2007–08 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2007–08 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Grafite (11) All: Grafite (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

VfL Wolfsburg had their best ever season under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josué, Grafite and Edin Džeko were all successful and played a big part in the resurgence.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Diego Benaglio
• Simon Jentzsch
• André Lenz

Defenders

• Peter van der Heyden
• Ricardo Costa
• Marcel Schäfer
• Facundo Quiroga
• Alex
• Jan Šimůnek
• Daniel Reiche
• Sergei Karimov

Midfielders

• Josué
• Daniel Baier
• Jacek Krzynówek
• Jonathan Santana
• Alexander Laas
• Makoto Hasebe
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Sascha Riether
• Cédric Makiadi
• Christian Gentner
• Sergej Evljuskin
• Pablo Thiam
• Marcelinho

Attackers

• Edin Džeko
• Grafite
• Emre Öztürk
• Isaac Boakye
• Kamani Hill
• Mame Niang
• Danijel Ljuboja

Bundesliga

Matches

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

1	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld
	Radu  84'		Wichniarek  38' Eigler  52' Kirch  80'

MSV Duisburg v VfL Wolfsburg

2	MSV Duisburg	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Lavrič  88'		Marcelinho  41' Madlung  51' Radu  72'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Schalke 04
	Krzynówek  36'		Halil Altıntop  86'

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

4	Hertha BSC	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Pantelić  38' Okoronkwo  88'		Dejagah  61'

VfL Wolfsburg v Karlsruher SC

5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Karlsruher SC
	Krzynówek  22'		Eggimann  63' Eichner  79'

Energie Cottbus v VfL Wolfsburg

6	Energie Cottbus	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Sørensen  33'		Džeko  22' Krzynówek  83'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen
	Josué  66'		Diego  48'

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

8	Hamburger SV	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Reinhardt  17' Van der Vaart  70'		Grafite  57' (pen.) Dejagah  88'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hansa Rostock
	Džeko  89'

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

10	Hannover 96	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Pinto  28' Tarnat  35'		Marcelinho  21' Dejagah  29'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

11	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg
	Charisteas  30' (o.g.) Grafite  35' Dejagah  69'		Misimović  54'

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

12	VfL Bochum	5–3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Šesták  4', 44' Maltritz  19' Fuchs  42' Epalle  63'		Schäfer  49' Grafite  56', 73'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

13	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
	M. Friedrich  70' (o.g.)		Barnetta  37' Kießling  52'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

14	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Klose  34' Ribéry  50'		Dejagah  71'

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

15	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Gentner  7' Džeko  49'		Maicon  35' Fink  50'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

16	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Marica  26' Cacau  48' Hitzlsperger  86'		Džeko  51'

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

17	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Borussia Dortmund
	Schäfer  8' Costa  11' Gentner  60' Džeko  78'

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

18	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Grafite  26'

VfL Wolfsburg v MSV Duisburg

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	MSV Duisburg
	Schäfer  35' Grafite  54'		Niculescu  26'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

20	Schalke 04	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Sánchez  65'		Grafite  73', 84' (pen.)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Wolfsburg

22	Karlsruher SC	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Eggimann  22' Kennedy  73' Iashvili  90'		Schäfer  28'

VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

23	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Energie Cottbus
	Gentner  17' Marcelinho  19', 76'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

24	Werder Bremen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Grafite  50'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

25	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV
	Ljuboja  52'		Reinhardt  14'

Hansa Rostock v VfL Wolfsburg

26	Hansa Rostock	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Krzynówek  90'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

27	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Hannover 96
	Ashkan Dejagah  20', 71' Marcelinho  29'		Bruggink  27' Štajner  79'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

28	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Koller  78'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

29	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	VfL Bochum
			Šesták  88'

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

30	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Gekas  33' Costa  73' (o.g.)		Džeko  13' Hasebe  43'

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

32	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Amanatidis  22' (pen.) Weissenberger  63'		Grafite  4' Schäfer  29' Džeko  79'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

33	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	VfB Stuttgart
	Marcelinho  16' Džeko  22', 76' Costa  55'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

34	Borussia Dortmund	2–4	VfL Wolfsburg
	Frei  25', 69'		Riether  3' Marcelinho  6' Schäfer  62' Grafite  76'

Top Scorers

• Grafite 11 (2)
• Edin Džeko 8
• Ashkan Dejagah 8
• Marcelinho 6
• Jacek Krzynówek 4
• Marcel Schäfer 4

Sources

BetExploer - German Bundesliga 2007/2008