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VfL Wolfsburg

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
Ground Capacity	30,000
Owner	Volkswagen (of GmbH)
Executive Director	Francisco Javier García Sanz
Head Coach	Martin Schmidt
League	Bundesliga
2016–17	16th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg 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.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Koen Casteels (vice-captain) 2 DF William 4 MF Ignacio Camacho 6 DF Paulo Otávio 7 MF Josip Brekalo 8 MF Renato Steffen 9 FW Wout Weghorst 11 MF Felix Klaus 12 GK Pavao Pervan 13 MF Yannick Gerhardt 14 FW Admir Mehmedi 15 DF Jérôme Roussillon 19 DF Kevin Mbabu 22 DF Marin Pongračić 23 MF Josuha Guilavogui (captain)

No. Position Player 24 MF Xaver Schlager 25 DF John Brooks 26 FW Ulysses Llanez 27 MF Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain) 29 FW Omar Marmoush 30 GK Niklas Klinger 31 DF Robin Knoche 32 DF Marcel Tisserand 33 FW Daniel Ginczek 35 GK Lino Kasten 36 GK Phillip Menzel 37 FW Mamoudou Karamoko 38 MF Ismail Azzaoui 40 FW João Victor 43 MF Julian Justvan 44 MF Iba May

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2019.

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

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

Images for kids

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  Historical chart of Wolfsburg league performance after WWII

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  Wolfsburg against Borussia Dortmund at the Volkswagen Arena in May 2009.

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  Wolfsburg fans against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.