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
ManagerEric Gerets
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerThomas Brdarić (12)

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
1Borussia Dortmund1–2VfL Wolfsburg
Ewerthon  32' Brdarić  43, 64'
2VfL Wolfsburg0–1SC Freiburg
Dorn  85'
3Werder Bremen1–2VfL Wolfsburg
Klose  70' Brdarić  46'
Thiam  53'
4VfL Wolfsburg3–0Schalke 04
Hristov  30', 40'
Klimowicz  90'
5Hansa Rostock1–2VfL Wolfsburg
Madsen  33' Klimowicz  17'
Thiam  78'
6VfL Wolfsburg2–11. FC Kaiserslautern
Petrov  13'
Klimowicz  90'		 Jancker  82'
7VfL Wolfsburg2–1Borussia Mönchengladbach
D'Alessandro  13'
Schnoor  42'		 Neuville  16'
8Hannover 963–0VfL Wolfsburg
Schroter  7', 64'
Stendel  90'
9VfL Wolfsburg3–0VfL Bochum
Thiam  27'
Klimowicz  40'
D'Alessandro  42'
10Bayern Munich2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Pizarro  24', 45'
11VfL Wolfsburg4–3Mainz 05
Petrov  45', 45+', 57' (pen.), 75' Abel  15'
Casey  17'
Babatz  75'
121. FC Nürnberg4–0VfL Wolfsburg
Mintál  2', 28', 49'
Schroth  45'
13VfL Wolfsburg3–0VfB Stuttgart
Brdarić  42'
Petrov  69', 76'
14Hamburger SV3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Van Buyten  40'
Barbarez  45'
Romeo  90'		 Brdarić  1'
15VfL Wolfsburg2–3Hertha BSC
Thiam  50'
Brdarić  68'		 Marcelinho  16', 47', 74'
16Bayer Leverkusen2–1VfL Wolfsburg
Voronin  46'
França  89'		 Klimowicz  4'
17VfL Wolfsburg5–0Arminia Bielefeld
Rytter  14'
Klimowicz  26'
Brdarić  37', 40'
Petrov  67' (pen.)
18VfL Wolfsburg1–2Borussia Dortmund
Quiroga  82' Smolarek  56'
Koller  60'
19SC Freiburg1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Bajramović  57'
20VfL Wolfsburg2–3Werder Bremen
Brdarić  26'
Thiam  50'		 Klose  51'
Magnin  59'
Valdez  87'
21Schalke 043–0VfL Wolfsburg
Asamoah  13'
Sand  35'
Hanke  85'
22VfL Wolfsburg4–0Hansa Rostock
D'Alessandro  4'
Klimowicz  7'
Thiam  63'
Marić  83'
231. FC Kaiserslautern0–0VfL Wolfsburg
24Borussia Mönchengladbach1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Svěrkoš  87'
25VfL Wolfsburg1–0Hannover 96
Menseguez  6'
26VfL Bochum5–1VfL Wolfsburg
Edu  15', 38'
Wosz  24'
Lokvenc  40'
Madsen  57'		 Petrov  73'
27VfL Wolfsburg0–3Bayern Munich
Schweinsteiger  29'
Hofland  42' (o.g.)
Frings  55'
28Mainz 050–2VfL Wolfsburg
Brdarić  64'
Schnoor  78'
29VfL Wolfsburg0–11. FC Nürnberg
Kießling  63'
30VfB Stuttgart0–0VfL Wolfsburg
31VfL Wolfsburg1–0Hamburger SV
Petrov  41'
32Hertha BSC3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Friedrich  63'
Marcelinho  81'
Madlung  88'		 Petrov  17'
33VfL Wolfsburg2–2Bayer Leverkusen
Karhan  24'
Brdarić  30'		 França  61'
Bierofka  86'
34Arminia Bielefeld1–2VfL Wolfsburg
Vata  35' Petrov  41' (pen.)
Brdarić  56'

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