2004–05 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg dropped off the pace for the second season running. A successful start to the season saw Wolfsburg running first in the league, looking like strong contenders, but as the season processed, the form dropped, and at the end of the season the team had lost one more match than they had won, surprisingly dropping off the top half of the table. Manager Eric Gerets left after one season in charge, and was replaced by former Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Holger Fach.

VfL Wolfsburg

2004–05 season
Manager	Eric Gerets
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Thomas Brdarić (12)
Home colours Away colours

Players

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 Simon Jentzsch 2 DF  DEN Thomas Rytter 3 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov 5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 6 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser 8 MF  BUL Marian Hristov 9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 10 MF  ARG Andrés D'Alessandro 11 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić 13 FW  GER Thomas Brdarić 14 FW  BIH Marko Topić 18 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga 20 MF  BIH Mirko Hrgović

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  BUL Martin Petrov 26 MF  GER Karsten Fischer 27 MF  SVK Miroslav Karhan 29 DF  NED Kevin Hofland 30 GK  GER André Lenz 31 DF  GHA Hans Sarpei 33 DF  GER Maik Franz 34 FW  GER Roy Präger 36 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez 38 DF  GER Stefan Lorenz 39 FW  GER Christian Ritter 40 GK  GER Patrick Platins 41 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi

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 16 MF  ARG Oscar Ahumada (on loan from River Plate)

VfL Wolfsburg II

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  POL Bartosz Romańczuk

Results

Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

1	Borussia Dortmund	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ewerthon  32'		Brdarić  43, 64'

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

2	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	SC Freiburg
			Dorn  85'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

3	Werder Bremen	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Klose  70'		Brdarić  46' Thiam  53'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

4	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Schalke 04
	Hristov  30', 40' Klimowicz  90'

Hansa Rostock v VfL Wolfsburg

5	Hansa Rostock	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Madsen  33'		Klimowicz  17' Thiam  78'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Petrov  13' Klimowicz  90'		Jancker  82'

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

7	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	D'Alessandro  13' Schnoor  42'		Neuville  16'

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

8	Hannover 96	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Schroter  7', 64' Stendel  90'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

9	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	VfL Bochum
	Thiam  27' Klimowicz  40' D'Alessandro  42'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

10	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Pizarro  24', 45'

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

11	VfL Wolfsburg	4–3	Mainz 05
	Petrov  45', 45+', 57' (pen.), 75'		Abel  15' Casey  17' Babatz  75'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

12	1. FC Nürnberg	4–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Mintál  2', 28', 49' Schroth  45'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

13	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	VfB Stuttgart
	Brdarić  42' Petrov  69', 76'

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

14	Hamburger SV	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Van Buyten  40' Barbarez  45' Romeo  90'		Brdarić  1'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

15	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Hertha BSC
	Thiam  50' Brdarić  68'		Marcelinho  16', 47', 74'

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

16	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Voronin  46' França  89'		Klimowicz  4'

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

17	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	Arminia Bielefeld
	Rytter  14' Klimowicz  26' Brdarić  37', 40' Petrov  67' (pen.)

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

18	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
	Quiroga  82'		Smolarek  56' Koller  60'

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

19	SC Freiburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Bajramović  57'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

20	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Werder Bremen
	Brdarić  26' Thiam  50'		Klose  51' Magnin  59' Valdez  87'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

21	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Asamoah  13' Sand  35' Hanke  85'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

22	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Hansa Rostock
	D'Alessandro  4' Klimowicz  7' Thiam  63' Marić  83'

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

23

1. FC Kaiserslautern

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Svěrkoš  87'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

25	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hannover 96
	Menseguez  6'

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

26	VfL Bochum	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Edu  15', 38' Wosz  24' Lokvenc  40' Madsen  57'		Petrov  73'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Bayern Munich
			Schweinsteiger  29' Hofland  42' (o.g.) Frings  55'

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

28	Mainz 05	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Brdarić  64' Schnoor  78'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

29	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg
			Kießling  63'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

30

VfB Stuttgart

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

31	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV
	Petrov  41'

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

32	Hertha BSC	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Friedrich  63' Marcelinho  81' Madlung  88'		Petrov  17'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

33	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen
	Karhan  24' Brdarić  30'		França  61' Bierofka  86'

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

34	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Vata  35'		Petrov  41' (pen.) Brdarić  56'

Top Scorers

• Thomas Brdarić – 12
• Martin Petrov – 12
• Diego Klimowicz – 7
• Pablo Thiam – 6
• Andrés D'Alessandro – 3

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2004-2005/bundes/wolfsburg.htm