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2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2013–14 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivica Olić (14)
All: Ivica Olić (15)

The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg.

In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.

Review and events

Transfers

In

Date Position Player Club Fee Ref
1 July 2013 DM Belgium Kevin de Bruyne England Chelsea €20,000,000
DM Brazil Luiz Gustavo Germany Bayern Munich €16,000,000
DF Switzerland Timm Klose Switzerland FC Basel €6,000,000
MF Germany Daniel Caligiuri Germany SC Freiburg €4,000,000
28 July 2013 MF Belgium Junior Malanda Belgium Zulte Waregem €1,500,000
31 August 2013 DF Germany Stefan Kutschke Germany RB Leipzig Free

Out

Date Position Name Club Fee
1 July 2013 ST Ivory Coast Giovanni Sio Switzerland FC Basel €2,400,000
GK Switzerland Marwin Hitz Germany FC Augsburg €1,000,000
DF Denmark Simon Kjær France Lille OSC €4,000,000
MF Venezuela Yohandry Orozco Venezuela Deportivo Táchira Free
25 July 2013 ST Germany Patrick Helmes Germany 1. FC Köln Free
28 July 2013 ST Sweden Rasmus Jönsson Denmark AaB Fodbold Loan
28 July 2013 DF Brazil Fagner Brazil Vasco da Gama Loan
13 August 2013 MF Germany Tolga Ciğerci Germany Hertha BSC Free
1 September 2013 MF Japan Makoto Hasebe Germany 1. FC Nürnberg €2,000,000
2 September 2013 FW North Macedonia Ferhan Hasani Germany Dynamo Dresden Free
13 January 2014 DF Brazil Diego Spain Atlético Madrid €5,000,000
18 January 2014 MF South Korea Koo Ja-cheol Germany Mainz 05 Loan

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Res.
F–A 		Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent Pos. Pts.
1 10 August – 15:30 A Hannover 96 0-2 44,800 Klose Yellow card 13' Red card 52'
Arnold Red card 32' 		Andreasen 17'
Bittencourt Yellow card 34'
Huszti Yellow card 37', 84'
Prib Yellow card 45'
Sané Yellow card 54' 		16 0 [1]
2 17 August – 15:30 H Schalke 04 4–0 28,405 Knoche 55'
Vieirinha 61'
Naldo 67'
Kutschke 90+1' 		Huntelaar Yellow card 37'
Jones Yellow card 49' 		8 3 [2]
3 24 August – 15:30 A Mainz 05 0–2 27,103 Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 29' Red card 64'
Diego Yellow card 72' 		Müller Yellow card 47', 78'
Geis Yellow card 51'
Choupo-Moting 61'
Moritz Yellow card 84' 		9 3 [3]
4 31 August – 15:30 H Hertha BSC 2–0 28,625 Naldo Yellow card 23'
Olić 42'
Diego 45+2' (pen.) 		Langkamp Yellow card 59'
Wagner Yellow card 64' 		8 6 [4]
5 14 September – 15:30 A Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 27,149 Olić 39'
Naldo Yellow card 61'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 80' Red card 85'
Vieirinha Yellow card 87' 		Sam 24', Yellow card 84'
Wollscheid Yellow card 58'
Kießling 65', 90+2' 		12 6 [5]
6 21 September – 15:30 H 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 29,837 Olić 44', 48'
Polák Yellow card 77' 		Rudy Yellow card 8'
Modeste 15'
Roberto Firmino Yellow card 61'
Vestergaard Yellow card 85'
Herdling Yellow card 87' 		6 9 [6]
7 28 September – 15:30 A Bayern Munich 0–1 71,000 Diego Yellow card 27' Schweinsteiger Yellow card 26'
Müller 63'
Mandžukić Yellow card 72' 		11 9 [7]
8 5 October – 15:30 H Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 30,000 Olić Yellow card 60'
Diego Yellow card 75' 		Bellarabi 31'
Ademi Yellow card 54'
Theuerkauf Yellow card 71'
Boland Yellow card 84'
Kumbela 86' 		14 9 [8]
9 20 October – 17:30 A FC Augsburg 2–1 27,554 Arnold 35', Yellow card 52'
Diego Yellow card 40'
Luiz Gustavo 42' 		Werner 10'
Ostrzolek Yellow card 41'
Verhaegh Yellow card 57' 		9 12 [9]
10 26 October – 18:30 H Werder Bremen 3–0 29,488 Arnold 7'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 19'
Olić 72'
Perišić 89' 		Kroos Yellow card 38'
Ignjovski Yellow card 90' 		6 15 [10]
11 2 November – 18:30 A Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 44,300 Anderson 2' (o.g.)
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 34'
Arnold 82'
Schäfer Yellow card 90' 		Meier 35'
Oczipka Yellow card 37'
Celozzi Yellow card 87'
Zambrano Yellow card 90' 		5 18 [11]
12 9 November – 15:30 H Borussia Dortmund 2-1 30,000 Caligiuri Yellow card 9'
Ochs Yellow card 45'
Rodríguez 56'
Olić 69' 		Bender Yellow card 12'
Hummels Yellow card 24'
Reus 45+2', Yellow card 84'
Mkhitaryan Yellow card 81' 		5 21 [12]
13 23 November – 15:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 35,678 Diego Yellow card 31'
Arnold 39' 		Frantz Yellow card 29'
Ginczek 72' 		5 22 [13]
14 29 November – 20:30 H Hamburger SV 1–1 28,648 Rodríguez 31' (pen.)
Ochs Yellow card 36'
Arnold Yellow card 38'
Naldo Yellow card 58'
Knoche Yellow card 74' 		Çalhanoğlu 19'
Arslan Yellow card 53' 		6 23 [14]
15 8 December – 15:30 A SC Freiburg 3–0 22,800 Arnold 8'
Olić 11'
Ochs Yellow card 35'
Schäfer 90+1' 		— 5 26 [15]
16 14 December – 18:30 H VfB Stuttgart 3–1 25,501 Medojević Yellow card 31'
Rodríguez 38'
Diego 53', Yellow card 55'
Perišić 78' 		Rausch Yellow card 20'
Harnik Yellow card 53'
Werner 57' 		5 29 [16]
17 22 December – 15:30 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 53,301 Ochs Yellow card 49'
Diego 53', Yellow card 56'
Caligiuri Yellow card 78'
Dost 85' 		Raffael 59'
Arango 64'
Wendt Yellow card 72' 		5 30 [17]
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League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Schalke 04 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 4 11 60 41 +19 61 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 18 6 10 63 50 +13 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 59 43 +16 55 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
7 Mainz 05 34 16 5 13 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

