2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 73rd season in the football club's history and 21st 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 16th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

VfL Wolfsburg
2017–18 season
OwnerVolkswagen
Executive directorFrancisco Javier García Sanz
ManagerAndries Jonker
(until 18 September)
Martin Schmidt
(18 September – 19 February)
Bruno Labbadia
(from 20 February)
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga16th (play-off winners)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Daniel Didavi
(9 goals)

All:
Daniel Didavi
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance30,000
Lowest home attendance15,508
Average home league attendance25,712
Biggest winWolfsburg 3–0 Gladbach
Wolfsburg 4–1 Köln
Biggest defeatWolfsburg 0–3 Dortmund
Hoffenheim 3–0 Wolfsburg
Gladbach 3–0 Wolfsburg
Leipzig 4–1 Wolfsburg
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 7 April 2018[1][2][3]

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
2 DF  BRA William
3 DF  NED Paul Verhaegh (vice-captain)
4 MF  ESP Ignacio Camacho (captain)
5 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma
6 MF  NED Riechedly Bazoer
8 MF   SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW  BEL Landry Dimata
10 MF  TUR Yunus Mallı
11 MF  GER Daniel Didavi
13 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt
14 FW  BEL Divock Origi (on loan from Liverpool)
16 MF  POL Jakub Błaszczykowski
17 DF  GER Ohis Felix Uduokhai
18 FW  NGA Victor Osimhen
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK  GER Max Grün
21 FW  CRO Josip Brekalo
22 FW   SUI Admir Mehmedi
23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui
24 DF  GER Sebastian Jung
25 DF  USA John Brooks
26 MF  GER Justin Möbius
27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold
29 DF  COD Marcel Tisserand (on loan from FC Ingolstadt)
31 DF  GER Robin Knoche
35 DF  GER Gian-Luca Itter
36 GK  GER Phillip Menzel
37 MF  GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj
39 DF  GER Paul Jaeckel


Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 August 2017 12 May 2018 Matchday 1 16th 34 6 15 13 36 48 −12 017.65
Bundesliga relegation play-offs 17 May 2018 21 May 2018 First leg Winners 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
DFB-Pokal 13 August 2017 7 February 2018 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 075.00
Total 40 11 15 14 44 50 −6 027.50

Last updated: 21 May 2018

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Mainz 05 34 9 9 16 38 52 14 36
15 SC Freiburg 34 8 12 14 32 56 24 36
16 VfL Wolfsburg (O) 34 6 15 13 36 48 12 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Hamburger SV (R) 34 8 7 19 29 53 24 31 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 1. FC Köln (R) 34 5 7 22 35 70 35 22
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.[4]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 6 15 13 36 48  −12 33 3 8 6 23 25  −2 3 7 7 13 23  −10

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultLWDLDDDDDDDWLWDDLDLWDLLDLLLDWDLLLW
Position18111214131312141414141314111112121213131313141515151515151414161616
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi  22' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Didavi  52' Report Harnik  75' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,321
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Akolo  42' Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Guido Winkmann
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Origi  28' Report Bartels  56' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Felix Brych
22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 6 Bayern Munich 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Guilavogui  55' Report Mutō  74' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Robert Hartmann
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,104
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai  90+1' Report Demirbay  73' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,514
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 10 Schalke 04 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bentaleb  43' (pen.) Report Origi  90+3' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,429
Referee: Markus Schmidt
5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,214
Referee: Robert Kampka
18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Kapustka  68' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,744
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13 FC Augsburg 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Didavi  40' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Tobias Stieler
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15 Hamburger SV 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 45,226
Referee: Christian Dingert
12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Verhaegh  15' (pen.) Report Halstenberg  52' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,827
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17 1. FC Köln 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Clemens  67' Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 41,100
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 18 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,600
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Arnold  66' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,450
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20 Hannover 96 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Mallı  72' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,300
Referee: Felix Brych
3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Origi  24' Report Gómez  60' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,378
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22 Werder Bremen 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Verhaegh  49' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 38,062
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Didavi  8' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 24 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Mutō  44' Report Brekalo  6' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 25,173
Referee: Bastian Dankert
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Mehmedi  79' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Felix Zwayer
10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26 1899 Hoffenheim 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,550
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Knoche  86' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,502
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28 Hertha BSC 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29 SC Freiburg 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi  2', 83' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,797
Referee: Tobias Stieler
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Brekalo  78' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Daniel Siebert
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33 RB Leipzig 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Didavi  47' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,487
Referee: Marco Fritz
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Hector  32' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Markus Schmidt

Relegation play-offs

17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) First leg VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Holstein Kiel Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schindler  34' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 May 2018 (2018-05-21) Second leg Holstein Kiel 0–1
(1–4 agg.)
VfL Wolfsburg Kiel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Knoche  75' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Norderstedt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Camacho  59' Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai  49' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 15,508
Referee: Felix Brych
19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Round of 16 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 (a.e.t.) VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 26,104
Referee: Daniel Siebert
7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) Quarter-finals Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Burgstaller  10' Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 50,642
Referee: Christian Dingert

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalPlay-offs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Koen Casteels 3903403020
20 GK Max Grün 10001000
36 GK Phillip Menzel 00000000
Defenders
2 DF William 26019+301+1020
3 DF Paul Verhaegh 33230+122000
5 DF Jeffrey Bruma 1301102000
17 DF Ohis Felix Uduokhai 24317+212+1220
24 DF Sebastian Jung 401+101+1000
25 DF John Brooks 120901020
29 DF Marcel Tisserand 19014+203000
31 DF Robin Knoche 2922413021
35 DF Gian-Luca Itter 50500000
39 DF Paul Jaeckel 30300000
Midfielders
4 MF Ignacio Camacho 151110210+20
6 MF Riechedly Bazoer 1406+701000
8 MF Renato Steffen 1806+1000020
10 MF Yunus Mallı 37624+753+1021
11 MF Daniel Didavi 331026+491+2100
13 MF Yannick Gerhardt 17112+510000
16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski 1316+31200+20
23 MF Josuha Guilavogui 35327+232+2020
26 MF Justin Möbius 00000000
27 MF Maximilian Arnold 34228+123020
37 MF Elvis Rexhbeçaj 401+300000
Forwards
9 FW Landry Dimata 2409+120100+20
14 FW Divock Origi 36722+962+1021
18 FW Victor Osimhen 1303+900+1000
21 FW Josip Brekalo 15410+330021
22 FW Admir Mehmedi 613+211000
Players transferred out during the season
7 MF Paul-Georges Ntep 701+401+1000
32 FW Kaylen Hinds 20101000
33 FW Mario Gómez 15111+112+1000

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

References

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  2. "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. "Perspektiv-Verpflichtung". Wolfsburg.de.
  4. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de. German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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