2010–11 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg suffered a nightmare season, only just staying up in Bundesliga, in spite of signing internationally seasoned players Diego and Simon Kjær. Being threatened at the bottom of the table, especially after selling key striker Edin Džeko to Manchester City. The replacements were not up to scratch, which saw manager Steve McClaren sacked. Following a short stint with Pierre Littbarski in charge, the club's 2009 championship-winning manager Felix Magath, who just had been sacked from Schalke 04, in spite of having taken them to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Magath dropped Diego, prompting the Brazilian to refuse to sit on the substitutes' bench. In spite of the turmoil, a crucial away win at Werder Bremen helped Wolfsburg to stay just two points above Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation-playoff zone.

VfL Wolfsburg
2010–11 season
ManagerSteve McClaren
Pierre Littbarski
Felix Magath
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Edin Džeko (10)
All:
Edin Džeko (11)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 11 13 47 61 −14 41
14 Schalke 04 34 11 7 16 38 44 −6 40 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
15 VfL Wolfsburg 34 9 11 14 43 48 −5 38
16 Borussia Mönchengladbach (O) 34 10 6 18 48 65 −17 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Frankfurt (R) 34 9 7 18 31 49 −18 34 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Schalke 04 as winners of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Matches
20 August 2010 1Bayern Munich2–1VfL WolfsburgMunich
20:30 Müller  9'
Van Bommel  33'
Schweinsteiger  90'		 Report Pekarík  43'
Džeko  55'
Cícero  61'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
28 August 2010 2VfL Wolfsburg3–4Mainz 05Wolfsburg
15:30 Mandžukić  8'
Džeko  23', 27',  90'
Diego  30',  70'		 Report Rasmussen  39'
Soto  48'
Schürrle  58'
Polanski  72'
Soto  80'
Szalai  85',  86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,116
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
11 September 2010 3Borussia Dortmund2–0VfL WolfsburgDortmund
15:30 Şahin  50',  73'
Kagawa  67'
Großkreutz  77'		 Report Cícero  26'
Diego  45'
Dejagah  87'		 Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 73,600
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
18 September 2010 4VfL Wolfsburg2–0Hannover 96Wolfsburg
15:30 Diego  4',  55'
Josué  63'
Džeko  67'		 Report Schmiedebach  56'
Schulz  59'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
22 September 2010 5Hamburger SV1–3VfL WolfsburgHamburg
20:00 Choupo-Moting  27' Report Džeko  15'
Grafite  71', 78'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 50,231
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)
26 September 2010 6VfL Wolfsburg2–1SC FreiburgWolfsburg
15:30 Grafite  25', 64'
Josué  43'		 Report Cissé  36'
Butscher  63'
Mujdža  78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,204
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
2 October 2010 7Borussia Mönchengladbach1–1VfL WolfsburgMönchengladbach
15:30 Bradley  41'
Reus  45'
Marx  65'		 Report Kahlenberg  27',  52'
Džeko  90'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,423
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
16 October 2010 8VfL Wolfsburg2–3Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
18:30 Diego  9'
Grafite  68'
Dejagah  89'		 Report Barnetta  31'
Reinartz  67'
Friedrich  70'
Rolfes  72', 82'
Vidal  75' (pen.)
Kadlec  77'
Sam  90'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
23 October 2010 91. FC Nürnberg2–1VfL WolfsburgNuremberg
15:30 Gündoğan  11'
Frantz  63'
Cohen  90'		 Report Josué  13'
Grafite  27',  29'
Kjær  88'		 Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg
Attendance: 40,127
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
30 October 2010 10VfL Wolfsburg2–0VfB StuttgartWolfsburg
15:30 Džeko  6', 76' Report Harnik  78'
Audel  79'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,043
Referee: Markus Wingenbach
6 November 2010 11Eintracht Frankfurt3–1VfL WolfsburgFrankfurt
15:30 Gekas  26', 55' (pen.)
Schwegler  38'
Vasoski  90'		 Report Džeko  43'
Dejagah  66'
Diego  90'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 43,8000
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
13 November 2010 12VfL Wolfsburg2–2Schalke 04Wolfsburg
15:30 Grafite  11'
Džeko  33'		 Report Edu  39'
Huntelaar  75'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
21 November 2010 13FC St. Pauli1–1VfL WolfsburgHamburg
17:30 Thorandt  28' Report Diego  38'
Džeko  54',  82'
Barzagli  81'		 Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 24,150
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
28 November 2010 141. FC Köln1–1VfL WolfsburgCologne
17:30 Geromel  19'
Podolski  22'
