2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2016–17 season
Manager Dieter Hecking
(until 17 October)
Valérien Ismaël
(interim, 17 October–6 November)
(head coach, from 6 November)
Stadium VOLKSWAGEN ARENA
Bundesliga 15th
DFB-Pokal Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Mario Gómez
(3 goals)

All:
Mario Gómez
(4 goals)
Highest home attendance 30,000
Lowest home attendance 26,398
Average home league attendance 28,557
Biggest win Freiburg 0–3 Wolfsburg
Biggest defeat Wolfsburg 1–5 Dortmund
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
All statistics correct as of 4 December 2016.

The 2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season is the 72nd season in the club's football history.

Background

VfL Wolfsburg finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 8th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

Squad

As of 31 August 2016[1]

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)
2 Germany DF Philipp Wollscheid (on loan from Stoke City)
4 Germany DF Marcel Schäfer
5 Netherlands DF Jeffrey Bruma
6 Peru DF Carlos Ascues
7 Italy MF Daniel Caligiuri
8 Portugal DF Vieirinha
10 Germany MF Julian Draxler
11 Germany MF Daniel Didavi
13 Germany MF Yannick Gerhardt
14 Poland MF Jakub Błaszczykowski
15 Germany DF Christian Träsch
16 Brazil FW Bruno Henrique
17 Spain FW Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid)
20 Germany GK Max Grün
21 Germany DF Jannes Horn
No. Position Player
22 Brazil MF Luiz Gustavo
23 France MF Joshua Guilavogui
24 Germany DF Sebastian Jung
25 Croatia FW Josip Brekalo
27 Germany MF Maximilian Arnold
28 Belgium GK Koen Casteels
29 Germany MF Amara Conde
30 Germany MF Paul Seguin
31 Germany DF Robin Knoche
33 Germany FW Mario Gómez
34 Switzerland DF Ricardo Rodríguez
35 Germany FW Anton Donkor
36 Germany GK Phillip Menzel
38 Belgium MF Ismail Azzaoui
40 Germany DF Robin Ziegele

On loan

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

No. Position Player
Germany GK Patrick Drewes (at Preußen Münster until 30 June 2017)
32 Germany FW Leandro Putaro (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2017)
Switzerland MF Francisco Rodríguez (at FC Luzern until 30 June 2017)
37 Germany DF Moritz Sprenger (at 1. FC Magdeburg until 30 June 2017)

Transfers

Transferred in

No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources
2 Defender Philipp Wollscheid 27 Yes Stoke City Loan Summer 30 June 2017 [2]
5 Defender Jeffrey Bruma 24 Yes PSV Eindhoven Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 €11.5 million [3]
11 Midfielder Daniel Didavi 26 Yes VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 Free [4]
13 Midfielder Yannick Gerhardt 22 Yes 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 €13 million [5]
14 Midfielder Jakub Błaszczykowski 30 Yes Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €5 million [6]
17 Forward Borja Mayoral 19 Yes Real Madrid Loan Summer 30 June 2017 [7]
23 Midfielder Joshua Guilavogui 25 Yes Atlético Madrid Buy option exercised Summer 30 June 2019 €3 million [8]
25 Forward Josip Brekalo 18 Yes Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Summer 30 June 2021 €6 million [9]
29 Midfielder Amara Conde 19 Yes VfL Wolfsburg U19 Academy Summer 30 June 2018 Free [10]
33 Forward Mario Gómez 31 Yes Fiorentina Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €7million [11]
39 Forward Oskar Zawada 20 Yes FC Twente Return from loan Summer 30 June 2018
40 Defender Robin Ziegele 19 Yes VfL Wolfsburg U19 Academy Summer 30 June 2018 Free [10]
Midfielder Francisco Rodríguez 20 Yes Arminia Bielefeld Return from loan Summer 30 June 2018 [12]

Transferred out

No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources
3 Forward Nicklas Bendtner 28 Yes Release Summer [13]
11 Forward Max Kruse 28 Yes Werder Bremen Transfer Summer €7.5 million [14]
12 Forward Bas Dost 27 Yes Sporting CP Transfer Summer €10 million [15]
17 Midfielder André Schürrle 25 Yes Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer €30 million [16]
18 Defender Dante 32 No Nice Transfer Summer €2.5 million [17]
25 Defender Naldo 33 No Schalke 04 Transfer Summer Free [18]
26 Defender Felipe 27 No G.D. Chaves Transfer Summer Free [19]
32 Forward Leandro Putaro 19 Yes Arminia Bielefeld Loan Summer [20]
37 Defender Moritz Sprenger 21 Yes 1. FC Magdeburg Loan Summer [21]
Goalkeeper Patrick Drewes 23 Yes Preußen Münster Loan Summer [10]
Midfielder Francisco Rodríguez 20 Yes FC Luzern Loan Summer [12]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 3 4 6 13 22 9 13
14 Werder Bremen 13 3 2 8 17 32 15 11
15 VfL Wolfsburg 13 2 4 7 12 18 6 10
16 Darmstadt 98 13 2 2 9 11 26 15 8 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
17 Hamburger SV 13 1 4 8 10 27 17 7 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: DFB
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-off.[22]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
13 2 4 7 12 18  −6 10 0 2 5 4 12  −8 2 2 2 8 6  +2

