2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2015–16 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalRound 2
DFL-SupercupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bas Dost (8)
All:
Bas Dost (10)

The 2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 71st season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Additionally, they won their first DFB-Pokal trophy in the club's history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final.

They opened their season by winning their first DFL-Supercup in the club's history by defeating Bayern Munich in the 2015 final on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.[1]

Players[edit]

As of 30 August 2015
Wolfsburg prior to its Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on 25 November 2015.

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 Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio (captain)
3 FW Denmark DEN Nicklas Bendtner
4 DF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer
5 DF Switzerland SUI Timm Klose
6 DF Peru PER Carlos Ascues
7 MF Italy ITA Daniel Caligiuri
8 MF Portugal POR Vieirinha
10 MF Germany GER Julian Draxler
11 FW Germany GER Max Kruse
12 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost
15 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch
17 MF Germany GER André Schürrle
18 DF Brazil BRA Dante
20 GK Germany GER Max Grün
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Gustavo
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung
25 DF Brazil BRA Naldo
26 DF Brazil BRA Felipe
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold
28 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels
30 MF Germany GER Paul Seguin
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche
32 FW Poland POL Oskar Zawada
33 FW Germany GER Sebastian Stolze
34 DF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Rodríguez
35 MF Switzerland SUI Francisco Rodríguez
37 DF Germany GER Moritz Sprenger

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
6 DF Peru Carlos Ascues 23 Non-EU Peru Melgar Transfer Summer 2018 €1.5m [2]
10 MF Germany Julian Draxler 21 EU Germany Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2020 €36m [3]
11 FW Germany Max Kruse 27 EU Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer 2019 €12m [4]
18 DF Brazil Dante 31 Non-EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2018 €4.5m [5]
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 23 EU Germany Werder Bremen Loan return Summer
35 MF Switzerland Francisco Rodríguez 20 EU Switzerland Zürich Transfer Summer 2018 [6]
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui 17 EU England Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer

Out[edit]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
9 LW Croatia Ivan Perišić 26 EU Italy Internazionale Transfer Summer €18m [7]
10 MF Germany Aaron Hunt 28 EU Germany Hamburger SV Transfer Summer €3m [8]
14 MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 24 EU England Manchester City Transfer Summer €75m [9]
3 FW Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 28 EU Unattached Contract terminated Winter N/A [10]

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

DFL-Supercup[edit]

Main article: 2015 DFL-Supercup
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Final VfL Wolfsburg 1–1
(5–4 p)		 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Guilavogui Yellow card 35'
Naldo Yellow card 71'
Perišić Yellow card 77'
Bendtner 89'		 Report Douglas Costa Yellow card 21'
Robben 49'
Vidal Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
Penalties
R. Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
De Bruyne soccer ball with check mark
Schürrle soccer ball with check mark
Kruse soccer ball with check mark
Bendtner soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Vidal
soccer ball with red X Alonso
soccer ball with check mark Robben
soccer ball with check mark Lahm
soccer ball with check mark Douglas Costa

Bundesliga[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 9 13 47 49 −2 45
9 1. FC Köln 34 10 13 11 38 42 −4 43
10 Hamburger SV 34 11 8 15 40 46 −6 41
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-offs.[11]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2015–16 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, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 12 9 13 47 49  −2 45 9 5 3 32 17  +15 3 4 10 15 32  −17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[edit]

