2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2015–16 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
DFL-Supercup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bas Dost (8); All: ; Bas Dost (10)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 71st season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Additionally, they won their first DFB-Pokal trophy in the club's history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final.

They opened their season by winning their first DFL-Supercup in the club's history by defeating Bayern Munich in the 2015 final on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.^[1]

Players

As of 30 August 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio (captain)
3	FW	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer
5	DF	SUI	Timm Klose
6	DF	PER	Carlos Ascues
7	MF	ITA	Daniel Caligiuri
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha
10	MF	GER	Julian Draxler
11	FW	GER	Max Kruse
12	FW	NED	Bas Dost
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch
17	MF	GER	André Schürrle
18	DF	BRA	Dante
20	GK	GER	Max Grün


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung
25	DF	BRA	Naldo
26	DF	BRA	Felipe
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche
32	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada
33	FW	GER	Sebastian Stolze
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez
35	MF	SUI	Francisco Rodríguez
37	DF	GER	Moritz Sprenger

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF	Carlos Ascues	23	Non-EU	Melgar	Transfer	Summer	2018	€1.5m	^[2]
10	MF	Julian Draxler	21	EU	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2020	€36m	^[3]
11	FW	Max Kruse	27	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	2019	€12m	^[4]
18	DF	Dante	31	Non-EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018	€4.5m	^[5]
28	GK	Koen Casteels	23	EU	Werder Bremen	Loan return	Summer
35	MF	Francisco Rodríguez	20	EU	Zürich	Transfer	Summer	2018		^[6]
38	MF	Ismail Azzaoui	17	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	LW	Ivan Perišić	26	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	€18m	^[7]
10	MF	Aaron Hunt	28	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€3m	^[8]
14	MF	Kevin De Bruyne	24	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€75m	^[9]
3	FW	Nicklas Bendtner	28	EU	Unattached	Contract terminated	Winter	N/A	^[10]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

DFL-Supercup

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Final	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1 (5–4 p)	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilavogui 35' Naldo 71' Perišić 77' Bendtner 89'	Report	Douglas Costa 21' Robben 49' Vidal 82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marco Fritz
	Penalties
	R. Rodríguez De Bruyne Schürrle Kruse Bendtner		Vidal Alonso Robben Lahm Douglas Costa

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[11]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45	9	5	3	32	17	+15	3	4	10	15	32	−17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	5	6	3	3	3	4	4	9	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perišić 13' Dost 17' De Bruyne 45+3'	Report	Reinartz 19' Zambrano 45+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,126 Referee: Christian Dingert

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	1. FC Köln	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoller 30' Lehmann 72' Vogt 78'	Report	Bendtner 83' Klose 88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 3	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dost 17' Luiz Gustavo 51' R. Rodríguez 59' (pen.) Klose 61'	Report	Riether 52' Aogo 73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	FC Ingolstadt	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morales 35' Levels 83'	Report	Guilavogui 26' Luiz Gustavo 79' Draxler 83'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,095 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler 57' Dost 76', 88' (pen.)	Report	Plattenhardt 19' Lustenberger 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Perl

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	Bayern Munich	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski 51', 52', 55', 57', 60' Vidal 82'	Report	Caligiuri 26', 42' R. Rodríguez 74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilavogui 26' Dost 40' Arnold 69'	Report	Kiyotake 57' Felipe 83' Marcelo 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Xhaka 44' Johnson 44' Nordtveit 75' Traoré 79'	Report	Schäfer 41' R. Rodríguez 68' Kruse 77'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,581 Referee: Felix Zwayer

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	4–2	TSG Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kruse 1', 62', 83' Dost 7' Caligiuri 57' Träsch 59' Luiz Gustavo 71' Vieirinha 85'	Report	Toljan 29' Schmid 54'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,148 Referee: Felix Brych

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Darmstadt 98	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rausch 59' Wagner 62'	Report	Dante 75' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Günter Perl

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bendtner 34' Draxler 77'	Report	Papadopoulos 17' Hernández 40' Wendell 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,766 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Mainz 05	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	de Blasis 31' Jairo 34' Latza 57' Mallı 75'	Report	Draxler 13' Luiz Gustavo 35' Caligiuri 76' Dante 80'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,331 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	6–0	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gálvez 11' (o.g.) Kruse 44', 87' Vieirinha 56' Guilavogui 67' Dost 78'	Report	Gálvez 26' Fritz 43'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14	FC Augsburg	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bobadilla 39' Koo 53' Caiuby 60'	Report	Naldo 44' Dante 65' 85' Caligiuri 83'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 27,081 Referee: Christian Dingert

