2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season is the club's 76th season in existence and the 24th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg will participate in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

VfL Wolfsburg
2020–21 season
Executive DirectorFrank Witter
ManagerOliver Glasner
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
BundesligaPre-season
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round

Players

First-team squad
As of 5 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
5 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma
6 DF  BRA Paulo Otávio
7 MF  CRO Josip Brekalo
8 MF   SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW  NED Wout Weghorst
10 MF  TUR Yunus Mallı
11 MF  GER Felix Klaus
12 GK  AUT Pavao Pervan
14 MF   SUI Admir Mehmedi
15 DF  FRA Jérôme Roussillon
17 MF  GER John Yeboah
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   SUI Kevin Mbabu
23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui (captain)
24 MF  AUT Xaver Schlager
25 DF  USA John Brooks
27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain)
29 FW  EGY Omar Marmoush
30 GK  GER Niklas Klinger
31 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt
32 DF  COD Marcel Tisserand
33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek
34 DF  CRO Marin Pongračić
35 GK  GER Lino Kasten
40 MF  BRA João Victor

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
34 MF  GER Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
37 MF  GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at FC Köln until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In
No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source

Out
No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
17 DF Felix Uduokhai FC Augsburg €7,000,000 1 July 2020 [3]
31 DF Robin Knoche Union Berlin Free
38 MF Ismail Azzaoui Free
36 GK Phillip Menzel Austria Klagenfurt Undisclosed 1 August 2020 [4]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 August 2020 FriendlyVfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Eintracht BraunschweigWolfsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: AOK Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
5 September 2020 Friendly1. FC Magdeburg v VfL WolfsburgMagdeburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: MDCC-Arena

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 18 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
DFB-Pokal 11 September 2020 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Europa League 17 September 2020 Second qualifying round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: September 2020

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2020–21 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 September 2020. 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 away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[5]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source: DFB

Results by round
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[6]

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal
11–14 September 2020 First roundBrandenburg representativevVfL Wolfsburg
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Statistics

Goalscorers
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References
  1. "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. "Bundesliga: FC Augsburg verpflichtet ausgeliehenen Felix Uduokhai vom VfL Wolfsburg". Goal (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "Menzel off to Klagenfurt". VfL Wolfsburg. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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