2012–13 season | ||||
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Manager | Dieter Hecking | |||
Stadium | Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony | |||
Bundesliga | 11th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finalis | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Bas Dost (8) All: Bas Dost (10) | |||
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The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.
Review and events
[edit]Matches
[edit]Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
[edit]10 July 2012 | FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Streichmühle |
19:00 |
17 July 2012 | Helmstedter SV | – | VfL Wolfsburg | |
19:00 |
26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Guangdong Olympic Stadium |
14:00 CEST | Mandžukić ![]() Robben ![]() |
Pilař ![]() |
4 August 2012 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | ![]() | Wolfsburg, Germany |
Agüero ![]() Y. Touré ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena |
7 August 2012 | Wolfsberger AC ![]() | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
19:00 | ![]() |
Bundesliga
[edit]25 August 2012 1 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
20:45 | Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48.280 Referee: Tobias Welz |
2 September 2012 2 | Wolfsburg | 0–4 | Hannover 96 | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Report | Haggui ![]() Sobiech ![]() Andreasen ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,451 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
14 September 2012 3 | FC Augsburg | 0–0 | Wolfsburg | Augsburg |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,512 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
22 September 2012 4 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Wolfsburg |
14:30 | Olić ![]() |
Summary | Pogatetz ![]() Mavraj ![]() Petsos ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
25 September 2012 5 | Bayern Munich | 3–0 | Wolfsburg | Munich |
20:00 | Schweinsteiger ![]() ![]() Mandžukić ![]() |
Summary | Kahlenberg ![]() |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Christian Dingert |
30 September 2012 6 | Wolfsburg | 0–2 | Mainz 05 | Wolfsburg |
17:30 | Josué ![]() Träsch ![]() Olić ![]() |
Summary | Díaz ![]() Szalai ![]() Soto ![]() Baumgartlinger ![]() Caligiuri ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,795 Referee: Marco Fritz |
6 October 2012 7 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | Wolfsburg | Gelsenkirchen |
15:30 | Farfán ![]() Afellay ![]() ![]() Neustädter ![]() |
Summary | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,671 Referee: Peter Sippel |
20 October 2012 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | SC Freiburg | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Naldo ![]() |
Summary | Mujdža ![]() Caligiuri ![]() Schuster ![]() Diagne ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,080 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
27 October 2012 9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Düsseldorf |
15:30 | Fink ![]() ![]() Langeneke ![]() Ilsø ![]() |
Summary | Dost ![]() Olić ![]() Josué ![]() Diego ![]() |
Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 45,673 Referee: Tobias Welz |
3 November 2012 10 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Nuremberg |
15:30 | Gebhart ![]() Kiyotake ![]() Chandler ![]() |
Summary | Josué ![]() Fagner ![]() Kjær ![]() |
Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,586 Referee: Christian Dingert |
11 November 2012 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Diego ![]() Naldo ![]() Dost ![]() |
Report (in German) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,825 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
18 November 2012 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hoffenheim |
17:30 | Rudy ![]() Jensen ![]() Derdiyok ![]() |
Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günther Perl |
24 November 2012 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Olić ![]() Dost ![]() Josué ![]() |
Report (in German) | Arnautović ![]() ![]() Schmitz ![]() ![]() De Bruyne ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
28 November 2012 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
20:00 | Arango ![]() Jantschke ![]() ![]() |
Report (in German) | Polák ![]() Jönsson ![]() |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
2 December 2012 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Hamburger SV | Wolfsburg |
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Naldo ![]() Kjær ![]() |
Report (in German) | Beister ![]() Rincón ![]() Adler ![]() Westermann ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,121 Referee: Peter Sippel |
8 December 2012 16 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Dortmund |
15:30 | Reus ![]() ![]() Schmelzer ![]() Błaszczykowski ![]() Gündoğan ![]() Götze ![]() |
Report (in German) | Diego ![]() Naldo ![]() Kjær ![]() Josué ![]() Dost ![]() Kahlenberg ![]() |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
15 December 2012 17 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Josué ![]() Diego ![]() Naldo ![]() |
Report | Meier ![]() Inui ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,452 Referee: ![]() |
19 January 2013 18 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Diego ![]() Madlung ![]() |
Report | Niedermeier ![]() Rüdiger ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: ![]() |
26 January 2013 19 | Hannover 96 | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hannover |
15:30 | Abdellaoue ![]() Pocognoli ![]() Diouf ![]() Huszti ![]() Chahed ![]() Hoffmann ![]() |
Summary | Madlung ![]() Naldo ![]() Diego ![]() |
Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,800 Referee: ![]() |
2 February 2013 20 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | FC Augsburg | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Naldo ![]() Diego ![]() Fagner ![]() |
Summary | Werner ![]() Morávek ![]() Baier ![]() Ostrzolek ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,257 Referee: ![]() |
9 February 2013 21 | Greuther Fürth | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Fürth |
15:30 | Klaus ![]() Sobiech ![]() Peković ![]() |
Summary | Dost ![]() Naldo ![]() Fagner ![]() Träsch ![]() |
Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: ![]() |
15 February 2013 22 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg |
20:30 | Madlung ![]() Vieirinha ![]() Dost ![]() Hasebe ![]() Naldo ![]() |
Summary | Mandžukić ![]() Ribéry ![]() Dante ![]() Robben ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 February 2013 23 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz |
15:30 | Zimling ![]() ![]() |
Summary | Naldo ![]() Madlung ![]() Diego ![]() Kjær ![]() |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,175 Referee: ![]() |
