2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2017–18 season
OwnerVolkswagen
Executive directorFrancisco Javier García Sanz
ManagerAndries Jonker
(until 18 September)
Martin Schmidt
(18 September – 19 February)
Bruno Labbadia
(from 20 February)
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga16th (play-off winners)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Daniel Didavi
(9 goals)
All:
Daniel Didavi
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance30,000
Lowest home attendance15,508
Average home league attendance25,712
Biggest winWolfsburg 3–0 Gladbach
Wolfsburg 4–1 Köln
Biggest defeatWolfsburg 0–3 Dortmund
Hoffenheim 3–0 Wolfsburg
Gladbach 3–0 Wolfsburg
Leipzig 4–1 Wolfsburg
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

The 2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 73rd season in the football club's history and 21st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 16th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players[]

Squad information[]

As of 7 April 2018[1][2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels
2 DF Brazil BRA William
3 DF Netherlands NED Paul Verhaegh (vice-captain)
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho (captain)
5 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma
6 MF Netherlands NED Riechedly Bazoer
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW Belgium BEL Landry Dimata
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı
11 MF Germany GER Daniel Didavi
13 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
14 FW Belgium BEL Divock Origi (on loan from Liverpool)
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 DF Germany GER Ohis Felix Uduokhai
18 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Osimhen
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Germany GER Max Grün
21 FW Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo
22 FW Switzerland  SUI Admir Mehmedi
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui
24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung
25 DF United States USA John Brooks
26 MF Germany GER Justin Möbius
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold
29 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand (on loan from FC Ingolstadt)
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche
35 DF Germany GER Gian-Luca Itter
36 GK Germany GER Phillip Menzel
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj
39 DF Germany GER Paul Jaeckel


Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 August 2017 12 May 2018 Matchday 1 16th 34 6 15 13 36 48 −12 017.65
Bundesliga relegation play-offs 17 May 2018 21 May 2018 First leg Winners 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
DFB-Pokal 13 August 2017 7 February 2018 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 075.00
Total 40 11 15 14 44 50 −6 027.50

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga[]

Main article: 2017–18 Bundesliga

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Mainz 05 34 9 9 16 38 52 −14 36
15 SC Freiburg 34 8 12 14 32 56 −24 36
16 VfL Wolfsburg (O) 34 6 15 13 36 48 −12 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Hamburger SV (R) 34 8 7 19 29 53 −24 31 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 1. FC Köln (R) 34 5 7 22 35 70 −35 22
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[4]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 6 15 13 36 48  −12 33 3 8 6 23 25  −2 3 7 7 13 23  −10

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultLWDLDDDDDDDWLWDDLDLWDLLDLLLDWDLLLW
Position18111214131312141414141314111112121213131313141515151515151414161616
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Pulisic 22'
  • Bartra 27'
  • Aubameyang 60'
 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi 22' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Didavi 52' Report Harnik 75' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,321
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Akolo 42' Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Guido Winkmann
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Origi 28' Report Bartels 56' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Felix Brych
22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 6 Bayern Munich 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Lewandowski 33' (pen.)
  • Robben 42'
 Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Guilavogui 55' Report Mutō 74' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Robert Hartmann
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,104
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai 90+1' Report Demirbay 73' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,514
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 10 Schalke 04 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bentaleb 43' (pen.) Report Origi 90+3' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,429
Referee: Markus Schmidt
5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,214
Referee: Robert Kampka
18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Kapustka 68' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,744
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13 FC Augsburg 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Didavi 40' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Tobias Stieler
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15 Hamburger SV 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 45,226
Referee: Christian Dingert
12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Verhaegh 15' (pen.) Report Halstenberg 52' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,827
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17 1. FC Köln 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Clemens 67' Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 41,100
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 18 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,600
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Arnold 66' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,450
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20 Hannover 96 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Mallı 72' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,300
Referee: Felix Brych
3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Origi 24' Report Gómez 60' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,378
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22 Werder Bremen 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Augustinsson 4'
  • Kainz 40', 72'
 Report Verhaegh 49' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 38,062
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Didavi 8' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 24 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Mutō 44' Report Brekalo 6' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 25,173
Referee: Bastian Dankert
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Mehmedi 79' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Felix Zwayer
10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26 1899 Hoffenheim 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,550
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Knoche 86' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,502
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28 Hertha BSC 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29 SC Freiburg 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi 2', 83' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,797
Referee: Tobias Stieler
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Brekalo 78' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Daniel Siebert
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33 RB Leipzig 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Didavi 47' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,487
Referee: Marco Fritz
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Hector 32' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Markus Schmidt

Relegation play-offs[]

17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) First leg VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Holstein Kiel Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schindler 34' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 May 2018 (2018-05-21) Second leg Holstein Kiel 0–1
(1–4 agg.)		 VfL Wolfsburg Kiel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Knoche 75' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert

DFB-Pokal[]

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Norderstedt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Camacho 59' Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai 49' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 15,508
Referee: Felix Brych
19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Round of 16 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 (a.e.t.) VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 26,104
Referee: Daniel Siebert
7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) Quarter-finals Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Burgstaller 10' Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 50,642
Referee: Christian Dingert

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels 39 0 34 0 3 0 2 0
20 GK Germany GER Max Grün 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 GK Germany GER Phillip Menzel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA William 26 0 19+3 0 1+1 0 2 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Paul Verhaegh 33 2 30+1 2 2 0 0 0
5 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma 13 0 11 0 2 0 0 0
17 DF Germany GER Ohis Felix Uduokhai 24 3 17+2 1 2+1 2 2 0
24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung 4 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
25 DF United States USA John Brooks 12 0 9 0 1 0 2 0
29 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand 19 0 14+2 0 3 0 0 0
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 29 2 24 1 3 0 2 1
35 DF Germany GER Gian-Luca Itter 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Germany GER Paul Jaeckel 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho 15 1 11 0 2 1 0+2 0
6 MF Netherlands NED Riechedly Bazoer 14 0 6+7 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Renato Steffen 18 0 6+10 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı 37 6 24+7 5 3+1 0 2 1
11 MF Germany GER Daniel Didavi 33 10 26+4 9 1+2 1 0 0
13 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt 17 1 12+5 1 0 0 0 0
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Błaszczykowski 13 1 6+3 1 2 0 0+2 0
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui 35 3 27+2 3 2+2 0 2 0
26 MF Germany GER Justin Möbius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 34 2 28+1 2 3 0 2 0
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Belgium BEL Landry Dimata 24 0 9+12 0 1 0 0+2 0
14 FW Belgium BEL Divock Origi 36 7 22+9 6 2+1 0 2 1
18 FW Nigeria NGA Victor Osimhen 13 0 3+9 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 FW Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo 15 4 10+3 3 0 0 2 1
22 FW Switzerland  SUI Admir Mehmedi 6 1 3+2 1 1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 MF France FRA Paul-Georges Ntep 7 0 1+4 0 1+1 0 0 0
32 FW England ENG Kaylen Hinds 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez 15 1 11+1 1 2+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

References[]

  1. ^ "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Perspektiv-Verpflichtung". Wolfsburg.de.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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