| 2023–24 season | ||||
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| Managing director | Michael Meeske Jörg Schmadtke Tim Schumacher | |||
| Head coach | Niko Kovač | |||
| Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 10th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jonas Wind (9) All: Jonas Wind (10) | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 20 December 2023. | ||||
The 2023–24 season is VfL Wolfsburg's 79th season in existence and 27th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Václav Černý |
 FC Twente |
€8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 | [3] |
| DF |  Moritz Jenz |
 Lorient |
€8,000,000 | [4] | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cédric Zesiger |
BSC Young Boys |
€5,000,000 | [5] | |
| FW |  Tiago Tomás |
Sporting CP |
€8,800,000 | 5 July 2023 | [6] |
| DF |  Rogério |
 Sassuolo |
€5,500,000 | 5 August 2023 | [7] |
| DF |  Joakim Mæhle |
Atalanta |
€12,000,000 | 12 August 2023 | [8] |
| MF |  Lovro Majer |
Rennes |
€30,000,000 | 16 August 2023 | [9] |
| FW |  Amin Sarr |
Lyon |
Loan | 31 August 2023 | [10] |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Fabio Di Michele Sanchez |
1. FC Saarbrücken |
Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 | [11] |
| MF | Josuha Guilavogui |
Free | |||
| MF |  Bryang Kayo |
FC Ingolstadt |
Undisclosed | [12] | |
| FW |  Omar Marmoush |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
Free | [13] | |
| DF | Paulo Otávio |
 Al Sadd |
Free | [14] | |
| DF | Marin Pongračić |
Lecce |
€2,000,000 | [15] | |
| DF | Tim Siersleben |
1. FC Heidenheim |
€500,000 | ||
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt |
1. FC Köln |
Loan | [16] | |
| MF | Felix Nmecha |
Borussia Dortmund |
€30,000,000 | 3 July 2023 | [17] |
| FW |  Hong Yun-sang |
Pohang Steelers |
Undisclosed | 11 July 2023 | [18] |
| FW |  Bartosz Białek |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Eupen |
Loan | 12 July 2023 | [19] |
| DF |  Anselmo García MacNulty |
PEC Zwolle |
Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 | [20] |
| DF | Micky van de Ven |
 Tottenham Hotspur |
€40,000,000 | 8 August 2023 | [21] |
| MF | Bartol Franjić |
Darmstadt 98 |
Loan | 18 August 2023 | [22] |
| FW | Maximilian Philipp |
SC Freiburg |
Loan | 21 August 2023 | [23] |
| MF | Lukáš Ambros |
SC Freiburg II |
Loan | 1 September 2023 | [24] |
| GK | Philipp Schulze |
Hallescher FC |
Loan | 8 January 2024 | [25] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 22 July 2023 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Zams, Austria |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Eurogast-Grissemann-Arena Zams | ||
| Note: Match was played in two periods of sixty minutes each. | ||||
| 29 July 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Lens | Wolfsburg |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: AOK Stadion |
| 2 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Spezia | Villingen-Schwenningen |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena Attendance: 1,300 |
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Sassuolo | Wolfsburg |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg |
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 |  Celta Vigo | Wolfsburg |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
| 6 January 2024 Friendly | Schalke 04 | 2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Faro, Portugal |
| 16:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 35.29 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 5 December 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 66.67 |
| Total | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 40.00 | ||||
Last updated: 13 January 2024
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 21 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 20 |
| 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 20 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 18 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 17 |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | −10 |
Last updated: 14 January 2024.
Source: DFB
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[27]
| 19 August 2023 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,620 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 26 August 2023 2 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 2 September 2023 3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 16 September 2023 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Union Berlin | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,917 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 23 September 2023 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Dortmund |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 30 September 2023 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,323 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 7 October 2023 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 21 October 2023 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 28 October 2023 9 | FC Augsburg | 3–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 5 November 2023 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 10 November 2023 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 45,308 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 25 November 2023 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,350 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 2 December 2023 13 | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bochum |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,350 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 9 December 2023 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | SC Freiburg | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,146 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 16 December 2023 15 | Darmstadt 98 | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Darmstadt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 20 December 2023 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 13 January 2024 17 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
| 19 January 2024 18 | VfL Wolfsburg | v | Union Berlin | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
DFB-Pokal
| 13 August 2023 First round | Makkabi Berlin | 0–6 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Riem Hussein |
| 31 October 2023 Second round | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,031 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 5 December 2023 Round of 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 39,287 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL |
Koen Casteels | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | GK |  AUT |
Pavao Pervan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | GK | GER |
Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER |
Kilian Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | BEL |
Sebastiaan Bornauw | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | FRA |
Maxence Lacroix | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | DF | FRA |
Nicolas Cozza | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | DF | BRA |
Rogério | 10 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | DF | DEN |
Joakim Mæhle | 19 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | DF | GER |
Moritz Jenz | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | DF | SUI |
Cédric Zesiger | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | DF | GER |
Felix Lange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BEL |
Aster Vranckx | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF | CZE |
Václav Černý | 16 | 3 | 8+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | MF | POL |
Jakub Kamiński | 14 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF | CRO |
Lovro Majer | 19 | 2 | 15+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF | GER |
Ridle Baku | 20 | 1 | 9+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | MF | USA |
Ulysses Llanez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | MF | GER |
Maximilian Arnold | 17 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | MF | GER |
Yannick Gerhardt | 16 | 2 | 8+5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 32 | MF | SWE |
Mattias Svanberg | 19 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | MF | AUT |
Patrick Wimmer | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | MF | USA |
Kevin Paredes | 14 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | MF | GER |
Kofi Amoako | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE |
Amin Sarr | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW | GER |
Lukas Nmecha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | FW | POR |
Tiago Tomás | 18 | 3 | 6+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | FW | GER |
Dženan Pejčinović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | FW | DEN |
Jonas Wind | 20 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | ||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | GER |
Maximilian Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | GK | GER |
Philipp Schulze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | MF | CZE |
Lukáš Ambros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 38 | MF | CRO |
Bartol Franjić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Last updated: 13 January 2024
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
- As of 9 December 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | FW | |
Jonas Wind | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | |
Tiago Tomás | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 31 | MF | |
Yannick Gerhardt | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | |
Václav Černý | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 10 | FW | |
Lukas Nmecha | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | |
Ridle Baku | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 21 | DF | |
Joakim Mæhle | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | |
Lovro Majer | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | |
Maxence Lacroix | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | MF | |
Kevin Paredes | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF | |
Rogério | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | MF | |
Mattias Svanberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 18 | 7 | 25 | ||||
References
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- ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "VfL sign Cerny". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "VfL sign Moritz Jenz". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "Swiss arrival". www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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- ↑ "New signing from Italy". VfL Wolfsburg. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "Lovro Majer joins from Rennes". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ↑ "Amin Sarr signs for Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ "FABIO DI MICHELE SÁNCHEZ WECHSELT ZUM FCS" [FABIO DI MICHELE SÁNCHEZ IS MOVING TO FCS]. www.fc-saarbruecken.de (in German). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "TALENT MIT HOHER PHYSIS: SCHANZER SICHERN SICH DIE DIENSTE VON BRYANG KAYO" [TALENT WITH GREAT PHYSIQUE: SCHANZER SECURE THE SERVICES OF BRYANG KAYO]. www.fcingolstadt.de (in German). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "Omar Marmoush joins Eintracht". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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