2019–20 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2019–20 season
Executive DirectorFrank Witter
Head coachOliver Glasner
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Wout Weghorst (16)
All:
Wout Weghorst (20)
Highest home attendance27,195
(vs RB Leipzig, 7 March 2020)
Lowest home attendance21,058
(vs Mainz 05, 23 February 2020)
Biggest winVfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Mainz 05
Biggest defeatVfL Wolfsburg 1–6 RB Leipzig
Away colours
Third colours

The 2019–20 season was VfL Wolfsburg's 75th season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 11 February 2020[1][2]

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 (vice-captain)
2 DF Brazil BRA William
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho
6 DF Brazil BRA Paulo Otávio
7 MF Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW Netherlands NED Wout Weghorst
11 MF Germany GER Felix Klaus
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan
13 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
14 FW Switzerland  SUI Admir Mehmedi
15 DF France FRA Jérôme Roussillon
19 DF Switzerland  SUI Kevin Mbabu
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Croatia CRO Marin Pongračić
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui (captain)
24 MF Austria AUT Xaver Schlager
25 DF United States USA John Brooks
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain)
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche
32 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand
33 FW Germany GER Daniel Ginczek
36 GK Germany GER Phillip Menzel
38 MF Belgium BEL Ismail Azzaoui
40 FW Brazil BRA João Victor
For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2019 and .

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. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2020)
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2020)
17 DF Germany GER Felix Uduokhai (at FC Augsburg until 30 June 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Germany GER John Yeboah (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2020)
34 MF Germany GER Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at FC Köln until 30 June 2021)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
19 DF Switzerland Kevin Mbabu Switzerland Young Boys €9,200,000 25 April 2019 [3]
40 FW Brazil João Victor Austria LASK Linz €3,500,000 10 May 2019 [4]
6 DF Brazil Paulo Otávio Germany FC Ingolstadt €1,100,000 11 June 2019 [5]
24 MF Austria Xaver Schlager Austria Red Bull Salzburg €15,000,000 26 June 2019 [6]
22 DF Croatia Marin Pongračić Austria Red Bull Salzburg €10,000,000 15 January 2020 [7]

Loans in[]

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source
22 FW Germany Lukas Nmecha England Manchester City 3 August 2019 2 January 2020 [8]

Transfers out[]

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
30 MF Germany Paul Seguin Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth €300,000 7 May 2019 [9]
35 DF Germany Gian-Luca Itter Germany SC Freiburg €2,500,000 27 May 2019 [10]
3 DF Netherlands Paul Verhaegh Netherlands FC Twente Free 5 June 2019 [11]
24 DF Germany Sebastian Jung Germany Hannover 96 Free 23 June 2019 [12]
9 FW Belgium Landry Dimata Belgium Anderlecht €5,000,000 1 July 2019 [13]
18 FW Nigeria Victor Osimhen Belgium Charleroi €3,500,000 [14]
6 MF Netherlands Riechedly Bazoer Netherlands Vitesse Undisclosed 12 July 2019 [15]
21 MF Cameroon Paul-Georges Ntep Free agent Free 11 February 2020 [16]

Loans out[]

# Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
34 MF Germany Marvin Stefaniak Germany Greuther Fürth 1 July 2019 30 June 2021 [17]
21 FW Cameroon Paul-Georges Ntep Turkey Kayserispor 25 August 2019 30 June 2020
17 DF Germany Felix Uduokhai Germany FC Augsburg 28 August 2019 30 June 2020 [18]
29 MF Germany John Yeboah Netherlands VVV-Venlo 2 September 2019 30 June 2020 [19]
37 MF Germany Elvis Rexhbeçaj Germany 1. FC Köln 6 January 2020 30 June 2021 [20]
10 MF Turkey Yunus Mallı Germany Union Berlin 17 January 2020 30 June 2020 [21]
5 DF Netherlands Jeffrey Bruma Germany Mainz 05 29 January 2020 30 June 2020 [22]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 July 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–1 Germany Hansa Rostock Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AOK Stadion
9 July 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–1 France Caen Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AOK Stadion
13 July 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–2 Netherlands VVV-Venlo Gifhorn, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: GWG-Stadion A-Platz
17 July 2019 Friendly PSV Netherlands 0–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Arnold 5'
  • William 40'
  • Guilavogui Yellow card 42'
  • Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 90'
  • Schlager Yellow card 82'
 Stadium: Philips Stadion
22 July 2019 Friendly Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Kapfenberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Muriqi 25'
  • Aziz Yellow card 35'
  • Kadıoğlu Yellow card 87'
 Report
Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium
Attendance: 1,450
27 July 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–1 Germany Union Berlin Anif, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Andersson 2'
 Stadium: Maximarkt Sportpark
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andreas Winkler
3 August 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 8–1 France Nice Wolfsburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Dante 14'
 Stadium: AOK Stadion
Attendance: 3,508
Referee: Johan Pfeifer
5 September 2019 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–1 Germany Hamburger SV Wolfsburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tisserand 60'
 Report
  • Harnik 88'
 Stadium: AOK Stadion
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Robert Schröder
10 January 2020 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–1 South Korea FC Seoul Albufeira, Portugal
13:00 WET (UTC±0)
Report
  • Kim Min-soo 61'
 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
10 January 2020 Friendly Servette Switzerland 2–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 WET (UTC±0)
  • Kyei 50' (pen.), 90'
 Report
Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
30 July 2020 Friendly RB Leipzig Germany 1–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 3
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Zwayer

