2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2009–10 season
Manager	Armin Veh Lorenz-Günther Köstner
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Edin Džeko (22) All: Edin Džeko (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

VfL Wolfsburg did not manage to qualify for international football, in spite of keeping the squad that won the Bundesliga in 2009. Coach Armin Veh was sacked, following a failure to reach the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, and being distanced in Bundesliga. Under interim coach Lorenz-Günther Köstner Wolfsburg managed to finish inside the top half and reach the quarter final in the UEFA Europa League. The most influential player was Edin Džeko, who unlike the team, continued to perform at the top level, topping the Bundesliga's top scoring-chart.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Diego Benaglio
• André Lenz
• Marwin Hitz

Defenders

• Andrea Barzagli
• Alexander Madlung
• Ricardo Costa
• Marcel Schäfer
• Cristian Zaccardo
• Peter Pekarík
• Réver
• Fabian Johnson
• Daniel Reiche
• Jan Šimůnek

Midfielders

• Sascha Riether
• Christian Gentner
• Zvjezdan Misimović
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Makoto Hasebe
• Josué
• Jonathan Santana
• Karim Ziani
• Sebastian Schindzielorz
• Alexander Laas
• Daniel Baier

Attackers

• Grafite
• Edin Džeko
• Obafemi Martins
• Alexander Esswein

Competitions

Bundesliga

Matches

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

1	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart
	Misimović  71' Grafite  82'

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

2	1. FC Köln	1 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ehret  49'		Džeko  73' Womé  74' (o.g.) Martins  86'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

3	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Hamburger SV
	Misimović  52' Martins  56'		Guerrero  3' Elia  7' Petrić  75' Castelen  90'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

4	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Gómez  26' Robben  68', 80'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

5	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen
	Misimović  76' Grafite  80' (pen.)		Rolfes  38', 51' (pen.) Kießling  58'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

6	Schalke 04	1 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Höwedes  80'		Džeko  55', 81'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

7	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 2	Hannover 96
	Misimović  8' Gentner  45' Hasebe  48' Džeko  62'		Balitsch  28' Madlung  50' (o.g.)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

8	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hashemian  53'		Martins  75'

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

9	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Madlung  45' Gentner  90'		Bradley  90'

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

10	Hertha BSC	0 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

11	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 3	Mainz 05
	Martins  7', 20' Misimović  64'		Amri  35' Ivanschitz  41' Hoogland  85'

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

12	1899 Hoffenheim	1 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ibišević  23'		Misimović  52' Grafite  57'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

13	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg
	Dejagah  59' Grafite  79' (pen.)		Bunjaku  56', 64' Kluge  90'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

14	Werder Bremen	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Almeida  62' Mertesacker  90'		Džeko  42', 85'

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

15	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 2	SC Freiburg
	Bastians  27' (o.g.) Johnson  81'		Idrissou  19' Banović  51' (pen.)

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

16	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
	Grafite  55'		Barrios  8', 10' Owomoyela  36'

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Franz  26' Meier  79'		Džeko  37' Josué  69'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

18	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hilbert  28' Pogrebnyak  58' Gebhart  87'		Džeko  65'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	1. FC Köln
	Gentner  22' Costa  59'		Pezzoni  7' Freis  57' Chihi  74'

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

20	Hamburger SV	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Trochowski  90'		Džeko  34'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

21	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Bayern Munich
	Grafite  90'		Robben  2' Van Buyten  26' Ribéry  57'

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

22	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Reinartz  48' Derdiyok  68'		Džeko  79'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

23	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Schalke 04
	Grafite  71', 77'		Kurányi  30'

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

24	Hannover 96	0 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Misimović  78'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

25	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 1	VfL Bochum
	Džeko  60', 79' (pen.) Martins  75' Santana  90'		Freier  28'

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 4	VfL Wolfsburg
			Misimović  41' Džeko  49' (pen.), 80' Gentner  58'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

27	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 5	Hertha BSC
	Grafite  36'		Gekas  6', 26', 83' Ramos  8', 84'

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

28	Mainz 05	0 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Džeko  83', 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

29	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 0	1899 Hoffenheim
	Džeko  25', 75' Barzagli  51' Misimović  74'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

30	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Džeko  66' Grafite  78'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

31	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Werder Bremen
	Džeko  18' Grafite  40'		Frings  38' (pen.), 62' Pizarro  49' Almeida  75'

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

32	SC Freiburg	1 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Makiadi  38'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

33	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Stiepermann  81'		Džeko  69'

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

34	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Misimović  21' Riether  31' Džeko  34'		Halil Altıntop  86'

Top scorers

• Edin Džeko (22)
• Grafite (11)
• Zvjezdan Misimović (10)
• Obafemi Martins (6)

Top assists

• Zvjezdan Misimović (15)
• Edin Džeko (10)

DFB-Pokal

Wehen Wiesbaden v Wolfsburg

31 July 2009 Round 1	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–4	Wolfsburg	Wiesbaden
20:30 UTC+2	Bohl  62'		Grafite  25' Misimović  41', 56' Džeko  51'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 7,433 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

23 September 2009 Round 2	1. FC Köln	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
20:30 UTC+2	Ishiaku  22', 32' Freis  65'		Džeko  54' Riether  66'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
CSKA Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
VfL Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5	4

VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow

15 September 2009 1	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite  36', 41' (pen.), 87'	Report	Rahimić  34' Dzagoev  76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,017 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Manchester United v VfL Wolfsburg

30 September 2009 2	Manchester United	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Manchester, England
20:45	Vidić  39' Giggs  59' Carrick  78'	Report	Džeko  56' Costa  61'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,037 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

VfL Wolfsburg v Beşiktaş

21 October 2009 3	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 0	Beşiktaş	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite  74'	Report	Üzülmez  17'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Beşiktaş v VfL Wolfsburg

3 November 2009 4	Beşiktaş	0 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Kaş  36' Tello  49' İnceman  59' Sivok  90'	Report	Misimović  14',  43' Gentner  80' Džeko  87'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 18,116 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

CSKA Moscow v VfL Wolfsburg

25 November 2009 5	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Necid  58' Krasić  66'	Report	Džeko  19' Madlung  87'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,478 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

VfL Wolfsburg v Manchester United

8 December 2009 6	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Manchester United	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Džeko  56'	Report	Owen  44', 83', 90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,490 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Villarreal v VfL Wolfsburg

18 February 2010 First leg	Villarreal	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Villarreal, Spain
19:00	Senna  43' Ruben  85'	Report	Grafite  65', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

VfL Wolfsburg v Villarreal

25 February 2010 Second leg	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 1	Villarreal	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:05	Džeko  10' Ángel  15' (o.g.) Gentner  42' Grafite  64'	Report	Capdevila  30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Kits

Home

Away

Away Special

Third

Third Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	White	White	White
Away	Green	Green	Green
Away Special[1]	Blue	Blue	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 32, April 25 against SC Freiburg
Third	Yellow	Black	Black
Third Alt.	Yellow	Black	White	Bundesliga, Match 17, December 19 against Eintracht Frankfurt

References

1. ""Think Blue.": VfL in Freiburg und Dortmund mit blauem Trikot". April 22, 2010.

Sources

Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results