VfL Wolfsburg (women)

VfL Wolfsburg
Full name	Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V. (Sports club); Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH (Professional football club)
Nickname(s)	Die Wölfinnen (The She-wolves)
Founded	2003; 21 years ago
Ground	AOK Stadion, Wolfsburg
Capacity	5,200
Chairman	Hans-Dieter Pötsch
Sporting director	Ralf Kellermann
Head coach	Tommy Stroot
League	Frauen-Bundesliga
2023–24	2nd of 12
Website	www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en/teams/womens-first-team
	Current season

Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg, is a German professional women's football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club is currently playing in the top division of Germany the Bundesliga. The club won the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2013 and 2014.

History

VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg was founded in 1973. The team was a founding member of the Bundesliga. In 2003 the team joined VfL Wolfsburg.

The first season under the new name was in 2003–04, which ended with an eighth place, the next season the team was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 12th place but gained direct promotion in the following 2005–06 season. After a fifth place in 2009–10, Wolfsburg grew up one year later, contending for the title and managed to be runner-up in 2011–12.

In the 2012–13 season Wolfsburg won the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[1] Two weeks prior the team achieved its first Bundesliga title.^[2] They were the second team, after 1. FFC Frankfurt to complete the treble, by also winning the domestic cup competition.^[3] This was the first time that the same year both in men's and women's football, clubs from the same nation, complete the treble, with the men's club being Bayern Munich. They were also the first German football team to successfully defend their Champions League title.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 August 2024.^[4]

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	GER	Merle Frohms
2	DF	NED	Lynn Wilms
3	DF	NED	Caitlin Dijkstra
4	DF	GER	Kathrin Hendrich
6	MF	GER	Janina Minge
7	MF	GER	Chantal Hagel
8	MF	GER	Lena Lattwein
9	FW	NED	Lineth Beerensteyn
10	MF	GER	Svenja Huth
11	FW	GER	Alexandra Popp (captain)
12	GK	GER	Nelly Smolarczyk
13	MF	HUN	Luca Papp
14	DF	ESP	Nuria Rábano
15	DF	HUN	Diána Németh
16	DF	GER	Camilla Küver
17	MF	GER	Kristin Demann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	NOR	Justine Kielland
19	FW	NED	Fenna Kalma
20	FW	ESP	Ariana Arias
21	FW	SWE	Rebecka Blomqvist
22	GK	GER	Lisa Schmitz
23	MF	ISL	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir
24	DF	GER	Joelle Wedemeyer
25	FW	GER	Vivien Endemann
28	FW	GER	Tabea Sellner
29	MF	GER	Jule Brand
30	GK	GER	Anneke Borbe
31	DF	GER	Marina Hegering
35	DF	GER	Karla Brinkmann
39	DF	GER	Sarai Linder

Former players

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 4 July 2021

Position	Staff
Head coach	Tommy Stroot
Assistant coach	Sabrina Eckhoff
Goalkeeping coaches	Eike Herding Alisa Vetterlein
Analyst	Donna Newberry
Physiotherapists	Fee-Maresa Müller Omar Rüppel Ewa Gehring-Sturm
Doctors	Agnes Schneider Dirk Ziller
Team manager	Jörg Schmidt

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

^[5]

Management

Board of directors

Office	Name
Managing directors	Michael Meeske
	Jörg Schmadtke
	Tim Schumacher
Sporting director	Ralf Kellermann

Last updated: 30 August 2020
Source: Management board

Honours

Official

UEFA Women's Champions League:
- Winners: 2012–13, 2013–14
- Runners-up: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23
Frauen-Bundesliga:
- Winners (7): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
DFB Pokal:
- Winners (11): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 (Record)

Invitational

Ladies First Cup:
- Winners: 2013

Individual Club Awards

IFFHS World's Best Woman Club:
- Winners: 2013, 2014^[6]

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Wolfsburg's goal tally first.

