2010–11 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2010–11 season
Manager	Steve McClaren Pierre Littbarski Felix Magath
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Edin Džeko (10) All: Edin Džeko (11)
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VfL Wolfsburg suffered a nightmare season, only just staying up in Bundesliga, in spite of signing internationally seasoned players Diego and Simon Kjær. Being threatened at the bottom of the table, especially after selling key striker Edin Džeko to Manchester City. The replacements were not up to scratch, which saw manager Steve McClaren sacked. Following a short stint with Pierre Littbarski in charge, the club's 2009 championship-winning manager Felix Magath, who just had been sacked from Schalke 04, in spite of having taken them to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Magath dropped Diego, prompting the Brazilian to refuse to sit on the substitutes' bench. In spite of the turmoil, a crucial away win at Werder Bremen helped Wolfsburg to stay just two points above Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation-playoff zone.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Diego Benaglio
• André Lenz
• Marwin Hitz

Defenders

• Andrea Barzagli
• Michael Schulze
• Robin Knoche
• Marcel Schäfer
• Arne Friedrich
• Peter Pekarík
• Alexander Madlung
• Fabian Johnson
• Simon Kjær

Midfielders

• Sascha Riether
• Christian Gentner
• Akaki Gogia
• Thomas Kahlenberg
• Makoto Hasebe
• Josué
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Karim Ziani
• Diego
• Jan Polák
• Yohandry Orozco

Attackers

• Grafite
• Edin Džeko
• Caiuby
• Tuncay Şanlı
• Patrick Helmes
• Mario Mandžukić
• Dieumerci Mbokani

Bundesliga

Matches

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

20 August 2010 1	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:30	Müller  9' Van Bommel  33' Schweinsteiger  90'	Report	Pekarík  43' Džeko  55' Cícero  61'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

28 August 2010 2	Wolfsburg	3–4	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mandžukić  8' Džeko  23', 27',  90' Diego  30',  70'	Report	Rasmussen  39' Soto  48' Schürrle  58' Polanski  72' Soto  80' Szalai  85',  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,116 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

11 September 2010 3	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30	Şahin  50',  73' Kagawa  67' Großkreutz  77'	Report	Cícero  26' Diego  45' Dejagah  87'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 73,600 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

18 September 2010 4	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego  4',  55' Josué  63' Džeko  67'	Report	Schmiedebach  56' Schulz  59'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

22 September 2010 5	Hamburger SV	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
20:00	Choupo-Moting  27'	Report	Džeko  15' Grafite  71', 78'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 50,231 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

26 September 2010 6	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Grafite  25', 64' Josué  43'	Report	Cissé  36' Butscher  63' Mujdža  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,204 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

2 October 2010 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Bradley  41' Reus  45' Marx  65'	Report	Kahlenberg  27',  52' Džeko  90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,423 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

16 October 2010 8	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
18:30	Diego  9' Grafite  68' Dejagah  89'	Report	Barnetta  31' Reinartz  67' Friedrich  70' Rolfes  72', 82' Vidal  75' (pen.) Kadlec  77' Sam  90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

23 October 2010 9	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Nuremberg
15:30	Gündoğan  11' Frantz  63' Cohen  90'	Report	Josué  13' Grafite  27',  29' Kjær  88'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 40,127 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

30 October 2010 10	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30	Džeko  6', 76'	Report	Harnik  78' Audel  79'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,043 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

6 November 2010 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30	Gekas  26', 55' (pen.) Schwegler  38' Vasoski  90'	Report	Džeko  43' Dejagah  66' Diego  90'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 43,8000 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

13 November 2010 12	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30	Grafite  11' Džeko  33'	Report	Edu  39' Huntelaar  75'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

FC St. Pauli v VfL Wolfsburg

21 November 2010 13	FC St. Pauli	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
17:30	Thorandt  28'	Report	Diego  38' Džeko  54',  82' Barzagli  81'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 24,150 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

28 November 2010 14	1. FC Köln	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
17:30	Geromel  19' Podolski  22' Novaković  51'	Report	Barzagli  63' Cícero  81' Kjær  87'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

4 December 2010 15	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego  35' Barzagli  71' Kjær  79'	Report	Prödl  76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

11 December 2010 16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Petsos  83'	Report	Ziani  31' Cícero  63' Hasebe  78'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,181 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

18 December 2010 17	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30	Madlung  72' Diego  75' Mandžukić  78' Džeko  90'	Report	Luiz Gustavo  34' Sigurðsson  40' Salihović  77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,512 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

15 January 2011 18	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mandžukić  3' Josué  56' Riether  86'	Report	Müller  7' Schweinsteiger  45' Badstuber  49'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

22 January 2011 19	Mainz 05	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30	Polanski  77'	Report	Friedrich  70' Kjær  82'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 18,900 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

29 January 2011 20	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30	Friedrich  53' Pekarík  68'	Report	Barrios  2' Şahin  40' Piszczek  63' Hummels  71' Subotić  77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

5 February 2011 21	Hannover 96	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
15:30	Pinto  4' Ya Konan  37'	Report	Kjær  60' Grafite  70' Pekarík  84'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 37,213 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

12 February 2011 22	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30	Kjær  32' Grafite  60' Polák  67' Friedrich  73'	Report	Petrić  33' (pen.) Aogo  90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

19 February 2011 23	SC Freiburg	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30	Mujdža  31' Reisinger  43' Cissé  69' Barth  75' Butscher  89'	Report	Helmes  28'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

25 February 2011 24	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
20:30	Diego  37', 45',  85' Friedrich  59' Polák  73' Mandžukić  88'	Report	Reus  41' Stranzl  64' Daems  74' (pen.) De Camargo  77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,763 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

5 March 2011 25	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
18:30	L. Bender  21' Augusto  29' Kießling  46'	Report	Cícero  45' Mbokani  69' Friedrich  71' Koo  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,115 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

12 March 2011 26	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mbokani  20' Mandžukić  23' Pekarík  58'	Report	Chandler  34' Wollscheid  45' Wolf  61' Pinola  67' Nilsson  90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,316 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

20 March 2011 27	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
17:30	Niedermeier  90' Schipplock  90'	Report	Pekarík  22' Grafite  40' Kjær  45' Lenz  66'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 April 2011 28	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
17:30	Mandžukić  51',  85' Friedrich  71', 71'	Report	Ochs  13' Altıntop  48' Meier  59' Rode  68' Franz  70' Tzavellas  82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,125 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

9 April 2011 29	Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Jurado  76' Baumjohann  90'	Report	Grafite  48' Cícero  51' Koo  54'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v FC St. Pauli

16 April 2011 30	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	FC St. Pauli	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mandžukić  39' Hasebe  50' Koo  81' Polák  88'	Report	Bruns  41' Naki  61' Asamoah  69' Lehmann  77'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

24 April 2011 31	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mandžukić  14', 39' Dejagah  58', 88'	Report	Freis  40'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal)

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

29 April 2011 32	Werder Bremen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
20:30	Mertesacker  65' Frings  66'	Report	Riether  22' Friedrich  27' Cícero  31' Mandžukić  47' Grafite  61'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

7 May 2011 33	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Wolfsburg
15:30	Mandžukić  6'	Report	Lakić  25' Amedick  46' De Wit  90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

14 May 2011 34	1899 Hoffenheim	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30	Firmino  49'	Report	Madlung  52' Mandžukić  60', 73' Grafite  78'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Top scorers

• Edin Džeko (10)
• Mario Mandžukić (8)
• Grafite (9)
• Diego (6)

Sources

Soccerway - Germany - VfL Wolfsburg