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ResultWDWDWLDLWWWLWDLDLLDLWDLWWLDLDLLLWW
Position563334494433335477788888788888101088
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Perišić 13'
Dost 17'
De Bruyne Yellow card 45+3'		 Report Reinartz 19'
Zambrano Yellow card 45+3'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,126
Referee: Christian Dingert
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2 1. FC Köln 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zoller 30'
Lehmann Yellow card 72'
Vogt Yellow card 78'		 Report Bendtner 83'
Klose Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dost 17'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 51'
R. Rodríguez 59' (pen.)
Klose 61'		 Report Riether Yellow card 52'
Aogo Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4 FC Ingolstadt 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Morales Yellow card 35'
Levels Yellow card 83'		 Report Guilavogui Yellow card 26'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 79'
Draxler Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 14,095
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Draxler Yellow card 57'
Dost 76', 88' (pen.)		 Report Plattenhardt Yellow card 19'
Lustenberger Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl
22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6 Bayern Munich 5–1 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lewandowski 51', 52', 55', 57', 60'
Vidal Yellow card 82'		 Report Caligiuri 26', Yellow card 42'
R. Rodríguez Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Guilavogui Yellow card 26'
Dost 40'
Arnold Yellow card 69'		 Report Kiyotake 57'
Felipe Yellow card 83'
Marcelo Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,236
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Xhaka Yellow card 44'
Johnson Yellow card 44'
Nordtveit 75'
Traoré 79'		 Report Schäfer Yellow card 41'
R. Rodríguez Yellow card 68'
Kruse Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park
Attendance: 52,581
Referee: Felix Zwayer
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 4–2 TSG Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kruse 1', 62', 83'
Dost 7'
Caligiuri Yellow card 57'
Träsch Yellow card 59'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 71'
Vieirinha Yellow card 85'		 Report Toljan 29'
Schmid 54'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,148
Referee: Felix Brych
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10 Darmstadt 98 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rausch Yellow card 59'
Wagner Yellow card 62'		 Report Dante Yellow card 75'
Caligiuri 78'		 Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 15,800
Referee: Günter Perl
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bendtner 34'
Draxler 77'		 Report Papadopoulos Yellow card 17'
Hernández 40'
Wendell Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,766
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12 Mainz 05 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) de Blasis 31'
Jairo Yellow card 34'
Latza Yellow card 57'
Mallı 75'		 Report Draxler Red card 13'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 35'
Caligiuri Yellow card 76'
Dante Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 26,331
Referee: Daniel Siebert
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13 VfL Wolfsburg 6–0 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Gálvez 11' (o.g.)
Kruse 44', 87'
Vieirinha 56'
Guilavogui 67'
Dost 78'		 Report Gálvez Yellow card 26'
Fritz Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Sippel
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14 FC Augsburg 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bobadilla Yellow card 39'
Koo Yellow card 53'
Caiuby Yellow card 60'		 Report Naldo Yellow card 44'
Dante Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 85'
Caligiuri Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 27,081
Referee: Christian Dingert
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Arnold Yellow card 46'
Vieirinha Yellow card 54'
Träsch Yellow card 81'
R. Rodríguez 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Reus 32', Yellow card 44'
Piszczek Yellow card 90'
Kagawa 90+3'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler Yellow card 71'
Arnold 78'		 Report Lasogga Yellow card 16'
N. Müller 21'
Jung Yellow card 58'
Ostrzolek Yellow card 74'
Gregoritsch Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Didavi 22', 47'
Kostić 31'
Šunjić Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 70'
Niedermeier Yellow card 76'		 Report Arnold 14'
Schürrle Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 47,343
Referee: Felix Brych
24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Huszti Yellow card 56'
Meier 66', 73', 90+3'
