VfL Wolfsburg facts for kids

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V.f.L. Wolfsburg
Full name Verein für Leibesübungen
Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH
Founded 1945
Ground Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Ground Capacity 30,000
Chairman Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz
Manager Felix Magath
League Bundesliga
2010/11 Bundesliga, 15th

V.f.L. Wolfsburg VfL 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.

First team squad

As of 15 May 2013.
No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Diego Benaglio (captain)
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
6 Serbia MF Slobodan Medojević
7 Brazil MF Josué
8 Portugal FW Vieirinha
9 Croatia MF Ivan Perišić
10 Brazil MF Diego
11 Croatia FW Ivica Olić
12 Netherlands FW Bas Dost
13 Japan MF Makoto Hasebe
14 Czech Republic MF Václav Pilař
15 Germany MF Christian Träsch
16 Greece DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos
17 Germany DF Alexander Madlung
No. Position Player
18 Germany MF Kevin Pannewitz
21 Germany GK Patrick Drewes
25 Brazil DF Naldo
27 Germany MF Maximilian Arnold
29 Czech Republic MF Jan Polák
30 Venezuela MF Yohandry Orozco
31 Germany DF Robin Knoche
32 Brazil DF Fagner
33 Germany FW Patrick Helmes
34 Switzerland DF Ricardo Rodríguez
35 Switzerland GK Marwin Hitz
37 Republic of Macedonia MF Ferhan Hasani
38 Denmark MF Thomas Kahlenberg
40 Denmark DF Simon Kjær

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

Senior

  • German Amateur Football Championship:
    • Runners-up (1): 1963
  • Regionalliga Nord (II):
    • Runners-up (1): 1970
  • Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-Ost (II):
    • Winners (3): 1952, 1954, 1963
  • Oberliga Nord (III):
    • Winners (2): 1991, 1992, 2009, 2010
    • Runners-up (3): 1976, 1978, 1988

Youth

  • German Under 19 championship
    • Runners-up (1): 2008
  • Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast
    • Winners (1): 2008
  • Under 17 Bundesliga North/Northeast
    • Winners (1): 2009

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