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.
| 2012–13 season | ||||
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| 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) | |||
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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 edit
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Matches edit
Legend edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches edit
| 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 |
| 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' |
| 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 edit
| 25 August 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 edit
| 18 August 2012 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 |
Squad edit
Squad, appearances and goals edit
As of 27 November 2012[update]
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | GK |  SUI
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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
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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
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Felipe Lopes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW |  SWE
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Rasmus Jönsson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER
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Marco Russ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF |  IRN
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Ashkan Dejagah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CRO
|
Srđan Lakić | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sources edit
- ^ "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 edit
- 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)