2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg's Volkswagen-funded attack on the established Bundesliga top teams nearly ended in tears, with the side only staying up due to a draw in a directly decisive fixture at home to Kaiserslautern. Cédric Makiadi and Diego Klimowicz turned a 0-1 deficit around within just minutes during the second half, before an equaliser from Marcel Ziemer five minutes from time made for a nervy conclusion. But with no further goals scored, Wolfsburg just stayed up following a nightmare season.

VfL Wolfsburg
2005–06 season
ManagerHolger Fach (until 19 December)
Klaus Augenthaler (from 28 December)
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerDiego Klimowicz (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
3 DF  BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF  GER Matthias Langkamp
5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam
8 MF  BUL Marian Hristov
9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz
11 FW  GER Mike Hanke
14 MF  NED Tommie van der Leegte
15 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi
16 FW  BRA Abuda
17 MF  GEO Levan Tskitishvili
18 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  POR Alex
20 FW  NED Rick Hoogendorp
21 FW  FRA Steve Marlet
22 DF  SCG Bojan Neziri (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk)
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
32 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht
33 DF  GER Maik Franz
36 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez
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
7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser (to Köln)
10 MF  ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan to Portsmouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  BIH Mirko Hrgović (to Hajduk Split)

Results

Bundesliga
1VfL Wolfsburg2–2Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz  9'
Hofland  82'		 Smolarek  55'
Koller  81'
2Mönchengladbach1–1VfL Wolfsburg
Bøgelund  90' Hanke  41'
3VfL Wolfsburg2–1Bayer Leverkusen
D'Alessandro  39'
Thiam  54'		 Berbatov  22'
4Hertha Berlin3–0VfL Wolfsburg
Friedrich  69'
Pantelić  75'
Gilberto  90'
5VfL Wolfsburg1–11. FC Nürnberg
Klimowicz  15' Schroth  88'
6Hannover 962–4VfL Wolfsburg
Brdarić  30, 89' Hanke  10, 14'
Klimowicz  27'
D'Alessandro  33'
7VfL Wolfsburg1–0Eintracht Frankfurt
Klimowicz  35'
8Bayern Munich2–0VfL Wolfsburg
Santa Cruz  67'
Lúcio  90'
9Hamburg0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Klimowicz  19'
10VfL Wolfsburg0–0Schalke 04
11Duisburg1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Bugera  57'
12VfL Wolfsburg1–11. FC Köln
Klimowicz  41' Epstein  88'
13Werder Bremen6–1VfL Wolfsburg
Baumann  6'
Borowski  43, 52'
Klose  60, 85'
Naldo  72'		 Klimowicz  57'
14VfL Wolfsburg0–0Arminia Bielefeld
151. FSV Mainz 055–1VfL Wolfsburg
Thurk  2' (pen.), 77'
Auer  36'
Ruman  45'
Zidan  51'		 Klimowicz  3'
16VfL Wolfsburg0–1VfB Stuttgart
Meißner  62'
171. FC Kaiserslautern3–2VfL Wolfsburg
Halil Altıntop  45, 61, 83' Klimowicz  47'
Hanke  54'
18Borussia Dortmund3–2VfL Wolfsburg
Wörns  25'
Smolarek  31'
Gambino  67'		 Hanke  13'
Klimowicz  71'
19VfL Wolfsburg2–0Mönchengladbach
Klimowicz  42'
Hanke  64'
20Bayer Leverkusen4–0VfL Wolfsburg
Berbatov  44'
Barnetta  55'
Schneider  71'
Madouni  75'
21VfL Wolfsburg1–1Hertha Berlin
Hofland  63' Marcelinho  32' (pen.)
221. FC Nürnberg1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Saenko  16'
23VfL Wolfsburg2–1Hannover 96
Hanke  9'
Menseguez  86'		 Brdarić  17'
24Eintracht Frankfurt1–1VfL Wolfsburg
Amanatidis  65' Hanke  58'
25VfL Wolfsburg0–0Bayern Munich
26VfL Wolfsburg0–1Hamburg
Lauth  21'
27Schalke 042–2VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi  7'
Lincoln  67'		 Hoogendorp  29'
Lamprecht  76'
28VfL Wolfsburg1–1Duisburg
Marlet  90' van Houdt  72'
291. FC Köln3–0VfL Wolfsburg
Scherz  77'
Helmes  78'
Sarpei  81' (o.g.)
30VfL Wolfsburg1–1Werder Bremen
Hristov  22' Valdez  6'
31Arminia Bielefeld0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Karhan  45' (pen.)
32VfL Wolfsburg0–31. FSV Mainz 05
Thurk  5'
Auer  80, 85'
33VfB Stuttgart2–1VfL Wolfsburg
Ljuboja  17' (pen.)
Gentner  70'		 Menseguez  5'
34VfL Wolfsburg2–21. FC Kaiserslautern
Makiadi  66'
Klimowicz  69'		 Halil Altıntop  20'
Ziemer  86'
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gollark: I'll definitely have to look at transfer node mining them.
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gollark: I'd just shove a chest right next to them.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2005-2006/bundes/wolfsburg.htm
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