1999–2000 VfL Wolfsburg season

Season summary

Wolfsburg finished one place lower than the last season, but still qualified for European competition via the Intertoto Cup.

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Claus Reitmaier 2 DF Frank Greiner 3 MF Matthias Stammann 4 MF Nico Däbritz 5 MF Brian O'Neil 6 DF Claus Thomsen 7 MF Patrick Weiser 8 DF Holger Ballwanz 9 FW Andrzej Juskowiak 10 MF Krzysztof Nowak 12 DF Waldemar Kryger 13 DF Marino Biliškov 14 MF Dorinel Munteanu 15 DF Peter Kleeschätzky 16 FW Vitus Nagorny

No. Position Player 17 FW Jürgen Rische 18 MF Detlev Dammeier 19 FW Jonathan Akpoborie 20 FW Markus Feldhoff 21 MF Christian Wück 22 GK Holger Hiemann 24 MF Charles Akonnor 25 FW Jean-Kasongo Banza 26 DF Zoltán Sebescen 27 DF Nils-Frederick Müller 28 DF Thomas Hengen 29 MF Gerald Schröder 30 GK Guido Koltermann 33 DF Marcel Maltritz

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player 11 FW Steffen Baumgart (to Hansa Rostock) 17 MF André Breitenreiter (to Unterhaching)

No. Position Player 28 MF Christian Brand (to Hansa Rostock)

Results

DFB-Pokal

Third round

Chemnitzer FC v VfL Wolfsburg

13 October 1999	Chemnitzer FC	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Chemnitz
	Mehlhorn  24' (pen.) Skela  86'	Report (in German)	Nowak  38' Laudeley  45' (o.g.) Juskowiak  57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Round of 16

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

1 December 1999	VfL Bochum	5 – 4	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
	Weber  41', 43' Peschel  47' (pen.) Baştürk  58', 90'	Report (in German)	Feldhoff  28' Thomsen  40' Akonnor  55', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup

First round

Wolfsburg v Debrecen

14 September 1999	Wolfsburg	2–0	Debrecen	VfL-Stadion, Wolfsburg
	Akonnor  61' Juskowiak  87'			Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Second round

Roda JC v Wolfsburg

21 October 1999	Roda JC	0–0	Wolfsburg	Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade
		Report		Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Wolfsburg v Roda JC

2 November 1999	Wolfsburg	1–0	Roda JC	VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
	Akonnor  87'	Report		Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Wolfsburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Wolfsburg v Atlético Madrid

23 November 1999	Wolfsburg	2–3	Atlético Madrid	VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
	Juskowiak  21' Akonnor  83' (pen.)	Report	Aguilera  6', 58' Hasselbaink  37'	Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Atlético Madrid v Wolfsburg

9 December 1999	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Wolfsburg	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
	Hasselbaink  4' Correa  86'	Report	Akonnor  56' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

References

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