2008–09 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg won their first ever Bundesliga title during this season. Manager Felix Magath formed an attacking lineup, which included strikers Edin Džeko and Grafite, the pair scoring 54 goals between them, much due to the help of attacking midfielder Zvjezdan Misimović's 20 assists.

VfL Wolfsburg
2008–09 season
André Lenz (left) and Jan Šimůnek (right) in the victory parade following Wolfsburg's title-winning season, 2009
ManagerFelix Magath
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Grafite (28)
All: Edin Džeko (36)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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   SUI Diego Benaglio
2 DF  ITA Cristian Zaccardo
3 DF  BRA Rodrigo Alvim
4 DF  GER Marcel Schäfer
5 DF  POR Ricardo Costa
6 DF  CZE Jan Šimůnek
7 MF  BRA Josué (captain)
8 FW  JPN Yoshito Ōkubo
9 FW  BIH Edin Džeko
10 MF  BIH Zvjezdan Misimović[notes 1]
11 FW  BRA Caiuby
12 GK  GER André Lenz
13 MF  JPN Makoto Hasebe
15 MF  GER Daniel Adlung
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Alexander Madlung
19 DF  SVK Peter Pekarík
20 DF  GER Sascha Riether
21 GK  GER Patrick Platins
22 DF  GER Kevin Wolze
23 FW  BRA Grafite
24 MF  GER Ashkan Dejagah[notes 2]
25 MF  GER Christian Gentner
27 MF  GER Alexander Esswein
32 MF  GER Sebastian Schindzielorz[notes 3]
33 DF  GER Daniel Reiche
35 GK   SUI Marwin Hitz
37 DF  KAZ Sergei Karimov
43 DF  ITA Andrea Barzagli

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
8 MF  GER Daniel Baier (on loan to Augsburg)
14 MF  PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 4] (on loan to San Lorenzo)
16 FW  TUR Mahir Sağlık[notes 5] (on loan to Karlsruhe)
18 MF  POL Jacek Krzynówek (to Hannover 96)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ROU Vlad Munteanu (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
31 MF  GER Alexander Laas (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
31 DF  GER Bernd Korzynietz (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld)

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Wolfsburg (C) 34 21 6 7 80 41 +39 69 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 20 7 7 71 42 +29 67
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches
16 August 2008 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
Gentner  48'
Misimović  78'		 Novaković  19' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
24 August 2008 2 VfL Bochum 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
Šesták  12'
Dabrowski  50'		 Costa  55'
Sağlık  69'		 Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
30 August 2008 3 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
Grafite  27' (pen.)
Dejagah  51'		 Amanatidis  22'
Toski  84'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
13 September 2008 4 Hertha BSC 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
Kačar  57'
Cícero  85'		 Costa  1'
Riether  90'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
21 September 2008 5 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
Dejagah  15'
Madlung  22'
Grafite  28'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
28 September 2008 6 Karlsruher SC 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Karlsruhe
Porcello  51'
Freis  75'		 Costa  78' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
5 October 2008 7 Schalke 04 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
Kurányi  20', 90' Džeko  51'
Caiuby  66'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
18 October 2008 8 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 Arminia Bielefeld Wolfsburg
Misimović  5', 34'
Madlung  54'
Grafite  64'		 Laas  60' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
25 October 2008 9 Bayern Munich 4–2 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
Ribéry  41'
Van Bommel  54'
Borowski  63'
Schweinsteiger  80'		 Grafite  31' (pen.)
Džeko  33'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
28 October 2008 10 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
Grafite  40' (pen.)
Madlung  55'
Misimović  75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
31 October 2008 11 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
Barnetta  57'
Kießling  65'		 Stadium: BayArena
8 November 2008 12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Energie Cottbus Wolfsburg
Grafite  36' (pen.), 55', 80' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
15 November 2008 13 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg Hoffenheim
Ibišević  22'
Carlos Eduardo  37'
Obasi  69'		 Grafite  27'
Džeko  40'		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
22 November 2008 14 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
Grafite  51', 76'
Džeko  79', 90+5'		 Lanig  17' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
30 November 2008 15 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
7 December 2008 16 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
Zaccardo  32'
Štajner  62' (o.g.)		 Štajner  59' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
13 December 2008 17 Werder Bremen 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
Mertesacker  27'
Josué  63' (o.g.)		 Gentner  3' Stadium: Weserstadion
31 January 2009 18 1. FC Köln 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
Radu  34' Grafite  73' Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
7 February 2009 19 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfL Bochum Wolfsburg
Džeko  21', 85' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
14 February 2009 20 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
Džeko  9'
Misimović  66' (pen.)		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
21 February 2009 21 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
Džeko  71', 84' Cícero  62' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
1 March 2009 22 Hamburger SV 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
Guerrero  73' Grafite  12' (pen.), 25'
Džeko  75'		 Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
7 March 2009 23 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Karlsruher SC Wolfsburg
Džeko  38' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
13 March 2009 24 VfL Wolfsburg 4–3 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
Grafite  25' (pen.), 74', 84'
Džeko  44'		 Westermann  9'
Jones  76'
Kurányi  90'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
21 March 2009 25 Arminia Bielefeld 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bielefeld
Gentner  19'
Grafite  58'
Dejagah  87'		 Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
4 April 2009 26 VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
Gentner  44'
Džeko  63', 66'
Grafite  74', 77'		 Toni  45' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
11 April 2009 27 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
Dante  79' Džeko  20'
Riether  85'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
18 April 2009 28 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
Grafite  23' (pen.), 85' Kroos  54' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
26 April 2009 29 Energie Cottbus 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Cottbus
Rangelov  72'
Skela  86'		 Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
2 May 2009 30 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
Džeko  66', 74', 78'
Grafite  89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
9 May 2009 31 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
Gómez  1', 20', 63', 77' Džeko  36' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
12 May 2009 32 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
Džeko  15', 85'
Grafite  47'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
16 May 2009 33 Hannover 96 0–5 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
Džeko  14', 54', 79'
Grafite  33', 36'		 Attendance: AWD-Arena
23 May 2009 34 VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
Misimović  6'
Grafite  15', 56'
Prödl  26' (o.g.)
Džeko  74'		 Diego  31' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

