2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The club got into the spotlight signing Bayern Munich star Stefan Effenberg, who finished his career with a season in the Volkswagen-owned club. Elsewhere, Martin Petrov and Tomislav Marić had successful seasons, being pivotal in the European qualification.

VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerTomislav Marić (12)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Claus Reitmaier
2 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam
3 DF  GER Frank Greiner
4 DF  DEN Kim Madsen
5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF  GHA Charles Akonnor
7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu
9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg
11 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić
12 GK  BIH Sead Ramović
13 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov
14 FW  DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby)
15 MF  GER Tobias Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  DEN Thomas Rytter
20 DF  ARG Pablo Quatrocchi
21 FW  BUL Martin Petrov
22 FW  GER Roy Präger
23 MF  GER Sven Müller
26 MF  BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27 MF  CZE Miroslav Karhan
30 GK  DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31 MF  GHA Hans Sarpei
32 FW  POL Michał Janicki
33 DF  GER Maik Franz
35 MF  POL Bartosz Romanczuk
36 MF  GER Michael Habryka
37 DF  GER Stefan Lorenz
40 GK  GER Patrick Platins

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
2 MF  DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg (released)
16 DF  AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
— DF  SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
— FW  AUS Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results

Bundesliga
1Schalke 041–0VfL Wolfsburg
Vermant  88'
2VfL Wolfsburg1–0Mönchengladbach
Petrov  67'
3Arminia Bielefeld1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Brinkmann  44'
4VfL Wolfsburg2–1Hamburg
Effenberg  51' (pen.)
Sarpei  83'		 Antar  73'
51860 München2–2VfL Wolfsburg
Wiesinger  48'
Schroth  64'		 Ponte  77'
Klimowicz  87'
6VfL Wolfsburg0–21. FC Nürnberg
Sanneh  67'
Petković  69'
7Energie Cottbus0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Marić  55'
8VfL Wolfsburg2–0Bayer Leverkusen
Marić  6'
Effenberg  64'
9VfL Bochum4–2VfL Wolfsburg
Christiansen  4'
Fahrenhorst  56'
Freier  57'
Hashemian  82'		 Klimowicz  6'
Ponte  37'
10VfL Wolfsburg1–0Hansa Rostock
Klimowicz  29'
11Hannover 963–1VfL Wolfsburg
Stendel  23'
Bobič  28'
Konstantinidis  82'		 Munteanu  76'
12VfL Wolfsburg3–1Werder Bremen
Petrov  28'
Ponte  67'
Effenberg  84'		 Micoud  70'
13Bayern Munich1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Santa Cruz  27'
14VfL Wolfsburg2–0Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz  19, 55'
151. FC Kaiserslautern2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Lokvenc  15'
Lincoln  66'
16Hertha Berlin2–2VfL Wolfsburg
Šimunić  25'
Goor  47'		 Ponte  62'
Madsen  90'
17VfL Wolfsburg1–2VfB Stuttgart
Marić  76' (pen.) T. Schneider  35'
Meira  55'
18VfL Wolfsburg1–2Schalke 04
Marić  71' Kmetsch  47'
Varela  51'
19VfL Wolfsburg2–0Arminia Bielefeld
Schnoor  25'
Marić  51'
20Hamburg2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Cardoso  38'
Benjamin  90'
21Mönchengladbach2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Schnoor  33' (o.g.)
Aidoo  71'
22VfL Wolfsburg1–11860 München
Klimowicz  70' Lauth  51'
231. FC Nürnberg1–1VfL Wolfsburg
Müller  25' (pen.) Marić  90'
24VfL Wolfsburg3–2Energie Cottbus
Marić  9'
Präger  29'
Ponte  62'		 Rink  7'
Reghecampf  16' (pen.)
25Bayer Leverkusen1–1VfL Wolfsburg
Ramelow  68' Marić  81'
26VfL Wolfsburg2–0VfL Bochum
Marić  21'
Präger  31'
27Hansa Rostock1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Hill  3'
28VfL Wolfsburg1–0Hannover 96
Klimowicz  56'
29Werder Bremen0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Biliškov  85'
30VfL Wolfsburg0–2Bayern Munich
Élber  60'
Pizarro  83'
31Borussia Dortmund2–2VfL Wolfsburg
Ricken  16'
Rosický  67'		 Thiam  59, 62'
32VfL Wolfsburg2–21. FC Kaiserslautern
Marić  20, 57' Sforza  5'
Mifsud  70'
33VfL Wolfsburg2–0Hertha Berlin
Marić  5' (pen.)
Munteanu  58'
34VfB Stuttgart2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi  12'
Balakov  24' (pen.)
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References
  1. "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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