2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season
VfL Wolfsburg 2013–14 football season
2013–14 season | ||||
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Manager | Dieter Hecking | |||
Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
Bundesliga | 5th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Ivica Olić (14) All: Ivica Olić (15) | |||
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The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg.
In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.
The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.
Review and events
Transfers
In
Date | Position | Player | Club | Fee | Ref |
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1 July 2013 | DM | ![]() | ![]() | €20,000,000 | |
DM | ![]() | ![]() | €16,000,000 | ||
DF | ![]() | ![]() | €6,000,000 | ||
MF | ![]() | ![]() | €4,000,000 | ||
28 July 2013 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | €1,500,000 | |
31 August 2013 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
Out
Date | Position | Name | Club | Fee |
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1 July 2013 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | €2,400,000 |
GK | ![]() | ![]() | €1,000,000 | |
DF | ![]() | ![]() | €4,000,000 | |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | |
25 July 2013 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
28 July 2013 | ST | ![]() | ![]() | Loan |
28 July 2013 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan |
13 August 2013 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
1 September 2013 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | €2,000,000 |
2 September 2013 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
13 January 2014 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | €5,000,000 |
18 January 2014 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan |
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
Bundesliga
League fixtures and results
MD | Date – KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Ref. | ||
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VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||
1 | 10 August – 15:30 | A | Hannover 96 | 0-2 | 44,800 | Klose ![]() ![]() Arnold ![]() | Andreasen ![]() Bittencourt ![]() Huszti ![]() ![]() Prib ![]() Sané ![]() | 16 | 0 | [1] |
2 | 17 August – 15:30 | H | Schalke 04 | 4–0 | 28,405 | Knoche ![]() Vieirinha ![]() Naldo ![]() Kutschke ![]() | Huntelaar ![]() Jones ![]() | 8 | 3 | [2] |
3 | 24 August – 15:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | 27,103 | Luiz Gustavo ![]() ![]() Diego ![]() | Müller ![]() ![]() Geis ![]() Choupo-Moting ![]() Moritz ![]() | 9 | 3 | [3] |
4 | 31 August – 15:30 | H | Hertha BSC | 2–0 | 28,625 | Naldo ![]() Olić ![]() Diego ![]() | Langkamp ![]() Wagner ![]() | 8 | 6 | [4] |
5 | 14 September – 15:30 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | 27,149 | Olić ![]() Naldo ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() ![]() Vieirinha ![]() | Sam ![]() ![]() Wollscheid ![]() Kießling ![]() | 12 | 6 | [5] |
6 | 21 September – 15:30 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | 29,837 | Olić ![]() Polák ![]() | Rudy ![]() Modeste ![]() Roberto Firmino ![]() Vestergaard ![]() Herdling ![]() | 6 | 9 | [6] |
7 | 28 September – 15:30 | A | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 71,000 | Diego ![]() | Schweinsteiger ![]() Müller ![]() Mandžukić ![]() | 11 | 9 | [7] |
8 | 5 October – 15:30 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | 30,000 | Olić ![]() Diego ![]() | Bellarabi ![]() Ademi ![]() Theuerkauf ![]() Boland ![]() Kumbela ![]() | 14 | 9 | [8] |
9 | 20 October – 17:30 | A | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 27,554 | Arnold ![]() ![]() Diego ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() | Werner ![]() Ostrzolek ![]() Verhaegh ![]() | 9 | 12 | [9] |
10 | 26 October – 18:30 | H | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 29,488 | Arnold ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() Olić ![]() Perišić ![]() | Kroos ![]() Ignjovski ![]() | 6 | 15 | [10] |
11 | 2 November – 18:30 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 44,300 | Anderson ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() Arnold ![]() Schäfer ![]() | Meier ![]() Oczipka ![]() Celozzi ![]() Zambrano ![]() | 5 | 18 | [11] |
12 | 9 November – 15:30 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 | 30,000 | Caligiuri ![]() Ochs ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Olić ![]() | Bender ![]() Hummels ![]() Reus ![]() ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() | 5 | 21 | [12] |
13 | 23 November – 15:30 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | 35,678 | Diego ![]() Arnold ![]() | Frantz ![]() Ginczek ![]() | 5 | 22 | [13] |
14 | 29 November – 20:30 | H | Hamburger SV | 1–1 | 28,648 | Rodríguez ![]() Ochs ![]() Arnold ![]() Naldo ![]() Knoche ![]() | Çalhanoğlu ![]() Arslan ![]() | 6 | 23 | [14] |
15 | 8 December – 15:30 | A | SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 22,800 | Arnold ![]() Olić ![]() Ochs ![]() Schäfer ![]() | — | 5 | 26 | [15] |
16 | 14 December – 18:30 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | 25,501 | Medojević ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Perišić ![]() | Rausch ![]() Harnik ![]() Werner ![]() | 5 | 29 | [16] |
17 | 22 December – 15:30 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 53,301 | Ochs ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Caligiuri ![]() Dost ![]() | Raffael ![]() Arango ![]() Wendt ![]() | 5 | 30 | [17] |
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League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a] |
6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a] |
7 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a] |
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ a b c The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.
