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
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

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

DFB-Pokal

Third round
13 October 1999 Chemnitzer FC2–3VfL WolfsburgChemnitz
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
1 December 1999 VfL Bochum5 – 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

First round
14 September 1999 Wolfsburg 2–0 DebrecenVfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Akonnor  61'
Juskowiak  87'		 Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

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

Wolfsburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round
23 November 1999 Wolfsburg 2–3 Atlético MadridVfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Juskowiak  21'
Akonnor  83' (pen.)		 Report Aguilera  6', 58'
Hasselbaink  37'		 Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
9 December 1999 Atlético Madrid 2–1 WolfsburgVicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Hasselbaink  4'
Correa  86'		 Report Akonnor  56' (pen.) Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

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References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/1999-2000/bundes/wolfsburg.htm

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