2019–20 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2019–20 season
Executive Director	Frank Witter
Head coach	Oliver Glasner
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wout Weghorst (16); All: ; Wout Weghorst (20)
Highest home attendance	27,195; (vs RB Leipzig, 7 March 2020)
Lowest home attendance	21,058; (vs Mainz 05, 23 February 2020)
Biggest win	VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Mainz 05
Biggest defeat	VfL Wolfsburg 1–6 RB Leipzig

The 2019–20 season was VfL Wolfsburg's 75th season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Players

Current squad

As of 11 February 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
6	DF	BRA	Paulo Otávio
7	MF	CRO	Josip Brekalo
8	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen
9	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan
13	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt
14	FW	SUI	Admir Mehmedi
15	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon
19	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui (captain)
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager
25	DF	USA	John Brooks
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain)
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche
32	DF	COD	Marcel Tisserand
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek
36	GK	GER	Phillip Menzel
38	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui
40	FW	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
5	DF	NED	Jeffrey Bruma (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2020)
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı (at Union Berlin until 30 June 2020)
17	DF	GER	Felix Uduokhai (at FC Augsburg until 30 June 2020)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	GER	John Yeboah (at VVV-Venlo until 30 June 2020)
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

Transfers in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
19	DF	Kevin Mbabu	Young Boys	€9,200,000	25 April 2019	[3]
40	FW	João Victor	LASK Linz	€3,500,000	10 May 2019	[4]
6	DF	Paulo Otávio	FC Ingolstadt	€1,100,000	11 June 2019	[5]
24	MF	Xaver Schlager	Red Bull Salzburg	€15,000,000	26 June 2019	[6]
22	DF	Marin Pongračić	Red Bull Salzburg	€10,000,000	15 January 2020	[7]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Source
22	FW	Lukas Nmecha	Manchester City	3 August 2019	2 January 2020	[8]

Transfers out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
30	MF	Paul Seguin	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	€300,000	7 May 2019	[9]
35	DF	Gian-Luca Itter	SC Freiburg	€2,500,000	27 May 2019	[10]
3	DF	Paul Verhaegh	FC Twente	Free	5 June 2019	[11]
24	DF	Sebastian Jung	Hannover 96	Free	23 June 2019	[12]
9	FW	Landry Dimata	Anderlecht	€5,000,000	1 July 2019	[13]
18	FW	Victor Osimhen	Charleroi	€3,500,000	1 July 2019	[14]
6	MF	Riechedly Bazoer	Vitesse	Undisclosed	12 July 2019	[15]
21	MF	Paul-Georges Ntep	Free agent	Free	11 February 2020	[16]

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
34	MF	Marvin Stefaniak	Greuther Fürth	1 July 2019	30 June 2021	[17]
21	FW	Paul-Georges Ntep	Kayserispor	25 August 2019	30 June 2020
17	DF	Felix Uduokhai	FC Augsburg	28 August 2019	30 June 2020	[18]
29	MF	John Yeboah	VVV-Venlo	2 September 2019	30 June 2020	[19]
37	MF	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	1. FC Köln	6 January 2020	30 June 2021	[20]
10	MF	Yunus Mallı	Union Berlin	17 January 2020	30 June 2020	[21]
5	DF	Jeffrey Bruma	Mainz 05	29 January 2020	30 June 2020	[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

6 July 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hansa Rostock	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AOK Stadion

9 July 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Caen	Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AOK Stadion

13 July 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	VVV-Venlo	Gifhorn, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: GWG-Stadion A-Platz

17 July 2019 Friendly	PSV	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)			Arnold 5' William 40' Guilavogui 42' Edwards 64' 90' Schlager 82'	Stadium: Philips Stadion

22 July 2019 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Kapfenberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muriqi 25' Aziz 35' Kadıoğlu 87'	Report	Mbabu 35' Bruma 57' Weghorst 63'	Stadium: Franz Fekete Stadium Attendance: 1,450

27 July 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Union Berlin	Anif, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Victor 78'	Report	Andersson 2'	Stadium: Maximarkt Sportpark Attendance: 300 Referee: Andreas Winkler

3 August 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	8–1	Nice	Wolfsburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaus 7' Weghorst 30' Gerhardt 75', 85' Brekalo 78' Uduokhai 97' Steffen 107' (pen.) Bruma 117'	Report	Dante 14'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Johan Pfeifer

