2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season
The 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 69th season in the club's football history.
2013–14 season | |||
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Manager | Dieter Hecking | ||
Stadium | Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony | ||
Bundesliga | 5th | ||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Ivica Olić (14) All: Ivica Olić (15) | ||
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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. | ||
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VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||
1 | 10 August – 15:30 | A | Hannover 96 | 0-2 | 44,800 | Klose ![]() ![]() Arnold ![]() |
Andreasen ![]() Bittencourt ![]() Huszti ![]() ![]() Prib ![]() Sané ![]() |
16 | 0 | [1] |
2 | 17 August – 15:30 | H | Schalke 04 | 4–0 | 28,405 | Knoche ![]() Vieirinha ![]() Naldo ![]() Kutschke ![]() |
Huntelaar ![]() Jones ![]() |
8 | 3 | [2] |
3 | 24 August – 15:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | 27,103 | Luiz Gustavo ![]() ![]() Diego ![]() |
Müller ![]() ![]() Geis ![]() Choupo-Moting ![]() Moritz ![]() |
9 | 3 | [3] |
4 | 31 August – 15:30 | H | Hertha BSC | 2–0 | 28,625 | Naldo ![]() Olić ![]() Diego ![]() |
Langkamp ![]() Wagner ![]() |
8 | 6 | [4] |
5 | 14 September – 15:30 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | 27,149 | Olić ![]() Naldo ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() ![]() Vieirinha ![]() |
Sam ![]() ![]() Wollscheid ![]() Kießling ![]() |
12 | 6 | [5] |
6 | 21 September – 15:30 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | 29,837 | Olić ![]() Polák ![]() |
Rudy ![]() Modeste ![]() Roberto Firmino ![]() Vestergaard ![]() Herdling ![]() |
6 | 9 | [6] |
7 | 28 September – 15:30 | A | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 71,000 | Diego ![]() |
Schweinsteiger ![]() Müller ![]() Mandžukić ![]() |
11 | 9 | [7] |
8 | 5 October – 15:30 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | 30,000 | Olić ![]() Diego ![]() |
Bellarabi ![]() Ademi ![]() Theuerkauf ![]() Boland ![]() Kumbela ![]() |
14 | 9 | [8] |
9 | 20 October – 17:30 | A | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 27,554 | Arnold ![]() ![]() Diego ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() |
Werner ![]() Ostrzolek ![]() Verhaegh ![]() |
9 | 12 | [9] |
10 | 26 October – 18:30 | H | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 29,488 | Arnold ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() Olić ![]() Perišić ![]() |
Kroos ![]() Ignjovski ![]() |
6 | 15 | [10] |
11 | 2 November – 18:30 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 44,300 | Anderson ![]() Luiz Gustavo ![]() Arnold ![]() Schäfer ![]() |
Meier ![]() Oczipka ![]() Celozzi ![]() Zambrano ![]() |
5 | 18 | [11] |
12 | 9 November – 15:30 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 | 30,000 | Caligiuri ![]() Ochs ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Olić ![]() |
Bender ![]() Hummels ![]() Reus ![]() ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() |
5 | 21 | [12] |
13 | 23 November – 15:30 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | 35,678 | Diego ![]() Arnold ![]() |
Frantz ![]() Ginczek ![]() |
5 | 22 | [13] |
14 | 29 November – 20:30 | H | Hamburger SV | 1–1 | 28,648 | Rodríguez ![]() Ochs ![]() Arnold ![]() Naldo ![]() Knoche ![]() |
Çalhanoğlu ![]() Arslan ![]() |
6 | 23 | [14] |
15 | 8 December – 15:30 | A | SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 22,800 | Arnold ![]() Olić ![]() Ochs ![]() Schäfer ![]() |
— | 5 | 26 | [15] |
16 | 14 December – 18:30 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | 25,501 | Medojević ![]() Rodríguez ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Perišić ![]() |
Rausch ![]() Harnik ![]() Werner ![]() |
5 | 29 | [16] |
17 | 22 December – 15:30 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 53,301 | Ochs ![]() Diego ![]() ![]() Caligiuri ![]() Dost ![]() |
Raffael ![]() Arango ![]() Wendt ![]() |
5 | 30 | [17] |
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- 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. | |
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VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | |||||||
R1 | 3 August – 20:30 | A | Karlsruher SC | 3-1 | 15,710 | Perišić ![]() ![]() Klose ![]() Diego ![]() Schäfer ![]() |
Peitz ![]() Alibaz ![]() ![]() |
[18] |
R2 | 24 September – 19:00 | A | VfR Aalen | 2–0 | 6,718 | Diego ![]() Koo ![]() Klose ![]() |
Junglas ![]() |
[19] |
Squad
Squad, appearances and goals
Notes
- 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
Sources
- "Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis" (in German). kicker. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Olic hält sein Versprechen" (in German). kicker. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus" (in German). kicker. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- "Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung" (in German). kicker. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- "Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig" (in German). kicker. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- "Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab" (in German). kicker. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- "Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- "Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf" (in German). kicker. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- "Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB" (in German). kicker. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite" (in German). kicker. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball" (in German). kicker. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter" (in German). kicker. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier" (in German). kicker. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- "Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie" (in German). kicker. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- "Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf" (in German). kicker. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- "Diego bringt die "Wölfe" in die Erfolgsspur" (in German). kicker. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
External links
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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