2010–11 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg 2010–11 Steve McClaren Pierre Littbarski Felix Magath Bundesliga 15th All: Edin Džeko (11) League: Edin Džeko (10) DFB-Pokal Round of 16 _TIRO11_WHITE _WOLFSBURG_1011h _TIRO11_WHITE _WOLFSBURG_1011h _WOLFSBURG_1011h 084437 FFFFFF 084437 FFFFFF FFFFFF _STRICON_WHITE _WOLFSBURG_1011a _STRICON_WHITE _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white 000000 084437 000000 000000 084437 _CONDIVO_WHITE _CONDIVO_WHITE _CONDIVO_WHITE _CONDIVO_BLACK _3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 2009–10 2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg suffered a nightmare season, only just staying up in Bundesliga, in spite of signing internationally seasoned players Diego and Simon Kjær. Being threatened at the bottom of the table, especially after selling key striker Edin Džeko to Manchester City. The replacements were not up to scratch, which saw manager Steve McClaren sacked. Following a short stint with Pierre Littbarski in charge, the club's 2009 championship-winning manager Felix Magath, who just had been sacked from Schalke 04, in spite of having taken them to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Magath dropped Diego, prompting the Brazilian to refuse to sit on the substitutes' bench. In spite of the turmoil, a crucial away win at Werder Bremen helped Wolfsburg to stay just two points above Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation-playoff zone. Squad Defenders ITA Andrea Barzagli GER Michael Schulze GER Robin Knoche GER Marcel Schäfer GER Arne Friedrich SVK Peter Pekarík GER Alexander Madlung GER Fabian Johnson DEN Simon Kjær Midfielders GER Sascha Riether GER Christian Gentner GER Akaki Gogia DEN Thomas Kahlenberg JPN Makoto Hasebe BRA Josué GER Ashkan Dejagah ALGFRA Karim Ziani BRAITA Diego CZE Jan Polák VEN Yohandry Orozco KOR Koo Ja-cheol Attackers BRA Grafite BIH Edin Džeko BRA Caiuby TUR Tuncay GER Patrick Helmes CRO Mario Mandžukić DR Congo Dieumerci Mbokani Bundesliga League table WOB Matches 1 20 August 2010 20:30 Bayern Munich 2–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Müller 9 Van Bommel 33 Schweinsteiger 90 Pekarík 43Džeko 55Cícero 61 Munich Allianz Arena 69,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) L 2 28 August 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 3–4 Report Mainz 05 Mandžukić 8Džeko 23 27, 90 Diego 30, 70 Rasmussen 39 Soto 48 Schürrle 58 Polanski 72Soto 80 Szalai 85, 86 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 26,116 Peter Sippel (Munich) L 3 11 September 2010 15:30 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Report VfL Wolfsburg Şahin 50, 73 Kagawa 67Großkreutz 77 Cícero 26Diego 45Dejagah 87 Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 73,600 Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach) L 4 18 September 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Report Hannover 96 Diego 4, 55 Josué 63Džeko 67 Schmiedebach 56Schulz 59 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) W 5 22 September 2010 20:00 Hamburger SV 1–3 Report VfL Wolfsburg Choupo-Moting 27 Džeko 15 Grafite 71 78 Hamburg Imtech Arena 50,231 Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal) W 6 26 September 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Report SC Freiburg Grafite 25 64Josué 43 Cissé 36Butscher 63Mujdža 78 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 26,204 Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) W 7 2 October 2010 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Bradley 41Reus 45Marx 65 Kahlenberg 27, 52Džeko 90 Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 40,423 Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle) D 8 16 October 2010 18:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Report Bayer Leverkusen Diego 9 Grafite 68Dejagah 89 Barnetta 31 Reinartz 67Friedrich 70 Rolfes 72 82 Vidal 75 pen.Kadlec 77Sam 90 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer L 9 23 October 2010 15:30 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Gündoğan 11 Frantz 63Cohen 90 Josué 13Grafite 27, 29Kjær 88 Nuremberg Stadion Nürnberg 40,127 Guido Winkmann (Kerken) L 10 30 October 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Report VfB Stuttgart Džeko 6 76 Harnik 78Audel 79 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 29,043 Markus Wingenbach W 11 6 November 2010 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Gekas 26 55 pen. Schwegler 38Vasoski 90 Džeko 43Dejagah 66Diego 90 Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 43,8000 Peter Sippel (Munich) L 12 13 November 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Report Schalke 04 Grafite 11 Džeko 33 Edu 39 Huntelaar 75 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Wolfgang Stark D 13 21 November 2010 17:30 FC St. Pauli 1–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Thorandt 28 Diego 38Džeko 54, 82Barzagli 81 Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 24,150 Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) D 14 28 November 2010 17:30 1. FC Köln 1–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Geromel 19Podolski 22Novaković 51 Barzagli 63Cícero 81Kjær 87 Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 43,000 Guido Winkmann (Kerken) D 15 4 December 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 