2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2014–15 season
Manager Dieter Hecking
Stadium Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga 2nd
DFB-Pokal Winners
UEFA Europa League Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer League:
Bas Dost (16)
All:
Bas Dost (20)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season is the 70th season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in the fifth place, with only one point separating them from the UEFA Champions League spot occupied by Bayer Leverkusen. Nevertheless, they were granted a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Current squad

As of 15 September 2014[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Diego Benaglio (captain)
2 Germany DF Patrick Ochs
3 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
5 Switzerland DF Timm Klose
7 Germany MF Daniel Caligiuri
8 Portugal MF Vieirinha
9 Croatia MF Ivan Perišić
10 Germany MF Aaron Hunt
12 Netherlands FW Bas Dost
14 Belgium MF Kevin De Bruyne
15 Germany DF Christian Träsch
17 Germany FW André Schürrle
No. Position Player
20 Germany GK Max Grün
21 Germany GK Patrick Drewes
22 Brazil MF Luiz Gustavo
23 France MF Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
24 Germany DF Sebastian Jung
25 Brazil DF Naldo
26 Brazil DF Felipe
27 Germany MF Maximilian Arnold
28 Poland MF Mateusz Klich
29 China MF Zhang Xizhe
30 Germany MF Paul Seguin
31 Germany DF Robin Knoche
34 Switzerland DF Ricardo Rodríguez
37 Germany DF Moritz Sprenger
Players out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Brazil DF Fagner (at Corinthians until December 31)
Czech Republic MF Václav Pilař (at Viktoria Plzeň)

Transfers

In

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

No. Position Player
3 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner (from Arsenal)
10 Germany MF Aaron Hunt (from Werder Bremen)
23 France MF Josuha Guilavogui (from Atlético Madrid)
24 Germany DF Sebastian Jung (from Eintracht Frankfurt)
28 Poland MF Mateusz Klich (from PEC Zwolle)
17 Germany FW André Schürrle (from Chelsea)

Out

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

No. Position Player
Germany MF Tolga Ciğerci (at Hertha BSC)
Serbia MF Slobodan Medojević (at Eintracht Frankfurt)
Ivory Coast MF Ibrahim Sissoko (at Eskişehirspor)
Czech Republic MF Jan Polák (at 1. FC Nürnberg)
Germany FW Stefan Kutschke (at SC Paderborn)
Tunisia FW Nassim Ben Khalifa (at Grasshoppers)
Sweden FW Rasmus Jönsson (at Aalborg BK)
Germany FW Kevin Scheidhauer (at MSV Duisburg)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 25 4 5 80 18 +62 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 VfL Wolfsburg 34 20 9 5 72 38 +34 69
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 19 9 6 53 26 +27 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 17 10 7 62 37 +25 61 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 FC Augsburg 34 15 4 15 43 43 0 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, Wolfsburg, qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League by league position, Schalke 04 entered Europa League group stage and Borussia Dortmund as seventh-placed team entered Europa League third qualifying round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 19 8 5 68 35  +33 65 12 4 0 36 12  +24 7 4 5 32 23  +9

Last updated: 10 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Result L D D W L W W W W W W L W W D D W W D W W W W L W D W W D L D W W D
Position 14 12 13 11 12 8 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 10 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Everton 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany Wolfsburg 6 3 1 2 14 10 +4 10
3 Russia Krasnodar 6 1 3 2 7 12 −5 6
4 France Lille 6 0 4 2 3 9 −6 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals

Statistics

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. No. Nat. Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League Total
1 FW 12 Netherlands Bas Dost 16 2 2 20
2 MF 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 10 1 5 16
3 DF 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 6 1 3 10
MF 7 Germany Daniel Caligiuri 7 2 1 10
5 DF 25 Brazil Naldo 7 0 1 8
6 FW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić 5 1 1 7
MF 22 Brazil Luiz Gustavo 2 4 1 7
8 MF 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold 4 2 0 6
9 FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 1 0 4 5
FW 11 Croatia Ivica Olić 5 0 0 5
11 MF 10 Germany Aaron Hunt 2 0 2 4
12 DF 5 Switzerland Timm Klose 1 1 1 3
13 MF 8 Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 1 2
MF 23 France Josuha Guilavogui 1 0 1 2
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche 2 0 0 2
16 MF 17 Germany André Schürrle 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1 2
Total 72 14 24 109

Last updated on 30 May 2015

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bundesliga.com/en/liga/clubs/vfl-wolfsburg/kader.php
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