2024–25 VfL Wolfsburg (women) season

VfL Wolfsburg Frauen
2024–25 season
Manager	Tommy Stroot
Stadium	AOK Stadion
Bundesliga	Preseason
DFB-Pokal	Preseason
DFB-Supercup	Final
UEFA Champions League	Qualifying round 2
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 VfL Wolfsburg Frauen season is the club's 21st season since VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg joined VfL Wolfsburg as its women's section.

As the 2023–24 champions of the DFB-Pokal,^[1] VfL Wolfsburg gets to participate in the DFB-Supercup which restarts with the 2024–25 season. The 25 August 2024 derby against Bayern Munich thus becomes the first bout of the season for VfL Wolfsburg.^[2]

Season events

On 3 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Janina Minge from SC Freiburg on a contract until 30 June 2027. It was also announced that Caitlin Dijkstra returns from her loan to FC Twente to join the VfL Wolfburg squad.^[3]

On 11 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Sarai Linder from Bundesliga rivals TSG Hoffenheim on a contract until 30 June 2027.^[4]

On 13 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Luca Papp from Ferencváros on a contract until 30 June 2027.^[5]

On 17 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Lineth Beerensteyn from Juventus on a contract until 30 June 2026.^[6]

On 28 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Ella Peddemors from FC Twente on a contract until 30 June 2027. Peddemors will spend one more season at FC Twente on a loan before joining the VfL Wolfsburg squad in the 2025–26 season.^[7]

On 30 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Ariana Arias from FC Barcelona B team on a contract until 30 June 2027.^[8]

On 1 July 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Justine Kielland from SK Brann on a contract until 30 June 2027.^[9]

Players

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App.	Goals	Ends	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Merle Frohms	29	EU	2022	85^[a]	0^[a]	2025	Also 2012–2018^[a]
12	GK	Nelly Smolarczyk	17	EU	2023	0	0		reserve team
22	GK	Lisa Schmitz	32	EU	2023	6	0	2025
30	GK	Anneke Borbe	23	EU	2023	0	0	2025	reserve team
Defenders
2	DF	Lynn Wilms	23	EU	2021	73	1	2025
3	DF	Caitlin Dijkstra	25	EU	2024	0	0	2026
4	DF	Kathrin Hendrich	32	EU	2020	126	4	2025
14	DF	Nuria Rábano	25	EU	2023	22	0	2026
15	DF	Diána Németh	19	EU	2024	2	0	2027	reserve team
16	DF	Camilla Küver	21	EU	2023	6	0	2026	reserve team
24	DF	Joelle Wedemeyer	27	EU	2013	172	6	2026
31	DF	Marina Hegering	34	EU	2022	41	9	2025
35	DF	Karla Brinkmann	17	EU	2022	1	0		reserve team
39	DF	Sarai Linder	24	EU	2024	0	0	2027
Midfielders
6	MF	Janina Minge	25	EU	2024	0	0	2027
7	MF	Chantal Hagel	26	EU	2023	26	3	2026
8	MF	Lena Lattwein	24	EU	2021	81	16	2025
10	MF	Svenja Huth	33	EU	2019	147	25	2025
13	MF	Luca Papp	22	EU	2024	0	0	2027
17	MF	Kristin Demann	31	EU	2022	22	0	2025
18	MF	Justine Kielland	21	Non-EU	2024	0	0	2027
23	MF	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	23	Non-EU	2022	63	15	2025
27	MF	Riola Xhemaili	21	Non-EU	2023	14	2	2026	reserve team
29	MF	Jule Brand	21	EU	2022	64	15	2025
Forwards
9	FW	Lineth Beerensteyn	27	EU	2024	0	0	2026
11	FW	Alexandra Popp	33	EU	2012	322	164	2025
19	FW	Fenna Kalma	24	EU	2023	25	3	2026
20	FW	Ariana Arias	21	EU	2024	0	0	2027
21	FW	Rebecka Blomqvist	27	EU	2020	64	18	2025
25	FW	Vivien Endemann	22	EU	2023	28	15	2026
28	FW	Tabea Sellner	27	EU	2021	65	32	2025

Last updated: 30 July 2024
Source: VfL-Wolfsburg.de, DFB.de
The squad could change until the summer transfer end on 31 August 2024.
Ordered by squad number.
Notes: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Appearances and goals scored for VfL Wolfsburg II not included.

