2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2012–13 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Semifinals
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendly matches

Wolfsburg v Odense

	Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Odense
			Schäfer Lakić

Midtjylland v Wolfsburg

	Midtjylland	0 – 0	Wolfsburg

Esbjerg v Wolfsburg

	Esbjerg	2 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Polák Jönsson

St. Pauli v Wolfsburg

10 July 2012	St. Pauli	3 – 1	Wolfsburg	Streichmühle
19:00

ETSV Weiche v Wolfsburg

	ETSV Weiche	0 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost

Helmstedter SV v Wolfsburg

17 July 2012	Helmstedter SV	–	Wolfsburg
19:00

Germania Egestorf v Wolfsburg

	Germania Egestorf	2 – 8	Wolfsburg
			Dost Helmes Hasani Naldo Kahlenberg Medojević Lakić

Germania Halberstadt v Wolfsburg

	Germania Halberstadt	2 – 4	Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost Helmes

Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg

26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit	Bayern Munich	2 – 1	Wolfsburg	Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST	Mandžukić  29' (pen.) Robben  39'		Pilař  90+2'

Changchun Yatai F.C. v Wolfsburg

	Changchun Yatai F.C.	2 – 3	Wolfsburg
			Orozco Jönsson Dejagah

Shanghai Shenxin F.C. v Wolfsburg

	Shanghai Shenxin F.C.	1 – 0	Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg v Manchester City

4 August 2012	Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Manchester City	Wolfsburg, Germany
			Agüero  41' Y. Touré  57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

Wolfsberger AC v Wolfsburg

7 August 2012	Wolfsberger AC	1 – 0	Wolfsburg
19:00

Bundesliga

Stuttgart v Wolfsburg

25 August 2012 1	Stuttgart	0 – 1	Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
20:45		Report	90' Dost	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48.280 Referee: Tobias Welz

Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

2 September 2012 2	Wolfsburg	0 – 4	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30		Report	Haggui  10' Sobiech  26', 56' Andreasen  52'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,451 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Augsburg v Wolfsburg

14 September 2012 3	Augsburg	0 – 0	Wolfsburg	Augsburg
20:30		Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,512 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Wolfsburg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

22 September 2012 4	Wolfsburg	1 – 1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Wolfsburg
14:30	Olić  42'	Summary	Pogatetz  28' (o.g.) Mavraj  64' Petsos  73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg

25 September 2012 5	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	Wolfsburg	Munich
20:00	Schweinsteiger  24',  82' Mandžukić  57', 65'	Summary	Kahlenberg  35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

30 September 2012 6	Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
17:30	Josué  42' Träsch  44' Olić  51'	Summary	Díaz  26' Szalai  37' Soto  53' Baumgartlinger  77' Caligiuri  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,795 Referee: Marco Fritz

Schalke 04 v Wolfsburg

6 October 2012 7	Schalke 04	3 – 0	Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Farfán  33' Afellay  46',  54' Neustädter  58'	Summary		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,671 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfL Wolfsburg v Freiburg

20 October 2012 8	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo  39'	Summary	Mujdža  11' Caligiuri  40' (pen.) Schuster  84' Diagné  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,080 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Wolfsburg

27 October 2012 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 4	Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fink  59'  77' Langeneke  71' (pen.) Ilsø  82'	Summary	Dost  50', 64' Olić  53' Josué  72' Diego  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 45,673 Referee: Tobias Welz

1. FC Nürnberg v Wolfsburg

3 November 2012 10	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 0	Wolfsburg	Nuremberg
15:30	Gebhart  76' Kiyotake  84' Chandler  90+1'	Summary	Josué  49' Fagner  85' Kjær  90+2'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,586 Referee: Christian Dingert

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

11 November 2012 11	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego  4', 16' Naldo  7' Dost  33'	Report (German)	48' Boenisch  68' Wollscheid  87' Reinartz  90+1' Kießling	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,825 Referee: Bastian Dankert

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

18 November 2012 12	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hoffenheim
17:30	Rudy  55' Jensen  77' Derdiyok  88'	Report	7' Hasebe  24' Dost  63' Josué  78' Naldo	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günther Perl

VfL Wolfsburg v SV Werder Bremen

24 November 2012 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 1	SV Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić  26' Dost  64' Josué  88'	Report (German)	Arnautović  35',  82' Schmitz  40', 62' De Bruyne  87'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

28 November 2012 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Arango  11' Jantschke  38'  44'	Report (German)	Polák  65' Jönsson  90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Wolfsburg v Hamburg

2 December 2012 15	Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburg	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo  22' Kjær  68'	Report (German)	Beister  26' Rincón  64' Adler  68' Westermann  83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,121 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsburg

