2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2012–13 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena,; Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finalis
Top goalscorer	League: Bas Dost (8); All: Bas Dost (10)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Odense
			Schäfer Lakić

Midtjylland

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

	Esbjerg	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Polák Jönsson

10 July 2012	FC St. Pauli	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Streichmühle
19:00

	ETSV Weiche	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost

17 July 2012	Helmstedter SV	–	VfL Wolfsburg
19:00

	Germania Egestorf	2–8	VfL Wolfsburg
			Dost Helmes Hasani Naldo Kahlenberg Medojević Lakić

	Germania Halberstadt	2–4	VfL Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost Helmes

26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST	Mandžukić 29' (pen.) Robben 39'		Pilař 90+2'

	Changchun Yatai F.C.	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg
			Orozco Jönsson Dejagah

	Shanghai Shenxin F.C.	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg

4 August 2012	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Manchester City	Wolfsburg, Germany
			Agüero 41' Y. Touré 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

7 August 2012	Wolfsberger AC	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
19:00

Bundesliga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
20:45		Report	90' Dost	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48.280 Referee: Tobias Welz

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2	Wolfsburg	0–4	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30		Report	Haggui 10' Sobiech 26', 56' Andreasen 52'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,451 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3	FC Augsburg	0–0	Wolfsburg	Augsburg
20:30		Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,512 Referee: Guido Winkmann

22 September 2012 4	Wolfsburg	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Wolfsburg
14:30	Olić 42'	Summary	Pogatetz 28' (o.g.) Mavraj 64' Petsos 73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt

25 September 2012 5	Bayern Munich	3–0	Wolfsburg	Munich
20:00	Schweinsteiger 24', 82' Mandžukić 57', 65'	Summary	Kahlenberg 35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 September 2012 6	Wolfsburg	0–2	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
17:30	Josué 42' Träsch 44' Olić 51'	Summary	Díaz 26' Szalai 37' Soto 53' Baumgartlinger 77' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,795 Referee: Marco Fritz

6 October 2012 7	Schalke 04	3–0	Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Farfán 33' Afellay 46', 54' Neustädter 58'	Summary		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,671 Referee: Peter Sippel

20 October 2012 8	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo 39'	Summary	Mujdža 11' Caligiuri 40' (pen.) Schuster 84' Diagne 86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,080 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 October 2012 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fink 59' 77' Langeneke 71' (pen.) Ilsø 82'	Summary	Dost 50', 64' Olić 53' Josué 72' Diego 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 45,673 Referee: Tobias Welz

3 November 2012 10	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Nuremberg
15:30	Gebhart 76' Kiyotake 84' Chandler 90+1'	Summary	Josué 49' Fagner 85' Kjær 90+2'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,586 Referee: Christian Dingert

11 November 2012 11	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego 4', 16' Naldo 7' Dost 33'	Report (in German)	48' Boenisch 68' Wollscheid 87' Reinartz 90+1' Kießling	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,825 Referee: Bastian Dankert

18 November 2012 12	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hoffenheim
17:30	Rudy 55' Jensen 77' Derdiyok 88'	Report	7' Hasebe 24' Dost 63' Josué 78' Naldo	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günther Perl

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić 26' Dost 64' Josué 88'	Report (in German)	Arnautović 35', 82' Schmitz 40' 62' De Bruyne 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Arango 11' Jantschke 38', 44'	Report (in German)	Polák 65' Jönsson 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 22' Kjær 68'	Report (in German)	Beister 26' Rincón 64' Adler 68' Westermann 83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,121 Referee: Peter Sippel

8 December 2012 16	Borussia Dortmund	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30	Reus 6', 49' Schmelzer 35' Błaszczykowski 61' (pen.) Gündoğan 64' Götze 83'	Report (in German)	Diego 36' (pen.) Naldo 41' Kjær 61' Josué 63' Dost 73' Kahlenberg 90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

15 December 2012 17	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30	Josué 16' Diego 56' Naldo 89'	Report	Meier 12' Inui 18', 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,452 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

19 January 2013 18	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego 51' Madlung 67'	Report	Niedermeier 54' Rüdiger 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: Felix Brych

26 January 2013 19	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hannover
15:30	Abdellaoue 3' Pocognoli 34' Diouf 38' Huszti 42' Chahed 83' Hoffmann 90+3'	Summary	Madlung 46' Naldo 47' Diego 88'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Günter Perl

2 February 2013 20	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo 23' Diego 28' Fagner 47'	Summary	Werner 6' Morávek 25' Baier 29' Ostrzolek 49'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,257 Referee: Marco Fritz

9 February 2013 21	Greuther Fürth	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Fürth
15:30	Klaus 9' Sobiech 53' Peković 55'	Summary	Dost 23' Naldo 60' Fagner 64' Träsch 73'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann

