2017–18_VfL_Wolfsburg_season

2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season

2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg 2017–18 football season


The 2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 73rd season in the football club's history and 21st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 16th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

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Players

Squad information

As of 7 April 2018[1][2][3]

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


Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

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Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

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Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi 22' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Didavi 52' Report Harnik 75' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,321
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Akolo 42' Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Guido Winkmann
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Origi 28' Report Bartels 56' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Felix Brych
22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 6 Bayern Munich 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Guilavogui 55' Report Mutō 74' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Robert Hartmann
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15) 8 Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,104
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai 90+1' Report Demirbay 73' (pen.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,514
Referee: Felix Zwayer
28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 10 Schalke 04 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Bentaleb 43' (pen.) Report Origi 90+3' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,429
Referee: Markus Schmidt
5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,214
Referee: Robert Kampka
18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Kapustka 68' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,744
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 13 FC Augsburg 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Didavi 40' Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Tobias Stieler
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,250
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) 15 Hamburger SV 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 45,226
Referee: Christian Dingert
12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) 16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Verhaegh 15' (pen.) Report Halstenberg 52' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,827
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17 1. FC Köln 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Clemens 67' Report Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 41,100
Referee: Benjamin Brand
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) 18 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,600
Referee: Tobias Stieler
20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Arnold 66' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,450
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 January 2018 (2018-01-28) 20 Hannover 96 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Mallı 72' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 34,300
Referee: Felix Brych
3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Origi 24' Report Gómez 60' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,378
Referee: Robert Hartmann
11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22 Werder Bremen 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Verhaegh 49' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 38,062
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) 23 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Didavi 8' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) 24 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Mutō 44' Report Brekalo 6' Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 25,173
Referee: Bastian Dankert
3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Mehmedi 79' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Felix Zwayer
10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26 1899 Hoffenheim 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,550
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report Knoche 86' (o.g.) Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,502
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28 Hertha BSC 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 34,765
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29 SC Freiburg 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Didavi 2', 83' Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,512
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 47,797
Referee: Tobias Stieler
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Brekalo 78' Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Daniel Siebert
5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33 RB Leipzig 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Didavi 47' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 41,487
Referee: Marco Fritz
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 1. FC Köln Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Hector 32' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,112
Referee: Markus Schmidt

Relegation play-offs

17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) First leg VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Holstein Kiel Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Schindler 34' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
21 May 2018 (2018-05-21) Second leg Holstein Kiel 0–1
(1–4 agg.)
VfL Wolfsburg Kiel
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Knoche 75' Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Norderstedt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Camacho 59' Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lasse Koslowski
25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Uduokhai 49' Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 15,508
Referee: Felix Brych
19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Round of 16 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 (a.e.t.) VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 26,104
Referee: Daniel Siebert
7 February 2018 (2018-02-07) Quarter-finals Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Burgstaller 10' Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 50,642
Referee: Christian Dingert

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions


References

  1. "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

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