Novaković  51'		 Report Barzagli  63'
Cícero  81'
Kjær  87'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
4 December 2010 15VfL Wolfsburg0–0Werder BremenWolfsburg
15:30 Diego  35'
Barzagli  71'
Kjær  79'		 Report Prödl  76' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
11 December 2010 161. FC Kaiserslautern0–0VfL WolfsburgKaiserslautern
15:30 Petsos  83' Report Ziani  31'
Cícero  63'
Hasebe  78'		 Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,181
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
18 December 2010 17VfL Wolfsburg2–21899 HoffenheimWolfsburg
15:30 Madlung  72'
Diego  75'
Mandžukić  78'
Džeko  90'		 Report Luiz Gustavo  34'
Sigurðsson  40'
Salihović  77'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,512
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
15 January 2011 18VfL Wolfsburg1–1Bayern MunichWolfsburg
15:30 Mandžukić  3'
Josué  56'
Riether  86'		 Report Müller  7'
Schweinsteiger  45'
Badstuber  49'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
22 January 2011 19Mainz 050–1VfL WolfsburgMainz
15:30 Polanski  77' Report Friedrich  70'
Kjær  82'		 Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 18,900
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)
29 January 2011 20VfL Wolfsburg0–3Borussia DortmundWolfsburg
15:30 Friedrich  53'
Pekarík  68'		 Report Barrios  2'
Şahin  40'
Piszczek  63'
Hummels  71'
Subotić  77'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
5 February 2011 21Hannover 961–0VfL WolfsburgHanover
15:30 Pinto  4'
Ya Konan  37'		 Report Kjær  60'
Grafite  70'
Pekarík  84'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 37,213
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
12 February 2011 22VfL Wolfsburg0–1Hamburger SVWolfsburg
15:30 Kjær  32'
Grafite  60'
Polák  67'
Friedrich  73'		 Report Petrić  33' (pen.)
Aogo  90'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
19 February 2011 23SC Freiburg2–1VfL WolfsburgFreiburg
15:30 Mujdža  31'
Reisinger  43'
Cissé  69'
Barth  75'
Butscher  89'		 Report Helmes  28' Stadium: Badenova-Stadion
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)
25 February 2011 24VfL Wolfsburg2–1Borussia MönchengladbachWolfsburg
20:30 Diego  37', 45',  85'
Friedrich  59'
Polák  73'
Mandžukić  88'		 Report Reus  41'
Stranzl  64'
Daems  74' (pen.)
De Camargo  77'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,763
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
5 March 2011 25Bayer Leverkusen3–0VfL WolfsburgLeverkusen
18:30 L. Bender  21'
Augusto  29'
Kießling  46'		 Report Cícero  45'
Mbokani  69'
Friedrich  71'
Koo  84'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,115
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
12 March 2011 26VfL Wolfsburg1–21. FC NürnbergWolfsburg
15:30 Mbokani  20'
Mandžukić  23'
Pekarík  58'		 Report Chandler  34'
Wollscheid  45'
Wolf  61'
Pinola  67'
Nilsson  90'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,316
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
20 March 2011 27VfB Stuttgart1–1VfL WolfsburgStuttgart
17:30 Niedermeier  90'
Schipplock  90'		 Report Pekarík  22'
Grafite  40'
Kjær  45'
Lenz  66'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
3 April 2011 28VfL Wolfsburg1–1Eintracht FrankfurtWolfsburg
17:30 Mandžukić  51',  85'
Friedrich  71'  71'		 Report Ochs  13'
Altıntop  48'
Meier  59'
Rode  68'
Franz  70'
Tzavellas  82'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,125
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
9 April 2011 29Schalke 041–0VfL WolfsburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 Jurado  76'
Baumjohann  90'		 Report Grafite  48'
Cícero  51'
Koo  54'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,673
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
16 April 2011 30VfL Wolfsburg2–2FC St. PauliWolfsburg
15:30 Mandžukić  39'
Hasebe  50'
Koo  81'
Polák  88'		 Report Bruns  41'
Naki  61'
Asamoah  69'
Lehmann  77'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
24 April 2011 31VfL Wolfsburg4–11. FC KölnWolfsburg
15:30 Mandžukić  14', 39'
Dejagah  58', 88'		 Report Freis  40' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)
29 April 2011 32Werder Bremen0–1VfL WolfsburgBremen
20:30 Mertesacker  65'
Frings  66'		 Report Riether  22'
Friedrich  27'
Cícero  31'
Mandžukić  47'
Grafite  61'		 Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
7 May 2011 33VfL Wolfsburg1–21. FC KaiserslauternWolfsburg
15:30 Mandžukić  6' Report Lakić  25'
Amedick  46'
De Wit  90'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
14 May 2011 341899 Hoffenheim1–3VfL WolfsburgSinsheim
15:30 Firmino  49' Report Madlung  52'
Mandžukić  60', 73'
Grafite  78'		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Top scorers

Sources

Soccerway - Germany - VfL Wolfsburg

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