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VfL Wolfsburg
2020–21 season
Executive DirectorFrank Witter
ManagerOliver Glasner
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
BundesligaPre-season
DFB-PokalFirst round
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
2021–22 →

The 2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season is the club's 76th season in existence and the 24th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg will participate in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 August 2020[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Belgium BEL Koen Casteels (vice-captain)
2 DF Brazil BRA William
4 MF Spain ESP Ignacio Camacho
5 DF Netherlands NED Jeffrey Bruma
6 DF Brazil BRA Paulo Otávio
7 MF Croatia CRO Josip Brekalo
8 MF Switzerland SUI Renato Steffen
9 FW Netherlands NED Wout Weghorst
10 MF Turkey TUR Yunus Mallı
11 MF Germany GER Felix Klaus
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan
14 MF Switzerland SUI Admir Mehmedi
15 DF France FRA Jérôme Roussillon
17 MF Germany GER John Yeboah
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Switzerland SUI Kevin Mbabu
23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui (captain)
24 MF Austria AUT Xaver Schlager
25 DF United States USA John Brooks
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain)
29 FW Egypt EGY Omar Marmoush
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger
31 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
32 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Marcel Tisserand
33 FW Germany GER Daniel Ginczek
34 DF Croatia CRO Marin Pongračić
35 GK Germany GER Lino Kasten
40 MF Brazil BRA João Victor

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
34 MF Germany GER Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021)
37 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at FC Köln until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
17 DF Germany Felix Uduokhai Germany FC Augsburg €7,000,000 1 July 2020 [3]
31 DF Germany Robin Knoche Germany Union Berlin Free
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui Free
36 GK Germany Phillip Menzel Austria Austria Klagenfurt Undisclosed 1 August 2020 [4]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 August 2020 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany v Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Wolfsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: AOK Stadion
5 September 2020 Friendly 1. FC Magdeburg Germany v Germany VfL Wolfsburg Magdeburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: MDCC-Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 18 September 2020 May 2021 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
DFB-Pokal 11 September 2020 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Europa League 17 September 2020 Second qualifying round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Last updated: September 2020
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 +28 65 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 +29 64
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 +24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 +16 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 +14 52
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: September 2020.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on September 2020. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[6]

DFB-Pokal

11–14 September 2020 First round Brandenburg representative v VfL Wolfsburg
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Europa League

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

  1. ^ "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Bundesliga: FC Augsburg verpflichtet ausgeliehenen Felix Uduokhai vom VfL Wolfsburg". Goal (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Menzel off to Klagenfurt". VfL Wolfsburg. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. ^ "2020-21 season: DFL publishes Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists". bundesliga.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.