5 September 2019 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tisserand 60'	Report	Harnik 88'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 2,189 Referee: Robert Schröder

10 January 2020 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	FC Seoul	Albufeira, Portugal
13:00 WET (UTC±0)	Mallı 14'	Report	Kim Min-soo 61'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

10 January 2020 Friendly	Servette	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Albufeira, Portugal
16:00 WET (UTC±0)	Kyei 50' (pen.), 90'	Report	Ginczek 64'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

30 July 2020 Friendly	RB Leipzig	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schick 73' (pen.)	Report	Steffen 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Trainingszentrum RB Leipzig Platz 3 Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	17 August 2019	27 June 2020	Matchday 1	7th	34	13	10	11	48	46	+2	038.24
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2019	30 October 2019	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	9	−3	050.00
Europa League	19 September 2019	5 August 2020	Group stage	Round of 16	10	5	2	3	15	13	+2	050.00
Total					46	19	12	15	69	68	+1	041.30

Last updated: 5 August 2020

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	1899 Hoffenheim	34	15	7	12	53	53	0	52
7	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	10	11	48	46	+2	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	SC Freiburg	34	13	9	12	48	47	+1	48
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	6	15	59	60	−1	45

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.[23]
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2019–20 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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	10	11	48	46	+2	49	4	7	6	19	23	−4	9	3	5	29	23	+6

Last updated: 27 June 2020.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L
Position	6	4	3	5	8	7	2	2	4	8	10	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.[24]

17 August 2019 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold 16' Weghorst 60' Steffen 75'	Report	Terodde 90+1' Meré 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,099 Referee: Sven Jablonski

25 August 2019 2	Hertha BSC	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda 36'	Report	Weghorst 9' (pen.) Brekalo 82' Roussillon 90+1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,738 Referee: Guido Winkmann

31 August 2019 3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	SC Paderborn	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brekalo 56'	Report	Cauly 12' Hünemeier 63' Holtmann 88' Ggasula 90+6'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,750 Referee: Daniel Schlager

13 September 2019 4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gießelmann 16'	Report	Weghorst 29', 33' Knoche 40'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 36,758 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

23 September 2019 5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mehmedi 36' Gerhardt 64' Arnold 76'	Report	Rudy 6' Posch 14' Geiger 62' Akpoguma 90' Adamyan 90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,120 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

28 September 2019 6	Mainz 05	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Niakhaté 39' Maxim 86'	Report	Tisserand 9', 37' Knoche 61' Weghorst 65'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 24,303 Referee: Felix Brych

6 October 2019 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Union Berlin	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilavogui 32' Bruma 37' Weghorst 69'	Report	Andrich 26' Friedrich 65'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,012 Referee: Bastian Dankert

19 October 2019 8	RB Leipzig	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner 54' Saracchi 69'	Report	Guilavogui 7' Mbabu 12' Tisserand 45' Weghorst 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 39,182 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

27 October 2019 9	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,630 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 November 2019 10	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weigl 44' Hazard 52' Guerreiro 58' Götze 88' (pen.)	Report	Nmecha 40' Brooks 45+2' Tisserand 69'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,200 Referee: Tobias Welz

10 November 2019 11	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	João Victor 45+1' Tisserand 83'	Report	Bellarabi 25' Volland 27' Hrádecký 90+2' Paulinho 90+6'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,112 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

23 November 2019 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sow 40' Hinteregger 70' Kostić 86'	Report	Arnold 14' Weghorst 19' Tisserand 39' 45+1' João Victor 65' Guilavogui 67' Steffen 89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,700 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1 December 2019 13	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 36' William 73' Arnold 90+2'	Report	Rashica 13' (pen.), 83', 81' Bittencourt 39' Groß 61' Osako 68' Veljković 90+5'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,012 Referee: Robert Kampka

7 December 2019 14	SC Freiburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 85'	Report	João Victor 21' Tisserand 88'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

15 December 2019 15	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schlager 13', 71' Brooks 20' Roussillon 45+1' Arnold 90+1'	Report	Embolo 15', 34' Strobl 51' Beyer 72'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,580 Referee: Felix Brych