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arnold 46' Vieirinha 54' Träsch 81' R. Rodríguez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Reus 32', 44' Piszczek 90' Kagawa 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 71' Arnold 78'	Report	Lasogga 16' N. Müller 21' Jung 58' Ostrzolek 74' Gregoritsch 82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Didavi 22', 47' Kostić 31' Šunjić 56' 70' Niedermeier 76'	Report	Arnold 14' Schürrle 68'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,343 Referee: Felix Brych

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huszti 56' Meier 66', 73', 90+3' Hasebe 85'	Report	Dante 25' Schürrle 79'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 19	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 67' Luiz Gustavo 77' Jung 82' Bendtner 89'	Report	Lehmann 45' Modeste 75'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,156 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huntelaar 24', 26' Geis 35', 49' Schöpf 87'	Report	Kruse 30' Bendtner 58' Knoche 62'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,483 Referee: Tobias Welz

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	FC Ingolstadt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 29' Knoche 39'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,884 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	Hertha BSC	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darida 10' Skjelbred 42' Kalou 60' Ibišević 89'	Report	Schäfer 53' Luiz Gustavo 90+1' R. Rodríguez 90+3'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,126 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Coman 66' Lewandowski 74' Bernat 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 24	Hannover 96	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wolf 42' Schulz 56'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 24' Schürrle 36', 59', 62' Draxler 69'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 15' Kruse 17' Schürrle 45+1' Guilavogui 70'	Report	Raffael 23' Dahoud 32' Christensen 40' Hazard 73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,224 Referee: Daniel Siebert

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	TSG Hoffenheim	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kramarić 3' Baumann 89'	Report	Casteels 56'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 25,231 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schürrle 45+1', 90+3'	Report	Wagner 82' Gondorf 89'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,422 Referee: Markus Schmidt

1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brandt 27' Hernández 73' Yurchenko 87'	Report	Dante 58' Draxler 76' Arnold 82' Schürrle 84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,239 Referee: Felix Brych

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo 27' Schürrle 53' Henrique 84' Dante 86' 90+1'	Report	Latza 3' Jairo 66' Clemens 72'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,844 Referee: Günter Perl

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	Werder Bremen	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García 26' Pizarro 32' (pen.) Bartels 64' Yatabaré 83'	Report	Schürrle 17' Vieirinha 31' Guilavogui 36' Luiz Gustavo 77' Benaglio 83' Dost 86' Arnold 88'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,557 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Finnbogason 1' Baier 54' Altıntop 57' Caiuby 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,261 Referee: Knut Kircher

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kagawa 7' Ramos 9' Weigl 44' Reus 53', 59' Aubameyang 77', 78'	Report	Schürrle 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Robert Hartmann

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Luiz Gustavo 73'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arnold 11' Schürrle 29', 90+2' Kruse 36' Dante 85'	Report	Kostić 55' Didavi 78' Schwaab 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Stuttgarter Kickers	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bahn 73' Badiane 79' Gaiser 83'	Report	Kruse 4' Dost 45' De Bruyne 47' Bendtner 86'	Stadium: GAZİ-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 9,760 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 62' Dante 77' Schürrle 90'	Report	Douglas Costa 15' Coman 19' Müller 20', 34' Alonso 53'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	PSV	MUN	CSKA
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	1–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler 40'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,126 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) 2	Manchester United	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mata 34' (pen.) Schneiderlin 39' Schweinsteiger 41' Smalling 53' Depay 61' Young 79'	Report	Caligiuri 4', 33'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,811 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 3	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo 43' Dost 46' Kruse 57' Benaglio 90'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,375 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 4	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guardado 45+2' Locadia 55' Arias 81' De Jong 85', 86'	Report	Arnold 30' Caligiuri 39' Naldo 90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) 5	CSKA Moscow	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Khimki, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musa 17' Fernandes 28' Wernbloom 62' Natcho 90+3'	Report	Akinfeev 67' (o.g.) Schürrle 88'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) 6	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Manchester United	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 13', 84', 72' Vieirinha 29' Schürrle 59'	Report	Martial 10' Darmian 17' Guilavogui 82' (o.g.) Varela 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) First leg	Gent	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kums 59', 80' Coulibaly 89'	Report	Draxler 44', 54' Luiz Gustavo 47' Vieirinha 48' Kruse 60'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,978 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Second leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Gent	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schürrle 74'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,475 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Quarter-finals

