2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 69th season in the club's football history.

VfL Wolfsburg
2013–14 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena,
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivica Olić (14)
All: Ivica Olić (15)

In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results
MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Res.
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent Pos. Pts.
1 10 August – 15:30 A Hannover 96 0-2 44,800 Klose  13'  52'
Arnold  32'		 Andreasen  17'
Bittencourt  34'
Huszti  37',  84'
Prib  45'
Sané  54'		 16 0 [1]
2 17 August – 15:30 H Schalke 04 4–0 28,405 Knoche  55'
Vieirinha  61'
Naldo  67'
Kutschke  90+1'		 Huntelaar  37'
Jones  49'		 8 3 [2]
3 24 August – 15:30 A Mainz 05 0–2 27,103 Luiz Gustavo  29'  64'
Diego  72'		 Müller  47',  78'
Geis  51'
Choupo-Moting  61'
Moritz  84'		 9 3 [3]
4 31 August – 15:30 H Hertha BSC 2–0 28,625 Naldo  23'
Olić  42'
Diego  45+2' (pen.)		 Langkamp  59'
Wagner  64'		 8 6 [4]
5 14 September – 15:30 A Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 27,149 Olić  39'
Naldo  61'
Luiz Gustavo  80'  85'
Vieirinha  87'		 Sam  24',  84'
Wollscheid  58'
Kießling  65', 90+2'		 12 6 [5]
6 21 September – 15:30 H 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 29,837 Olić  44', 48'
Polák  77'		 Rudy  8'
Modeste  15'
Roberto Firmino  61'
Vestergaard  85'
Herdling  87'		 6 9 [6]
7 28 September – 15:30 A Bayern Munich 0–1 71,000 Diego  27' Schweinsteiger  26'
Müller  63'
Mandžukić  72'		 11 9 [7]
8 5 October – 15:30 H Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 30,000 Olić  60'
Diego  75'		 Bellarabi  31'
Ademi  54'
Theuerkauf  71'
Boland  84'
Kumbela  86'		 14 9 [8]
9 20 October – 17:30 A FC Augsburg 2–1 27,554 Arnold  35',  52'
Diego  40'
Luiz Gustavo  42'		 Werner  10'
Ostrzolek  41'
Verhaegh  57'		 9 12 [9]
10 26 October – 18:30 H Werder Bremen 3–0 29,488 Arnold  7'
Luiz Gustavo  19'
Olić  72'
Perišić  89'		 Kroos  38'
Ignjovski  90'		 6 15 [10]
11 2 November – 18:30 A Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 44,300 Anderson  2' (o.g.)
Luiz Gustavo  34'
Arnold  82'
Schäfer  90'		 Meier  35'
Oczipka  37'
Celozzi  87'
Zambrano  90'		 5 18 [11]
12 9 November – 15:30 H Borussia Dortmund 2-1 30,000 Caligiuri  9'
Ochs  45'
Rodríguez  56'
Olić  69'		 Bender  12'
Hummels  24'
Reus  45+2',  84'
Mkhitaryan  81'		 5 21 [12]
13 23 November – 15:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 35,678 Diego  31'
Arnold  39'		 Frantz  29'
Ginczek  72'		 5 22 [13]
14 29 November – 20:30 H Hamburger SV 1–1 28,648 Rodríguez  31' (pen.)
Ochs  36'
Arnold  38'
Naldo  58'
Knoche  74'		 Çalhanoğlu  19'
Arslan  53'		 6 23 [14]
15 8 December – 15:30 A SC Freiburg 3–0 22,800 Arnold  8'
Olić  11'
Ochs  35'
Schäfer  90+1'		 — 5 26 [15]
16 14 December – 18:30 H VfB Stuttgart 3–1 25,501 Medojević  31'
Rodríguez  38'
Diego  53',  55'
Perišić  78'		 Rausch  20'
Harnik  53'
Werner  57'		 5 29 [16]
17 22 December – 15:30 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 53,301 Ochs  49'
Diego  53',  56'
Caligiuri  78'
Dost  85'		 Raffael  59'
Arango  64'
Wendt  72'		 5 30 [17]
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League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 29 3 2 94 23 +71 90 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 80 38 +42 71
3 Schalke 04 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 4 11 60 41 +19 61 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 18 6 10 63 50 +13 60 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 59 43 +16 55 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Mainz 05 34 16 5 13 52 54 −2 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 FC Augsburg 34 15 7 12 47 47 0 52
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 11 12 72 70 +2 44
10 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 46 59 −13 42
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 40 48 −8 41
12 Werder Bremen 34 10 9 15 42 66 −24 39
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 9 16 40 57 −17 36
14 SC Freiburg 34 9 9 16 43 61 −18 36
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 8 8 18 49 62 −13 32
16 Hamburger SV (O) 34 7 6 21 51 75 −24 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 5 11 18 37 70 −33 26 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Eintracht Braunschweig (R) 34 6 7 21 29 60 −31 25
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

DFB-Pokal
MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Result2 Attendance Goalscorers and carded players Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent
R1 3 August – 20:30 A Karlsruher SC 3-1 15,710 Perišić  4',  15'
Klose  13'
Diego  69'
Schäfer  90+2'		 Peitz  49'
Alibaz  53',  90'		 [18]
R2 24 September – 19:00 A VfR Aalen 2–0 6,718 Diego  45+2'
Koo  72'
Klose  83'		 Junglas  86' [19]

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

Notes
  • 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.

Sources
  1. "Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis" (in German). kicker. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. "Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. "Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. "Olic hält sein Versprechen" (in German). kicker. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. "Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus" (in German). kicker. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. "Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. "Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung" (in German). kicker. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. "Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig" (in German). kicker. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. "Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab" (in German). kicker. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. "Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  11. "Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf" (in German). kicker. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  12. "Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB" (in German). kicker. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  13. "Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite" (in German). kicker. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  14. "Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball" (in German). kicker. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  15. "Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter" (in German). kicker. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  16. "Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier" (in German). kicker. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  17. "Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie" (in German). kicker. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  18. "Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf" (in German). kicker. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  19. "Diego bringt die "Wölfe" in die Erfolgsspur" (in German). kicker. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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