Hasebe Yellow card 85'		 Report Dante 25'
Schürrle 79'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler 67'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 77'
Jung Yellow card 82'
Bendtner Yellow card 89'		 Report Lehmann Yellow card 45'
Modeste 75'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,156
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20 Schalke 04 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Huntelaar 24', Yellow card 26'
Geis 35', Yellow card 49'
Schöpf 87'		 Report Kruse Yellow card 30'
Bendtner Yellow card 58'
Knoche Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,483
Referee: Tobias Welz
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 FC Ingolstadt Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler 29'
Knoche 39'		 Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,884
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22 Hertha BSC 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Darida Yellow card 10'
Skjelbred Yellow card 42'
Kalou 60'
Ibišević Yellow card 89'		 Report Schäfer 53'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 90+1'
R. Rodríguez Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 40,126
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Coman 66'
Lewandowski 74'
Bernat Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 24 Hannover 96 0–4 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Wolf Yellow card 42'
Schulz Yellow card 56'		 Report Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 24'
Schürrle 36', 59', 62'
Draxler 69'		 Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Bastian Dankert
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Draxler 15'
Kruse 17'
Schürrle Yellow card 45+1'
Guilavogui Yellow card 70'		 Report Raffael 23'
Dahoud Yellow card 32'
Christensen Yellow card 40'
Hazard Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,224
Referee: Daniel Siebert
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26 TSG Hoffenheim 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kramarić 3'
Baumann Yellow card 89'		 Report Casteels Yellow card 56' Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Robert Hartmann
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Darmstadt 98 Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schürrle Yellow card 45+1', 90+3' Report Wagner 82'
Gondorf Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,422
Referee: Markus Schmidt
1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Brandt 27'
Hernández 73'
Yurchenko 87'		 Report Dante Yellow card 58'
Draxler Yellow card 76'
Arnold Yellow card 82'
Schürrle Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,239
Referee: Felix Brych
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Naldo Yellow card 27'
Schürrle 53'
Henrique Yellow card 84'
Dante Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card 90+1'		 Report Latza Yellow card 3'
Jairo 66'
Clemens Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,844
Referee: Günter Perl
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30 Werder Bremen 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) S. García Yellow card 26'
Pizarro 32' (pen.)
Bartels 64'
Yatabaré 83'		 Report Schürrle Yellow card 17'
Vieirinha Yellow card 31'
Guilavogui 36'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 77'
Benaglio Yellow card 83'
Dost 86'
Arnold Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,557
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Finnbogason 1'
Baier Yellow card 54'
Altıntop 57'
Caiuby Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Knut Kircher
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32 Borussia Dortmund 5–1 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kagawa 7'
Ramos 9'
Weigl Yellow card 44'
Reus Yellow card 53', 59'
Aubameyang 77', 78'		 Report Schürrle 86' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,359
Referee: Robert Hartmann
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33 Hamburger SV 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Luiz Gustavo 73' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Arnold 11'
Schürrle 29', 90+2'
Kruse Yellow card 36'
Dante Yellow card 85'		 Report Kostić Yellow card 55'
Didavi 78'
Schwaab Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal
8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1 Stuttgarter Kickers 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bahn Yellow card 73'
Badiane 79'
Gaiser Yellow card 83'		 Report Kruse 4'
Dost 45'
De Bruyne 47'
Bendtner 86'		 Stadium: GAZİ-Stadion auf der Waldau
Attendance: 9,760
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Naldo Yellow card 62'
Dante Yellow card 77'
Schürrle 90'		 Report Douglas Costa 15'
Coman Yellow card 19'
Müller 20', 34'
Alonso Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Knut Kircher