8 December 2012 16	Borussia Dortmund	2-3	Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30	Reus  6',  49' Schmelzer  35' Błaszczykowski  61' (pen.) Gündoğan  64' Götze  83'	Summary	Diego  36' (pen.) Naldo  41' Kjær  61' Josué  63' Dost  73' Kahlenberg  90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

15 December 2012 17	Wolfsburg	0-2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30	Josué  16' Diego  56' Naldo  89'	Summary	Meier  12' Inui  18'  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,452 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Stuttgart

19 January 2013 18	VfL Wolfsburg	2-0	Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego  51' Madlung  67'	Summary	Niedermeier  54' Rüdiger  66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v Wolfsburg

26 January 2013 19	Hannover 96	2 - 1	Wolfsburg	Hannover
15:30	Abdellaoue  3' Pocognoli  34' Diouf  38' Huszti  42' Chahed  83' Hoffmann  90+3'	Summary	Madlung  46' Naldo  47' Diego  88'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Günter Perl

Wolfsburg v Augsburg

2 February 2013 20	Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo  23' Diego  28' Fagner  47'	Summary	Werner  6' Morávek  25' Baier  29' Ostrzolek  49'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,257 Referee: Marco Fritz

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Wolfsburg

9 February 2013 21	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0 - 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Fürth
15:30	Klaus  9' Sobiech  53' Peković  55'	Summary	Dost  23' Naldo  60' Fagner  64' Träsch  73'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

15 February 2013 22	VfL Wolfsburg	0 - 2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30	Madlung  24' Vieirinha  35' Dost  45+2' Hasebe  73' Naldo  80'	Summary	Mandžukić  36' Ribéry  57' Dante  76' Robben  90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

23 February 2013 23	1. FSV Mainz 05	1 - 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30	Zimling  5'  72'	Summary	Naldo  15' Madlung  29' Diego  39' Kjær  42'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,175 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

2 March 2013 24	VfL Wolfsburg	1 - 4	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić  50' Fagner  82'	Summary	Draxler  33', 63' Jones  73' Farfán  79' Huntelaar  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Schönberg 95 v VfL Wolfsburg

18 August 2012 1st Round	Schönberg 95	0–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Lübeck
20:30		Report	Olić  28', 30', 67' Diego  43' Dost  66'	Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Kampka

VfL Wolfsburg v FSV Frankfurt

31 October 2012 2nd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	FSV Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
20:30	Polák  17' Diego  51' Dost  61'	Summary		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

17 December 2012 3rd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2 - 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
19:00	Träsch  78' Bost  90'		Fagner  31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,781

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Wolfsburg

26 February 2013 Quarterfinals	Kickers Offenbach	1 - 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Offenbach am Main
20:30	Stadel  81'		Olić  49' Dost  71'	Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 27 November 2012

Source:^[1][2][3][4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Diego Benaglio	23	0	22	0	1	0
21	GK		Patrick Drewes	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Marwin Hitz	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF		Emanuel Pogatetz	9	0	8	0	1	0
16	DF		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Alexander Madlung	9	2	9	2	0	0
25	DF		Naldo	23	3	21	3	2	0
26	DF		Hrvoje Čale	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Robin Knoche	8	0	6	0	2	0
34	DF		Ricardo Rodríguez	14	0	13	0	1	0
39	DF		Michael Schulze	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Simon Kjær	15	1	14	1	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Marcel Schäfer	23	0	21	0	2	0
6	MF		Slobodan Medojević	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Josué	13	0	12	0	1	0
8	MF		Vieirinha	19	0	17	0	2	0
13	MF		Makoto Hasebe	14	1	13	1	1	0
14	MF		Václav Pilař	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Christian Träsch	11	0	10	0	1	0
18	MF		Kevin Pannewitz	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Mateusz Klich	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF		Jan Polák	16	0	15	0	1	0
30	MF		Yohandry Orozco	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Ferhan Hasani	3	0	3	0	0	0
38	MF		Thomas Kahlenberg	12	0	12	0	0	0
Strikers
11	FW		Ivica Olić	22	5	20	2	2	3
9	FW		Bas Dost	23	10	21	8	2	2
No longer at club
3	DF		Felipe Lopes	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Rasmus Jönsson	4	1	4	1	0	0
23	DF		Marco Russ	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Ashkan Dejagah	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	FW		Srđan Lakić	7	0	6	0	1	0

Sources

1. "VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
2. "1. Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg" (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
3. "Die Neuen stechen - Olic sogar dreimal!". kicker (in German). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
4. "Diego bringt seine "Wölfe" auf Kurs". kicker (in German). 31 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

• 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (German)
• 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (German)