15 February 2013 22	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30	Madlung 24' Vieirinha 35' Dost 45+2' Hasebe 73' Naldo 80'	Summary	Mandžukić 36' Ribéry 57' Dante 76' Robben 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

23 February 2013 23	Mainz 05	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30	Zimling 5', 72'	Summary	Naldo 15' Madlung 29' Diego 39' Kjær 42'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,175 Referee: Peter Sippel

2 March 2013 24	VfL Wolfsburg	1–4	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić 50' Fagner 82'	Summary	Draxler 33', 63' Jones 73' Farfán 79' Huntelaar 86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25	SC Freiburg	2–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30	Kruse 2', 85' Krmas 15' Flum 65'	Report	Makiadi 7' (o.g.) Vieirinha 16' Olić 19', 22', 49' Polák 57' Diego 78', 90' Benaglio 90'	Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Wolfsburg
20:30	Josué 17' Olić 51' Orozco 84'	Report	Bolly 37' Malezas 83' Tesche 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,540 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego 3', 65' Olić 27' Polák 40' Hasebe 84'	Report	Simons 61' Nilsson 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,524 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30	Schürrle 12' Reinartz 49' Boenisch 84'	Report	Kjær 65' 70' Fagner 81' Helmes 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,288 Referee: Peter Sippel

13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST	Arnold 13' 41' Medojević 43' Naldo 86'	Report	Salihović 35' (pen.) Roberto Firmino 45' Beck 63'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,221 Referee: Daniel Siebert

20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30	Werder Bremen	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
18:30 CEST	Fritz 53' Bargfrede 57' Arnautović 80'	Report	Arnold 13' Olić 27' Diego 66' Träsch 84'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Felix Brych

27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST	Arnold 34' Olić 61' Diego 75'	Report	Mlapa 52' De Jong 83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32	Hamburger SV	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
17:30 CEST	Son 20' Westermann 45' Rincón 60' Diekmeier 90'	Report	Vieirinha 31' Hasebe 65' Perišić 90+2'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 50,135 Referee: Jochen Drees

11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33	VfL Wolfsburg	3–3	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST	Perišić 14', 22' Naldo 26' Polák 63'	Report	Bender 5' Reus 44' 84', 87' Gündoğan 62'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Perl

18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Meier 36' (pen.) Zambrano 45+1' Rode 60' Russ 68' Rodríguez 90' (o.g.)	Report	Polák 8' Diego 19' 28' Hasebe 35'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round	Schönberg 95	0–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Lübeck
20:30		Report	Olić 28', 30', 67' Diego 43' Dost 66'	Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Kampka

31 October 2012 2nd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	FSV Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
20:30	Polák 17' Diego 51' Dost 61'	Summary		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

17 December 2012 3rd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
19:00	Träsch 78' Bost 90'		Fagner 31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,781

26 February 2013 Quarterfinals	Kickers Offenbach	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Offenbach am Main
20:30	Stadel 81'		Olić 49' Dost 71'	Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion Attendance: 20,000

16 April 2013 Semifinals	Bayern München	6–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:30				Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 27 November 2012^[update]

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	23	0	22	0	1	0
21	GK	GER	Patrick Drewes	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	SUI	Marwin Hitz	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF	AUT	Emanuel Pogatetz	9	0	8	0	1	0
16	DF	GRE	Sotirios Kyrgiakos	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	GER	Alexander Madlung	9	2	9	2	0	0
25	DF	BRA	Naldo	23	3	21	3	2	0
26	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Čale	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	8	0	6	0	2	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	14	0	13	0	1	0
39	DF	GER	Michael Schulze	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	DEN	Simon Kjær	15	1	14	1	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	23	0	21	0	2	0
6	MF	SRB	Slobodan Medojević	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	BRA	Josué	13	0	12	0	1	0
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	19	0	17	0	2	0
13	MF	JPN	Makoto Hasebe	14	1	13	1	1	0
14	MF	CZE	Václav Pilař	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	GER	Christian Träsch	11	0	10	0	1	0
18	MF	GER	Kevin Pannewitz	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	POL	Mateusz Klich	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF	CZE	Jan Polák	16	0	15	0	1	0
30	MF	VEN	Yohandry Orozco	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	MKD	Ferhan Hasani	3	0	3	0	0	0
38	MF	DEN	Thomas Kahlenberg	12	0	12	0	0	0
Strikers
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić	22	5	20	2	2	3
9	FW	NED	Bas Dost	23	10	21	8	2	2
No longer at club
3	DF	BRA	Felipe Lopes	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	SWE	Rasmus Jönsson	4	1	4	1	0	0
23	DF	GER	Marco Russ	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	FW	CRO	Srđan Lakić	7	0	6	0	1	0

Sources

^ "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
^ "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (in German)
2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[2] "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[3] "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

[4] "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

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