2009–10 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2009–10 season
Manager	Armin Veh Lorenz-Günther Köstner
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Edin Džeko (22) All: Edin Džeko (29)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

VfL Wolfsburg did not manage to qualify for international football, in spite of keeping the squad that won the Bundesliga in 2009. Coach Armin Veh was sacked, following a failure to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League, and being distanced in Bundesliga. Under interim coach Lorenz-Günther Köstner Wolfsburg managed to finish inside the top half and reach the quarter final in the UEFA Europa League. The most influential player was Edin Džeko, who unlike the team, continued to perform at the top level, topping the Bundesliga's top scoring-chart.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Diego Benaglio
• André Lenz
• Marwin Hitz

Defenders

• Andrea Barzagli
• Alexander Madlung
• Ricardo Costa
• Marcel Schäfer
• Cristian Zaccardo
• Peter Pekarík
• Réver
• Fabian Johnson
• Daniel Reiche
• Jan Šimůnek

Midfielders

• Sascha Riether
• Christian Gentner
• Zvjezdan Misimović
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Makoto Hasebe
• Josué
• Jonathan Santana
• Karim Ziani
• Sebastian Schindzielorz
• Alexander Laas
• Daniel Baier

Attackers

• Grafite
• Edin Džeko
• Obafemi Martins
• Alexander Esswein

Competitions

Bundesliga

Matches

1	Wolfsburg	2 – 0	Stuttgart
	Misimović  71' Grafite  82'

2	Köln	1 – 3	Wolfsburg
	Ehret  49'		Džeko  73' Womé  74' (o.g.) Martins  86'

3	Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Hamburg
	Misimović  52' Martins  56'		Guerrero  3' Elia  7' Petrić  75' Castelen  90'

4	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	Wolfsburg
	Gómez  26' Robben  68', 80'

5	Wolfsburg	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen
	Misimović  76' Grafite  80' (pen.)		Rolfes  38', 51' (pen.) Kießling  58'

6	Schalke 04	1 – 2	Wolfsburg
	Höwedes  80'		Džeko  55', 81'

7	Wolfsburg	4 – 2	Hannover
	Misimović  8' Gentner  45' Hasebe  48' Džeko  62'		Balitsch  28' Madlung  50' (o.g.)

8	Bochum	1 – 1	Wolfsburg
	Hashemian  53'		Martins  75'

9	Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Madlung  45' Gentner  90'		Bradley  90'

10	Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Wolfsburg

11	Wolfsburg	3 – 3	Mainz 05
	Martins  7', 20' Misimović  64'		Amri  35' Ivanschitz  41' Hoogland  85'

12	Hoffenheim	1 – 2	Wolfsburg
	Ibišević  23'		Misimović  52' Grafite  57'

13	Wolfsburg	2 – 3	Nürnberg
	Dejagah  59' Grafite  79' (pen.)		Bunjaku  56', 64' Kluge  90'

14	Werder Bremen	2 – 2	Wolfsburg
	Almeida  62' Mertesacker  90'		Džeko  42', 85'

15	Wolfsburg	2 – 2	SC Freiburg
	Bastians  27' (o.g.) Johnson  81'		Idrissou  19' Banović  51' (pen.)

16	Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
	Grafite  55'		Barrios  8', 10' Owomoyela  36'

17	Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 2	Wolfsburg
	Franz  26' Meier  79'		Džeko  37' Josué  69'

18	Stuttgart	3 – 1	Wolfsburg
	Hilbert  28' Pogrebnyak  58' Gebhart  87'		Džeko  65'

19	Wolfsburg	2 – 3	Köln
	Gentner  22' Ricardo Costa  59'		Pezzoni  7' Freis  57' Chihi  74'

20	Hamburg	1 – 1	Wolfsburg
	Trochowski  90'		Džeko  34'

21	Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Bayern Munich
	Grafite  90'		Robben  2' van Buyten  26' Ribéry  57'