Report Werder Bremen Diego 35Barzagli 71Kjær 79 Prödl 76 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach) D 16 11 December 2010 15:30 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 Report VfL Wolfsburg Petsos 83 Ziani 31Cícero 63Hasebe 78 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,181 Peter Sippel (Munich) D 17 18 December 2010 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Report 1899 Hoffenheim Madlung 72Diego 75 Mandžukić 78 Džeko 90 Luiz Gustavo 34 Sigurðsson 40Salihović 77 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 24,512 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) D 18 15 January 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Report Bayern Munich Mandžukić 3Josué 56 Riether 86 Müller 7Schweinsteiger 45Badstuber 49 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) D 19 22 January 2011 15:30 Mainz 05 0–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Polanski 77 Friedrich 70 Kjær 82 Mainz Bruchwegstadion 18,900 Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal) W 20 29 January 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Report Borussia Dortmund Friedrich 53Pekarík 68 Barrios 2 Şahin 40 Piszczek 63 Hummels 71Subotić 77 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) L 21 5 February 2011 15:30 Hannover 96 1–0 Report VfL Wolfsburg Pinto 4Ya Konan 37 Kjær 60Grafite 70Pekarík 84 Hanover AWD-Arena 37,213 Guido Winkmann (Kerken) L 22 12 February 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Report Hamburger SV Kjær 32Grafite 60Polák 67Friedrich 73 Petrić 33 pen.Aogo 90 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Marco Fritz (Korb) L 23 19 February 2011 15:30 SC Freiburg 2–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Mujdža 31Reisinger 43 Cissé 69Barth 75Butscher 89 Helmes 28 Freiburg Badenova-Stadion 19,200 Robert Hartmann (Wangen) L 24 25 February 2011 20:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Report Borussia Mönchengladbach Diego 37 45, 85Friedrich 59Polák 73Mandžukić 88 Reus 41Stranzl 64 Daems 74 pen.De Camargo 77 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 28,763 Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim) W 25 5 March 2011 18:30 Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 Report VfL Wolfsburg L. Bender 21 Augusto 29 Kießling 46 Cícero 45Mbokani 69Friedrich 71Koo 84 Leverkusen BayArena 28,115 Felix Zwayer (Berlin) L 26 12 March 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Report 1. FC Nürnberg Mbokani 20Mandžukić 23Pekarík 58 Chandler 34Wollscheid 45 Wolf 61Pinola 67 Nilsson 90 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 27,316 Guido Winkmann (Kerken) L 27 20 March 2011 17:30 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Niedermeier 90Schipplock 90 Pekarík 22Grafite 40Kjær 45Lenz 66 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 38,500 Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) D 28 3 April 2011 17:30 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Report Eintracht Frankfurt Mandžukić 51, 85Friedrich 2 71 71 Ochs 13Altıntop 48Meier 59Rode 68Franz 70Tzavellas 82 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 29,125 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) D 29 9 April 2011 15:30 Schalke 04 1–0 Report VfL Wolfsburg Jurado 76Baumjohann 90 Grafite 48Cícero 51Koo 54 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673 Peter Sippel (Munich) L 30 16 April 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Report FC St. Pauli Mandžukić 39Hasebe 50Koo 81Polák 88 Bruns 41Naki 61 Asamoah 69 Lehmann 77 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Felix Brych (Munich) D 31 24 April 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 Report 1. FC Köln Mandžukić 14 39 Dejagah 58 88 Freis 40 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Günter Perl (Pullach im Isartal) W 32 29 April 2011 20:30 Werder Bremen 0–1 Report VfL Wolfsburg Mertesacker 65Frings 66 Riether 22Friedrich 27Cícero 31Mandžukić 47Grafite 61 Bremen Weser-Stadion 40,000 Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) W 33 7 May 2011 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Report 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mandžukić 6 Lakić 25 Amedick 46De Wit 90 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) L 34 14 May 2011 15:30 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 Report VfL Wolfsburg Firmino 49 Madlung 52Mandžukić 60 73 Grafite 78 Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena 30,150 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) W Top scorers BIH Edin Džeko (10) CRO Mario Mandžukić (8) BRA Grafite (9) BRA Diego (6) DFB-Pokal 2010–11 DFB-Pokal 15 August 2010 17:30 First round Preußen Münster 1–2 Report de VfL Wolfsburg Džeko 86 o.g. Cícero 80 Grafite 88 Preußen-Stadion Münster 15,050 (capacity crowd) Peter Gagelmann W 26 October 2010 19:00 Second round Victoria Hamburg 1–3 Report de VfL Wolfsburg Rahn 71 Pekarík 17 Josué 52 Schäfer 55 Millerntor-Stadion Hamburg 7,000 Christian Leicher W 22 December 2010 19:00 Round of 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Report de Energie Cottbus Džeko 56 Petersen 1 43Shao 40 Volkswagen Arena Wolfsburg 10,801 Peter Gagelmann L Sources Soccerway - Germany - VfL Wolfsburg Category:VfL Wolfsburg seasons Wolfsburg