2008–09 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2008–09 season
Manager Felix Magath
Bundesliga 1st
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Grafite (28)
All:
Edin Džeko (36)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

VfL Wolfsburg won their first ever Bundesliga title during this season. Manager Felix Magath formed an attacking lineup, which included strikers Edin Džeko and Grafite, the pair scoring 54 goals between them, much due to the help of attacking midfielder Zvjezdan Misimović's 20 assists.

First-team squad

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
2 Italy DF Cristian Zaccardo
3 Brazil DF Rodrigo Alvim
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
5 Portugal DF Ricardo Costa
6 Czech Republic DF Jan Šimůnek
7 Brazil MF Josué (c)
8 Japan FW Yoshito Ōkubo
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Edin Džeko
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Zvjezdan Misimović
11 Brazil FW Caiuby
12 Germany GK André Lenz
13 Japan MF Makoto Hasebe
No. Position Player
14 Paraguay MF Jonathan Santana
16 Turkey FW Mahir Sağlık
17 Germany DF Alexander Madlung
18 Poland MF Jacek Krzynówek
19 Slovakia DF Peter Pekarík
20 Germany DF Sascha Riether
23 Brazil FW Grafite
24 Germany MF Ashkan Dejagah
25 Germany MF Christian Gentner
32 Germany MF Sebastian Schindzielorz
33 Germany DF Daniel Reiche
37 Kazakhstan DF Sergei Karimov
43 Italy DF Andrea Barzagli

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2008–09 Bundesliga

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 VfL Wolfsburg (C) 34 21 6 7 80 41 +39 69 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 20 7 7 71 42 +29 67
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 2009–10 UEFA Champions League play-off round
4 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 48 41 +7 63 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
5 Hamburger SV 34 19 4 11 49 47 +2 61 2009–10 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 15 14 5 60 37 +23 59
7 1899 Hoffenheim 34 15 10 9 63 49 +14 55
8 Schalke 04 34 14 8 12 47 35 +12 50
9 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 7 13 59 46 +13 49
10 Werder Bremen 34 12 9 13 64 50 +14 45 2009–10 UEFA Europa League play-off round
11 Hannover 96 34 10 10 14 49 69 −20 40
12 1. FC Köln 34 11 6 17 35 50 −15 39
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 8 9 17 39 60 −21 33
14 VfL Bochum 34 7 11 16 39 55 −16 32
15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 8 7 19 39 62 −23 31
16 Energie Cottbus (R) 34 8 6 20 30 57 −27 30 Bundesliga relegation playoff
17 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 8 5 21 30 54 −24 29 Relegation to 2009–10 2. Bundesliga
18 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 4 16 14 29 56 −27 28

Source: kicker (German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Werder Bremen qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Cup

First round

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Wolfsburg 4310137+610
Italy Milan 422085+38
Portugal Braga 420275+26
England Portsmouth 411278−14
Netherlands Heerenveen 4004313−100

Round of 32

Statistics

Top scorers

Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

References

    Sources

    Soccerbase - Wolfsburg Results

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