2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerTomislav Marić (12)

VfL Wolfsburg finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The club got into the spotlight signing Bayern Munich star Stefan Effenberg, who finished his career with a season in the Volkswagen-owned club. Elsewhere, Martin Petrov and Tomislav Marić had successful seasons, being pivotal in the European qualification.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Claus Reitmaier
2 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
3 DF Germany GER Frank Greiner
4 DF Denmark DEN Kim Madsen
5 DF Germany GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF Ghana GHA Charles Akonnor
7 MF Germany GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF Romania ROU Dorinel Munteanu
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Germany GER Stefan Effenberg
11 FW Croatia CRO Tomislav Marić
12 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sead Ramović
13 DF Croatia CRO Marino Biliškov
14 FW Denmark DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby)
15 MF Germany GER Tobias Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Denmark DEN Thomas Rytter
20 DF Argentina ARG Pablo Quatrocchi
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Martin Petrov
22 FW Germany GER Roy Präger
23 MF Germany GER Sven Müller
26 MF Brazil BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27 MF Czech Republic CZE Miroslav Karhan
30 GK Denmark DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31 MF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
32 FW Poland POL Michał Janicki
33 DF Germany GER Maik Franz
35 MF Poland POL Bartosz Romanczuk
36 MF Germany GER Michael Habryka
37 DF Germany GER Stefan Lorenz
40 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins

Left club during season[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Denmark DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10 MF Germany GER Stefan Effenberg (released)
16 DF Austria AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Nigeria NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
— DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
— FW Australia AUS Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results[]

Bundesliga[]

1 Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Vermant Goal 88'
2 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Mönchengladbach
Petrov Goal 67'
3 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Brinkmann Goal 44'
4 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Hamburg
Effenberg Goal 51' (pen.)
Sarpei Goal 83'		 Antar Goal 73'
5 1860 München 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Wiesinger Goal 48'
Schroth Goal 64'		 Ponte Goal 77'
Klimowicz Goal 87'
6 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg
Sanneh Goal 67'
Petković Goal 69'
7 Energie Cottbus 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Marić Goal 55'
8 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Marić Goal 6'
Effenberg Goal 64'
9 VfL Bochum 4–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Christiansen Goal 4'
Fahrenhorst Goal 56'
Freier Goal 57'
Hashemian Goal 82'		 Klimowicz Goal 6'
Ponte Goal 37'
10 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hansa Rostock
Klimowicz Goal 29'
11 Hannover 96 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Stendel Goal 23'
Bobič Goal 28'
Konstantinidis Goal 82'		 Munteanu Goal 76'
12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Werder Bremen
Petrov Goal 28'
Ponte Goal 67'
Effenberg Goal 84'		 Micoud Goal 70'
13 Bayern Munich 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Santa Cruz Goal 27'
14 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz Goal 19, 55'
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Lokvenc Goal 15'
Lincoln Goal 66'
16 Hertha Berlin 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Šimunić Goal 25'
Goor Goal 47'		 Ponte Goal 62'
Madsen Goal 90'
17 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 VfB Stuttgart
Marić Goal 76' (pen.) T. Schneider Goal 35'
Meira Goal 55'
18 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Schalke 04
Marić Goal 71' Kmetsch Goal 47'
Varela Goal 51'
19 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld
Schnoor Goal 25'
Marić Goal 51'
20 Hamburg 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Cardoso Goal 38'
Benjamin Goal 90'
21 Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Schnoor Goal 33' (o.g.)
Aidoo Goal 71'
22 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1860 München
Klimowicz Goal 70' Lauth Goal 51'
23 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Müller Goal 25' (pen.) Marić Goal 90'
24 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Energie Cottbus
Marić Goal 9'
Präger Goal 29'
Ponte Goal 62'		 Rink Goal 7'
Reghecampf Goal 16' (pen.)
25 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Ramelow Goal 68' Marić Goal 81'
26 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfL Bochum
Marić Goal 21'
Präger Goal 31'
27 Hansa Rostock 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Hill Goal 3'
28 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96
Klimowicz Goal 56'
29 Werder Bremen 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Biliškov Goal 85'
30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich
Élber Goal 60'
Pizarro Goal 83'
31 Borussia Dortmund 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Ricken Goal 16'
Rosický Goal 67'		 Thiam Goal 59, 62'
32 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Marić Goal 20, 57' Sforza Goal 5'
Mifsud Goal 70'
33 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Hertha Berlin
Marić Goal 5' (pen.)
Munteanu Goal 58'
34 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi Goal 12'
Balakov Goal 24' (pen.)

References[]

  1. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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