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 17 August 2019 27 June 2020 Matchday 1 7th 34 13 10 11 48 46 +2 038.24
DFB-Pokal 12 August 2019 30 October 2019 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 6 9 −3 050.00
Europa League 19 September 2019 5 August 2020 Group stage Round of 16 10 5 2 3 15 13 +2 050.00
Total 46 19 12 15 69 68 +1 041.30

Last updated: 5 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga[]

Main article: 2019–20 Bundesliga

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 6 9 61 44 +17 63 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 7 12 53 53 0 52
7 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 48 46 +2 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 SC Freiburg 34 13 9 12 48 47 +1 48
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 6 15 59 60 −1 45
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.[23]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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 13 10 11 48 46  +2 49 4 7 6 19 23  −4 9 3 5 29 23  +6

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWDDDWWDDLLWLLWDLLLWDWWDDWLWLWDLWL
Position6435872248107998899109109777666666667
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[24]

17 August 2019 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,099
Referee: Sven Jablonski
25 August 2019 2 Hertha BSC 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Duda Yellow card 36'
 Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 42,738
Referee: Guido Winkmann
31 August 2019 3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 SC Paderborn Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,750
Referee: Daniel Schlager
13 September 2019 4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 36,758
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
23 September 2019 5 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,120
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
28 September 2019 6 Mainz 05 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 24,303
Referee: Felix Brych
6 October 2019 7 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Union Berlin Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Guilavogui Yellow card 32'
  • Bruma Yellow card 37'
  • Weghorst 69'
 Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,012
Referee: Bastian Dankert
19 October 2019 8 RB Leipzig 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Guilavogui Yellow card 7'
  • Mbabu Yellow card 12'
  • Tisserand Yellow card 45'
  • Weghorst 82'
 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 39,182
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
27 October 2019 9 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,630
Referee: Tobias Stieler
2 November 2019 10 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,200
Referee: Tobias Welz
10 November 2019 11 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,112
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
23 November 2019 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,700
Referee: Daniel Siebert
1 December 2019 13 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,012
Referee: Robert Kampka
7 December 2019 14 SC Freiburg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Schmid 85'
 Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Bastian Dankert
15 December 2019 15 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,580
Referee: Felix Brych
18 December 2019 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Tisserand Yellow card 60'
  • Mbabu 82'
 Report
  • Kabak 51'
  • Burgstaller Yellow card 90+3'
 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,651
Referee: Martin Petersen
21 December 2019 17 Bayern Munich 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
18 January 2020 18 1. FC Köln 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 49,100
Referee: Marco Fritz
25 January 2020 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
  • Mehmedi 68'
 Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,894
Referee: Markus Schmidt
2 February 2020 20 SC Paderborn 2–4 VfL Wolfsburg Paderborn
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Benteler-Arena
Attendance: 13,926
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
8 February 2020 21 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,445
Referee: Tobias Stieler
15 February 2020 22 1899 Hoffenheim 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 22,506
Referee: Sören Storks
23 February 2020 23 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,058
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
1 March 2020 24 Union Berlin 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Bastian Dankert
7 March 2020 25 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,195
Referee: Daniel Schlager
16 May 2020 26 FC Augsburg 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[26] and rescheduled to 16 May.[27]
23 May 2020 27 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Daniel Siebert
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[26] and rescheduled to 23 May.[27]
26 May 2020 28 Bayer Leverkusen 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Daniel Schlager
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 26 May.[27]
30 May 2020 29 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Guido Winkmann
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 30 May.[27]
7 June 2020 30 Werder Bremen 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 7 June.[27]
13 June 2020 31 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Bastian Dankert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 13 June.[27]
16 June 2020 32 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Hofmann 11', 30'
  • Stindl 65'
  • Elvedi Yellow card 73'
 Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Robert Schröder
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 16 June.[27]
20 June 2020 33 Schalke 04 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 20 June.[27]
27 June 2020 34 VfL Wolfsburg 0–4 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0[25]
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 27 June.[27]

