2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2012–13 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena,
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalSemi-finalis
Top goalscorerLeague: Bas Dost (8)
All: Bas Dost (10)

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches[]

VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 1 Denmark Odense
Schäfer Goal
Lakić Goal
Midtjylland Denmark 0 – 0 VfL Wolfsburg
Esbjerg Denmark 2 – 2 VfL Wolfsburg
Polák Goal
Jönsson Goal
10 July 2012 FC St. Pauli 3 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg
19:00
ETSV Weiche 0 – 2 VfL Wolfsburg
Lakić Goal
Dost Goal
17 July 2012 – VfL Wolfsburg
19:00
Germania Egestorf 2 – 8 VfL Wolfsburg
Goal
Goal		 Dost Goal Goal
Helmes Goal
Hasani Goal
Naldo Goal
Kahlenberg Goal
Medojević Goal
Lakić Goal
Germania Halberstadt 2 – 4 VfL Wolfsburg
Goal
Goal		 Lakić Goal Goal
Dost Goal
Helmes Goal
26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit Bayern Munich 2 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST Mandžukić Goal 29' (pen.)
Robben Goal 39'		 Pilař Goal 90+2'
Changchun Yatai F.C. China 2 – 3 VfL Wolfsburg
Goal
Goal		 Orozco Goal
Jönsson Goal
Dejagah Goal
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. China 1 – 0 VfL Wolfsburg
Goal
4 August 2012 VfL Wolfsburg 0 – 2 England Manchester City Wolfsburg, Germany
Agüero Goal 41'
Y. Touré Goal 57'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
7 August 2012 Wolfsberger AC Austria 1 – 0 VfL Wolfsburg
19:00 Goal

Bundesliga[]

