2023–24 VfL Wolfsburg season
VfL Wolfsburg 2023–24 football season
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The 2023–24 season was VfL Wolfsburg's 79th season in existence and 27th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.
Managing directorsMichael Meeske
Jörg Schmadtke
Tim Schumacher
Jörg Schmadtke
Tim Schumacher
Head coachNiko Kovač
(until 17 March)
Ralph Hasenhüttl
(from 17 March)
(until 17 March)
Ralph Hasenhüttl
(from 17 March)
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
| 2023–24 season | ||||
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| Managing directors | Michael Meeske Jörg Schmadtke Tim Schumacher | |||
| Head coach | Niko Kovač (until 17 March) Ralph Hasenhüttl (from 17 March) | |||
| Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 12th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Jonas Wind (11) All: Jonas Wind (12) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 25,546 | |||
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Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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| FW |  Václav Černý |
 FC Twente |
€8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 | [3] |
| DF |  Moritz Jenz |
 Lorient |
€8,000,000 | [4] | |
| DF |  Cédric Zesiger |
BSC Young Boys |
€5,000,000 | [5] | |
| FW |  Tiago Tomás |
Sporting CP |
€8,800,000 | 5 July 2023 | [6] |
| DF |  Rogério |
 Sassuolo |
€5,500,000 | 5 August 2023 | [7] |
| DF |  Joakim Mæhle |
Atalanta |
€12,000,000 | 12 August 2023 | [8] |
| MF |  Lovro Majer |
Rennes |
€30,000,000 | 16 August 2023 | [9] |
| FW |  Amin Sarr |
Lyon |
Loan | 31 August 2023 | [10] |
| FW | Kevin Behrens |
Union Berlin |
€2,000,000 | 31 January 2024 | [11] |
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 22 July 2023 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Zams, Austria |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Eurogast-Grissemann-Arena Zams | ||
| Note: Match was played in two periods of sixty minutes each. | ||||
| 29 July 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Lens | Wolfsburg |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: AOK Stadion |
| 2 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Spezia | Villingen-Schwenningen |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena Attendance: 1,300 |
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Sassuolo | Wolfsburg |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg |
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Celta Vigo | Wolfsburg |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
| 6 January 2024 Friendly | Schalke 04 | 2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Faro, Portugal |
| 16:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 29.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 5 December 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 66.67 |
| Total | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 32.43 | ||||
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 42 |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 39 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 37 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 34 |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 31 | −15 |
Source: DFB
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[30]
| 19 August 2023 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,620 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 26 August 2023 2 | 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck |
| 2 September 2023 3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 16 September 2023 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Union Berlin | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,917 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 23 September 2023 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Dortmund |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 30 September 2023 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,323 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 7 October 2023 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 21 October 2023 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 28 October 2023 9 | FC Augsburg | 3–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 5 November 2023 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 10 November 2023 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 45,308 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
| 25 November 2023 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,350 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 2 December 2023 13 | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bochum |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,350 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 9 December 2023 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | SC Freiburg | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,146 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 16 December 2023 15 | Darmstadt 98 | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Darmstadt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 20 December 2023 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 13 January 2024 17 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
| 20 January 2024 18 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Heidenheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Timo Gerach |
| 27 January 2024 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,525 Referee: Sören Storks |
| 4 February 2024 20 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,917 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 10 February 2024 21 | Union Berlin | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,816 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck | |
| Note: The match was suspended in the 39th and 43rd minutes due to fan protests.[31] | ||||
| 17 February 2024 22 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Martin Petersen |
| 25 February 2024 23 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Frankfurt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 56,500 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 2 March 2024 24 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,917 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 10 March 2024 25 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
| 19:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,314 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 16 March 2024 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | FC Augsburg | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,735 Referee: Timo Gerach |
| 30 March 2024 27 | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 7 April 2024 28 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,105 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 13 April 2024 29 | RB Leipzig | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leipzig |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 45,858 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 20 April 2024 30 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | VfL Bochum | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,327 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 27 April 2024 31 | SC Freiburg | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Freiburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
| 4 May 2024 32 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Darmstadt 98 | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,108 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 12 May 2024 33 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Munich |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 18 May 2024 34 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | Mainz 05 | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,627 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
DFB-Pokal
| 13 August 2023 First round | Makkabi Berlin | 0–6 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Riem Hussein |
| 31 October 2023 Second round | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,031 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 5 December 2023 Round of 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 39,287 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  BEL |
Koen Casteels | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | GK |  AUT |
Pavao Pervan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | GK | GER |
Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER |
Kilian Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | BEL |
Sebastiaan Bornauw | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | FRA |
Maxence Lacroix | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | DF | BRA |
Rogério | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | DF | DEN |
Joakim Mæhle | 23 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | DF | GER |
Moritz Jenz | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | DF | SUI |
Cédric Zesiger | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BEL |
Aster Vranckx | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF | CZE |
Václav Černý | 20 | 4 | 11+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | MF |  POL |
Jakub Kamiński | 15 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF | CRO |
Lovro Majer | 23 | 4 | 18+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF | GER |
Ridle Baku | 23 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| 26 | MF |  USA |
Ulysses Llanez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | MF | GER |
Maximilian Arnold | 20 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | MF | GER |
Yannick Gerhardt | 18 | 2 | 9+6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 32 | MF | SWE |
Mattias Svanberg | 22 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | MF | AUT |
Patrick Wimmer | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | MF | USA |
Kevin Paredes | 18 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | MF | GER |
Kofi Amoako | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE |
Amin Sarr | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | FW | GER |
Lukas Nmecha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | FW | POR |
Tiago Tomás | 20 | 3 | 6+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | FW | GER |
Kevin Behrens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | FW | GER |
Dženan Pejčinović | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | FW | DEN |
Jonas Wind | 24 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | ||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | FRA |
Nicolas Cozza | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | MF | GER |
Maximilian Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | GK | GER |
Philipp Schulze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | MF | CZE |
Lukáš Ambros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 38 | MF | CRO |
Bartol Franjić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | DF | GER |
Felix Lange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
- As of 2 March 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
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| 1 | 23 | FW | |
Jonas Wind | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | |
Lovro Majer | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | |
Václav Černý | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 11 | FW | |
Tiago Tomás | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | MF | |
Yannick Gerhardt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 40 | MF | |
Kevin Paredes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | |
Maxence Lacroix | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | DF | |
Joakim Mæhle | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | FW | |
Lukas Nmecha | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 27 | MF | |
Maximilian Arnold | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | |
Ridle Baku | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF | |
Rogério | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | MF | |
Mattias Svanberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | FW | |
Kevin Behrens | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 30 | 7 | 37 | ||||