2007–08 VfL Wolfsburg season

Wolfsburg

2007–08 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Grafite (11) All: Grafite (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

VfL Wolfsburg had their best ever season under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josué, Grafite and Edin Džeko were all successful, and played a big part in the resurgence.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Diego Benaglio
• Simon Jentzsch
• André Lenz

Defenders

• Peter van der Heyden
• Ricardo Costa
• Marcel Schäfer
• Facundo Quiroga
• Alex
• Jan Šimůnek
• Daniel Reiche
• Sergei Karimov

Midfielders

• Josué
• Daniel Baier
• Jacek Krzynówek
• Jonathan Santana
• Alexander Laas
• Makoto Hasebe
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Sascha Riether
• Cédric Makiadi
• Christian Gentner
• Sergej Evljuskin
• Pablo Thiam
• Marcelinho

Attackers

• Edin Džeko
• Grafite
• Emre Öztürk
• Isaac Boakye
• Kamani Hill
• Mame Niang
• Danijel Ljuboja

Bundesliga

Matches

Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

1	Wolfsburg	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld
	Radu  84'		Wichniarek  38' Eigler  52' Kirch  80'

Duisburg v Wolfsburg

2	Duisburg	1–3	Wolfsburg
	Lavrič  88'		Marcelinho  41' Madlung  51' Radu  72'

Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

3	Wolfsburg	1–1	Schalke 04
	Krzynówek  36'		Halil Altıntop  86'

Hertha Berlin v Wolfsburg

4	Hertha Berlin	2–1	Wolfsburg
	Pantelić  38' Okoronkwo  88'		Dejagah  61'

Wolfsburg v Karlsruhe

5	Wolfsburg	1–2	Karlsruhe
	Krzynówek  22'		Eggimann  63' Eichner  79'

Energie Cottbus v Wolfsburg

6	Energie Cottbus	1–2	Wolfsburg
	Sørensen  33'		Džeko  22' Krzynówek  83'

Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

7	Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen
	Josué  66'		Diego  48'

Hamburg v Wolfsburg

8	Hamburg	2–2	Wolfsburg
	Reinhardt  17' van der Vaart  70'		Grafite  57' (pen.) Dejagah  88'

Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

9	Wolfsburg	1–0	Hansa Rostock
	Džeko  89'

Hannover v Wolfsburg

10	Hannover	2–2	Wolfsburg
	Sérgio Pinto  28' Tarnat  35'		Marcelinho  21' Dejagah  29'

Wolfsburg v Nuremberg

11	Wolfsburg	3–1	Nuremberg
	Charisteas  30' (o.g.) Grafite  35' Dejagah  69'		Misimović  54'

Bochum v Wolfsburg

12	Bochum	5–3	Wolfsburg
	Šesták  4', 44' Maltritz  19' Fuchs  42' Epalle  63'		Schäfer  49' Grafite  56', 73'

Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

13	Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
	M. Friedrich  70' (o.g.)		Barnetta  37' Kießling  52'

Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg

14	Bayern Munich	2–1	Wolfsburg
	Klose  34' Ribéry  50'		Dejagah  71'

Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

15	Wolfsburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Gentner  7' Džeko  49'		Maicon  35' Fink  50'

Stuttgart v Wolfsburg

16	Stuttgart	3–1	Wolfsburg
	Marica  26' Cacau  48' Hitzlsperger  86'		Džeko  51'

Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

17	Wolfsburg	4–0	Borussia Dortmund
	Schäfer  8' Ricardo Costa  11' Gentner  60' Džeko  78'

Arminia Bielefeld v Wolfsburg

18	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	Wolfsburg
			Grafite  26'

Wolfsburg v Duisburg

19	Wolfsburg	2–1	Duisburg
	Schäfer  35' Grafite  54'		Niculescu  26'

Schalke 04 v Wolfsburg

20	Schalke 04	1–2	Wolfsburg
	Sánchez  65'		Grafite  73', 84' (pen.)

Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

21	Wolfsburg	0–0	Hertha Berlin

Karlsruhe v Wolfsburg

22	Karlsruhe	3–1	Wolfsburg
	Eggimann  22' Kennedy  73' Iashvili  90'		Schäfer  28'

Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

23	Wolfsburg	3–0	Energie Cottbus
	Gentner  17' Marcelinho  19', 76'

Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg

24	Werder Bremen	0–1	Wolfsburg
			Grafite  50'

Wolfsburg v Hamburg

25	Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburg
	Ljuboja  52'		Reinhardt  14'

Hansa Rostock v Wolfsburg

26	Hansa Rostock	0–1	Wolfsburg
			Krzynówek  90'

Wolfsburg v Hannover

27	Wolfsburg	3–2	Hannover
	Dejagah  20', 71' Marcelinho  29'		Bruggink  27' Štajner  79'

Nuremberg v Wolfsburg

28	Nuremberg	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Koller  78'

Wolfsburg v Bochum

29	Wolfsburg	0–1	Bochum
			Šesták  88'

Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg

30	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Wolfsburg
	Gekas  33' Ricardo Costa  73' (o.g.)		Džeko  13' Hasebe  43'

Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

31	Wolfsburg	0–0	Bayern Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt v Wolfsburg

32	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–3	Wolfsburg
	Amanatidis  22' (pen.) Weissenberger  63'		Grafite  4' Schäfer  29' Džeko  79'

Wolfsburg v Stuttgart

33	Wolfsburg	4–0	Stuttgart
	Marcelinho  16' Džeko  22', 76' Ricardo Costa  55'

Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsburg

34	Borussia Dortmund	2–4	Wolfsburg
	Frei  25', 69'		Riether  3' Marcelinho  6' Schäfer  62' Grafite  76'

Top Scorers

• Grafite 11 (2)
• Edin Džeko 8
• Ashkan Dejagah 8
• Marcelinho 6
• Jacek Krzynówek 4
• Marcel Schäfer 4

Sources

BetExploer - German Bundesliga 2007/2008