2007–08 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg had their best ever season under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josué, Grafite and Edin Džeko were all successful and played a big part in the resurgence.

VfL Wolfsburg
2007–08 season
ManagerFelix Magath
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Grafite (11)
All: Grafite (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  ARG Facundo Quiroga
3 DF  BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF  GER Marcel Schäfer
5 DF  POR Ricardo Costa
6 DF  CZE Jan Šimůnek
7 MF  BRA Josué (captain)
8 MF  GER Daniel Baier
9 FW  BIH Edin Džeko
10 MF  POL Jacek Krzynówek
11 MF  GER Alexander Laas
12 GK  GER André Lenz
13 MF  JPN Makoto Hasebe
14 MF  PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 1]
16 GK   SUI Diego Benaglio
17 DF  GER Alexander Madlung
18 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi
20 DF  GER Sascha Riether
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  POR Alex
23 FW  BRA Grafite
24 MF  GER Ashkan Dejagah[notes 2]
25 MF  GER Christian Gentner (on loan from Stuttgart)
26 MF  GER Sergej Evljuskin[notes 3]
27 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam
28 FW  USA Kamani Hill
30 MF  KVX Valdet Rama[notes 4]
31 MF  GER Emre Öztürk
32 MF  BRA Marcelinho Paraíba
33 DF  GER Daniel Reiche
34 GK  GER Jonas Deumeland
36 FW  SEN Mame Niang
37 DF  KAZ Sergei Karimov
38 MF  GER Philipp Kreuels
40 FW  SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 5] (on loan from Stuttgart)
41 GK  GER Marvin Karow

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 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez (to San Lorenzo)
13 FW  GHA Isaac Boakye (on loan to Mainz)
15 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
16 DF  GER Uwe Möhrle (to Augsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ROU Vlad Munteanu (on loan to Auxerre)
21 GK  GER Patrick Platins (on loan to Augsburg)
29 FW  ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan to Stuttgart)

Results

Bundesliga

12VfL Bochum5–3VfL Wolfsburg
Šesták  4', 44'
Maltritz  19'
Fuchs  42'
Epalle  63'
Schäfer  49'
Grafite  56', 73'

Top Scorers

Sources

BetExploer - German Bundesliga 2007/2008

Notes

  1. Santana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2007.
  2. Dejagah was born in Tehran, Iran, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-17 and U-21 level. He was permitted to represent Iran internationally after a FIFA rule change in 2009 and made his international debut for Iran in February 2012.
  3. Evljuskin was born in Alekseyevka, Kirghizia, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-16 and U-20 level before being called up by Kyrgyzstan in 2015.
  4. Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013. He would later declare internationally for Kosovo but has not represented them as of 2020.
  5. Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represented Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia in 2003.
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