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
Result W D D L L D L L L W L D L
Position 2 3 8 10 13 13 14 16 16 14 14 14 15

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Switzerland Diego Benaglio 6 0 5 0 1 0
20 GK Germany Max Grün 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 9 0 8 0 1 0
36 GK Germany Phillip Menzel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Germany Philipp Wollscheid 3 0 3 0 0 0
4 DF Germany Marcel Schäfer 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
5 DF Netherlands Jeffrey Bruma 14 0 12 0 2 0
6 DF Peru Carlos Ascues 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF Germany Christian Träsch 7 0 5+1 0 0+1 0
21 DF Germany Jannes Horn 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
31 DF Germany Robin Knoche 8 0 6+1 0 0+1 0
34 DF Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 14 2 12 2 2 0
40 DF Germany Robin Ziegele 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 DF Germany Hendrik Hansen 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Italy Daniel Caligiuri 13 1 9+2 1 2 0
8 MF Portugal Vieirinha 6 0 4+1 0 1 0
10 MF Germany Julian Draxler 12 0 10+1 0 1 0
11 MF Germany Daniel Didavi 7 2 3+3 2 1 0
13 MF Germany Yannick Gerhardt 14 0 11+1 0 2 0
14 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 11 0 9 0 2 0
22 MF Brazil Luiz Gustavo 11 0 8+1 0 2 0
23 MF France Joshua Guilavogui 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
26 MF Germany Justin Möbius 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
27 MF Germany Maximilian Arnold 14 1 11+2 1 1 0
29 MF Germany Amara Conde 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Germany Paul Seguin 12 1 8+3 1 1 0
38 MF Belgium Ismail Azzaoui 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
16 FW Brazil Bruno Henrique 7 0 1+5 0 0+1 0
17 FW Spain Borja Mayoral 7 1 1+5 1 0+1 0
24 FW Germany Sebastian Jung 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Croatia Josip Brekalo 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 13 4 12 3 1 1
35 FW Germany Anton Donkor 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
12 FW Netherlands Bas Dost 2 1 1 0 1 1

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 3 1 4
2 11 MF Germany Daniel Didavi 2 0 2
34 DF Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez 2 0 2
3 7 MF Italy Daniel Caligiuri 1 0 1
12 FW Netherlands Bas Dost 0 1 1
17 FW Spain Borja Mayoral 1 0 1
27 MF Germany Maximilian Arnold 1 0 1
30 MF Germany Paul Seguin 1 0 1
Own goal 1 1 2
Totals 12 3 15

Last updated: 3 December 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 4 0 4
2 1 GK Switzerland Diego Benaglio 1 1 2
Totals 5 1 6

Last updated: 5 November 2016

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
4 DF Germany Marcel Schäfer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Netherlands Jeffrey Bruma 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1
7 MF Italy Daniel Caligiuri 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 MF Germany Daniel Didavi 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
13 MF Germany Yannick Gerhardt 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
14 MF Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 DF Germany Jannes Horn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 MF France Joshua Guilavogui 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 FW Croatia Josip Brekalo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Germany Maximilian Arnold 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
28 GK Belgium Koen Casteels 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 MF Germany Paul Seguin 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
33 FW Germany Mario Gómez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 23 1 1 5 0 0 28 1 1

Last updated: 3 December 2016

References

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  3. "Alles klar: Bruma unterschreibt bis 2021" [Everything cleared: Bruma signs until 2021] (in German). kicker. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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  5. ""Nächster Schritt": Gerhardt unterschreibt beim VfL" ["Next step": Gerhardt signs at VfL] (in German). kicker. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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  12. 1 2 "On loan to Luzern". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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  14. ""Keine Bedenken": Werder macht Kruse-Wechsel perfekt!" ["No Concerns": Werder perfects the Kruse deal] (in German). kicker. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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  18. "Naldo: Schalke statt VfL!" [Naldo: Schalke instead of VfL!] (in German). kicker. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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