2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season
The 2020–21 season is the 76th season in the existence of VfL Wolfsburg and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg are participating in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 6 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
2020–21 season | ||||
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Executive Director | Frank Witter | |||
Manager | Oliver Glasner | |||
Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
Bundesliga | 3rd | |||
DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | |||
UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Wout Weghorst (14) All: Wout Weghorst (19) | |||
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All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021. |
Players
First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | Zagłębie Lubin | €5,000,000 | 19 August 2020 | [3] |
3 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | Sochaux | €5,000,000 | 25 August 2020 | [4] |
20 | MF | Ridle Baku | Mainz 05 | €10,000,000 | 1 October 2020 | [5] |
17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | Dynamo Moscow | Loan | 2 October 2020 | [6] |
Out
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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17 | DF | Felix Uduokhai | FC Augsburg | €7,000,000 | 1 July 2020 | [7] |
31 | DF | Robin Knoche | Union Berlin | Free | ||
38 | MF | Ismail Azzaoui | Free | |||
36 | GK | Phillip Menzel | Austria Klagenfurt | Undisclosed | 1 August 2020 | [8] |
4 | MF | Ignacio Camacho | Retired | N/A | 14 September 2020 | [9] |
17 | MF | John Yeboah | Willem II | Undisclosed | 15 September 2020 | [10] |
32 | DF | Marcel Tisserand | Fenerbahçe | €4,000,000 | [11] | |
43 | MF | Julian Justvan | SC Paderborn 07 | Undiclosed | [12] | |
26 | FW | Ulysses Llanez | SC Heerenveen | Loan | [13] | |
20 | DF | Luca Horn | Hansa Rostock | Undisclosed | 29 September 2020 | [14] |
29 | FW | Omar Marmoush | FC St. Pauli | Loan | 5 January 2021 | [15] |
11 | MF | Felix Klaus | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | 14 January 2021 | [16] |
2 | DF | William | Schalke 04 | Loan | 25 January 2021 | [17] |
10 | MF | Yunus Mallı | Trabzonspor | Free | 31 January 2021 | [18] |
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
15 August 2020 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Wolfsburg, Germany |
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
18 August 2020 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 1. FC Phönix Lübeck | Wolfsburg, Germany |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 |
22 August 2020 Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Holstein Kiel | Wolfsburg, Germany |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
29 August 2020 Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne, Germany |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann |
5 September 2020 Friendly | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Magdeburg, Germany |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Lasse Koslowski |
14 November 2020 Friendly | Hannover 96 | 0–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hanover, Germany |
12:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Bundesliga | 20 September 2020 | May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 50.00 | |
DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | First round | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 | ||
UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 66.67 |
Total | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 57.69 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Bundesliga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bayern Munich | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 41 | |
3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 38 | |
4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 36 | |
5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: DFB
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[20]
20 September 2020 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
27 September 2020 2 | SC Freiburg | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Freiburg |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Sören Storks |
4 October 2020 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | FC Augsburg | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
17 October 2020 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
25 October 2020 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
1 November 2020 6 | Hertha BSC | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen |
8 November 2020 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
21 November 2020 8 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Gelsenkirchen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz |
27 November 2020 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–3 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
5 December 2020 10 | 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
11 December 2020 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
16 December 2020 12 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Munich |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz |
20 December 2020 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
3 January 2021 14 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Dortmund |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
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Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
9 January 2021 15 | Union Berlin | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich |
16 January 2021 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
19 January 2021 17 | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks |
23 January 2021 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz |
31 January 2021 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | SC Freiburg | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
6 February 2021 20 | FC Augsburg | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Augsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
14 February 2021 21 | VfL Wolfsburg | v | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
19 February 2021 22 | Arminia Bielefeld | v | VfL Wolfsburg | Bielefeld |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Bielefelder Alm |
DFB-Pokal
12 September 2020 First round | Union Fürstenwalde | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg[22][23] |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0[24] Referee: Robert Schröder |
23 December 2020 Second round | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–0 | SV Sandhausen | Wolfsburg |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
3 February 2021 Round of 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
2–3 March 2021 Quarter-finals | RB Leipzig | v | VfL Wolfsburg | Leipzig |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Red Bull Arena |
UEFA Europa League
17 September 2020 Second qualifying round | Kukësi | 0–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Tirana, Albania[25] |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia) |
24 September 2020 Third qualifying round | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Desna Chernihiv | Wolfsburg, Germany |
20:15 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report |
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Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium) |
1 October 2020 Play-off round | AEK Athens | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Athens, Greece |
20:45 (21:45 EEST) |
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Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | Koen Casteels | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
12 | GK | Pavao Pervan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
30 | GK | Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
35 | GK | Lino Kasten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
4 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | 23 | 1 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
5 | DF | Jeffrey Bruma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | Paulo Otávio | 20 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
15 | DF | Jérôme Roussillon | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
19 | DF | Kevin Mbabu | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
25 | DF | John Brooks | 21 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
34 | DF | Marin Pongračić | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
39 | DF | Tim Siersleben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
7 | MF | Josip Brekalo | 22 | 2 | 15+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Renato Steffen | 23 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
14 | MF | Admir Mehmedi | 16 | 2 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
20 | MF | Ridle Baku | 20 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
23 | MF | Josuha Guilavogui | 18 | 2 | 6+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 24 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
27 | MF | Maximilian Arnold | 22 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
31 | MF | Yannick Gerhardt | 20 | 3 | 9+6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
40 | MF | João Victor | 17 | 3 | 2+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | |||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 26 | 19 | 19+1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | 13 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | 15 | 2 | 1+10 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
33 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | |||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | William | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | Yunus Mallı | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
20 | DF | Luca Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
29 | FW | Omar Marmoush | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 6 February 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
- As of 3 February 2021
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
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1 | 9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |
2 | 20 | MF | Ridle Baku | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 8 | MF | Renato Steffen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
31 | MF | Yannick Gerhardt | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
40 | MF | João Victor | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
6 | 7 | MF | Josip Brekalo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
14 | MF | Admir Mehmedi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
23 | MF | Josuha Guilavogui | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
25 | DF | John Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
27 | MF | Maximilian Arnold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
12 | 4 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
33 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 31 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
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- Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and the organisational effort required to host the fixture, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[21]
- The Union Fürstenwalde v VfL Wolfsburg match took place at the AOK-Stadion instead of VfL Wolfsburg's home stadium, the Volkswagen Arena.
- The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
- Kukësi played their home matches at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës, which is under reconstruction.