2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2015–16 season
Manager Dieter Hecking
Stadium Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga 8th
DFB-Pokal Round 2
DFL-Supercup Winners
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season is the 71st season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Additionally, they won their first DFB-Pokal trophy in the club's history, beating Borussia Dortmund in the final.

They opened their season by winning their first DFL-Supercup in the club's history by defeating Bayern Munich in the 2015 final on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.[1]

Players

As of 30 August 2015
Wolfsburg prior to its Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on 25 November 2015.

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 (captain)
3 Denmark FW Nicklas Bendtner
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
5 Switzerland DF Timm Klose
6 Peru DF Carlos Ascues
7 Italy MF Daniel Caligiuri
8 Portugal MF Vieirinha
10 Germany MF Julian Draxler
11 Germany FW Max Kruse
12 Netherlands FW Bas Dost
15 Germany DF Christian Träsch
17 Germany MF André Schürrle
18 Brazil DF Dante
20 Germany GK Max Grün
No. Position Player
22 Brazil MF Luiz Gustavo
23 France MF Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid)
24 Germany DF Sebastian Jung
25 Brazil DF Naldo
26 Brazil DF Felipe
27 Germany MF Maximilian Arnold
28 Belgium GK Koen Casteels
30 Germany MF Paul Seguin
31 Germany DF Robin Knoche
32 Poland FW Oskar Zawada
33 Germany FW Sebastian Stolze
34 Switzerland DF Ricardo Rodríguez
35 Switzerland MF Francisco Rodríguez
37 Germany DF Moritz Sprenger

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
6 DF Peru Carlos Ascues 23Non-EU Peru Melgar Transfer Summer 2018 €1.5m [2]
10 MF Germany Julian Draxler 21EU Germany Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2020 undisclosed [3]
11 FW Germany Max Kruse 27EU Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer 2019 undisclosed [4]
18 DF Brazil Dante 31Non-EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2018 undisclosed [5]
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 23EU Germany Werder Bremen Loan return Summer
35 MF Switzerland Francisco Rodríguez 20EU Switzerland Zürich Transfer Summer 2018 [6]
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui 17EU England Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Summer

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
9 LW Croatia Ivan Perišić 26EU Italy Internazionale Transfer Summer €16m [7]
10 MF Germany Aaron Hunt 29EU Germany Hamburger SV Transfer Summer Undisclosed [8]
14 MF Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 24EU England Manchester City Transfer Summer €75m [9]
2 FW Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 28EU Unattached Contract terminated Winter N/A [10]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

DFL-Supercup

Main article: 2015 DFL-Supercup

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Mainz 05 34 14 8 12 46 42 +4 50 Qualification to Europa League group stage
7 Hertha BSC 34 14 8 12 42 42 0 50 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 9 13 47 49 2 45
9 1. FC Köln 34 10 13 11 38 42 4 43
10 Hamburger SV 34 11 8 15 40 46 6 41
Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[11]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 12 9 13 47 49  −2 45 9 5 3 32 17  +15 3 4 10 15 32  −17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Result W D W D W L D L W W W L W D L D L L D L W D L W W L D L D L L L W W
Position 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 8 8

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Wolfsburg 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 12 Advance to knockout phase
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10
3 England Manchester United 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 5 9 4 4
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Goalscorers

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 Champions League Super Cup Total
1 FW 12 Netherlands Bas Dost 8 1 1 0 10
2 FW 11 Germany Max Kruse 6 1 2 0 9
FW 17 Germany André Schürrle 6 1 2 0 9
3 MF 10 Germany Julian Draxler 5 0 3 0 8
5 FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner 2 1 0 1 4
6 MF 7 Italy Daniel Caligiuri 2 0 1 0 3
MF 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold 2 0 1 0 3
DF 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 2 0 1 0 3
7 MF 8 Portugal Vieirinha 1 0 1 0 2
MF 23 France Joshua Guilavogui 2 0 0 0 2
DF 25 Brazil Naldo 0 0 2 0 2
11 DF 4 Germany Marcel Schäfer 1 0 0 0 1
DF 5 Switzerland Timm Klose 1 0 0 0 1
FW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić 1 0 0 0 1
MF 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 0 1 0 0 1
DF 18 Brazil Dante 1 0 0 0 1
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1 0 2
Total 42 5 15 1 63

References

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