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 England Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 1 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–0 Russia CSKA Moscow Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Draxler 40' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,126
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) 2 Manchester United England 2–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mata 34' (pen.)
Schneiderlin Yellow card 39'
Schweinsteiger Yellow card 41'
Smalling 53'
Depay Yellow card 61'
Young Yellow card 79'		 Report Caligiuri 4', Yellow card 33' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 74,811
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 3 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Naldo Yellow card 43'
Dost 46'
Kruse 57'
Benaglio Yellow card 90'		 Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,375
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 4 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 2–0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Guardado Yellow card 45+2'
Locadia 55'
Arias Yellow card 81'
De Jong Yellow card 85', 86'		 Report Arnold Yellow card 30'
Caligiuri Yellow card 39'
Naldo Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) 5 CSKA Moscow Russia 0–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Khimki, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Musa Yellow card 17'
Fernandes Yellow card 28'
Wernbloom Yellow card 62'
Natcho Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Akinfeev 67' (o.g.)
Schürrle 88'		 Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 16,450
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) 6 VfL Wolfsburg Germany 3–2 England Manchester United Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Naldo 13', 84', Yellow card 72'
Vieirinha 29'
Schürrle Yellow card 59'		 Report Martial 10'
Darmian Yellow card 17'
Guilavogui 82' (o.g.)
Varela Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,400
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16[edit]
17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) First leg Gent Belgium 2–3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Kums Yellow card 59', 80'
Coulibaly 89'		 Report Draxler 44', 54'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 47'
Vieirinha Yellow card 48'
Kruse 60'		 Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Attendance: 19,978
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Second leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Belgium Gent Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Schürrle 74' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,475
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Quarter-finals[edit]
6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) First leg VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–0 Spain Real Madrid Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) R. Rodríguez 18' (pen.)
Vieirinha Yellow card 19'
Arnold 25', Yellow card 69'
Benaglio Yellow card 50'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 61'		 Report Bale Yellow card 69' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,400
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) Second leg Real Madrid Spain 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldo 15', 17', 77', Yellow card 80' Report Arnold Yellow card 45+2'
Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 76'
Dante Yellow card 85'
Vieirinha Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 76,684
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio 30 0 21 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
20 GK Germany GER Max Grün 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels 17 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Defenders
4 DF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer 27 1 14+7 1 0+1 0 0 0 1+4 0
5 DF Switzerland SUI Timm Klose 12 1 7+1 1 1 0 1 0 1+1 0
6 DF Peru PER Carlos Ascues 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 38 0 23+6 0 1 0 0 0 7+1 0
18 DF Brazil BRA Dante 33 1 23 1 1 0 0 0 9 0
24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung 16 0 5+6 0 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 0
25 DF Brazil BRA Naldo 40 2 29 0 2 0 1 0 8 2
26 DF Brazil BRA Felipe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 13 1 9+2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 DF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 36 3 23+1 2 2 0 1 0 9 1
37 DF Germany GER Moritz Sprenger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Italy ITA Daniel Caligiuri 40 3 20+9 2 1+1 0 1 0 5+3 1
8 MF Portugal POR Vieirinha 37 2 22+4 1 2 0 1 0 5+3 1
10 MF Germany GER Julian Draxler 31 8 19+2 5 1 0 0 0 8+1 3
17 MF Germany GER André Schürrle 41 9 21+8 6 0+1 1 0+1 0 6+4 2
22 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Gustavo 30 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui 42 2 26+4 2 2 0 1 0 8+1 0
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 44 3 22+9 2 1+1 0 1 0 8+2 1
30 MF Germany GER Paul Seguin 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Switzerland SUI Francisco Rodríguez 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Belgium BEL Ismail Azzaoui 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
11 FW Germany GER Max Kruse 43 9 28+4 6 1 1 0+1 0 7+2 2
12 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost 31 10 14+8 8 2 1 1 0 5+1 1
16 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Henrique 10 0 2+5 0 0 0 1 0 0+2 0
32 FW Poland POL Oskar Zawada 5 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 FW Germany GER Sebastian Stolze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
10 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 MF Belgium BEL Kevin De Bruyne 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
3 FW Denmark DEN Nicklas Bendtner 19 4 4+9 2 0+1 1 0+1 1 0+4 0
9 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Perišić 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[edit]

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos. No. Nat. Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Champions League Super Cup Total
1 FW 12 Netherlands Bas Dost 8 1 1 0 10
2 FW 11 Germany Max Kruse 6 1 2 0 9
FW 17 Germany André Schürrle 6 1 2 0 9
3 MF 10 Germany Julian Draxler 5 0 3 0 8
5 FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 2 1 0 1 4
6 MF 7 Italy Daniel Caligiuri 2 0 1 0 3
MF 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold 2 0 1 0 3
DF 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 2 0 1 0 3
7 MF 8 Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 1 0 2
MF 23 France Josuha Guilavogui 2 0 0 0 2
DF 25 Brazil Naldo 0 0 2 0 2
11 DF 4 Germany Marcel Schäfer 1 0 0 0 1
DF 5 Switzerland Timm Klose 1 0 0 0 1
FW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić 1 0 0 0 1
MF 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 0 1 0 0 1
DF 18 Brazil Dante 1 0 0 0 1
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1 0 2
Total 42 5 15 1 63

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