2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg.

VfL Wolfsburg
2013–14 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivica Olić (14)
All: Ivica Olić (15)

In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.

Review and events

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Transfers

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Date Position Player Club Fee Ref
1 July 2013 DM   Kevin de Bruyne   Chelsea €20,000,000
DM   Luiz Gustavo   Bayern Munich €16,000,000
DF   Timm Klose   FC Basel €6,000,000
MF   Daniel Caligiuri   SC Freiburg €4,000,000
28 July 2013 MF   Junior Malanda   Zulte Waregem €1,500,000
31 August 2013 DF   Stefan Kutschke   RB Leipzig Free
Date Position Name Club Fee
1 July 2013 ST   Giovanni Sio   FC Basel €2,400,000
GK   Marwin Hitz   FC Augsburg €1,000,000
DF   Simon Kjær   Lille OSC €4,000,000
MF   Yohandry Orozco   Deportivo Táchira Free
25 July 2013 ST   Patrick Helmes   1. FC Köln Free
28 July 2013 ST   Rasmus Jönsson   AaB Fodbold Loan
28 July 2013 DF   Fagner   Vasco da Gama Loan
13 August 2013 MF   Tolga Ciğerci   Hertha BSC Free
1 September 2013 MF   Makoto Hasebe   1. FC Nürnberg €2,000,000
2 September 2013 FW   Ferhan Hasani   Dynamo Dresden Free
13 January 2014 DF   Diego   Atlético Madrid €5,000,000
18 January 2014 MF   Koo Ja-cheol   Mainz 05 Loan

Matches

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

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Bundesliga

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League fixtures and results

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MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Res.
F–A
Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent Pos. Pts.
1 10 August – 15:30 A Hannover 96 0-2 44,800 Klose   13'   52'
Arnold   32'
Andreasen   17'
Bittencourt   34'
Huszti   37',   84'
Prib   45'
Sané   54'
16 0 [1]
2 17 August – 15:30 H Schalke 04 4–0 28,405 Knoche   55'
Vieirinha   61'
Naldo   67'
Kutschke   90+1'
Huntelaar   37'
Jones   49'
8 3 [2]
3 24 August – 15:30 A Mainz 05 0–2 27,103 Luiz Gustavo   29'   64'
Diego   72'
Müller   47',   78'
Geis   51'
Choupo-Moting   61'
Moritz   84'
9 3 [3]
4 31 August – 15:30 H Hertha BSC 2–0 28,625 Naldo   23'
Olić   42'
Diego   45+2' (pen.)
Langkamp   59'
Wagner   64'
8 6 [4]
5 14 September – 15:30 A Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 27,149 Olić   39'
Naldo   61'
Luiz Gustavo   80'   85'
Vieirinha   87'
Sam   24',   84'
Wollscheid   58'
Kießling   65', 90+2'
12 6 [5]
6 21 September – 15:30 H 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 29,837 Olić   44', 48'
Polák   77'
Rudy   8'
Modeste   15'
Roberto Firmino   61'
Vestergaard   85'
Herdling   87'
6 9 [6]
7 28 September – 15:30 A Bayern Munich 0–1 71,000 Diego   27' Schweinsteiger   26'
Müller   63'
Mandžukić   72'
11 9 [7]
8 5 October – 15:30 H Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 30,000 Olić   60'
Diego   75'
Bellarabi   31'
Ademi   54'
Theuerkauf   71'
Boland   84'
Kumbela   86'
14 9 [8]
9 20 October – 17:30 A FC Augsburg 2–1 27,554 Arnold   35',   52'
Diego   40'
Luiz Gustavo   42'
Werner   10'
Ostrzolek   41'
Verhaegh   57'
9 12 [9]
10 26 October – 18:30 H Werder Bremen 3–0 29,488 Arnold   7'
Luiz Gustavo   19'
Olić   72'
Perišić   89'
Kroos   38'
Ignjovski   90'
6 15 [10]
11 2 November – 18:30 A Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 44,300 Anderson   2' (o.g.)
Luiz Gustavo   34'
Arnold   82'
Schäfer   90'
Meier   35'
Oczipka   37'
Celozzi   87'
Zambrano   90'
5 18 [11]
12 9 November – 15:30 H Borussia Dortmund 2-1 30,000 Caligiuri   9'
Ochs   45'
Rodríguez   56'
Olić   69'
Bender   12'
Hummels   24'
Reus   45+2',   84'
Mkhitaryan   81'
5 21 [12]
13 23 November – 15:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 35,678 Diego   31'
Arnold   39'
Frantz   29'
Ginczek   72'
5 22 [13]
14 29 November – 20:30 H Hamburger SV 1–1 28,648 Rodríguez   31' (pen.)
Ochs   36'
Arnold   38'
Naldo   58'
Knoche   74'
Çalhanoğlu   19'
Arslan   53'
6 23 [14]
15 8 December – 15:30 A SC Freiburg 3–0 22,800 Arnold   8'
Olić   11'
Ochs   35'
Schäfer   90+1'
5 26 [15]
16 14 December – 18:30 H VfB Stuttgart 3–1 25,501 Medojević   31'
Rodríguez   38'
Diego   53',   55'
Perišić   78'
Rausch   20'
Harnik   53'
Werner   57'
5 29 [16]
17 22 December – 15:30 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 53,301 Ochs   49'
Diego   53',   56'
Caligiuri   78'
Dost   85'
Raffael   59'
Arango   64'
Wendt   72'
5 30 [17]
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Schalke 04 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 4 11 60 41 +19 61 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 18 6 10 63 50 +13 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 59 43 +16 55 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
7 Mainz 05 34 16 5 13 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

