2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2015–16 season
Manager Dieter Hecking
Stadium Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga 8th
DFB-Pokal Round 2
DFL-Supercup Winners
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season is the 71st season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Additionally, they won their first DFB-Pokal trophy in the club's history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final.

They opened their season by winning their first DFL-Supercup in the club's history by defeating Bayern Munich in the 2015 final on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.[1]

Players

As of 30 August 2015
Wolfsburg prior to its Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on 25 November 2015.

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

No. Position Player
1 Switzerland GK Diego Benaglio (captain)
3 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
5 Switzerland DF Timm Klose
6 Peru DF Carlos Ascues
7 Italy MF Daniel Caligiuri
8 Portugal MF Vieirinha
10 Germany MF Julian Draxler
11 Germany FW Max Kruse
12 Netherlands FW Bas Dost
15 Germany DF Christian Träsch
17 Germany MF André Schürrle
18 Brazil DF Dante
20 Germany GK Max Grün
No. Position Player
22 Brazil MF Luiz Gustavo
23 France MF Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
24 Germany DF Sebastian Jung
25 Brazil DF Naldo
26 Brazil DF Felipe
27 Germany MF Maximilian Arnold
28 Belgium GK Koen Casteels
30 Germany MF Paul Seguin
31 Germany DF Robin Knoche
32 Poland FW Oskar Zawada
33 Germany FW Sebastian Stolze
34 Switzerland DF Ricardo Rodríguez
35 Switzerland MF Francisco Rodríguez
37 Germany DF Moritz Sprenger

Transfers

In

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
6 DF Peru Carlos Ascues 23Non-EU Peru Melgar Transfer Summer 2018 €1.5m [2]
10 MF Germany Julian Draxler 21EU Germany Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2020 €36m [3]
11 FW Germany Max Kruse 27EU Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer 2019 €12m [4]
18 DF Brazil Dante 31Non-EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2018 €4.5m [5]
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 23EU Germany Werder Bremen Loan return Summer
35 MF Switzerland Francisco Rodríguez 20EU Switzerland Zürich Transfer Summer 2018 [6]
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui 17EU England Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
9 LW Croatia Ivan Perišić 26EU Italy Internazionale Transfer Summer €18m [7]
10 MF Germany Aaron Hunt 28EU Germany Hamburger SV Transfer Summer €3m [8]
14 MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 24EU England Manchester City Transfer Summer €75m [9]
3 FW Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 28EU Unattached Contract terminated Winter N/A [10]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

DFL-Supercup

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 9 13 47 49 2 45
9 1. FC Köln 34 10 13 11 38 42 4 43
10 Hamburger SV 34 11 8 15 40 46 6 41
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[11]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 12 9 13 47 49  −2 45 9 5 3 32 17  +15 3 4 10 15 32  −17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWDWDWLDLWWWLWDLDLLDLWDLWWLDLDLLLWW
Position563334494433335477788888788888101088

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 England Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 4 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesligaDFB-PokalDFL-SupercupUEFA Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland Diego Benaglio 300210100080
20 GK Germany Max Grün 0000000000
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 170130101020
Defenders
4 DF Germany Marcel Schäfer 27114+710+10001+40
5 DF Switzerland Timm Klose 1217+1110101+10
6 DF Peru Carlos Ascues 100+10000000
15 DF Germany Christian Träsch 38023+6010007+10
18 DF Brazil Dante 331231100090
24 DF Germany Sebastian Jung 1605+600+10002+20
25 DF Brazil Naldo 402290201082
26 DF Brazil Felipe 0000000000
31 DF Germany Robin Knoche 1319+21000020
34 DF Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 36323+12201091
37 DF Germany Moritz Sprenger 0000000000
Midfielders
7 MF Italy Daniel Caligiuri 40320+921+10105+31
8 MF Portugal Vieirinha 37222+4120105+31
10 MF Germany Julian Draxler 31819+2510008+13
17 MF Germany André Schürrle 41921+860+110+106+42
22 MF Brazil Luiz Gustavo 300220100070
23 MF France Josuha Guilavogui 42226+4220108+10
27 MF Germany Maximilian Arnold 44322+921+10108+21
30 MF Germany Paul Seguin 402+20000000
35 MF Switzerland Francisco Rodríguez 100+10000000
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui 200+20000000
Forwards
11 FW Germany Max Kruse 43928+46110+107+22
12 FW Netherlands Bas Dost 311014+8821105+11
16 FW Brazil Bruno Henrique 1002+5000100+20
32 FW Poland Oskar Zawada 500+4000000+10
33 FW Germany Sebastian Stolze 0000000000
Players transferred out during the season
10 MF Germany Aaron Hunt 301+10001000
14 MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 4120111000
3 FW Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 1944+920+110+110+40
9 FW Croatia Ivan Perišić 4121101000

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions


Goalscorers

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 Champions League Super Cup Total
1 FW 12 Netherlands Bas Dost 8 1 1 0 10
2 FW 11 Germany Max Kruse 6 1 2 0 9
FW 17 Germany André Schürrle 6 1 2 0 9
3 MF 10 Germany Julian Draxler 5 0 3 0 8
5 FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 2 1 0 1 4
6 MF 7 Italy Daniel Caligiuri 2 0 1 0 3
MF 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold 2 0 1 0 3
DF 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 2 0 1 0 3
7 MF 8 Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 1 0 2
MF 23 France Josuha Guilavogui 2 0 0 0 2
DF 25 Brazil Naldo 0 0 2 0 2
11 DF 4 Germany Marcel Schäfer 1 0 0 0 1
DF 5 Switzerland Timm Klose 1 0 0 0 1
FW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić 1 0 0 0 1
MF 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 0 1 0 0 1
DF 18 Brazil Dante 1 0 0 0 1
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1 0 2
Total 42 5 15 1 63

References

  1. "Und wieder scheitert Bayern im Elfmeterschießen" (in German). Die Welt. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. "Dead Link". Archived from the original on July 24, 2015.
  3. "Wolfsburg sign defender Dante and midfielder Julian Draxler". BBC. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  4. Chaffer, Alex (10 May 2015). "Wolfsburg sign Gladbach's Max Kruse". dw.de. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "Dante to join Wolfsburg from Bayern Munich". ESPN FC. 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
  6. Chaffer, Alex (22 July 2015). "Wolves sign Francisco Rodriguez". dw.de. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. http://www.football-italia.net/72320/official-inter-sign-perisic
  8. https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/zum-hsv-39991.html
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33686731
  10. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10258011/nicklas-bendtner-omitted-from-the-denmark-squad-how-did-it-come-to-this
  11. "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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