18 December 2019 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tisserand 60' Mbabu 82'	Report	Kabak 51' Burgstaller 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,651 Referee: Martin Petersen

21 December 2019 17	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kimmich 47' Müller 76' Zirkzee 86' Gnabry 89'	Report	Otávio 67' Arnold 71'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

18 January 2020 18	1. FC Köln	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdoba 22', 45+2' Hector 62', 81' Thielmann 66' Jakobs 86'	Report	Brooks 19' Guilavogui 25' Steffen 66' Weghorst 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,100 Referee: Marco Fritz

25 January 2020 19	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mehmedi 68'	Report	Torunarigha 37', 74' Lukebakio 90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,894 Referee: Markus Schmidt

2 February 2020 20	SC Paderborn	2–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Paderborn
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zolinski 22' Holtmann 33' Strohdiek 64' Vasiliadis 72', 80' Hünemeier 75'	Report	Guilavogui 10' Knoche 26' Steffen 33' Ginczek 40', 60' Pongračić 57' Arnold 76'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 13,926 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

8 February 2020 21	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pongračić 48' Steffen 50'	Report	Zimmermann 13' Hoffmann 79'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,445 Referee: Tobias Stieler

15 February 2020 22	1899 Hoffenheim	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rudy 17' Baumgartner 45' Hübner 51' Kramarić 60' (pen.)	Report	Arnold 7' Weghorst 18' (pen.), 52' (pen.), 71', 59'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 22,506 Referee: Sören Storks

23 February 2020 23	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brekalo 21' Steffen 45', 68' Gerhardt 49'	Report	Barreiro 31' Pierre-Gabriel 65'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 21,058 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

1 March 2020 24	Union Berlin	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Andersson 41' Andrich 53' Friedrich 56'	Report	Arnold 40' Gerhardt 60' Steffen 61' Weghorst 81'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Bastian Dankert

7 March 2020 25	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Otávio 64' Weghorst 78'	Report	Laimer 41' Upamecano 57' Olmo 90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,195 Referee: Daniel Schlager

16 May 2020 26	FC Augsburg	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Suchý 39' Jedvaj 54'	Report	Steffen 43' Otávio 53' Arnold 73' Ginczek 90+1' Roussillon 90+3'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[26] and rescheduled to 16 May.[27]

23 May 2020 27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginczek 61' Brooks 66' Klaus 82' Arnold 86' Schlager 90+2'	Report	Guerreiro 32' Delaney 55' Hazard 74' Hakimi 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Daniel Siebert
Note: The match was postponed on 13 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[26] and rescheduled to 23 May.[27]

26 May 2020 28	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Demirbay 29' Baumgartlinger 63', 86' Diaby 67'	Report	João Victor 32' Pongračić 43', 75' Arnold 64' Ginczek 67' Steffen 68' Casteels 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Daniel Schlager
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 26 May.[27]

30 May 2020 29	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	João Victor 8' Pongračić 26' Mbabu 58' Steffen 90+2' Roussillon 90+5'	Report	Silva 27' (pen.) Kamada 35', 85' Gaćinović 67' Rode 69' Torró 90+1' 90+5' De Guzmán 90+5'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Guido Winkmann
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 30 May.[27]

7 June 2020 30	Werder Bremen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klaassen 45' Sargent 49' Bittencourt 80'	Report	Schlager 54' Pongračić 58' Mbabu 67' Weghorst 82'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 7 June.[27]

13 June 2020 31	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 14', 27' (pen.)	Report	Höfler 23' Höler 43' Sallai 46'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Bastian Dankert
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 13 June.[27]

16 June 2020 32	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 11', 30' Stindl 65' Elvedi 73'	Report	Pongračić 29' Weghorst 63' Mbabu 82' Guilavogui 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Robert Schröder
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 16 June.[27]

20 June 2020 33	Schalke 04	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oczipka 30' Gregoritsch 35' Kenny 38' McKennie 58' Matondo 70'	Report	Steffen 11' Weghorst 16', 56' Mbabu 59', 81' João Victor 69' Roussillon 87'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Note: The match was postponed on 24 March due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 20 June.[27]