DFB-Pokal
10 August 2008 First round 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Heidenheim
14:30 CEST Grafite  54'
Sağlık  57', 75'		 Stadium: Albstadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Thomas Metzen (Mechernich)
24 September 2008 Second round FC Oberneuland 0–7 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
19:00 CEST Džeko  15', 20', 57', 75'
Schäfer  26'
Dejagah  67'
Caiuby  89'		 Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11
Attendance: 2,196
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
28 January 2009 Third round VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Hansa Rostock Wolfsburg
20:30 CET Grafite  58', 86' (pen.), 90'
Bülow  66' (o.g.)
Gentner  79'		 Fillinger  68' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
4 March 2009 Quarter-finals VfL Wolfsburg 2–5 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
19:00 CET Džeko  10', 42' Diego  3', 55' (pen.)
Özil  6'
Pizarro  71', 89'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,115
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

First round
18 September 2008 First leg VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Rapid București Wolfsburg
19:00 CET Grafite  47' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
2 October 2008 Second leg Rapid București 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bucharest
16:00 CET Maftei  70' Grafite  15' Stadium: Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Group stage
Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10
Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6
Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4
Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0
Source: RSSSF
6 November 2008 1 VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Heerenveen Wolfsburg
19:45 UTC+1 Džeko  34', 61'
Grafite  39'
Misimović  53'
Krzynówek  71'		 Väyrynen  31' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 15,615
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
27 November 2008 2 Braga 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Braga
21:30 UTC+0 Barzagli  6' (o.g.)
Meyong  49'		 Džeko  24'
Misimović  83' (pen.), 90+4'		 Stadium: Estádio AXA
Attendance: 7,294
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
4 December 2008 3 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Portsmouth Wolfsburg
20:45 UTC+1 Džeko  3'
Gentner  23'
Misimović  74'		 Defoe  11'
Mvuemba  14'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,015
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
17 December 2008 4 Milan 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Milan
20:45 UTC+1 Ambrosini  17'
Pato  56'		 Zaccardo  56'
Sağlık  81'		 Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Round of 32
18 February 2009 First leg Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Paris
20:45 Hoarau  80', 83' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 27,447
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
26 February 2009 Second leg VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain Wolfsburg
19:00 CET Hasebe  63' Luyindula  38' (pen.), 73'
Rothen  60'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Statistics

Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2008-2009/bundes/wolfsburg.htm

Notes
  1. Misimović was born in Munich, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, and its successor states internationally through his parents and represented Yugoslavia at U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in February 2004.
  2. Dejagah was born in Tehran, Iran, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-17 and U-21 level. He was permitted to represent Iran internationally after a FIFA rule change in 2009 and made his international debut for Iran in February 2012.
  3. Schindzielorz was born in Krapkowice, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level, and was also called up by the senior side without playing.
  4. Santana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2007.
  5. Sağlık was born in Paderborn, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and reresented them at every level between U-17 and U-20 level.

Sources

Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results

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