2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2014–15 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Bas Dost (16) All: Bas Dost (20)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 70th season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in the fifth place, with only one point separating them from the UEFA Champions League spot occupied by Bayer Leverkusen. Nevertheless, they were granted a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

As of 15 September 2014^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SUI Diego Benaglio (captain) 2 DF  GER Patrick Ochs 3 FW  DEN Nicklas Bendtner 4 DF  GER Marcel Schäfer 5 DF  SUI Timm Klose 7 MF  GER Daniel Caligiuri 8 MF  POR Vieirinha 9 MF  CRO Ivan Perišić 10 MF  GER Aaron Hunt 12 FW  NED Bas Dost 14 MF  BEL Kevin De Bruyne 15 DF  GER Christian Träsch 17 FW  GER André Schürrle 19 MF  BEL Junior Malanda 20 GK  GER Max Grün

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  GER Patrick Drewes 22 MF  BRA Luiz Gustavo 23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 24 DF  GER Sebastian Jung 25 DF  BRA Naldo 26 DF  BRA Felipe 27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold 28 MF  POL Mateusz Klich 29 MF  CHN Zhang Xizhe 30 MF  GER Paul Seguin 31 DF  GER Robin Knoche 34 DF  SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 37 DF  GER Moritz Sprenger

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Fagner (at Corinthians until December 31) — MF  CZE Václav Pilař (at Viktoria Plzeň)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 FW  DEN Nicklas Bendtner (from Arsenal) 10 MF  GER Aaron Hunt (from Werder Bremen) 23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui (from Atlético Madrid) 24 DF  GER Sebastian Jung (from Eintracht Frankfurt) 28 MF  POL Mateusz Klich (from PEC Zwolle) 17 FW  GER André Schürrle (from Chelsea)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Tolga Ciğerci (at Hertha BSC) — MF  SRB Slobodan Medojević (at Eintracht Frankfurt) — MF  CIV Ibrahim Sissoko (at Eskişehirspor) — MF  CZE Jan Polák (at 1. FC Nürnberg) — FW  GER Stefan Kutschke (at SC Paderborn) — FW  TUN Nassim Ben Khalifa (at Grasshoppers) — FW  SWE Rasmus Jönsson (at Aalborg BK) — FW  GER Kevin Scheidhauer (at MSV Duisburg)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	25	4	5	80	18	+62	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	VfL Wolfsburg	34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	19	9	6	53	26	+27	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69	13	4	0	38	13	+25	7	5	5	34	25	+9

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EVE	WOL	KRA	LIL
1	Everton	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–1	0–1	3–0
2	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10			0–2	—	5–1	1–1
3	Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6			1–1	2–4	—	1–1
4	Lille	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4			0–0	0–3	1–1	—

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	48	0	31	0	5	0	12	0
20	GK	GER	Max Grün	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
21	GK	GER	Patrick Drewes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Patrick Ochs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	25	0	7+9	0	2+1	0	3+3	0
5	DF	SUI	Timm Klose	19	3	11+1	1	4	1	2+1	1
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	21	0	8+4	0	1+2	0	5+1	0
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung	30	0	17+5	0	2	0	5+1	0
25	DF	BRA	Naldo	49	8	32	7	6	0	11	1
26	DF	BRA	Felipe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	41	2	25+2	2	2+1	0	11	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	39	10	26	6	4	1	9	3
37	DF	GER	Moritz Sprenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	GER	Daniel Caligiuri	45	10	18+10	7	5+1	2	6+5	1
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	46	2	25+6	1	5	0	8+2	1
9	MF	CRO	Ivan Perišić	35	7	21+3	5	2	1	6+3	1
10	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt	22	4	3+12	2	1+1	0	3+2	2
14	MF	BEL	Kevin De Bruyne	51	16	34	10	6	1	11	5
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	47	7	30+1	2	5	4	11	1
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	42	2	21+6	1	2+3	0	9+1	1
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	40	6	17+10	4	4+1	2	2+6	0
28	MF	POL	Mateusz Klich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	CHN	Zhang Xizhe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	28	5	5+13	1	0+2	0	2+6	4
12	FW	NED	Bas Dost	36	20	17+4	16	5+1	2	6+3	2
17	FW	GER	André Schürrle	22	1	7+7	1	2+2	0	4	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	MF	SRB	Slobodan Medojević	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić	20	5	12+2	5	1	0	4+1	0
19	MF	BEL	Junior Malanda	15	0	4+6	0	1+1	0	2+1	0

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Europa League	Total
1	FW	12		Bas Dost	16	2	2	20
2	MF	14		Kevin De Bruyne	10	1	5	16
3	DF	34		Ricardo Rodríguez	6	1	3	10
	MF	7		Daniel Caligiuri	7	2	1	10
5	DF	25		Naldo	7	0	1	8
6	FW	9		Ivan Perišić	5	1	1	7
	MF	22		Luiz Gustavo	2	4	1	7
8	MF	27		Maximilian Arnold	4	2	0	6
9	FW	3		Nicklas Bendtner	1	0	4	5
	FW	11		Ivica Olić	5	0	0	5
11	MF	10		Aaron Hunt	2	0	2	4
12	DF	5		Timm Klose	1	1	1	3
13	MF	8		Vieirinha	1	0	1	2
	MF	23		Josuha Guilavogui	1	0	1	2
	DF	31		Robin Knoche	2	0	0	2
16	MF	17		André Schürrle	1	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	1	2
Total					72	14	24	109

Last updated on 30 May 2015