2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The club got into the spotlight signing Bayern Munich star Stefan Effenberg, who finished his career with a season in the Volkswagen-owned club. Elsewhere, Martin Petrov and Tomislav Marić had successful seasons, being pivotal in the European qualification.

VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerTomislav Marić (12)

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Claus Reitmaier
2 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam
3 DF  GER Frank Greiner
4 DF  DEN Kim Madsen
5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF  GHA Charles Akonnor
7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu
9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg
11 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić
12 GK  BIH Sead Ramović
13 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov
14 FW  DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby)
15 MF  GER Tobias Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  DEN Thomas Rytter
20 DF  ARG Pablo Quatrocchi
21 FW  BUL Martin Petrov
22 FW  GER Roy Präger
23 MF  GER Sven Müller
26 MF  BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27 MF  CZE Miroslav Karhan
30 GK  DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31 MF  GHA Hans Sarpei
32 FW  POL Michał Janicki
33 DF  GER Maik Franz
35 MF  POL Bartosz Romanczuk
36 MF  GER Michael Habryka
37 DF  GER Stefan Lorenz
40 GK  GER Patrick Platins

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF  DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg (released)
16 DF  AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
— DF  SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
— FW  AUS Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results

Bundesliga
1 Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Vermant  88'
2 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Mönchengladbach
Petrov  67'
3 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Brinkmann  44'
4 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Hamburg
Effenberg  51' (pen.)
Sarpei  83'		 Antar  73'
5 1860 München 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Wiesinger  48'
Schroth  64'		 Ponte  77'
Klimowicz  87'
6 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg
Sanneh  67'
Petković  69'
7 Energie Cottbus 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Marić  55'
8 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Marić  6'
Effenberg  64'
9 VfL Bochum 4–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Christiansen  4'
Fahrenhorst  56'
Freier  57'
Hashemian  82'		 Klimowicz  6'
Ponte  37'
10 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hansa Rostock
Klimowicz  29'
11 Hannover 96 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Stendel  23'
Bobič  28'
Konstantinidis  82'		 Munteanu  76'
12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Werder Bremen
Petrov  28'
Ponte  67'
Effenberg  84'		 Micoud  70'
13 Bayern Munich 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Santa Cruz  27'
14 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz  19, 55'
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Lokvenc  15'
Lincoln  66'
16 Hertha Berlin 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Šimunić  25'
Goor  47'		 Ponte  62'
Madsen  90'
17 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 VfB Stuttgart
Marić  76' (pen.) T. Schneider  35'
Meira  55'
18 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Schalke 04
Marić  71' Kmetsch  47'
Varela  51'
19 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld
Schnoor  25'
Marić  51'
20 Hamburg 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Cardoso  38'
Benjamin  90'
21 Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Schnoor  33' (o.g.)
Aidoo  71'
22 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1860 München
Klimowicz  70' Lauth  51'
23 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Müller  25' (pen.) Marić  90'
24 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Energie Cottbus
Marić  9'
Präger  29'
Ponte  62'		 Rink  7'
Reghecampf  16' (pen.)
25 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Ramelow  68' Marić  81'
26 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfL Bochum
Marić  21'
Präger  31'
27 Hansa Rostock 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Hill  3'
28 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96
Klimowicz  56'
29 Werder Bremen 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Biliškov  85'
30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich
Élber  60'
Pizarro  83'
31 Borussia Dortmund 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Ricken  16'
Rosický  67'		 Thiam  59, 62'
32 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Marić  20, 57' Sforza  5'
Mifsud  70'
33 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Hertha Berlin
Marić  5' (pen.)
Munteanu  58'
34 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi  12'
Balakov  24' (pen.)

References
  1. "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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