2018–19 VfL Wolfsburg season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.

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.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

As of 1 February 2024[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 Belgium BEL Koen Casteels (vice-captain)
2 DF Germany GER Kilian Fischer
3 DF Belgium BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw
4 DF France FRA Maxence Lacroix
5 DF Switzerland SUI Cédric Zesiger
6 MF Belgium BEL Aster Vranckx
7 FW Czech Republic CZE Václav Černý
9 FW Sweden SWE Amin Sarr (on loan from Lyon)
10 FW Germany GER Lukas Nmecha
11 FW Portugal POR Tiago Tomás
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan
13 DF Brazil BRA Rogério
16 FW Poland POL Jakub Kamiński
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Germany GER Kevin Behrens
18 FW Germany GER Dženan Pejčinović
19 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Majer
20 DF Germany GER Ridle Baku
21 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle
23 FW Denmark DEN Jonas Wind
25 DF Germany GER Moritz Jenz
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold (captain)
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger
31 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg
39 FW Austria AUT Patrick Wimmer
40 MF United States USA Kevin Paredes

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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

Loans in[edit]

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source

Transfers out[edit]

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
11 MF Germany Daniel Didavi Germany VfB Stuttgart €4,000,000 29 June 2018 [6]
20 GK Germany Max Grün Germany SV Darmstadt 98 Free 1 July 2018
39 DF Germany Paul Jaeckel Germany Greuther Fürth €200,000 30 August 2018 [7]
32 FW England Kaylen Hinds Free Agent Free 6 September 2018 [8]
16 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski Poland Wisła Kraków Free 7 February 2019

Loans out[edit]

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

Friendly matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

League table[edit]

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 for the Champions League group stage
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 +13 55 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
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 results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[14]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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[edit]

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[edit]

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Bentaleb 85' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,621
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bailey 24' Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 26,247
Referee: Sven Jablonski
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,090
Referee: Christian Dingert
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Mehmedi 61' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,011
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) 5 Mainz 05 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 19,205
Referee: Tobias Stieler
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 6 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 7 Werder Bremen 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Martin Petersen
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Weghorst 63' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 38,043
Referee: Daniel Schlager
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Reus 27' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 11 Hannover 96 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Weghorst 82' (pen.) Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 35,800
Referee: Marco Fritz
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Roussillon 50' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,832
Referee: Tobias Stieler
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 13 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Jović 87' Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 14 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,602
Referee: Felix Zwayer
14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 15 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 29,604
Referee: Sven Jablonski
18 December 2018 (2018-12-18) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,780
Referee: Robert Hartmann
23 December 2018 (2018-12-23) 17 FC Augsburg 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,152
Referee: Sören Storks
20 January 2019 (2019-01-20) 18 Schalke 04 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
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) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,736
Referee: Felix Zwayer
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 20 Hertha BSC 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Weghorst 65' Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 39,259
Referee: Bastian Dankert
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21 SC Freiburg 3–3 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 23,600
Referee: Felix Brych
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,334
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,041
Referee: Robert Kampka
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
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) 25 Bayern Munich 6–0 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26 VfL Wolfsburg 5–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,350
Referee: Bastian Dankert
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 27 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
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) 28 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Weydandt 30' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29 RB Leipzig 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,212
Referee: Daniel Siebert
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 30 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
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) 31 1899 Hoffenheim 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Szalai 9' Report
Stadium: PreZero Arena
Attendance: 27,725
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 1. FC Nürnberg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,512
Referee: Daniel Siebert
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 54,068
Referee: Felix Brych
18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 8–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schieber 81' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,486
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal[edit]

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) First round SV Elversberg 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Spiesen-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 round Hannover 96 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,400
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Round of 16 RB Leipzig 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Cunha 9' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 21,135
Referee: Christian Dingert

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels 29 0 26 0 3 0
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan 9 0 8+1 0 0 0
36 GK Germany GER Phillip Menzel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Brazil BRA William 33 2 30+1 2 2 0
3 DF Netherlands NED Paul Verhaegh 3 0 2 0 1 0
13 DF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt 33 2 28+2 2 3 0
15 DF France FRA Jérôme Roussillon 31 3 28 3 3 0
17 DF Germany GER Ohis Felix Uduokhai 12 0 2+9 0 0+1 0
24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung 1 0 1 0 0 0
25 DF United States USA John Brooks 32 3 29 3 3 0
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 33 3 30 3 2+1 0
32 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand 12 1 11 1 1 0
35 DF Germany GER Gian-Luca Itter 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho 6 0 6 0 0 0
8 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen 33 5 18+13 5 2 0
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı 23 1 5+16 1 1+1 0
11 MF Germany GER Felix Klaus 16 1 5+10 1 0+1 0
14 MF Switzerland SUI Admir Mehmedi 28 7 20+6 6 1+1 1
21 MF Cameroon CMR Paul-Georges Ntep 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui 20 2 18+1 2 1 0
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 35 2 32 2 3 0
29 MF Germany GER John Yeboah 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
34 MF Germany GER Marvin Stefaniak 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj 27 2 14+11 2 2 0
38 MF Belgium BEL Ismail Azzaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo 27 3 15+10 3 1+1 0
9 FW Netherlands NED Wout Weghorst 36 18 33+1 17 2 1
33 FW Germany GER Daniel Ginczek 26 7 12+12 6 2 1
Players transferred out during the season
5 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Poland POL Jakub Błaszczykowski 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
30 MF Germany GER Paul Seguin 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 18 May 2019
Source: Competitions

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Players and Staff". VfL Wolfsburg. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ Weghorst joins Wolfsburg from Alkmaar Archived 2018-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. VfL Wolfsburg. 26 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Wegen Mehmedi - Klaus wechselt nicht sofort nach Wolfsburg" [Because of Mehmedi - Klaus does not change immediately to Wolfsburg] (in German). Kicker. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Jerome Roussillon kommt". VfL Wolfsburg. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Daniel Didavi returns to VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. ^ ""Der richtige Schritt" – Jaeckel wechselt nach Fürth". kicker Online (in German). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Trennung von Kaylen Hinds" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. ^ Craig, Anthony (23 August 2018). "Nigeria's Victor Osimhen moves for first-team football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Bazoer is a Dragon". FC Porto. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Utrecht sign Bazoer on loan". Football Oranje. 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  12. ^ SEGUIN WIRD FÜRTHER, greuther-fuerth.de, 17 January 2019
  13. ^ "FC Schalke 04 loan Jeffrey Bruma until the end of the season". Schalke 04. 31 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2018.