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
20:45 Report Goal 90' Dost Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48.280
Referee: Tobias Welz
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2 Wolfsburg 0–4 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 Report Haggui Goal 10'
Sobiech Goal 26', 56'
Andreasen Goal 52'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,451
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3 FC Augsburg 0–0 Wolfsburg Augsburg
20:30 Report Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,512
Referee: Guido Winkmann
22 September 2012 4 Wolfsburg 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Wolfsburg
14:30 Olić Goal 42' Summary Pogatetz Goal 28' (o.g.)
Mavraj Yellow card 64'
Petsos Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,552
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 September 2012 5 Bayern Munich 3–0 Wolfsburg Munich
20:00 Schweinsteiger Goal 24', Yellow card 82'
Mandžukić Goal 57', 65'		 Summary Kahlenberg Yellow card 35' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2012 6 Wolfsburg 0–2 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
17:30 Josué Yellow card 42'
Träsch Yellow card 44'
Olić Yellow card 51'		 Summary Díaz Goal 26'
Szalai Goal 37'
Soto Yellow card 53'
Baumgartlinger Yellow card 77'
Caligiuri Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,795
Referee: Marco Fritz
6 October 2012 7 Schalke 04 3–0 Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Farfán Goal 33'
Afellay Goal 46', Yellow card 54'
Neustädter Goal 58'		 Summary Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,671
Referee: Peter Sippel
20 October 2012 8 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 Naldo Yellow card 39' Summary Mujdža Yellow card 11'
Caligiuri Goal 40' (pen.)
Schuster Goal 84'
Diagne Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,080
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 October 2012 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 Fink Yellow card 59' Red card 77'
Langeneke Goal 71' (pen.)
Ilsø Yellow card 82'		 Summary Dost Goal 50', 64'
Olić Goal 53'
Josué Yellow card 72'
Diego Goal 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 45,673
Referee: Tobias Welz
3 November 2012 10 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
15:30 Gebhart Goal 76'
Kiyotake Yellow card 84'
Chandler Yellow card 90+1'		 Summary Josué Yellow card 49'
Fagner Yellow card 85'
Kjær Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,586
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2012 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego Goal 4', 16'
Naldo Yellow card 7'
Dost Goal 33'		 Report (in German) Yellow card 48' Boenisch
Yellow card 68' Wollscheid
Yellow card 87' Reinartz
Goal 90+1' Kießling		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,825
Referee: Bastian Dankert
18 November 2012 12 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Hoffenheim
17:30 Rudy Yellow card 55'
Jensen Yellow card 77'
Derdiyok Goal 88'		 Report Goal 7' Hasebe
Goal 24' Dost
Yellow card 63' Josué
Goal 78' Naldo		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 20,500
Referee:
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić Yellow card 26'
Dost Goal 64'
Josué Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Arnautović Goal 35', Yellow card 82'
Schmitz Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 62'
De Bruyne Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 29,723
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:00 Arango Goal 11'
Jantschke Yellow card 38', Goal 44'		 Report (in German) Polák Yellow card 65'
Jönsson Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,165
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Naldo Yellow card 22'
Kjær Goal 68'		 Report (in German) Beister Goal 26'
Rincón Yellow card 64'
Adler Yellow card 68'
Westermann Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,121
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 December 2012 16 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 Reus Goal 6', Yellow card 49'
Schmelzer Red card 35'
Błaszczykowski Goal 61' (pen.)
Gündoğan Yellow card 64'
Götze Yellow card 83'		 Report (in German) Diego Goal 36' (pen.)
Naldo Goal 41'
Kjær Yellow card 61'
Josué Yellow card 63'
Dost Goal 73'
Kahlenberg Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
15 December 2012 17 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 Josué Red card 16'
Diego Yellow card 56'
Naldo Yellow card 89'		 Report Meier Goal 12'
Inui Goal 18', Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,452
Referee: Germany Peter Gagelmann
19 January 2013 18 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego Goal 51'
Madlung Goal 67'		 Report Niedermeier Yellow card 54'
Rüdiger Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,125
Referee: Germany Felix Brych
26 January 2013 19 Hannover 96 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hannover
15:30 Abdellaoue Goal 3'
Pocognoli Red card 34'
Diouf Goal 38'
Huszti Yellow card 42'
Chahed Yellow card 83'
Hoffmann Yellow card 90+3'		 Summary Madlung Goal 46'
Naldo Yellow card 47'
Diego Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,800
Referee: Germany Günter Perl
2 February 2013 20 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 Naldo Goal 23'
Diego Yellow card 28'
Fagner Yellow card 47'		 Summary Werner Yellow card 6'
Morávek Goal 25'
Baier Yellow card 29'
Ostrzolek Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,257
Referee: Germany Marco Fritz
9 February 2013 21 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Fürth
15:30 Klaus Yellow card 9'
Sobiech Yellow card 53'
Peković Yellow card 55'		 Summary Dost Goal 23'
Naldo Yellow card 60'
Fagner Yellow card 64'
Träsch Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Germany Guido Winkmann
15 February 2013 22 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30 Madlung Yellow card 24'
Vieirinha Yellow card 35'
Dost Yellow card 45+2'
Hasebe Yellow card 73'
Naldo Yellow card 80'		 Summary Mandžukić Goal 36'
Ribéry Yellow card 57'
Dante Yellow card 76'
Robben Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Germany Felix Zwayer
23 February 2013 23 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
15:30 Zimling Goal 5', Yellow card 72' Summary Naldo Goal 15'
Madlung Red card 29'
Diego Yellow card 39'
Kjær Yellow card 42'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 27,175
Referee: Germany Peter Sippel
2 March 2013 24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić Goal 50'
Fagner Yellow card 82'		 Summary Draxler Goal 33', 63'
Jones Yellow card 73'
Farfán Goal 79'
Huntelaar Goal 86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,236
Referee: Germany Manuel Gräfe
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25 SC Freiburg 2–5 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 Kruse Goal 2', Yellow card 85'
Krmas Yellow card 15'
Flum Goal 65'		 Report Makiadi Goal 7' (o.g.)
Vieirinha Goal 16'
Olić Yellow card 19', Goal 22', 49'
Polák Yellow card 57'
Diego Yellow card 78', Goal 90'
Benaglio Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
20:30 Josué Yellow card 17'
Olić Goal 51'
Orozco Yellow card 84'		 Report Bolly Goal 37'
Malezas Yellow card 83'
Tesche Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego Goal 3', Yellow card 65'
Olić Goal 27'
Polák Yellow card 40'
Hasebe Yellow card 84'		 Report Simons Goal 61'
Nilsson Goal 66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,524
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 Schürrle Goal 12'
Reinartz Yellow card 49'
Boenisch Yellow card 84'		 Report Kjær Yellow card 65' Goal 70'
Fagner Yellow card 81'
Helmes Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,288
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold Goal 13' Yellow card 41'
Medojević Yellow card 43'
Naldo Goal 86'		 Report Salihović Goal 35' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino Yellow card 45'
Beck Goal 63'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Daniel Siebert
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30 Werder Bremen 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:30 CEST Fritz Yellow card 53'
Bargfrede Yellow card 57'
Arnautović Yellow card 80'		 Report Arnold Goal 13'
Olić Goal 27'
Diego Goal 66'
Träsch Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Felix Brych
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold Goal 34'
Olić Goal 61'
Diego Goal 75'		 Report Mlapa Goal 52'
De Jong Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32 Hamburger SV 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
17:30 CEST Son Yellow card 20'
Westermann Goal 45'
Rincón Yellow card 60'
Diekmeier Yellow card 90'		 Report Vieirinha Yellow card 31'
Hasebe Goal 65'
Perišić Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 50,135
Referee: Jochen Drees
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST Perišić Goal 14', 22'
Naldo Goal 26'
Polák Yellow card 63'		 Report Bender Goal 5'
Reus Yellow card 44' Goal 84', 87'
Gündoğan Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST Meier Goal 36' (pen.)
Zambrano Yellow card 45+1'
Rode Yellow card 60'
Russ Yellow card 68'
Rodríguez Goal 90' (o.g.)		 Report Polák Goal 8'
Diego Goal 19' Yellow card 28'
Hasebe Red card 35'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal[]