6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Real Madrid	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Rodríguez 18' (pen.) Vieirinha 19' Arnold 25', 69' Benaglio 50' Luiz Gustavo 61'	Report	Bale 69'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) Second leg	Real Madrid	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 15', 17', 77', 80'	Report	Arnold 45+2' Luiz Gustavo 76' Dante 85' Vieirinha 90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,684 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFL-Supercup		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	30	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
20	GK	GER	Max Grün	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	17	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	27	1	14+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+4	0
5	DF	SUI	Timm Klose	12	1	7+1	1	1	0	1	0	1+1	0
6	DF	PER	Carlos Ascues	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	38	0	23+6	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	0
18	DF	BRA	Dante	33	1	23	1	1	0	0	0	9	0
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung	16	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
25	DF	BRA	Naldo	40	2	29	0	2	0	1	0	8	2
26	DF	BRA	Felipe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	13	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	36	3	23+1	2	2	0	1	0	9	1
37	DF	GER	Moritz Sprenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ITA	Daniel Caligiuri	40	3	20+9	2	1+1	0	1	0	5+3	1
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	37	2	22+4	1	2	0	1	0	5+3	1
10	MF	GER	Julian Draxler	31	8	19+2	5	1	0	0	0	8+1	3
17	MF	GER	André Schürrle	41	9	21+8	6	0+1	1	0+1	0	6+4	2
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	30	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	42	2	26+4	2	2	0	1	0	8+1	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	44	3	22+9	2	1+1	0	1	0	8+2	1
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SUI	Francisco Rodríguez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	GER	Max Kruse	43	9	28+4	6	1	1	0+1	0	7+2	2
12	FW	NED	Bas Dost	31	10	14+8	8	2	1	1	0	5+1	1
16	FW	BRA	Bruno Henrique	10	0	2+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
32	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Sebastian Stolze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	BEL	Kevin De Bruyne	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
3	FW	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	19	4	4+9	2	0+1	1	0+1	1	0+4	0
9	FW	CRO	Ivan Perišić	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Super Cup	Total
1	FW	12	Bas Dost	8	1	1	0	10
2	FW	11	Max Kruse	6	1	2	0	9
2	FW	17	André Schürrle	6	1	2	0	9
3	MF	10	Julian Draxler	5	0	3	0	8
5	FW	3	Nicklas Bendtner	2	1	0	1	4
6	MF	7	Daniel Caligiuri	2	0	1	0	3
	MF	27	Maximilian Arnold	2	0	1	0	3
	DF	34	Ricardo Rodríguez	2	0	1	0	3
7	MF	8	Vieirinha	1	0	1	0	2
	MF	23	Josuha Guilavogui	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	25	Naldo	0	0	2	0	2
11	DF	4	Marcel Schäfer	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Timm Klose	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	9	Ivan Perišić	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	14	Kevin De Bruyne	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	18	Dante	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	31	Robin Knoche	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1	0	2
Total				42	5	15	1	63

References

^ "Und wieder scheitert Bayern im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Die Welt. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Dead Link". Archived from the original on July 24, 2015.
^ "Wolfsburg sign defender Dante and midfielder Julian Draxler". BBC. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ Chaffer, Alex (10 May 2015). "Wolfsburg sign Gladbach's Max Kruse". dw.de. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Dante to join Wolfsburg from Bayern Munich". ESPN FC. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ Chaffer, Alex (22 July 2015). "Wolves sign Francisco Rodriguez". dw.de. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Official: Inter sign Perisic - Football Italia".
^ "VfL Wolfsburg ǀ Detailseite". Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
^ "Man City sign de Bruyne for £55m". BBC Sport.
^ "Nicklas Bendtner released by Wolfsburg - Will 'the menace' ever learn?".
^ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.42050646218495-11] Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

[Und_wieder_scheitert_Bayern_im_Elfmeterschießen-1] "Und wieder scheitert Bayern im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Die Welt. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[2] "Dead Link". Archived from the original on July 24, 2015.

[3] "Wolfsburg sign defender Dante and midfielder Julian Draxler". BBC. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

[4] Chaffer, Alex (10 May 2015). "Wolfsburg sign Gladbach's Max Kruse". dw.de. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[5] "Dante to join Wolfsburg from Bayern Munich". ESPN FC. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

[6] Chaffer, Alex (22 July 2015). "Wolves sign Francisco Rodriguez". dw.de. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[7] "Official: Inter sign Perisic - Football Italia".

[8] "VfL Wolfsburg ǀ Detailseite". Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

[9] "Man City sign de Bruyne for £55m". BBC Sport.

[10] "Nicklas Bendtner released by Wolfsburg - Will 'the menace' ever learn?".

[12] "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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