2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

VfL Wolfsburg
2012–13 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena,
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalSemi-finalis

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches
VfL Wolfsburg2 – 1 Odense
Schäfer
Lakić
Midtjylland 0 – 0VfL Wolfsburg
Esbjerg 2 – 2VfL Wolfsburg
Polák
Jönsson
10 July 2012 FC St. Pauli3 – 1VfL WolfsburgStreichmühle
19:00
ETSV Weiche0 – 2VfL Wolfsburg
Lakić
Dost
17 July 2012 Helmstedter SV–VfL Wolfsburg
19:00
Germania Egestorf2 – 8VfL Wolfsburg

 Dost
Helmes
Hasani
Naldo
Kahlenberg
Medojević
Lakić
Germania Halberstadt2 – 4VfL Wolfsburg

 Lakić
Dost
Helmes
26 July 2012 Audi Football SummitBayern Munich2 – 1VfL WolfsburgGuangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST Mandžukić  29' (pen.)
Robben  39'		 Pilař  90+2'
Changchun Yatai F.C. 2 – 3VfL Wolfsburg

 Orozco
Jönsson
Dejagah
Shanghai Shenxin F.C. 1 – 0VfL Wolfsburg
4 August 2012 VfL Wolfsburg0 – 2 Manchester CityWolfsburg, Germany
Agüero  41'
Y. Touré  57'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
7 August 2012 Wolfsberger AC 1 – 0VfL Wolfsburg
19:00

