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2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season

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

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

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 edit

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches edit

Bundesliga edit

League fixtures and results edit

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

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 edit

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   4',   15'
Klose   13'
Diego   69'
Schäfer   90+2' 		Peitz   49'
Alibaz   53',   90' 		[18]
R2 24 September – 19:00 A VfR Aalen 2–0 6,718 Diego   45+2'
Koo   72'
Klose   83' 		Junglas   86' [19]

Squad edit

Squad, appearances and goals edit

Notes edit

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

Sources edit

  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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