2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg

2014–15 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Bas Dost (16) All: Bas Dost (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 70th season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in the fifth place, with only one point separating them from the UEFA Champions League spot occupied by Bayer Leverkusen. Nevertheless, they were granted a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

As of 15 September 2014^[1]

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 Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio (captain) 2 DF Germany GER Patrick Ochs 3 FW Denmark DEN Nicklas Bendtner 4 DF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer 5 DF Switzerland SUI Timm Klose 7 MF Germany GER Daniel Caligiuri 8 MF Portugal POR Vieirinha 9 MF Croatia CRO Ivan Perišić 10 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt 12 FW Netherlands NED Bas Dost 14 MF Belgium BEL Kevin De Bruyne 15 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch 17 FW Germany GER André Schürrle 19 MF Belgium BEL Junior Malanda 20 GK Germany GER Max Grün

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK Germany GER Patrick Drewes 22 MF Brazil BRA Luiz Gustavo 23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung 25 DF Brazil BRA Naldo 26 DF Brazil BRA Felipe 27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold 28 MF Poland POL Mateusz Klich 29 MF China CHN Zhang Xizhe 30 MF Germany GER Paul Seguin 31 DF Germany GER Robin Knoche 34 DF Switzerland SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 37 DF Germany GER Moritz Sprenger

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 — DF Brazil BRA Fagner (at Corinthians until December 31) — MF Czech Republic CZE Václav Pilař (at Viktoria Plzeň)

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 3 FW Denmark DEN Nicklas Bendtner (from Arsenal) 10 MF Germany GER Aaron Hunt (from Werder Bremen) 23 MF France FRA Josuha Guilavogui (from Atlético Madrid) 24 DF Germany GER Sebastian Jung (from Eintracht Frankfurt) 28 MF Poland POL Mateusz Klich (from PEC Zwolle) 17 FW Germany GER André Schürrle (from Chelsea)

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 — MF Germany GER Tolga Ciğerci (at Hertha BSC) — MF Serbia SRB Slobodan Medojević (at Eintracht Frankfurt) — MF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Sissoko (at Eskişehirspor) — MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Polák (at 1. FC Nürnberg) — FW Germany GER Stefan Kutschke (at SC Paderborn) — FW Tunisia TUN Nassim Ben Khalifa (at Grasshoppers) — FW Sweden SWE Rasmus Jönsson (at Aalborg BK) — FW Germany GER Kevin Scheidhauer (at MSV Duisburg)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	25	4	5	80	18	+62	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	VfL Wolfsburg	34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	19	9	6	53	26	+27	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage [a]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69	13	4	0	38	13	+25	7	5	5	34	25	+9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EVE	WOL	KRA	LIL
1	England Everton	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	0–1	3–0
2	Germany VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10		0–2	—	5–1	1–1
3	Russia Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6	1–1	2–4	—	1–1
4	France Lille	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4	0–0	0–3	1–1	—

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Switzerland SUI	Diego Benaglio	48	0	31	0	5	0	12	0
20	GK	Germany GER	Max Grün	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	Germany GER	Patrick Drewes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Germany GER	Patrick Ochs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Germany GER	Marcel Schäfer	25	0	7+9	0	2+1	0	3+3	0
5	DF	Switzerland SUI	Timm Klose	19	3	11+1	1	4	1	2+1	1
15	DF	Germany GER	Christian Träsch	21	0	8+4	0	1+2	0	5+1	0
24	DF	Germany GER	Sebastian Jung	30	0	17+5	0	2	0	5+1	0
25	DF	Brazil BRA	Naldo	49	8	32	7	6	0	11	1
26	DF	Brazil BRA	Felipe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Germany GER	Robin Knoche	41	2	25+2	2	2+1	0	11	0
34	DF	Switzerland SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	39	10	26	6	4	1	9	3
37	DF	Germany GER	Moritz Sprenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	Germany GER	Daniel Caligiuri	45	10	18+10	7	5+1	2	6+5	1
8	MF	Portugal POR	Vieirinha	46	2	25+6	1	5	0	8+2	1
9	MF	Croatia CRO	Ivan Perišić	35	7	21+3	5	2	1	6+3	1
10	MF	Germany GER	Aaron Hunt	22	4	3+12	2	1+1	0	3+2	2
14	MF	Belgium BEL	Kevin De Bruyne	51	16	34	10	6	1	11	5
22	MF	Brazil BRA	Luiz Gustavo	47	7	30+1	2	5	4	11	1
23	MF	France FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	42	2	21+6	1	2+3	0	9+1	1
27	MF	Germany GER	Maximilian Arnold	40	6	17+10	4	4+1	2	2+6	0
28	MF	Poland POL	Mateusz Klich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	China CHN	Zhang Xizhe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Germany GER	Paul Seguin	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW	Denmark DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	28	5	5+13	1	0+2	0	2+6	4
12	FW	Netherlands NED	Bas Dost	36	20	17+4	16	5+1	2	6+3	2
17	FW	Germany GER	André Schürrle	22	1	7+7	1	2+2	0	4	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	MF	Serbia SRB	Slobodan Medojević	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	Croatia CRO	Ivica Olić	20	5	12+2	5	1	0	4+1	0
19	MF	Belgium BEL	Junior Malanda	15	0	4+6	0	1+1	0	2+1	0

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Europa League	Total
1	FW	12	Netherlands	Bas Dost	16	2	2	20
2	MF	14	Belgium	Kevin De Bruyne	10	1	5	16
3	DF	34	Switzerland	Ricardo Rodríguez	6	1	3	10
	MF	7	Germany	Daniel Caligiuri	7	2	1	10
5	DF	25	Brazil	Naldo	7	0	1	8
6	FW	9	Croatia	Ivan Perišić	5	1	1	7
	MF	22	Brazil	Luiz Gustavo	2	4	1	7
8	MF	27	Germany	Maximilian Arnold	4	2	0	6
9	FW	3	Denmark	Nicklas Bendtner	1	0	4	5
	FW	11	Croatia	Ivica Olić	5	0	0	5
11	MF	10	Germany	Aaron Hunt	2	0	2	4
12	DF	5	Switzerland	Timm Klose	1	1	1	3
13	MF	8	Portugal	Vieirinha	1	0	1	2
	MF	23	France	Josuha Guilavogui	1	0	1	2
	DF	31	Germany	Robin Knoche	2	0	0	2
16	MF	17	Germany	André Schürrle	1	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	1	2
Total					72	14	24	109

Last updated on 30 May 2015

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