Bundesliga
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1VfB Stuttgart0–1VfL WolfsburgStuttgart
20:45 Report  90' Dost Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48.280
Referee: Tobias Welz
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2Wolfsburg0–4Hannover 96Wolfsburg
15:30 Report Haggui  10'
Sobiech  26', 56'
Andreasen  52'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,451
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3FC Augsburg0–0WolfsburgAugsburg
20:30 Report Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,512
Referee: Guido Winkmann
22 September 2012 4Wolfsburg1–1SpVgg Greuther FürthWolfsburg
14:30 Olić  42' Summary Pogatetz  28' (o.g.)
Mavraj  64'
Petsos  73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,552
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 September 2012 5Bayern Munich3–0WolfsburgMunich
20:00 Schweinsteiger  24',  82'
Mandžukić  57', 65'		 Summary Kahlenberg  35' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2012 6Wolfsburg0–2Mainz 05Wolfsburg
17:30 Josué  42'
Träsch  44'
Olić  51'		 Summary Díaz  26'
Szalai  37'
Soto  53'
Baumgartlinger  77'
Caligiuri  78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,795
Referee: Marco Fritz
6 October 2012 7Schalke 043–0WolfsburgGelsenkirchen
15:30 Farfán  33'
Afellay  46',  54'
Neustädter  58'		 Summary Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,671
Referee: Peter Sippel
20 October 2012 8VfL Wolfsburg0–2SC FreiburgWolfsburg
15:30 Naldo  39' Summary Mujdža  11'
Caligiuri  40' (pen.)
Schuster  84'
Diagne  86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,080
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 October 2012 9Fortuna Düsseldorf1–4VfL WolfsburgDüsseldorf
15:30 Fink  59'  77'
Langeneke  71' (pen.)
Ilsø  82'		 Summary Dost  50', 64'
Olić  53'
Josué  72'
Diego  78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 45,673
Referee: Tobias Welz
3 November 2012 101. FC Nürnberg1–0VfL WolfsburgNuremberg
15:30 Gebhart  76'
Kiyotake  84'
Chandler  90+1'		 Summary Josué  49'
Fagner  85'
Kjær  90+2'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,586
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2012 11VfL Wolfsburg3–1Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
15:30 Diego  4', 16'
Naldo  7'
Dost  33'		 Report (in German)  48' Boenisch
 68' Wollscheid
 87' Reinartz
 90+1' Kießling		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,825
Referee: Bastian Dankert
18 November 2012 121899 Hoffenheim1–3VfL WolfsburgHoffenheim
17:30 Rudy  55'
Jensen  77'
Derdiyok  88'		 Report  7' Hasebe
 24' Dost
 63' Josué
 78' Naldo		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Günther Perl
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13VfL Wolfsburg1–1Werder BremenWolfsburg
15:30 Olić  26'
Dost  64'
Josué  88'		 Report (in German) Arnautović  35',  82'
Schmitz  40'  62'
De Bruyne  87'		 Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 29,723
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14Borussia Mönchengladbach2–0VfL WolfsburgMönchengladbach
20:00 Arango  11'
Jantschke  38',  44'		 Report (in German) Polák  65'
Jönsson  90+3'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,165
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15VfL Wolfsburg1–1Hamburger SVWolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Naldo  22'
Kjær  68'		 Report (in German) Beister  26'
Rincón  64'
Adler  68'
Westermann  83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,121
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 December 2012 16Borussia Dortmund2–3VfL WolfsburgDortmund
15:30 Reus  6',  49'
Schmelzer  35'
Błaszczykowski  61' (pen.)
Gündoğan  64'
Götze  83'		 Report (in German) Diego  36' (pen.)
Naldo  41'
Kjær  61'
Josué  63'
Dost  73'
Kahlenberg  90'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
15 December 2012 17VfL Wolfsburg0–2Eintracht FrankfurtWolfsburg
15:30 Josué  16'
Diego  56'
Naldo  89'		 Report Meier  12'
Inui  18',  78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,452
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
19 January 2013 18VfL Wolfsburg2–0VfB StuttgartWolfsburg
15:30 Diego  51'
Madlung  67'		 Report Niedermeier  54'
Rüdiger  66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,125
Referee: Felix Brych
26 January 2013 19Hannover 962–1VfL WolfsburgHannover
15:30 Abdellaoue  3'
Pocognoli  34'
Diouf  38'
Huszti  42'
Chahed  83'
Hoffmann  90+3'		 Summary Madlung  46'
Naldo  47'
Diego  88'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,800
Referee: Günter Perl
2 February 2013 20VfL Wolfsburg1–1FC AugsburgWolfsburg
15:30 Naldo  23'
Diego  28'
Fagner  47'		 Summary Werner  6'
Morávek  25'
Baier  29'
Ostrzolek  49'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,257
Referee: Marco Fritz
9 February 2013 21Greuther Fürth0–1VfL WolfsburgFürth
15:30 Klaus  9'
Sobiech  53'
Peković  55'		 Summary Dost  23'
Naldo  60'
Fagner  64'
Träsch  73'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Guido Winkmann
15 February 2013 22VfL Wolfsburg0–2Bayern MunichWolfsburg
20:30 Madlung  24'
Vieirinha  35'
Dost  45+2'
Hasebe  73'
Naldo  80'		 Summary Mandžukić  36'
Ribéry  57'
Dante  76'
Robben  90+2'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
23 February 2013 23Mainz 051–1VfL WolfsburgMainz
15:30 Zimling  5',  72' Summary Naldo  15'
Madlung  29'
Diego  39'
Kjær  42'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 27,175
Referee: Peter Sippel
2 March 2013 24VfL Wolfsburg1–4Schalke 04Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić  50'
Fagner  82'		 Summary Draxler  33', 63'
Jones  73'
Farfán  79'
Huntelaar  86'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,236
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25SC Freiburg2–5VfL WolfsburgFreiburg
15:30 Kruse  2',  85'
Krmas  15'
Flum  65'		 Report Makiadi  7' (o.g.)
Vieirinha  16'
Olić  19',  22', 49'
Polák  57'
Diego  78',  90'
Benaglio  90'		 Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26VfL Wolfsburg1–1Fortuna DüsseldorfWolfsburg
20:30 Josué  17'
Olić  51'
Orozco  84'		 Report Bolly  37'
Malezas  83'
Tesche  88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27VfL Wolfsburg2–21. FC NürnbergWolfsburg
15:30 Diego  3',  65'
Olić  27'
Polák  40'
Hasebe  84'		 Report Simons  61'
Nilsson  66'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,524
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28Bayer Leverkusen1–1VfL WolfsburgLeverkusen
15:30 Schürrle  12'
Reinartz  49'
Boenisch  84'		 Report Kjær  65'  70'
Fagner  81'
Helmes  90+2'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,288
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29VfL Wolfsburg2–21899 HoffenheimWolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold  13'  41'
Medojević  43'
Naldo  86'		 Report Salihović  35' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino  45'
Beck  63'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Daniel Siebert
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30Werder Bremen0–3VfL WolfsburgBremen
18:30 CEST Fritz  53'
Bargfrede  57'
Arnautović  80'		 Report Arnold  13'
Olić  27'
Diego  66'
Träsch  84'		 Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Felix Brych
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31VfL Wolfsburg3–1Borussia MönchengladbachWolfsburg
15:30 CEST Arnold  34'
Olić  61'
Diego  75'		 Report Mlapa  52'
De Jong  83'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32Hamburger SV1–1VfL WolfsburgHamburg
17:30 CEST Son  20'
Westermann  45'
Rincón  60'
Diekmeier  90'		 Report Vieirinha  31'
Hasebe  65'
Perišić  90+2'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 50,135
Referee: Jochen Drees
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33VfL Wolfsburg3–3Borussia DortmundWolfsburg
15:30 CEST Perišić  14', 22'
Naldo  26'
Polák  63'		 Report Bender  5'
Reus  44'  84', 87'
Gündoğan  62'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34Eintracht Frankfurt2–2VfL WolfsburgFrankfurt
15:30 CEST Meier  36' (pen.)
Zambrano  45+1'
Rode  60'
Russ  68'
Rodríguez  90' (o.g.)		 Report Polák  8'
Diego  19'  28'
Hasebe  35'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal
18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st RoundSchönberg 950–5VfL WolfsburgLübeck
20:30 Report Olić  28', 30', 67'
Diego  43'
Dost  66'		 Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Robert Kampka
31 October 2012 2nd RoundVfL Wolfsburg2–0FSV FrankfurtWolfsburg
20:30 Polák  17'
Diego  51'
Dost  61'		 Summary Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 December 2012 3rd RoundVfL Wolfsburg2 - 1Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
19:00 Träsch  78'
Bost  90'		 Fagner  31' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,781
26 February 2013 QuarterfinalsKickers Offenbach1 - 2VfL WolfsburgOffenbach am Main
20:30 Stadel  81' Olić  49'
Dost  71'		 Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion
Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 27 November 2012

