2001–02 VfL Wolfsburg season

Wolfsburg

2001–02 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Tomislav Marić (12)
Home colours Away colours

VfL Wolfsburg had a solid season, in which it just finished inside the top 10. It scored 57 goals in just 34 games, but also conceded 49, which was too much in order to challenge for European places.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Claus Reitmaier
• Sead Ramović

Defenders

• Dušan Petković
• Emeka Ifejiagwa
• Claus Thomsen
• Patrick Weiser
• Waldemar Kryger
• Marino Biliškov
• Tobias Rau
• Gernot Plassnegger
• Thomas Rytter
• Stefan Schnoor
• Hans Sarpei
• Maik Franz

Midfielders

• Michael Madsen
• Frank Greiner
• Krzysztof Nowak
• Robson Ponte
• Dorinel Munteanu
• Dietmar Kühbauer
• Martin Petrov
• Charles Akonnor
• Miroslav Karhan
• Sven Müller
• Benjamin Siegert
• Michael Habryka

Attackers

• Diego Klimowicz
• Tomislav Marić
• Andrzej Juskowiak
• Markus Feldhoff
• Jürgen Rische
• Joshua Kennedy

Bundesliga

Matches

Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg

1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Wolfsburg
	Lúcio 42, 46'		Feldhoff 86'

Wolfsburg v St. Pauli

2	Wolfsburg	1–1	St. Pauli
	Karhan 84'		Rahn 7'

Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg v Freiburg

4	Wolfsburg	1–1	Freiburg
	Munteanu 67'		Sellimi 35'

Energie Cottbus v Wolfsburg

5	Energie Cottbus	3–3	Wolfsburg
	Kałużny 2' Vragel 45, 49'		Juskowiak 31' Petković 43' Kennedy 77'

Wolfsburg v Stuttgart

6	Wolfsburg	0–2	Stuttgart
			Seitz 7' Balakov 65' (pen.)

1860 München v Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg v Kaiserslautern

8	Wolfsburg	2–0	Kaiserslautern
	Juskowiak 14' Greiner 82'

Köln v Wolfsburg

9	Köln	0–4	Wolfsburg
			Petrov 2', 50' (pen.) Ponte 6' Karhan 61'

Wolfsburg v Hamburg

10	Wolfsburg	0–1	Hamburg
			Hoogma 57'

Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg

11	Werder Bremen	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Bode 79'

Wolfsburg v Nuremberg

12	Wolfsburg	5–0	Nuremberg
	Ponte 6, 30' Petrov 68' Kennedy 86' Munteanu 87'

Hertha Berlin v Wolfsburg

13	Hertha Berlin	2–0	Wolfsburg
	Sarpei 21' (o.g.) Goor 81'

Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

14	Wolfsburg	3–1	Mönchengladbach
	Marić 6' Petrov 22' Ponte 57'		Van Houdt 64'

Hansa Rostock v Wolfsburg

15	Hansa Rostock	1–2	Wolfsburg
	Beierle 89'		Marić 32, 65'

Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg

16	Bayern Munich	3–3	Wolfsburg
	Pizarro 11, 55' Élber 18'		Marić 45, 71' Kühbauer 52'

Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

17	Wolfsburg	3–1	Schalke 04
	Němec 51' (o.g.) Marić 62', 74' (pen.)		Wilmots 66'

Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

18	Wolfsburg	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen
	Ponte 39' Marić 57, 77'		Neuville 86'

St. Pauli v Wolfsburg

19	St. Pauli	3–1	Wolfsburg
	Meggle 51' Rath 75' Bajramović 83'		Kientz 10' (o.g.)

Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

Freiburg v Wolfsburg

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Freiburg

0–0

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

22	Wolfsburg	2–1	Energie Cottbus
	Ponte 12, 24'		Vragel 90'

Stuttgart v Wolfsburg

23	Stuttgart	2–1	Wolfsburg
	Meißner 9' Hleb 77'		Klimowicz 87'

Wolfsburg v 1860 München

24	Wolfsburg	1–3	1860 München
	Biliškov 54'		Týce 56' Max 59' Weissenberger 90'

Kaiserslautern v Wolfsburg

25	Kaiserslautern	3–2	Wolfsburg
	Hristov 64' Klose 74' Lokvenc 84'		Hristov 49' (o.g.) Munteanu 72'

Wolfsburg v Köln

26	Wolfsburg	5–1	Köln
	Klimowicz 4, 18' Rau 8' Petrov 62' Karhan 77'		Kreuz 45'

Hamburg v Wolfsburg

27	Hamburg	1–1	Wolfsburg
	Barbarez 67'		Klimowicz 45'

Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

28	Wolfsburg	2–0	Werder Bremen
	Klimowicz 64' Petrov 78'

Nuremberg v Wolfsburg

29	Nuremberg	3–0	Wolfsburg
	Rink 15' (pen.) Krzynówek 74' (pen.) Gomis 86'

Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

30	Wolfsburg	1–3	Hertha Berlin
	Klimowicz 36'		Hartmann 25' Preetz 28' Marx 48'

Mönchengladbach v Wolfsburg

31	Mönchengladbach	0–2	Wolfsburg
			Klimowicz 48, 60'

Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

32	Wolfsburg	4–0	Hansa Rostock
	Klimowicz 4, 5' Ponte 7' Juskowiak 37'

Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

33	Wolfsburg	0–1	Bayern Munich
			Sagnol 33'

Schalke 04 v Wolfsburg

34	Schalke 04	1–2	Wolfsburg
	Asamoah 90'		Marić 29, 87'

Top Scorers

• Tomislav Marić 12
• Diego Klimowicz 10
• Robson Ponte 8
• Martin Petrov 6

Sources

VfL Wolfsburg Results Soccerbase.com