2 March 2013 24 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–4 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Olić ![]() Fagner ![]() |
Summary | Draxler ![]() Jones ![]() Farfán ![]() Huntelaar ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: ![]() |
9 March 2013 25 | SC Freiburg | 2–5 | VfL Wolfsburg | Freiburg |
15:30 | Kruse ![]() ![]() Krmas ![]() Flum ![]() |
Report | Makiadi ![]() Vieirinha ![]() Olić ![]() ![]() Polák ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Benaglio ![]() |
Attendance: 22,900 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) |
15 March 2013 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Wolfsburg |
20:30 | Josué ![]() Olić ![]() Orozco ![]() |
Report | Bolly ![]() Malezas ![]() Tesche ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,540 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle) |
31 March 2013 27 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Wolfsburg |
15:30 | Diego ![]() ![]() Olić ![]() Polák ![]() Hasebe ![]() |
Report | Simons ![]() Nilsson ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,524 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
6 April 2013 28 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
15:30 | Schürrle ![]() Reinartz ![]() Boenisch ![]() |
Report | Kjær ![]() ![]() Fagner ![]() Helmes ![]() |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,288 Referee: Peter Sippel |
13 April 2013 29 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CEST | Arnold ![]() ![]() Medojević ![]() Naldo ![]() |
Report | Salihović ![]() Roberto Firmino ![]() Beck ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,221 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
20 April 2013 30 | Werder Bremen | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
18:30 CEST | Fritz ![]() Bargfrede ![]() Arnautović ![]() |
Report | Arnold ![]() Olić ![]() Diego ![]() Träsch ![]() |
Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
27 April 2013 31 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CEST | Arnold ![]() Olić ![]() Diego ![]() |
Report | Mlapa ![]() De Jong ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
5 May 2013 32 | Hamburger SV | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hamburg |
17:30 CEST | Son ![]() Westermann ![]() Rincón ![]() Diekmeier ![]() |
Report | Vieirinha ![]() Hasebe ![]() Perišić ![]() |
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 50,135 Referee: Jochen Drees |
11 May 2013 33 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Wolfsburg |
15:30 CEST | Perišić ![]() Naldo ![]() Polák ![]() |
Report | Bender ![]() Reus ![]() ![]() Gündoğan ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
18 May 2013 34 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Frankfurt |
15:30 CEST | Meier ![]() Zambrano ![]() Rode ![]() Russ ![]() Rodríguez ![]() |
Report | Polák ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Hasebe ![]() |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
DFB-Pokal
[edit]18 August 2012 1st Round | Schönberg 95 | 0–5 | VfL Wolfsburg | Lübeck |
20:30 | Report | Olić ![]() Diego ![]() Dost ![]() |
Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Kampka |
31 October 2012 2nd Round | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | FSV Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
20:30 | Polák ![]() Diego ![]() Dost ![]() |
Summary | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
17 December 2012 3rd Round | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
19:00 | Träsch ![]() Bost ![]() |
Fagner ![]() |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,781 |
26 February 2013 Quarterfinals | Kickers Offenbach | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Offenbach am Main |
20:30 | Stadel ![]() |
Olić ![]() Dost ![]() |
Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion Attendance: 20,000 |
16 April 2013 Semifinals | Bayern München | 6–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Munich |
20:30 | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 |
Squad
[edit]Squad, appearances and goals
[edit]As of 27 November 2012[update]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() |
Diego Benaglio | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | GK | ![]() |
Patrick Drewes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | GK | ![]() |
Marwin Hitz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||
5 | DF | ![]() |
Emanuel Pogatetz | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | DF | ![]() |
Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | DF | ![]() |
Alexander Madlung | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | ![]() |
Naldo | 23 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() |
Hrvoje Čale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | ![]() |
Robin Knoche | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
34 | DF | ![]() |
Ricardo Rodríguez | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
39 | DF | ![]() |
Michael Schulze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | DF | ![]() |
Simon Kjær | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||
4 | MF | ![]() |
Marcel Schäfer | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Slobodan Medojević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Josué | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Vieirinha | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
13 | MF | ![]() |
Makoto Hasebe | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() |
Václav Pilař | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() |
Christian Träsch | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
Kevin Pannewitz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Mateusz Klich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
Maximilian Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
29 | MF | ![]() |
Jan Polák | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | MF | ![]() |
Yohandry Orozco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | MF | ![]() |
Ferhan Hasani | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | MF | ![]() |
Thomas Kahlenberg | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Strikers | |||||||||
11 | FW | ![]() |
Ivica Olić | 22 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
9 | FW | ![]() |
Bas Dost | 23 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
No longer at club | |||||||||
3 | DF | ![]() |
Felipe Lopes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() |
Rasmus Jönsson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
Marco Russ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | MF | ![]() |
Ashkan Dejagah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | FW | ![]() |
Srđan Lakić | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Sources
[edit]- ^ "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (in German)
- 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)