^ ^a ^b ^c Frohms has been previously contracted to VfL Wolfsburg between 2012 and 2018. The appearances and goals scored from this period are included in the statistics.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
6	MF	Janina Minge	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Free	^[3]
3	DF	Caitlin Dijkstra	FC Twente	Loan return		^[3]
39	DF	Sarai Linder	TSG Hoffenheim	Transfer	undisclosed	^[4]
13	MF	Luca Papp	Ferencváros	Transfer	undisclosed	^[5]
9	FW	Lineth Beerensteyn	Juventus	Transfer	Free	^[6]^[10]
–	MF	Ella Peddemors	FC Twente	Transfer	Free	^[7]
20	FW	Ariana Arias	FC Barcelona	Transfer	Free	^[8]
18	MF	Justine Kielland	SK Brann	Transfer	undisclosed	^[9]
Winter

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Type	Fee	Source
Summer
5	MF	Lena Oberdorf	Bayern Munich	Transfer	undisclosed	^[11]
32	GK	Kiara Beck	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	undisclosed	^[12]
9	FW	Ewa Pajor	FC Barcelona	Transfer	€400,000	^[13] ^[14]
6	DF	Dominique Janssen	Manchester United	Transfer	undisclosed	^[15]
–	MF	Ella Peddemors	FC Twente	Loan		^[7]
Winter

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2024 Friendly^[16]	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Jena
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Lea Kretschmar

27 July 2024 Friendly^[16]	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	SK Slavia Praha	Calberlah
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lattwein 7' Jónsdóttir 52'	Report	Krejčiříková 65'	Stadium: Sportplatz Calberlah Attendance: 900 Referee: Felix Bickel

10 August 2024 Friendly^[16]	FC Twente	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Deurningen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark DSVD

17 August 2024 Friendly^[16]	VfL Wolfsburg	–	PSV Eindhoven	Wolfsburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AOK Stadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	2 September 2024	11 May 2025		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
DFB-Pokal	2024		2nd round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
DFB-Supercup	25 August 2024		Final	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	2024		Qualifying round 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 30 July 2024
Source: Competitions

DFB-Supercup

25 August 2024 Final	Bayern Munich	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Dresden
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Bundesliga

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
8	RB Leipzig
9	Bayer Leverkusen
10	Bayern Munich
11	Turbine Potsdam
12	VfL Wolfsburg	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

First match(es) will be played: 30 August 2024. 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.^[17]

Result Summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 30 July 2024.
Source: DFB.de

Matchdays

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results

2 September 2024 1	VfL Wolfsburg	–	SV Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

14 September 2024 2	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Jena
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld

22 September 2024 3	VfL Wolfsburg	–	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

29 September 2024 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt am Main
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion am Brentanobad

4–7 October 2024 5	VfL Wolfsburg	–	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

11–14 October 2024 6	VfL Wolfsburg	–	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

18–20 October 2024 7	SGS Essen	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Essen
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße

1–4 November 2024 8	VfL Wolfsburg	–	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

8–11 November 2024 9	TSG Hoffenheim	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion

15–18 November 2024 10	VfL Wolfsburg	–	Turbine Potsdam	Wolfsburg
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

6–9 December 2024 11	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion

13–16 December 2024 12	SV Werder Bremen	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weserstadion - Platz 11

31 January–3 February 2025 13	VfL Wolfsburg	–	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	Wolfsburg
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

7–10 February 2025 14	1. FC Köln	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion

14–16 February 2025 15	VfL Wolfsburg	–	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

7–10 March 2025 16	RB Leipzig	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: RB-Trainingszentrum Cottaweg

14–17 March 2025 17	Bayern Munich	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: FC Bayern Campus

28–30 March 2025 18	VfL Wolfsburg	–	SGS Essen	Wolfsburg
CET (UTC+1) or CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

11–14 April 2025 19	SC Freiburg	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion

25–28 April 2025 20	VfL Wolfsburg	–	TSG Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