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round Schönberg 95 0–5 VfL Wolfsburg Lübeck
20:30 Report Olić Goal 28', 30', 67'
Diego Goal 43'
Dost Goal 66'		 Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Robert Kampka
31 October 2012 2nd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 FSV Frankfurt Wolfsburg
20:30 Polák Yellow card 17'
Diego Goal 51'
Dost Goal 61'		 Summary Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 December 2012 3rd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
19:00 Träsch Goal 78'
Bost Goal 90'		 Fagner Goal 31' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,781
26 February 2013 Quarterfinals Kickers Offenbach 1 - 2 VfL Wolfsburg Offenbach am Main
20:30 Stadel Goal 81' Olić Goal 49'
Dost Goal 71'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 20,000

Squad[]

Squad, appearances and goals[]

As of 27 November 2012

Source:[1][2][3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland Diego Benaglio 23 0 22 0 1 0
21 GK Germany Patrick Drewes 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Switzerland Marwin Hitz 1 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
5 DF Austria Emanuel Pogatetz 9 0 8 0 1 0
16 DF Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Germany Alexander Madlung 9 2 9 2 0 0
25 DF Brazil Naldo 23 3 21 3 2 0
26 DF Croatia Hrvoje Čale 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Germany Robin Knoche 8 0 6 0 2 0
34 DF Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 14 0 13 0 1 0
39 DF Germany Michael Schulze 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Denmark Simon Kjær 15 1 14 1 1 0
Midfielders
4 MF Germany Marcel Schäfer 23 0 21 0 2 0
6 MF Serbia Slobodan Medojević 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Brazil Josué 13 0 12 0 1 0
8 MF Portugal Vieirinha 19 0 17 0 2 0
13 MF Japan Makoto Hasebe 14 1 13 1 1 0
14 MF Czech Republic Václav Pilař 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Germany Christian Träsch 11 0 10 0 1 0
18 MF Germany Kevin Pannewitz 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 MF Poland Mateusz Klich 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany Maximilian Arnold 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF Czech Republic Jan Polák 16 0 15 0 1 0
30 MF Venezuela Yohandry Orozco 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF North Macedonia Ferhan Hasani 3 0 3 0 0 0
38 MF Denmark Thomas Kahlenberg 12 0 12 0 0 0
Strikers
11 FW Croatia Ivica Olić 22 5 20 2 2 3
9 FW Netherlands Bas Dost 23 10 21 8 2 2
No longer at club
3 DF Brazil Felipe Lopes 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 FW Sweden Rasmus Jönsson 4 1 4 1 0 0
23 DF Germany Marco Russ 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Iran Ashkan Dejagah 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 FW Croatia Srđan Lakić 7 0 6 0 1 0

Sources[]

  1. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

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