22	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1	Wolfsburg
	Reinartz  48' Derdiyok  68'		Džeko  79'

23	Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Schalke 04
	Grafite  71', 77'		Kurányi  30'

24	Hannover 96	0 – 1	Wolfsburg
			Misimović  78'

25	Wolfsburg	4 – 1	Bochum
	Džeko  60', 79' (pen.) Martins  75' Santana  90'		Freier  28'

26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 4	Wolfsburg
			Misimović  41' Džeko  49' (pen.), 80' Gentner  58'

27	Wolfsburg	1 – 5	Hertha BSC
	Grafite  36'		Gekas  6', 26', 83' Ramos  8', 84'

28	Mainz 05	0 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Džeko  83', 90'

29	Wolfsburg	4 – 0	Hoffenheim
	Džeko  25', 75' Barzagli  51' Misimović  74'

30	Nürnberg	0 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Džeko  66' Grafite  78'

31	Wolfsburg	2 – 4	Werder Bremen
	Džeko  18' Grafite  40'		Frings  38' (pen.), 62' Pizarro  49' Almeida  75'

32	SC Freiburg	1 – 0	Wolfsburg
	Makiadi  38'

33	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	Wolfsburg
	Stiepermann  81'		Džeko  69'

34	Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Misimović  21' Riether  31' Džeko  34'		Halil Altıntop  86'

Top Scorers

• Edin Džeko (22)
• Grafite (11)
• Zvjezdan Misimović (10)
• Obafemi Martins (6)

Top Assists

• Zvjezdan Misimović (15)
• Edin Džeko (10)

DFB-Pokal

Round 1 31 July 2009	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–4	Wolfsburg	Wiesbaden
20:30 UTC+2	Bohl  62'		Grafite  25' Misimović  41', 56' Džeko  51'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 7,433 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Round 2 23 September 2009	Köln	3–2	Wolfsburg	Cologne
20:30 UTC+2	Ishiaku  22', 32' Freis  65'		Džeko  54' Riether  66'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
CSKA Moscow	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
Wolfsburg	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Beşiktaş	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5	4

1 15 September 2009	Wolfsburg	3 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite  36', 41' (pen.), 87'	Report	Rahimić  34' Dzagoev  76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,017 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

2 30 September 2009	Manchester United	2 – 1	Wolfsburg	Manchester, England
20:45	Vidić  39' Giggs  59' Carrick  78'	Report	Džeko  56' Costa  61'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,037 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

3 21 October 2009	Wolfsburg	0 – 0	Beşiktaş	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Grafite  74'	Report	Üzülmez  17'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,778 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

4 3 November 2009	Beşiktaş	0 – 3	Wolfsburg	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45	Kaş  36' Tello  49' İnceman  59' Sivok  90'	Report	Misimović  14',  43' Gentner  80' Džeko  87'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 18,116 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

5 25 November 2009	CSKA Moscow	2 – 1	Wolfsburg	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Necid  58' Krasić  66'	Report	Džeko  19' Madlung  87'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 13,478 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

6 8 December 2009	Wolfsburg	1 – 3	Manchester United	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45	Džeko  56'	Report	Owen  44', 83', 90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,490 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

Round of 32

First leg 18 February 2010	Villarreal	2 – 2	Wolfsburg	Villarreal, Spain
19:00	Senna  43' Ruben  85'	Report	Grafite  65', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Second leg 25 February 2010	Wolfsburg	4 – 1	Villarreal	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:05	Džeko  10' López  15' (o.g.) Gentner  42' Grafite  64'	Report	Capdevila  30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Kits

Home

Away

Away Special

Third

Third Alternate

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	White	White	White
Away	Green	Green	Green
Away Special[1]	Blue	Blue	Blue	Bundesliga, Match 32, April 25 against Freiburg
Third	Yellow	Black	Black
Third Alt.	Yellow	Black	White	Bundesliga, Match 17, December 19 against Frankfurt

References

Sources

Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results

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