2–5 May 2025 21	Turbine Potsdam	–	VfL Wolfsburg	Potsdam
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion

11 May 2025 22	VfL Wolfsburg	–	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion

DFB-Pokal

2024 Round of 32		–
CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	–		–	–

2024 1st leg		–
CEST (UTC+2)

2024 2nd leg		–
CEST (UTC+2)

Statistics

Summary

As of 30 July 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Supercup		Champions League		Total		Discipline		Notes
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	App.	Goals	App.	Goals	App.	Goals	App.	Goals	App.	Goals			Notes
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Merle Frohms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Nelly Smolarczyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Lisa Schmitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Anneke Borbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Lynn Wilms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Caitlin Dijkstra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Kathrin Hendrich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Nuria Rábano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Diána Németh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Camilla Küver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Joelle Wedemeyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Marina Hegering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Karla Brinkmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Sarai Linder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Janina Minge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Chantal Hagel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Lena Lattwein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Svenja Huth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Luca Papp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Kristin Demann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Justine Kielland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Riola Xhemaili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Jule Brand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Lineth Beerensteyn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Alexandra Popp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Fenna Kalma	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Ariana Arias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Rebecka Blomqvist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Vivien Endemann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Tabea Sellner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 30 July 2024

Rank	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	DFB-Supercup	Champions League
1	—	—	—	—
Own goals (from the opponents)	—	—	—	—
Totals

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Minutes	Score after goals	Result	Date	Competition	Ref

(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final)
⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Assists

As of 30 July 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	DFB-Supercup	Champions League	Total
1					—	—	—	—	0
Totals									0

Hat-tricks of assists

Player	Against	Minutes	Score after assists	Result	Date	Competition	Ref

(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final)
⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Cleansheets

As of 30 July 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	DFB-Supercup	Champions League	Total
1					—	—	—	—	0
Totals									0

Disciplinary record

As of 30 July 2024

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player

Totals

References

^ "Zehnter Triumph in Folge: VfL holt DFB-Pokal" (in German). ZDF. 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "Google Pixel Supercup der Frauen am 25. August in Dresden" (in German). DFB. 28 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "She-Wolves' new arrivals". VfL Wolfsburg. 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Sarai Linder to join VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "She-Wolves sign Papp". VfL Wolfsburg. 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Lineth Beerensteyn joins VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Signed and loaned back". VfL Wolfsburg. 28 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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^ ^a ^b "Justine Kielland moving to VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "Vertrag bis 2026" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "FC Bayern sign Lena Oberdorf". Bayern München. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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[frohms_previous_contract-10] Frohms has been previously contracted to VfL Wolfsburg between 2012 and 2018. The appearances and goals scored from this period are included in the statistics.

[1] "Zehnter Triumph in Folge: VfL holt DFB-Pokal" (in German). ZDF. 9 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[2] "Google Pixel Supercup der Frauen am 25. August in Dresden" (in German). DFB. 28 May 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[minge_dijkstra_sign-3] "She-Wolves' new arrivals". VfL Wolfsburg. 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[linder_sign-4] "Sarai Linder to join VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[papp_sign-5] "She-Wolves sign Papp". VfL Wolfsburg. 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[beerensteyn_sign-6] "Lineth Beerensteyn joins VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[peddemors_sign-7] "Signed and loaned back". VfL Wolfsburg. 28 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[arias_sign-8] "Ariana Arias joins VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[kielland_sign-9] "Justine Kielland moving to VfL Women". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[11] "Vertrag bis 2026" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[12] "FC Bayern sign Lena Oberdorf". Bayern München. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[13] "Torspielerin Kiara Beck verstärkt die VfB-Frauen" (in German). VfB Stuttgart. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[14] "Agreement to sign Ewa Pajor until 2027". FC Barcelona. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[15] Palet, Anna (17 June 2024). "Els clubs han arribat a un acord de traspàs per menys de 400.000€, per tant, no serà el fitxatge més car de la secció". X (Twitter) (in Catalan). Què T'hi Jugues.

[16] "United Women sign Dominique Janssen". Manchester United. 2 July 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[pre-season-17] "Sommerfahrplan der Wölfinnen". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[18] "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). German Football Association (DFB). 1 January 2024. p. 71. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

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