Source:[1][2][3][4]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Diego Benaglio 23022010
21 GK Patrick Drewes 000000
35 GK Marwin Hitz 100010
Defenders
5 DF Emanuel Pogatetz 908010
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 000000
17 DF Alexander Madlung 929200
25 DF Naldo 23321320
26 DF Hrvoje Čale 000000
31 DF Robin Knoche 806020
34 DF Ricardo Rodríguez 14013010
39 DF Michael Schulze 000000
40 DF Simon Kjær 15114110
Midfielders
4 MF Marcel Schäfer 23021020
6 MF Slobodan Medojević 000000
7 MF Josué 13012010
8 MF Vieirinha 19017020
13 MF Makoto Hasebe 14113110
14 MF Václav Pilař 000000
15 MF Christian Träsch 11010010
18 MF Kevin Pannewitz 101000
22 MF Mateusz Klich 000000
27 MF Maximilian Arnold 100010
29 MF Jan Polák 16015010
30 MF Yohandry Orozco 000000
37 MF Ferhan Hasani 303000
38 MF Thomas Kahlenberg 12012000
Strikers
11 FW Ivica Olić 22520223
9 FW Bas Dost 231021822
No longer at club
3 DF Felipe Lopes 101000
19 FW Rasmus Jönsson 414100
23 DF Marco Russ 000000
24 MF Ashkan Dejagah 101000
36 FW Srđan Lakić 706010

Sources
  1. "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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