1999–2000 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg finished one place lower than the last season, but still qualified for European competition via the Intertoto Cup.

VfL Wolfsburg
1999–2000 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerJonathan Akpoborie (12)

First team squad

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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   GER Claus Reitmaier
2 DF   GER Frank Greiner
3 MF   GER Matthias Stammann
4 MF   GER Nico Däbritz
5 MF   SCO Brian O'Neil
6 DF   DEN Claus Thomsen
7 MF   GER Patrick Weiser
8 DF   GER Holger Ballwanz
9 FW   POL Andrzej Juskowiak
10 MF   POL Krzysztof Nowak
12 DF   POL Waldemar Kryger
13 DF   CRO Marino Biliškov
14 MF   ROU Dorinel Munteanu
15 DF   GER Peter Kleeschätzky
16 FW   KGZ Vitus Nagorny
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   GER Jürgen Rische
18 MF   GER Detlev Dammeier
19 FW   NGA Jonathan Akpoborie
20 FW   GER Markus Feldhoff
21 MF   GER Christian Wück
22 GK   GER Holger Hiemann
24 MF   GHA Charles Akonnor
25 FW   COD Jean-Kasongo Banza
26 DF   GER Zoltán Sebescen
27 DF   GER Nils-Frederick Müller
28 DF   GER Thomas Hengen
29 MF   GER Gerald Schröder
30 GK   GER Guido Koltermann
33 DF   GER Marcel Maltritz

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   GER Steffen Baumgart (to Hansa Rostock)
17 MF   GER André Breitenreiter (to Unterhaching)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF   GER Christian Brand (to Hansa Rostock)

Results

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DFB-Pokal

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Third round

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13 October 1999 Chemnitzer FC 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Chemnitz
Mehlhorn   24' (pen.)
Skela   86'
Report
(in German)
Nowak   38'
Laudeley   45' (o.g.)
Juskowiak   57'
Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Round of 16

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1 December 1999 VfL Bochum 5 – 4VfL WolfsburgBochum
Weber   41', 43'
Peschel   47' (pen.)
Baştürk   58', 90'
Report
(in German)
Feldhoff   28'
Thomsen   40'
Akonnor   55', 84' (pen.)
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup

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First round

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14 September 1999 Wolfsburg   2–0   Debrecen VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Akonnor   61'
Juskowiak   87'
Report Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Second round

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21 October 1999 Roda JC   0–0   Wolfsburg Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Report Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
2 November 1999 Wolfsburg   1–0   Roda JC VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Akonnor   87' Report Attendance: 7,677
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Wolfsburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

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23 November 1999 Wolfsburg   2–3   Atlético Madrid VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Juskowiak   21'
Akonnor   83' (pen.)
Report Aguilera   6', 58'
Hasselbaink   37'
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 1999/00".

Notes

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