Season	Round	Opponents	Away	Home	Aggregate
2012–13	Round of 32	Unia Racibórz	5–1 ^f	6–1	11–2
	Round of 16	Røa Oslo	1–1	4–1 ^f	5–2
	Quarter-final	Rossiyanka Khimki	2–0	2–1 ^f	4–1
	Semi-final	Arsenal	2–1 ^f	2–0	4–1
	Final	Lyon	1–0 ( London)
2013–14	Round of 32	Pärnu	14–0 ^f	13–0	27–0
	Round of 16	Rosengård Malmö	2–1 ^f	3–1	5–2
	Quarter-final	Barcelona	2–0	3–0 ^f	5–0
	Semi-final	Turbine Potsdam	0–0	4–2 ^f	4–2
	Final	Tyresö	4–3 ( Lisbon)
2014–15	Round of 32	Stabæk Bærum	1–0 ^f	2–1	3–1
	Round of 16	Neulengbach	4–0 ^f	7–0	11–0
	Quarter-final	Rosengård Malmö	3–3	1–1 ^f	4–4 (agr)
	Semi-final	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	0–2 ^f	2–3
2015–16	Round of 32	Spartak Subotica	0–0 ^f	4–0	4–0
	Round of 16	Chelsea	2–1 ^f	2–0	4–1
	Quarter-final	Brescia	3–0	3–0 ^f	6–0
	Semi-final	Frankfurt	0–1	4–0 ^f	4–1
	Final	Lyon	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) ( Reggio Emilia)
2016–17	Round of 32	Chelsea	3–0 ^f	1–1	4–1
	Round of 16	Eskilstuna United	5–1 ^f	3–0	8–1
	Quarter-final	Lyon	1–0	0–2 ^f	1–2
2017–18	Round of 32	Atlético Madrid	3–0 ^f	12–2	15–2
	Round of 16	Fiorentina	4–0 ^f	3–3	7–3
	Quarter-final	Slavia Prague	1–1	5–0 ^f	6–1
	Semi-final	Chelsea	3–1 ^f	2–0	5–1
	Final	Lyon	1–4 (a.e.t.) ( Kyiv)
2018–19	Round of 32	Þór/KA Akureyri	1–0 ^f	2–0	3–0
	Round of 16	Atlético Madrid	6–0	4–0 ^f	10–0
	Quarter-final	Lyon	1–2 ^f	2–4	3–6
2019–20	Round of 32	Mitrovica	10–0 ^f	5–0	15–0
	Round of 16	Twente	1–0	6–0 ^f	7–0
	Quarter-final	Glasgow City	9–1^[7] ( San Sebastián)
	Semi-final	Barcelona	1–0 ( San Sebastián)
	Final	Lyon	1–3 ( San Sebastián)
2020–21	Round of 32	Spartak Subotica	5–0 ^f	2–0	7–0
	Round of 16	LSK Kvinner	2–0	2–0 ^f	4–0
	Quarter-final	Chelsea	1–2 ^f	0–3	1–5
2021–22	Round 2	Bordeaux	2–3 (a.e.t.)	3–2 ^f	5–5 (3–0 p)
	Group A	Servette	3–0	5–0	1st
		Chelsea	3–3	4–0
		Juventus	2–2	0–2
	Quarter-final	Arsenal	1–1 ^f	2–0	3–1
	Semi-final	Barcelona	1–5 ^f	2–0	3–5
2022–23	Group B	Slavia Prague	2–0	0–0	1st
		St. Pölten	8–2	4–0
		Roma	1–1	4–2
	Quarter-final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0 ^f	1–1	2–1
	Semi-final	Arsenal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	2–2	5–4
	Final	Barcelona	2–3 ( Eindhoven)
2023–24	Qualifying round 2	Paris FC	3–3 ^f	0–2	3–5
2024–25	Qualifying round 2	Fiorentina	7–0 ^f	5–0	12–0
	Group A

^f First leg.

References

^ "Müller helps Wolfsburg end Lyon reign". UEFA. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ "Wolfsburg wrap up title, Lyon reach final". UEFA. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
^ "Wolfsburg win maiden German Women's Cup". UEFA. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ "PLAYERS AND STAFF 2024/2025". Retrieved 10 August 2024.
^ "VFL Wolfsburg – Aktuelle Mitarbeiter – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de".
^ Awards 2013 and 2014
^ Glasgow City 1–9 Wolfsburg: Scots eliminated in last eight, BBC Sport, 21 August 2020

External links

Official website

[1] "Müller helps Wolfsburg end Lyon reign". UEFA. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

[2] "Wolfsburg wrap up title, Lyon reach final". UEFA. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

[3] "Wolfsburg win maiden German Women's Cup". UEFA. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

[4] "PLAYERS AND STAFF 2024/2025". Retrieved 10 August 2024.

[5] "VFL Wolfsburg – Aktuelle Mitarbeiter – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de".

[6] Awards 2013 and 2014

[7] Glasgow City 1–9 Wolfsburg: Scots eliminated in last eight, BBC Sport, 21 August 2020

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v t e VfL Wolfsburg
Information	Club Seasons Players Managers Europe Women Reserve team
Stadia	Volkswagen Arena VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Matches	1995 DFB-Pokal final 2009 German Supercup (unofficial) 2015 DFB-Pokal final 2015 DFL-Supercup