27 June 2020 34	VfL Wolfsburg	0–4	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 15' Guilavogui 66' 71'	Report	Coman 4' Cuisance 37' Lewandowski 72' (pen.) Müller 79'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0[25] Referee: Patrick Ittrich
Note: The match was postponed on 7 May due to the pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany,[28] and rescheduled to 27 June.[27]

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2019 First round	Hallescher FC	3–5 (a.e.t.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Halle
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kastenhofer 21' Drinkuth 43' Mai 57', 118' Fetsch 90+2' Landgraf 108'	Report	Weghorst 44' Brooks 45' Gerhardt 49' Guilavogui 64' 89' William 70' William 90' Knoche 92' Brekalo 94'	Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Markus Schmidt

30 October 2019 Second round	VfL Wolfsburg	1–6	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mbabu 7' Arnold 42' Weghorst 59', 89'	Report	Pervan 13' (o.g.) Mukiele 35' Sabitzer 55' Forsberg 58' Laimer 61' Werner 68', 88' Ampadu 84'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,705 Referee: Felix Zwayer

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GNT	WLF	STE	OLE
1	Gent	6	3	3	0	11	7	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	3–2	2–1
2	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	1–0	3–1
3	Saint-Étienne	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4		0–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Oleksandriya	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3		1–1	0–1	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 1	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Oleksandriya	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold 20' Mehmedi 24' Brekalo 67'	Report	Banada 66', 81' Dubra 89'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,112 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

3 October 2019 2	Saint-Étienne	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Saint-Étienne, France
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolodziejczak 13' Berić 40'	Report	William 15' Arnold 50' Bruma 84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,815 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

24 October 2019 3	Gent	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghent, Belgium
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Owusu 17' Odjidja-Ofoe 28' Asare 37' Yaremchuk 41', 90+4' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 54'	Report	Weghorst 3', 19' João Victor 24' William 33' Mbabu 57'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 15,437 Referee: Sergey Ivanov (Russia)

7 November 2019 4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Gent	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	João Victor 20' Arnold 45' Knoche 75' Steffen 85'	Report	Asare 45+2' Plastun 46' Yaremchuk 50' Depoitre 65' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

28 November 2019 5	Oleksandriya	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lviv, Ukraine
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Pashayev 45' Bezborodko 71'	Report	Bruma 19' Weghorst 45+1' (pen.) Roussillon 69' William 88'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 7,118 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

12 December 2019 6	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbabu 24' Otávio 52' Steffen 90+4'	Report	Berić 21' Kolodziejczak 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,802 Referee: Paul Tierney (England)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

20 February 2020 First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Malmö FF	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerhardt 43' Mbabu 46' Brekalo 49' Thelin 62' (o.g.)	Report	Safari 41' Thelin 47' (pen.) Nalić 70'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

27 February 2020 Second leg	Malmö FF	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Malmö, Sweden
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Rieks 5'	Report	Brekalo 42' Gerhardt 65' João Victor 69' Brooks 84'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Round of 16

12 March 2020 First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 18' Brooks 48', 71' Steffen 56'	Report	Moraes 17' Marcos Antônio 73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0[30] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

