2008–09 VfL Wolfsburg season

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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)

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.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

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

Left club during season[edit]

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

Competitions[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table[edit]

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) Champions

Matches[edit]

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[edit]

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)

UEFA Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

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

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage § Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WOL ACM BRA POR HVN
1 Germany Wolfsburg 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage — — — 3–2 5–1
2 Italy Milan 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8 2–2 — 1–0 — —
3 Portugal Braga 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 2–3 — — 3–0 —
4 England Portsmouth 4 1 1 2 7 8 −1 4 — 2–2 — — 3–0
5 Netherlands Heerenveen 4 0 0 4 3 13 −10 0 — 1–3 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
6 November 2008 1 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 5–1 Netherlands 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 Portugal 2–3 Germany 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 Germany 3–2 England 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 Italy 2–2 Germany 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[edit]

18 February 2009 First leg Paris Saint-Germain France 2–0 Germany 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 Germany 1–3 France Paris Saint-Germain Wolfsburg
19:00 CET Hasebe 63' Luyindula 38' (pen.), 73'
Rothen 60'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Bundesliga[edit]


DFB-Pokal[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 2008/09".

Notes[edit]

  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 represented them at every level between U-17 and U-20 level.

Sources[edit]

Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results

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