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
1VfL Wolfsburg1–3Arminia Bielefeld
Radu  84' Wichniarek  38'
Eigler  52'
Kirch  80'
2MSV Duisburg1–3VfL Wolfsburg
Lavrič  88' Marcelinho  41'
Madlung  51'
Radu  72'
3VfL Wolfsburg1–1Schalke 04
Krzynówek  36' Halil Altıntop  86'
4Hertha BSC2–1VfL Wolfsburg
Pantelić  38'
Okoronkwo  88'		 Dejagah  61'
5VfL Wolfsburg1–2Karlsruher SC
Krzynówek  22' Eggimann  63'
Eichner  79'
6Energie Cottbus1–2VfL Wolfsburg
Sørensen  33' Džeko  22'
Krzynówek  83'
7VfL Wolfsburg1–1Werder Bremen
Josué  66' Diego  48'
8Hamburger SV2–2VfL Wolfsburg
Reinhardt  17'
Van der Vaart  70'		 Grafite  57' (pen.)
Dejagah  88'
9VfL Wolfsburg1–0Hansa Rostock
Džeko  89'
10Hannover 962–2VfL Wolfsburg
Pinto  28'
Tarnat  35'		 Marcelinho  21'
Dejagah  29'
11VfL Wolfsburg3–11. FC Nürnberg
Charisteas  30' (o.g.)
Grafite  35'
Dejagah  69'		 Misimović  54'
12VfL Bochum5–3VfL Wolfsburg
Šesták  4', 44'
Maltritz  19'
Fuchs  42'
Epalle  63'		 Schäfer  49'
Grafite  56', 73'
13VfL Wolfsburg1–2Bayer Leverkusen
M. Friedrich  70' (o.g.) Barnetta  37'
Kießling  52'
14Bayern Munich2–1VfL Wolfsburg
Klose  34'
Ribéry  50'		 Dejagah  71'
15VfL Wolfsburg2–2Eintracht Frankfurt
Gentner  7'
Džeko  49'		 Maicon  35'
Fink  50'
16VfB Stuttgart3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Marica  26'
Cacau  48'
Hitzlsperger  86'		 Džeko  51'
17VfL Wolfsburg4–0Borussia Dortmund
Schäfer  8'
Costa  11'
Gentner  60'
Džeko  78'
18Arminia Bielefeld0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Grafite  26'
19VfL Wolfsburg2–1MSV Duisburg
Schäfer  35'
Grafite  54'		 Niculescu  26'
20Schalke 041–2VfL Wolfsburg
Sánchez  65' Grafite  73', 84' (pen.)
21VfL Wolfsburg0–0Hertha BSC
22Karlsruher SC3–1VfL Wolfsburg
Eggimann  22'
Kennedy  73'
Iashvili  90'		 Schäfer  28'
23VfL Wolfsburg3–0Energie Cottbus
Gentner  17'
Marcelinho  19', 76'
24Werder Bremen0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Grafite  50'
25VfL Wolfsburg1–1Hamburger SV
Ljuboja  52' Reinhardt  14'
26Hansa Rostock0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Krzynówek  90'
27VfL Wolfsburg3–2Hannover 96
Ashkan Dejagah  20', 71'
Marcelinho  29'		 Bruggink  27'
Štajner  79'
281. FC Nürnberg1–0VfL Wolfsburg
Koller  78'
29VfL Wolfsburg0–1VfL Bochum
Šesták  88'
30Bayer Leverkusen2–2VfL Wolfsburg
Gekas  33'
Costa  73' (o.g.)		 Džeko  13'
Hasebe  43'
31VfL Wolfsburg0–0Bayern Munich
32Eintracht Frankfurt2–3VfL Wolfsburg
Amanatidis  22' (pen.)
Weissenberger  63'		 Grafite  4'
Schäfer  29'
Džeko  79'
33VfL Wolfsburg4–0VfB Stuttgart
Marcelinho  16'
Džeko  22', 76'
Costa  55'
34Borussia Dortmund2–4VfL Wolfsburg
Frei  25', 69' Riether  3'
Marcelinho  6'
Schäfer  62'
Grafite  76'

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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