2023–24 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2023–24 season is VfL Wolfsburg's 79th season in existence and 27th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They are also competing in the DFB-Pokal.

VfL Wolfsburg
2023–24 season
Managing directorMichael Meeske
Jörg Schmadtke
Tim Schumacher
Head coachNiko Kovač
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jonas Wind (7)
All:
Jonas Wind (8)
All statistics correct as of 21 October 2023.

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 September 2023[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 Germany GER Kilian Fischer
3 DF Belgium BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw
4 DF France FRA Maxence Lacroix
6 MF Belgium BEL Aster Vranckx
7 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Černý
8 DF France FRA Nicolas Cozza
9 FW France FRA Amin Sarr (on loan from Lyon)
10 FW Germany GER Lukas Nmecha
11 FW Portugal POR Tiago Tomás
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan
13 DF Brazil BRA Rogério
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Kamiński
18 FW Germany GER Dzenan Pejcinovic
19 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Majer
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Germany GER Ridle Baku
21 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle
23 FW Denmark DEN Jonas Wind
25 DF Germany GER Moritz Jenz
26 MF United States USA Ulysses Llanez
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold (captain)
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger
31 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg
33 DF Switzerland SUI Cédric Zesiger
35 GK Germany GER Philipp Schulze
39 MF Austria AUT Patrick Wimmer
40 MF United States USA Kevin Paredes
42 DF Germany GER Felix Lange

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
— MF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Ambros (at SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2024)
— FW Poland POL Bartosz Białek (at K.A.S. Eupen until 30 June 2024)
— MF Croatia CRO Bartol Franjić (at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024)
— MF Germany GER Maximilian Philipp (at SC Freiburg until 30 June 2024)
— FW Germany GER Luca Waldschmidt (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Czech Republic Václav Černý Netherlands FC Twente €8,000,000 1 July 2023 [3]
DF Germany Moritz Jenz France Lorient €8,000,000 [4]
DF Switzerland Cédric Zesiger Switzerland BSC Young Boys €5,000,000 [5]
FW Portugal Tiago Tomás Portugal Sporting CP €8,800,000 5 July 2023 [6]
DF Brazil Rogério Italy Sassuolo €5,500,000 5 August 2023 [7]
DF Denmark Joakim Mæhle Italy Atalanta €12,000,000 12 August 2023 [8]
MF Croatia Lovro Majer France Rennes €30,000,000 16 August 2023 [9]
FW Sweden Amin Sarr France Lyon Loan 31 August 2023 [10]

Out
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Germany Fabio Di Michele Sanchez Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken Undisclosed 1 July 2023 [11]
MF France Josuha Guilavogui Free
MF United States Bryang Kayo Germany FC Ingolstadt Undisclosed [12]
FW Egypt Omar Marmoush Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Free [13]
DF Brazil Paulo Otávio Qatar Al Sadd Free [14]
DF Croatia Marin Pongračić Italy Lecce €2,000,000 [15]
DF Germany Tim Siersleben Germany 1. FC Heidenheim €500,000
FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Germany 1. FC Köln Loan [16]
MF Germany Felix Nmecha Germany Borussia Dortmund €30,000,000 3 July 2023 [17]
FW South Korea Hong Yun-sang South Korea Pohang Steelers Undisclosed 11 July 2023 [18]
FW Poland Bartosz Białek Belgium Eupen Loan 12 July 2023 [19]
DF Republic of Ireland Anselmo García MacNulty Netherlands PEC Zwolle Undisclosed 26 July 2023 [20]
DF Netherlands Micky van de Ven England Tottenham Hotspur €40,000,000 8 August 2023 [21]
MF Croatia Bartol Franjić Germany Darmstadt 98 Loan 18 August 2023 [22]
FW Germany Maximilian Philipp Germany SC Freiburg Loan 21 August 2023 [23]
MF Czech Republic Lukáš Ambros Germany SC Freiburg II Loan 1 September 2023 [24]

Pre-season and friendlies
22 July 2023 Friendly SC Freiburg Germany 2–3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Zams, Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Breunig 22'
  • Baur 66'
 Report
Stadium: Eurogast-Grissemann-Arena Zams
Note: Match was played in two periods of sixty minutes each.
29 July 2023 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–1 France Lens Wolfsburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: AOK Stadion
2 August 2023 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–2 Italy Spezia Villingen-Schwenningen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: MS-Technologie-Arena
Attendance: 1,300
5 August 2023 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–1 Italy Sassuolo Wolfsburg
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
5 August 2023 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 0–1 Spain Celta Vigo Wolfsburg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 August 2023 18 May 2024 Matchday 1 8 4 0 4 11 11 +0 050.00
DFB-Pokal 13 August 2023 First round 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00
Total 9 5 0 4 17 11 +6 055.56

Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga
Main article: 2023–24 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 3 4 1 9 6 +3 13
8 SC Freiburg 8 4 1 3 9 14 −5 13
9 VfL Wolfsburg 8 4 0 4 11 11 0 12
10 FC Augsburg 8 2 2 4 15 19 −4 8
11 1. FC Heidenheim 8 2 1 5 12 20 −8 7
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[25]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
8 4 0 4 11 11  0 12 3 0 1 7 3  +4 1 0 3 4 8  −4

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round
Round12345678
GroundHAAHAHAH
ResultWWLWLWLL
Position44767779
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[26]

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)
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
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)
Report
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

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal
13 August 2023 First round Makkabi Berlin 0–6 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Stahl Yellow card 39'
  • Bruck Yellow card 81'
 Report
Stadium: Mommsenstadion
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Riem Hussein
31 October 2023 Second round VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels 807010
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan 000000
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger 000000
35 GK Germany GER Philipp Schulze 000000
Defenders
2 DF Germany GER Kilian Fischer 000000
3 DF Belgium BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw 100+1000
4 DF France FRA Maxence Lacroix 807010
8 DF France FRA Nicolas Cozza 301+100+10
13 DF Brazil BRA Rogério 403010
21 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle 817110
25 DF Germany GER Moritz Jenz 202000
33 DF Switzerland SUI Cédric Zesiger 705+1010
42 DF Germany GER Felix Lange 000000
Midfielders
6 MF Belgium BEL Aster Vranckx 500+5000
7 MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Černý 704+2010
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Kamiński 700+6010
19 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Majer 707000
20 MF Germany GER Ridle Baku 813+400+11
26 MF United States USA Ulysses Llanez 000000
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 705+100+10
31 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt 725+1111
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg 807010
39 MF Austria AUT Patrick Wimmer 603+200+10
40 MF United States USA Kevin Paredes 400+4000
Forwards
9 FW Sweden SWE Amin Sarr 400+4000
10 FW Germany GER Lukas Nmecha 110011
11 FW Portugal POR Tiago Tomás 834+310+12
18 FW Germany GER Dženan Pejčinović 000000
23 FW Denmark DEN Jonas Wind 887711
Players transferred out during the season
17 MF Germany GER Maximilian Philipp 000000
36 MF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Ambros 000000
38 MF Croatia CRO Bartol Franjić 000000

Last updated: 7 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers
As of 7 October 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 23 FW Denmark Jonas Wind 7 1 8
2 11 FW Portugal Tiago Tomás 1 2 3
2 31 MF Germany Yannick Gerhardt 1 1 2
4 10 FW Germany Lukas Nmecha 0 1 1
20 MF Germany Ridle Baku 0 1 1
21 DF Denmark Joakim Mæhle 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 10 6 16

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