed Yellow card 83'
Hoffmann Yellow card 90+3'		 Summary Madlung 46'
Naldo Yellow card 47'
Diego Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,800
Referee: Germany Günter Perl
2 February 2013 20 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 Naldo 23'
Diego Yellow card 28'
Fagner Yellow card 47'		 Summary Werner Yellow card 6'
Morávek 25'
Baier Yellow card 29'
Ostrzolek Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,257
Referee: Germany Marco Fritz
9 February 2013 21 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Fürth
15:30 Klaus Yellow card 9'
Sobiech Yellow card 53'
Peković Yellow card 55'		 Summary Dost 23'
Naldo Yellow card 60'
Fagner Yellow card 64'
Träsch Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Germany Guido Winkmann
15 February 2013 22 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30 Madlung Yellow card 24'
Vieirinha Yellow card 35'
Dost Yellow card 45+2'
Hasebe Yellow card 73'
Naldo Yellow card 80'		 Summary Mandžukić 36'
Ribéry Yellow card 57'
Dante Yellow card 76'
Robben 90+2'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Germany Felix Zwayer
23 February 2013 23 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
15:30 Zimling 5', Yellow card 72' Summary Naldo 15'
Madlung Red card 29'
Diego Yellow card 39'
Kjær Yellow card 42'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 27,175
Referee: Germany Peter Sippel
2 March 2013 24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić 50'
Fagner Yellow card 82'		 Summary Draxler 33', 63'
Jones Yellow card 73'
Farfán 79'
Huntelaar 86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,236
Referee: Germany Manuel Gräfe
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25 SC Freiburg 2–5 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 Kruse 2', Yellow card 85'
Krmas Yellow card 15'
Flum 65'		 Report Makiadi 7' (o.g.)
Vieirinha 16'
Olić Yellow card 19', 22', 49'
Polák Yellow card 57'
Diego Yellow card 78', 90'
Benaglio Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
20:30 Josué Yellow card 17'
Olić 51'
Orozco Yellow card 84'		 Report Bolly 37'
Malezas Yellow card 83'
Tesche Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego 3', Yellow card 65'
Olić 27'
Polák Yellow card 40'
Hasebe Yellow card 84'		 Report Simons 61'
Nilsson 66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,524
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 Schürrle 12'
Reinartz Yellow card 49'
Boenisch Yellow card 84'		 Report Kjær Yellow card 65' 70'
Fagner Yellow card 81'
Helmes Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,288
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold 13' Yellow card 41'
Medojević Yellow card 43'
Naldo 86'		 Report Salihović 35' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino Yellow card 45'
Beck 63'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Daniel Siebert
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30 Werder Bremen 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:30 CEST Fritz Yellow card 53'
Bargfrede Yellow card 57'
Arnautović Yellow card 80'		 Report Arnold 13'
Olić 27'
Diego 66'
Träsch Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Felix Brych
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold 34'
Olić 61'
Diego 75'		 Report Mlapa 52'
De Jong Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32 Hamburger SV 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
17:30 CEST Son Yellow card 20'
Westermann 45'
Rincón Yellow card 60'
Diekmeier Yellow card 90'		 Report Vieirinha Yellow card 31'
Hasebe 65'
Perišić Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 50,135
Referee: Jochen Drees
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Perišić 14', 22'
Naldo 26'
Polák Yellow card 63'		 Report Bender 5'
Reus Yellow card 44' 84', 87'
Gündoğan Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST Meier 36' (pen.)
Zambrano Yellow card 45+1'
Rode Yellow card 60'
Russ Yellow card 68'
Rodríguez 90' (o.g.)		 Report Polák 8'
Diego 19' Yellow card 28'
Hasebe Red card 35'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round Schönberg 95 0–5 VfL Wolfsburg Lübeck
20:30 Report Olić 28', 30', 67'
Diego 43'
Dost 66'		 Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Robert Kampka
31 October 2012 2nd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 FSV Frankfurt Wolfsburg
20:30 Polák Yellow card 17'
Diego 51'
Dost 61'		 Summary Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 December 2012 3rd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
19:00 Träsch 78'
Bost 90'		 Fagner 31' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,781
26 February 2013 Quarterfinals Kickers Offenbach 1 - 2 VfL Wolfsburg Offenbach am Main
20:30 Stadel 81' Olić 49'
Dost 71'		 Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion
Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 27 November 2012

Source:[1][2][3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio 23022010
21 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes 000000
35 GK Switzerland SUI Marwin Hitz 100010
Defenders
5 DF Austria AUT Emanuel Pogatetz 908010
16 DF Greece GRE Sotirios Kyrgiakos 000000
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Madlung 929200
25 DF Brazil BRA Naldo 23321320
26 DF Croatia CRO Hrvoje Čale 000000
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 806020
34 DF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 14013010
39 DF Germany GER Michael Schulze 000000
40 DF Denmark DEN Simon Kjær 15114110
Midfielders
4 MF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer 23021020
6 MF Serbia SRB Slobodan Medojević 000000
7 MF Brazil BRA Josué 13012010
8 MF Portugal POR Vieirinha 19017020
13 MF Japan JPN Makoto Hasebe 14113110
14 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Pilař 000000
15 MF Germany GER Christian Träsch 11010010
18 MF Germany GER Kevin Pannewitz 101000
22 MF Poland POL Mateusz Klich 000000
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 100010
29 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Polák 16015010
30 MF Venezuela VEN Yohandry Orozco 000000
37 MF North Macedonia MKD Ferhan Hasani 303000
38 MF Denmark DEN Thomas Kahlenberg 12012000
Strikers
11 FW Croatia CRO Ivica Olić 22520223
9 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost 231021822
No longer at club
3 DF Brazil BRA Felipe Lopes 101000
19 FW Sweden SWE Rasmus Jönsson 414100
23 DF Germany GER Marco Russ 000000
24 MF Iran IRN Ashkan Dejagah 101000
36 FW Croatia CRO Srđan Lakić 706010

Sources

  1. ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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