DFB-Pokal[]

Main article: 2019–20 DFB-Pokal
12 August 2019 First round Hallescher FC 3–5 (a.e.t.) VfL Wolfsburg Halle
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Markus Schmidt
30 October 2019 Second round VfL Wolfsburg 1–6 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 17,705
Referee: Felix Zwayer

UEFA Europa League[]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Group stage[]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group I
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNT WLF STE OLE
1 Belgium Gent 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 3–2 2–1
2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 1–3 — 1–0 3–1
3 France Saint-Étienne 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4 0–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Ukraine Oleksandriya 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3 1–1 0–1 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 September 2019 1 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 3–1 Ukraine Oleksandriya Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,112
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
3 October 2019 2 Saint-Étienne France 1–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Saint-Étienne, France
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 24,815
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
24 October 2019 3 Gent Belgium 2–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 15,437
Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
7 November 2019 4 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–3 Belgium Gent Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
28 November 2019 5 Oleksandriya Ukraine 0–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Lviv, Ukraine
19:55 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 7,118
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
12 December 2019 6 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–0 France Saint-Étienne Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,802
Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

Knockout phase[]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32[]
20 February 2020 First leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–1 Sweden Malmö FF Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Safari Yellow card 41'
  • Thelin 47' (pen.)
  • Nalić Yellow card 70'
 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 13,801
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)
27 February 2020 Second leg Malmö FF Sweden 0–3
(1–5 agg.)		 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Malmö, Sweden
18:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)
Round of 16[]
12 March 2020 First leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0[30]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
5 August 2020 Second leg Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Kiev, Ukraine
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium[31]
Attendance: 0[32]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Note: The match originally scheduled to be played on 19 March, was indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.[33] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 5 August.[34]

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels 32 0 26 0 1 0 5 0
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan 14 0 8 0 1 0 5 0
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Germany GER Phillip Menzel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA William 22 3 16 1 2 1 4 1
6 DF Brazil BRA Paulo Otávio 9 1 4+1 0 0 0 3+1 1
15 DF France FRA Jérôme Roussillon 37 1 27+2 1 1 0 5+2 0
19 DF Switzerland  SUI Kevin Mbabu 27 3 18+2 3 1+1 0 3+2 0
22 DF Croatia CRO Marin Pongra��ić 12 2 11 2 0 0 1 0
25 DF United States USA John Brooks 31 1 25 0 1 0 5 1
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 31 2 17+4 1 1+1 1 8 0
32 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand 23 1 14+1 1 1 0 7 0
Midfielders
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Switzerland  SUI Renato Steffen 38 6 19+8 6 1+1 0 5+4 0
11 MF Germany GER Felix Klaus 29 0 6+17 0 1 0 1+4 0
13 DF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt 25 4 7+11 2 2 1 5 1
20 MF Germany GER Luca Horn 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui 31 0 23+2 0 1 0 4+1 0
24 MF Austria AUT Xaver Schlager 28 1 21+2 1 0 0 5 0
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 44 5 32+1 4 2 0 9 1
38 MF Belgium BEL Ismail Azzaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo 41 8 19+11 4 1+1 1 9 3
9 FW Netherlands NED Wout Weghorst 43 20 30+2 16 2 2 9 2
14 FW Switzerland  SUI Admir Mehmedi 26 3 14+7 2 0 0 5 1
29 FW Egypt EGY Omar Marmoush 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 FW Germany GER Daniel Ginczek 23 3 9+9 3 0 0 2+3 0
37 FW France FRA Mamoudou Karamoko 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW Brazil BRA João Victor 41 5 18+14 2 2 0 4+3 3
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma 15 0 9 0 1 0 4+1 0
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
17 DF Germany GER Ohis Felix Uduokhai 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 MF Cameroon CMR Paul-Georges Ntep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Germany GER Lukas Nmecha 12 0 1+5 0 0+1 0 0+5 0
29 MF Germany GER John Yeboah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0

Last updated: 5 August 2020
Source: Competitions

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