VfL Wolfsburg II
Full nameVerein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg II
Dissolved2021
GroundAOK Stadion
Capacity5,200
Head CoachRüdiger Ziehl
LeagueRegionalliga Nord
2020–2117th

VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success has been two league championships in the tier four Regionalliga Nord in 2013–14 and 2015–16 which entitled it to take part in the promotion round to the 3. Liga.

The team has also made four appearances in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, in 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2005–06, reaching the second round in 2001–02, after eliminating Borussia Dortmund, and in 2003–04, after eliminating Energie Cottbus in the first.

The team had dissolved at the end of the 2020–21 season.

History

The team first rose above local amateur level when it won promotion to the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1995, where it played for the next four seasons, then under the name of VfL Wolfsburg Amateure.[1]

Wolfsburg rose above regional Lower Saxony level after winning the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1998–99. It played the next five seasons in the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen as an upper table side before winning the league in 2003–04 and earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord for the first time. Relegated from this level after just a single season Wolfsburg entered the Oberliga Nord for two seasons before winning the latter in 2006–07 and returning to the Regionalliga.[2]

In the early 2000s the team made four appearances in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, in 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2005–06. In 2001–02 it eliminated Borussia Dortmund in the first round and, in 2003–04, Energie Cottbus, but was knocked out in the second on both occasions.[3]

The 2007–08 season was the last of the Regionalliga as a tier three league, the 3. Liga having been introduced at the end of season. Despite finishing 19th, the team was allowed to remain in the Regionalliga Nord because of a general league restructuring. Wolfsburg played in the Regionalliga from 2008 onwards, finishing runners-up in 2010, 2011 and 2015 and winning the league in 2014, 2016 and 2019. The latter three entitled the club to participate in the promotion play-offs to the 3. Liga, with the team losing on aggregate to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach in 2014, Regionalliga Bayern champions Jahn Regensburg in 2016 and Regionalliga Bayern champions Bayern Munich II in 2019.[2]

On 10 May 2021, it was announced that the team will be dissolved at the end of the 2020–21 season after failing to achieve promotion to the 3. Liga. The club has stated that it wants to focus on its cooperation with Austrian club St. Pölten to develop its talents instead.[4]

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][2]

Season Division Tier Position
2003–04 Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen IV 1st ↑
2004–05 Regionalliga Nord III 17th ↓
2005–06 Oberliga Nord IV 3rd
2006–07 Oberliga Nord 1st ↑
2007–08 Regionalliga Nord III 19th
2008–09 Regionalliga Nord IV 5th
2009–10 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
2011–12 Regionalliga Nord 4th
2012–13 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2013–14 Regionalliga Nord 1st
2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 1st
2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 3rd
2018–19 Regionalliga Nord 1st
2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 2nd
2020–21 Regionalliga Nord – Group South 9th
  • With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 2022[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Juri Kirchmayr
13 GK Germany GER Ariel Eisenhammer
3 DF Denmark DEN Christian Östergaard
4 DF Germany GER Felix Lange
5 MF Germany GER Philipp Heller
6 MF Germany GER Kofi Jeremy Amoako
7 MF Germany GER Davis Boateng
8 MF Germany GER Lasse Homann
9 FW Germany GER Sean Busch
10 MF Czech Republic CZE Lukas Ambros
11 MF Germany GER Max Herrmann
12 GK Germany GER Flynn Schönmottel
13 FW Germany GER Joâo Pinto
14 DF Germany GER Vin Kastull
15 DF Germany GER Adrian Doci
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Germany GER Manuel Braun
17 FW Germany GER Melvin Berkemer
18 FW Italy ITA Matteo Mazzone
20 MF Germany GER Matthew Meier
21 FW Germany GER Aurel Wagbe
22 DF Portugal POR Jesse Costa
23 DF Germany GER Toni Bastin
24 MF Germany GER Arda Dugramaci
25 DF Germany GER Robin Fuhrmann
26 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Marko Brkic
27 GK Germany GER Melvin Poms

References

  1. 1 2 "Historic German football league tables". f-archiv.de (in German). Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "VfL Wolfsburg II". fussball.de (in German). German Football Association results website. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg II » Termine & Ergebnisse 2001/2002". weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg meldet U 23 ab und kooperiert mit St. Pölten" [VfL Wolfsburg deregisters U 23 and cooperates with St. Pölten]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ VfL Wolfsburg II Kader
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