2018–19 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2018–19 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 74th season in the football club's history and 22nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 17th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

VfL Wolfsburg
2018–19 season
OwnerVolkswagen
Executive directorFrancisco Javier García Sanz
ManagerBruno Labbadia
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Wout Weghorst
(17 goals)

All:
Wout Weghorst
(18 goals)
Highest home attendance30,000
Lowest home attendance20,334
Average home league attendance24,481
Biggest winWolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
Biggest defeatBayern 6–0 Wolfsburg
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 3 August 2020[1][2]

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  BEL Koen Casteels (vice-captain)
2 DF  BRA William
4 MF  ESP Ignacio Camacho
6 DF  BRA Paulo Otávio
7 MF  CRO Josip Brekalo
8 MF   SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW  NED Wout Weghorst
11 MF  GER Felix Klaus
12 GK  AUT Pavao Pervan
13 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt
14 FW   SUI Admir Mehmedi
15 DF  FRA Jérôme Roussillon
19 DF   SUI Kevin Mbabu
22 DF  CRO Marin Pongračić
23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  AUT Xaver Schlager
25 DF  USA John Brooks
26 FW  USA Ulysses Llanez
27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain)
29 FW  EGY Omar Marmoush
31 DF  GER Robin Knoche
32 DF  COD Marcel Tisserand
33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek
37 FW  FRA Mamoudou Karamoko
38 MF  BEL Ismail Azzaoui
40 FW  BRA João Victor
DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma
MF  TUR Yunus Mallı
MF  GER John Yeboah

Transfers

Transfers in

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
9 FW Wout Weghorst AZ €10,500,000 26 June 2018 [3]
33 FW Daniel Ginczek VfB Stuttgart €14,000,000 1 July 2018
11 MF Felix Klaus Hannover 96 €3,000,000 [4]
12 GK Pavao Pervan LASK Linz €500,000
32 DF Marcel Tisserand FC Ingolstadt €7,000,000
15 DF Jérôme Roussillon Montpellier €5,000,000 6 August 2018 [5]

Loans in

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source

Transfers out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
11 MF Daniel Didavi VfB Stuttgart €4,000,000 29 June 2018 [6]
20 GK Max Grün Free Agent Free 1 July 2018
39 DF Paul Jaeckel Greuther Fürth €200,000 30 August 2018 [7]
32 FW Kaylen Hinds Free Agent Free 6 September 2018 [8]
16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski Wisła Kraków Free 7 February 2019

Loans out

# Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
9 FW Landry Dimata Anderlecht 2 July 2018 30 June 2019
18 FW Victor Osimhen Charleroi 22 August 2018 30 June 2019 [9]
6 MF Riechedly Bazoer FC Porto 31 August 2018 6 January 2019 [10]
FC Utrecht 7 January 2019 30 June 2019 [11]
30 MF Paul Seguin Greuther Fürth 17 January 2019 30 June 2019 [12]
5 DF Jeffrey Bruma Schalke 04 31 January 2019 30 June 2019 [13]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2018 18 May 2019 Matchday 1 6th 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 047.06
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2018 6 February 2019 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 066.67
Total 37 18 7 12 65 51 +14 048.65

Last updated: 25 May 2019

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 58 Qualification to Champions League group stage
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 55 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 +9 53
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[14]
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 16 7 11 62 50  +12 55 8 5 4 36 23  +13 8 2 7 26 27  −1