5 August 2020 Second leg	Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Kiev, Ukraine
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Kryvtsov 59' Khocholava 68' Moraes 89', 90+3' Solomon 90+1'	Report	Brooks 57' 70' Schlager 71' Arnold 87'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium[31] Attendance: 0[32] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
Note: The match originally scheduled to be played on 19 March, was indefinitely postponed due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Europe.[33] The match was rescheduled on 17 June to 5 August.[34]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Koen Casteels	32	0	26	0	1	0	5	0
12	GK		Pavao Pervan	14	0	8	0	1	0	5	0
30	GK		Niklas Klinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Phillip Menzel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		William	22	3	16	1	2	1	4	1
6	DF		Paulo Otávio	9	1	4+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
15	DF		Jérôme Roussillon	37	1	27+2	1	1	0	5+2	0
19	DF		Kevin Mbabu	27	3	18+2	3	1+1	0	3+2	0
22	DF		Marin Pongračić	12	2	11	2	0	0	1	0
25	DF		John Brooks	31	1	25	0	1	0	5	1
31	DF		Robin Knoche	31	2	17+4	1	1+1	1	8	0
32	DF		Marcel Tisserand	23	1	14+1	1	1	0	7	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ignacio Camacho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Renato Steffen	38	6	19+8	6	1+1	0	5+4	0
11	MF		Felix Klaus	29	0	6+17	0	1	0	1+4	0
13	DF		Yannick Gerhardt	25	4	7+11	2	2	1	5	1
20	MF		Luca Horn	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Josuha Guilavogui	31	0	23+2	0	1	0	4+1	0
24	MF		Xaver Schlager	28	1	21+2	1	0	0	5	0
27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	44	5	32+1	4	2	0	9	1
38	MF		Ismail Azzaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Josip Brekalo	41	8	19+11	4	1+1	1	9	3
9	FW		Wout Weghorst	43	20	30+2	16	2	2	9	2
14	FW		Admir Mehmedi	26	3	14+7	2	0	0	5	1
29	FW		Omar Marmoush	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	FW		Daniel Ginczek	23	3	9+9	3	0	0	2+3	0
37	FW		Mamoudou Karamoko	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW		João Victor	41	5	18+14	2	2	0	4+3	3
Players transferred out during the season
3	DF		Jeffrey Bruma	15	0	9	0	1	0	4+1	0
10	MF		Yunus Mallı	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
17	DF		Ohis Felix Uduokhai	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF		Paul-Georges Ntep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Lukas Nmecha	12	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	0+5	0
29	MF		John Yeboah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Elvis Rexhbeçaj	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0

Last updated: 5 August 2020
Source: Competitions

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[1] "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[2] "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

[3] "Mbabu to Join Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 25 April 2019.

[4] Offiziell: Wolfsburg schlägt bei Joao Victor zu, kicker.de, 10 May 2019

[5] "New left-back". VfL Wolfsburg. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[6] "Verstärkung für das Mittelfeld" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[7] "New centre-back". VfL Wolfsburg. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[8] "Wolves attack bolstered by new recruit". VfL Wolfsburg. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[9] Paul Seguin bleibt bei Greuther Fürth, kicker.de, 7 May 2019

[10] Itter joins Freiburg, vfl-wolfsburg.de, 27 May 2019

[11] "Paul Verhaegh naar FC Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[12] Hannover 96 verpflichtet Sebastian Jung aus Wolfsburg, bundesliga.com, 23 June 2019

[13] "Dimata: Anderlecht zieht Kaufoption" [Dimata: Anderlecht draws purchase option]. wolfsburger-nachrichten.de (in German). Wolfsburger Nachrichten. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[14] Sporting Charleroi sign Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen permanently from Wolfsburg, goal.com, 31 May 2019

[15] "Vitesse takes over midfielder Bazoer from VfL Wolfsburg". Teller Report. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[16] Mihaitalazarica (11 February 2020). "Vertrag aufgelöst" (in German). Wolfsburg. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

[17] "Noch ein Wolfsburger: Fürth holt Stefaniak" (in German). kicker. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[18] "Udokhai joins Augsburg". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[19] "In der Eredivisie" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.

[20] "1. FC Köln leiht Mittelfeld-Talent Elvis Rexhbecaj vom VfL Wolfsburg aus". ksta.de. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[21] "Yunus Malli heading to the capital". 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[22] "Bruma joins Mainz on loan". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[24] "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.

[25] "Bundesliga-Spielplan: Alle Spieltage im Überblick". Sportbuzzer (in German). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

[BBC-26] "Coronavirus: Germany's Bundesliga to resume behind closed doors on 16 May". BBC Sport. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[DFL-27] "Latest developments in connection with the coronavirus". bundesliga.com. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[DFL3-28] "Saison-Fortsetzung am 16. Mai – Rückkehr von Bundesliga und 2. Bundesliga startet mit dem 26. Spieltag". dfl.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 May 2020.

[DFL2-29] "Executive Committee of the DFL recommends suspension of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 until at least 30 April". dfl.de. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[30] "Update on UEFA competition matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[31] The match between VfL Wolfsburg and Shakhtar Donetsk in Wolfsburg was played behind closed doors due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Germany.[29]

[32] Shakhtar Donetsk played their home match at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev, instead of their regular home stadium Donbass Arena, Donetsk, due to the war conditions in Eastern Ukraine.

[33] "Venues for Round of 16 matches confirmed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[34] "All of next week's UEFA matches postponed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[35] "UEFA competitions to resume in August". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.