DFB-Pokal

MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Result2 Attendance Goalscorers and carded players Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent
R1 3 August – 20:30 A Karlsruher SC 3-1 15,710 Perišić Yellow card 4', 15'
Klose Yellow card 13'
Diego 69'
Schäfer 90+2' 		Peitz Yellow card 49'
Alibaz Yellow card 53', 90' 		[18]
R2 24 September – 19:00 H VfR Aalen 2–0 6,718 Diego 45+2'
Koo Yellow card 72'
Klose 83' 		Junglas Yellow card 86' [19]
Round of 16 3 December - 19:00 H FC Ingolstadt 2–1 7,846 Naldo 66'
Olić 89' 		Caiuby 17'
Quarter-finals 12 February - 19:00 A TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 13,840 Rodríguez 26' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
Dost 64' 		Firmino 39', 64'
Semi-finals 12 April - 19:00 A Borussia Dortmund 0–2 80,400 Gustavo Yellow card 7' Mkhitaryan 13'
Lewandowski 43' Kehl Yellow card 76'
AubameyangYellow card 90+6'

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio 33 0 29 0 4 0
2 DF Germany GER Patrick Ochs 19 0 17 0 2 0
4 DF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer 25 0 21 0 4 0
5 DF Switzerland SUI Timm Klose 12 1 10 0 2 1
6 MF Serbia SRB Slobodan Medojević 22 0 20 0 2 0
7 MF Germany GER Daniel Caligiuri 27 1 24 0 3 1
8 FW Portugal POR Vieirinha 14 1 11 1 3 0
9 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Perišić 38 11 33 10 5 1
11 FW Croatia CRO Ivica Olić 39 15 34 14 5 1
12 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost 15 5 13 4 2 1
14 MF Belgium BEL Kevin De Bruyne 18 3 16 3 2 0
15 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 26 0 22 0 4 0
19 MF Belgium BEL Junior Malanda 8 2 7 2 1 0
20 GK Germany GER Max Grün 7 0 6 0 1 0
21 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Gustavo 33 4 29 4 4 0
25 DF Brazil BRA Naldo 38 4 33 3 5 1
26 DF Brazil BRA Felipe Lopes 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 30 7 27 7 3 0
29 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Polák 21 0 18 0 3 0
30 MF Germany GER Stefan Kutschke 9 0 8 0 1 0
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 35 3 32 3 3 0
32 MF Germany GER Willi Evseev 4 0 3 0 1 0
34 DF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 38 7 34 5 4 2
39 DF Germany GER Paul Seguin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season
13 MF Japan JPN Makoto Hasebe 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 MF South Korea KOR Koo Ja-cheol 12 0 10 0 2 0
28 MF Brazil BRA Diego 16 4 13 2 3 2

Notes

  • 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.

Sources

  1. ^ "Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis" (in German). kicker. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Olic hält sein Versprechen" (in German). kicker. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus" (in German). kicker. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung" (in German). kicker. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig" (in German). kicker. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab" (in German). kicker. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf" (in German). kicker. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB" (in German). kicker. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite" (in German). kicker. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball" (in German). kicker. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter" (in German). kicker. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier" (in German). kicker. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie" (in German). kicker. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf" (in German). kicker. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  19. ^ "Diego bringt die "Wölfe" in die Erfolgsspur" (in German). kicker. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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