Last updated: 25 May 2019.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWDLDDLLWLLWWDWWWLLWDWWDLWLWLDWWLW
Position52356791010111298986568676577786998776
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1VfL Wolfsburg2–1Schalke 04Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Bentaleb  85' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,621
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2Bayer Leverkusen1–3VfL WolfsburgLeverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bailey  24' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,247
Referee: Sven Jablonski
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3VfL Wolfsburg2–2Hertha BSCWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,090
Referee: Christian Dingert
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4VfL Wolfsburg1–3SC FreiburgWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Mehmedi  61' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,011
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5Mainz 050–0VfL WolfsburgMainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 19,205
Referee: Tobias Stieler
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6VfL Wolfsburg2–2Borussia MönchengladbachWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 7Werder Bremen2–0VfL WolfsburgBremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Martin Petersen
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8VfL Wolfsburg1–3Bayern MunichWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Weghorst  63' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9Fortuna Düsseldorf0–3VfL WolfsburgDüsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 38,043
Referee: Daniel Schlager
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10VfL Wolfsburg0–1Borussia DortmundWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Reus  27' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 11Hannover 962–1VfL WolfsburgHanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Weghorst  82' (pen.) Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 35,800
Referee: Marco Fritz
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12VfL Wolfsburg1–0RB LeipzigWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Roussillon  50' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,832
Referee: Tobias Stieler
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 13Eintracht Frankfurt1–2VfL WolfsburgFrankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Jović  87' Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14VfL Wolfsburg2–21899 HoffenheimWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,602
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 151. FC Nürnberg0–2VfL WolfsburgNuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 29,604
Referee: Sven Jablonski
18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16VfL Wolfsburg2–0VfB StuttgartWolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,780
Referee: Robert Hartmann
23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) 17FC Augsburg2–3VfL WolfsburgAugsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,152
Referee: Sören Storks
20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) 18Schalke 042–1VfL WolfsburgGelsenkirchen
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Caligiuri  8' (pen.), 78' Report Rexhbeçaj  20' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 58,827
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19VfL Wolfsburg0–3Bayer LeverkusenWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,736
Referee: Felix Zwayer
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20Hertha BSC0–1VfL WolfsburgBerlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Weghorst  65' Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 39,259
Referee: Bastian Dankert
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21SC Freiburg3–3VfL WolfsburgFreiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,600
Referee: Felix Brych
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22VfL Wolfsburg3–0Mainz 05Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,334
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23Borussia Mönchengladbach0–3VfL WolfsburgMönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,041
Referee: Robert Kampka
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24VfL Wolfsburg1–1Werder BremenWolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Brooks  54' Report Kruse  74' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,101
Referee: Daniel Siebert
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 25Bayern Munich6–0VfL WolfsburgMunich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26VfL Wolfsburg5–2Fortuna DüsseldorfWolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,350
Referee: Bastian Dankert
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27Borussia Dortmund2–0VfL WolfsburgDortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Alcácer  90+1', 90+4' Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Markus Schmidt
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28VfL Wolfsburg3–1Hannover 96Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Weydandt  30' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29RB Leipzig2–0VfL WolfsburgLeipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,212
Referee: Daniel Siebert
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 30VfL Wolfsburg1–1Eintracht FrankfurtWolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Brooks  90' Report de Guzmán  78' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,102
Referee: Marco Fritz
28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 311899 Hoffenheim1–4VfL WolfsburgSinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Szalai  9' Report
Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 27,725
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32VfL Wolfsburg2–01. FC NürnbergWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,512
Referee: Daniel Siebert
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33VfB Stuttgart3–0VfL WolfsburgStuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 54,068
Referee: Felix Brych
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34VfL Wolfsburg8–1FC AugsburgWolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schieber  81' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,486
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First roundSV Elversberg0–1VfL WolfsburgSpiesen-Elversberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Ginczek  76' Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second roundHannover 960–2VfL WolfsburgHanover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,400
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16RB Leipzig1–0VfL WolfsburgLeipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Matheus Cunha  9' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 21,135
Referee: Christian Dingert

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Koen Casteels 29026030
12 GK Pavao Pervan 908+1000
36 GK Phillip Menzel 000000
Defenders
2 DF William 33230+1220
3 DF Paul Verhaegh 302010
13 DF Yannick Gerhardt 33228+2230
15 DF Jérôme Roussillon 31328330
17 DF Ohis Felix Uduokhai 1202+900+10
24 DF Sebastian Jung 101000
25 DF John Brooks 32329330
31 DF Robin Knoche 3333032+10
32 DF Marcel Tisserand 12111110
35 DF Gian-Luca Itter 201+1000
Midfielders
4 MF Ignacio Camacho 606000
8 MF Renato Steffen 33518+13520
10 MF Yunus Mallı 2315+1611+10
11 MF Felix Klaus 1615+1010+10
14 MF Admir Mehmedi 28720+661+11
21 MF Paul-Georges Ntep 000000
23 MF Josuha Guilavogui 20218+1210
27 MF Maximilian Arnold 35232230
29 MF John Yeboah 300+200+10
34 MF Marvin Stefaniak 000000
37 MF Elvis Rexhbeçaj 27214+11220
38 MF Ismail Azzaoui 000000
Forwards
7 FW Josip Brekalo 27315+1031+10
9 FW Wout Weghorst 361833+11721
33 FW Daniel Ginczek 26712+12621
Players transferred out during the season
5 DF Jeffrey Bruma 000000
16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski 200+100+10
30 MF Paul Seguin 000000

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

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