DFB-Pokal
MD | Date – KO | Venue | Opponent | Result2 | Attendance | Goalscorers and carded players | Ref. | |
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VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | |||||||
R1 | 3 August – 20:30 | A | Karlsruher SC | 3-1 | 15,710 | Perišić ![]() ![]() Klose ![]() Diego ![]() Schäfer ![]() | Peitz ![]() Alibaz ![]() ![]() | [18] |
R2 | 24 September – 19:00 | H | VfR Aalen | 2–0 | 6,718 | Diego ![]() Koo ![]() Klose ![]() | Junglas ![]() | [19] |
Round of 16 | 3 December - 19:00 | H | FC Ingolstadt | 2–1 | 7,846 | Naldo ![]() Olić ![]() | Caiuby ![]() | |
Quarter-finals | 12 February - 19:00 | A | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | 13,840 | Rodríguez ![]() Dost ![]() | Firmino ![]() | |
Semi-finals | 12 April - 19:00 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 0–2 | 80,400 | Gustavo ![]() | Mkhitaryan ![]() Lewandowski ![]() ![]() Aubameyang ![]() |
Squad
Squad, appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Diego Benaglio | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | ![]() | Patrick Ochs | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | ![]() | Marcel Schäfer | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | ![]() | Timm Klose | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
6 | MF | ![]() | Slobodan Medojević | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | ![]() | Daniel Caligiuri | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
8 | FW | ![]() | Vieirinha | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | ![]() | Ivan Perišić | 38 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
11 | FW | ![]() | Ivica Olić | 39 | 15 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | ||
12 | FW | ![]() | Bas Dost | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
14 | MF | ![]() | Kevin De Bruyne | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | ![]() | Christian Träsch | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | ![]() | Junior Malanda | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
20 | GK | ![]() | Max Grün | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
21 | GK | ![]() | Patrick Drewes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | MF | ![]() | Luiz Gustavo | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | ![]() | Naldo | 38 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
26 | DF | ![]() | Felipe Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | MF | ![]() | Maximilian Arnold | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
29 | MF | ![]() | Jan Polák | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | ![]() | Stefan Kutschke | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | ![]() | Robin Knoche | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
32 | MF | ![]() | Willi Evseev | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
34 | DF | ![]() | Ricardo Rodríguez | 38 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
39 | DF | ![]() | Paul Seguin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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13 | MF | ![]() | Makoto Hasebe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | ![]() | Koo Ja-cheol | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | ![]() | Diego | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
- Source: [citation needed]
Notes
- 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
Sources
- ^ "Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis" (in German). kicker. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Olic hält sein Versprechen" (in German). kicker. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus" (in German). kicker. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung" (in German). kicker. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig" (in German). kicker. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab" (in German). kicker. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf" (in German). kicker. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB" (in German). kicker. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite" (in German). kicker. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball" (in German). kicker. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter" (in German). kicker. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier" (in German). kicker. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie" (in German). kicker. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf" (in German). kicker. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Diego bringt die "Wölfe" in die Erfolgsspur" (in German). kicker. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
External links
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)