DFB-Pokal

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MD Date – KO Venue Opponent Result2 Attendance Goalscorers and carded players Ref.
VfL Wolfsburg Opponent
R1 3 August – 20:30 A Karlsruher SC 3-1 15,710 Perišić   4',   15'
Klose   13'
Diego   69'
Schäfer   90+2'
Peitz   49'
Alibaz   53',   90'
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R2 24 September – 19:00 H VfR Aalen 2–0 6,718 Diego   45+2'
Koo   72'
Klose   83'
Junglas   86' [19]
Round of 16 3 December - 19:00 H FC Ingolstadt 2–1 7,846 Naldo   66'
Olić   89'
Caiuby   17'
Quarter-finals 12 February - 19:00 A TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 13,840 Rodríguez   26' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
Dost   64'
Firmino   39', 64'
Semi-finals 12 April - 19:00 A Borussia Dortmund 0–2 80,400 Gustavo   7' Mkhitaryan   13'
Lewandowski   43' Kehl   76'
Aubameyang  90+6'

Squad

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Squad, appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SUI Diego Benaglio 33 0 29 0 4 0
2 DF   GER Patrick Ochs 19 0 17 0 2 0
4 DF   GER Marcel Schäfer 25 0 21 0 4 0
5 DF   SUI Timm Klose 12 1 10 0 2 1
6 MF   SRB Slobodan Medojević 22 0 20 0 2 0
7 MF   GER Daniel Caligiuri 27 1 24 0 3 1
8 FW   POR Vieirinha 14 1 11 1 3 0
9 FW   CRO Ivan Perišić 38 11 33 10 5 1
11 FW   CRO Ivica Olić 39 15 34 14 5 1
12 FW   NED Bas Dost 15 5 13 4 2 1
14 MF   BEL Kevin De Bruyne 18 3 16 3 2 0
15 DF   GER Christian Träsch 26 0 22 0 4 0
19 MF   BEL Junior Malanda 8 2 7 2 1 0
20 GK   GER Max Grün 7 0 6 0 1 0
21 GK   GER Patrick Drewes 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   BRA Luiz Gustavo 33 4 29 4 4 0
25 DF   BRA Naldo 38 4 33 3 5 1
26 DF   BRA Felipe Lopes 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   GER Maximilian Arnold 30 7 27 7 3 0
29 MF   CZE Jan Polák 21 0 18 0 3 0
30 MF   GER Stefan Kutschke 9 0 8 0 1 0
31 DF   GER Robin Knoche 35 3 32 3 3 0
32 MF   GER Willi Evseev 4 0 3 0 1 0
34 DF   SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 38 7 34 5 4 2
39 DF   GER Paul Seguin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left during the season
13 MF   JPN Makoto Hasebe 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 MF   KOR Koo Ja-cheol 12 0 10 0 2 0
28 MF   BRA Diego 16 4 13 2 3 2

Notes

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  • 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.

Sources

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  1. ^ "Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis" (in German). kicker. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg" (in German). kicker. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt" (in German). kicker. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Olic hält sein Versprechen" (in German). kicker. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus" (in German). kicker. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück" (in German). kicker. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung" (in German). kicker. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig" (in German). kicker. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab" (in German). kicker. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder" (in German). kicker. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf" (in German). kicker. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB" (in German). kicker. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite" (in German). kicker. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball" (in German). kicker. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter" (in German). kicker. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier" (in German). kicker. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie" (in German). kicker. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf" (in German). kicker. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  19. ^ "Diego bringt die "Wölfe" in die Erfolgsspur" (in German). kicker. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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