2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2009–10 season
Manager	Armin Veh ; Lorenz-Günther Köstner
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Edin Džeko (22); All: ; Edin Džeko (29)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

VfL Wolfsburg did not manage to qualify for international football, in spite of keeping the squad that won the Bundesliga in 2009. Coach Armin Veh was sacked, following a failure to reach the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, and being distanced in Bundesliga. Under interim coach Lorenz-Günther Köstner Wolfsburg managed to finish inside the top half and reach the quarter-final in the UEFA Europa League. The most influential player was Edin Džeko, who unlike the team, continued to perform at the top level, topping the Bundesliga's top scoring-chart.

Squad edit

Goalkeepers edit

Defenders edit

Midfielders edit

Attackers edit

Competitions edit

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	10	9	51	41	+10	55	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
7	Hamburger SV	34	13	13	8	56	41	+15	52
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	14	8	12	64	58	+6	50
9	Mainz 05	34	12	11	11	36	42	−6	47
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	12	10	12	47	54	−7	46

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

Matches edit

1	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart
	Misimović 71' Grafite 82'

2	1. FC Köln	1 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ehret 49'		Džeko 73' Womé 74' (o.g.) Martins 86'

3	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Hamburger SV
	Misimović 52' Martins 56'		Guerrero 3' Elia 7' Petrić 75' Castelen 90'

4	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Gómez 26' Robben 68', 80'

5	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen
	Misimović 76' Grafite 80' (pen.)		Rolfes 38', 51' (pen.) Kießling 58'

6	Schalke 04	1 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Höwedes 80'		Džeko 55', 81'

7	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 2	Hannover 96
	Misimović 8' Gentner 45' Hasebe 48' Džeko 62'		Balitsch 28' Madlung 50' (o.g.)

8	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hashemian 53'		Martins 75'

9	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Madlung 45' Gentner 90'		Bradley 90'

10

Hertha BSC

0 – 0

VfL Wolfsburg

11	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 3	Mainz 05
	Martins 7', 20' Misimović 64'		Amri 35' Ivanschitz 41' Hoogland 85'

12	1899 Hoffenheim	1 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ibišević 23'		Misimović 52' Grafite 57'

13	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg
	Dejagah 59' Grafite 79' (pen.)		Bunjaku 56', 64' Kluge 90'

14	Werder Bremen	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Almeida 62' Mertesacker 90'		Džeko 42', 85'

15	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 2	SC Freiburg
	Bastians 27' (o.g.) Johnson 81'		Idrissou 19' Banović 51' (pen.)

16	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
	Grafite 55'		Barrios 8', 10' Owomoyela 36'

17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Franz 26' Meier 79'		Džeko 37' Josué 69'

18	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hilbert 28' Pogrebnyak 58' Gebhart 87'		Džeko 65'

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 3	1. FC Köln
	Gentner 22' Costa 59'		Pezzoni 7' Freis 57' Chihi 74'

20	Hamburger SV	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Trochowski 90'		Džeko 34'

21	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Bayern Munich
	Grafite 90'		Robben 2' Van Buyten 26' Ribéry 57'

22	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Reinartz 48' Derdiyok 68'		Džeko 79'

23	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Schalke 04
	Grafite 71', 77'		Kurányi 30'

24	Hannover 96	0 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Misimović 78'

25	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 1	VfL Bochum
	Džeko 60', 79' (pen.) Martins 75' Santana 90'		Freier 28'

26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 4	VfL Wolfsburg
			Misimović 41' Džeko 49' (pen.), 80' Gentner 58'

27	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 5	Hertha BSC
	Grafite 36'		Gekas 6', 26', 83' Ramos 8', 84'

28	Mainz 05	0 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Džeko 83', 90'

29	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 0	1899 Hoffenheim
	Džeko 25', 75' Barzagli 51' Misimović 74'

30	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Džeko 66' Grafite 78'

31	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Werder Bremen
	Džeko 18' Grafite 40'		Frings 38' (pen.), 62' Pizarro 49' Almeida 75'

32	SC Freiburg	1 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Makiadi 38'

33	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Stiepermann 81'		Džeko 69'

34	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Misimović 21' Riether 31' Džeko 34'		Halil Altıntop 86'

Top scorers edit

Top assists edit

Zvjezdan Misimović (15)
Edin Džeko (10)

DFB-Pokal edit

31 July 2009 Round 1	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Wiesbaden
20:30 UTC+2	Bohl 62'		Grafite 25' Misimović 41', 56' Džeko 51'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 7,433 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

23 September 2009 Round 2	1. FC Köln	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
20:30 UTC+2	Ishiaku 22', 32' Freis 65'		Džeko 54' Riether 66'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Champions League edit

Group stage edit

Group B
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
CSKA Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
VfL Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5	4

15 September 2009 1	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite 36', 41' (pen.), 87'	Report	Rahimić 34' Dzagoev 76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,017 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

30 September 2009 2	Manchester United	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Manchester, England
20:45	Vidić 39' Giggs 59' Carrick 78'	Report	Džeko 56' Costa 61'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,037 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

21 October 2009 3	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 0	Beşiktaş	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite 74'	Report	Üzülmez 17'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

3 November 2009 4	Beşiktaş	0 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Kaş 36' Tello 49' İnceman 59' Sivok 90'	Report	Misimović 14', 43' Gentner 80' Džeko 87'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 18,116 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

25 November 2009 5	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Necid 58' Krasić 66'	Report	Džeko 19' Madlung 87'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,478 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

8 December 2009 6	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Manchester United	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Džeko 56'	Report	Owen 44', 83', 90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,490 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League edit

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit

18 February 2010 First leg	Villarreal	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Villarreal, Spain
19:00	Senna 43' Ruben 85'	Report	Grafite 65', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

25 February 2010 Second leg	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 1	Villarreal	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:05	Džeko 10' Ángel 15' (o.g.) Gentner 42' Grafite 64'	Report	Capdevila 30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Round of 16 edit

Quarter-finals edit

Kits edit

Home

Away

Away Special

Third

Third Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	White	White	White
Away	Green	Green	Green
Away Special^[1]	Blue	Blue	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 32, April 25 against SC Freiburg
Third	Yellow	Black	Black
Third Alt.	Yellow	Black	White	Bundesliga, Match 17, December 19 against Eintracht Frankfurt

References edit

^ ""Think Blue.": VfL in Freiburg und Dortmund mit blauem Trikot". April 22, 2010.

Sources edit

Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results

[table_note_res_EL30.29839836307727-1] Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

[2] ""Think Blue.": VfL in Freiburg und Dortmund mit blauem Trikot". April 22, 2010.

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