2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

VfL Wolfsburg
2012–13 season
ManagerDieter Hecking
StadiumVolkswagen Arena,
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga11th
DFB-PokalSemi-finalis
Top goalscorerLeague: Bas Dost (8)
All: Bas Dost (10)

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Friendly matches

Odense
VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Odense
Schäfer
Lakić
10 July 2012 FC St. Pauli 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg Streichmühle
19:00
17 July 2012 Helmstedter SV VfL Wolfsburg
19:00
26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit Bayern Munich 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CESTMandžukić 29' (pen.)
Robben 39'
Pilař 90+2'

Bundesliga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
20:45Report 90' DostStadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48.280
Referee: Tobias Welz
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2 Wolfsburg 0–4 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30ReportHaggui 10'
Sobiech 26', 56'
Andreasen 52'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,451
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3 FC Augsburg 0–0 Wolfsburg Augsburg
20:30ReportStadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,512
Referee: Guido Winkmann
22 September 2012 4 Wolfsburg 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Wolfsburg
14:30Olić 42'SummaryPogatetz 28' (o.g.)
Mavraj  64'
Petsos  73'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,552
Referee: Markus Schmidt
25 September 2012 5 Bayern Munich 3–0 Wolfsburg Munich
20:00Schweinsteiger 24',  82'
Mandžukić 57', 65'
SummaryKahlenberg  35'Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Christian Dingert
30 September 2012 6 Wolfsburg 0–2 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
17:30Josué  42'
Träsch  44'
Olić  51'
SummaryDíaz 26'
Szalai 37'
Soto  53'
Baumgartlinger  77'
Caligiuri  78'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,795
Referee: Marco Fritz
6 October 2012 7 Schalke 04 3–0 Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen
15:30Farfán 33'
Afellay 46',  54'
Neustädter 58'
SummaryStadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,671
Referee: Peter Sippel
20 October 2012 8 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
15:30Naldo  39'SummaryMujdža  11'
Caligiuri 40' (pen.)
Schuster 84'
Diagne  86'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,080
Referee: Robert Hartmann
27 October 2012 9 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Düsseldorf
15:30Fink  59'   77'
Langeneke 71' (pen.)
Ilsø  82'
SummaryDost 50', 64'
Olić 53'
Josué  72'
Diego 78' (pen.)
Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 45,673
Referee: Tobias Welz
3 November 2012 10 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Nuremberg
15:30Gebhart 76'
Kiyotake  84'
Chandler  90+1'
SummaryJosué  49'
Fagner  85'
Kjær  90+2'
Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 37,586
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 November 2012 11 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
15:30Diego 4', 16'
Naldo  7'
Dost 33'
Report (in German)  48' Boenisch
 68' Wollscheid
 87' Reinartz
90+1' Kießling
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,825
Referee: Bastian Dankert
18 November 2012 12 1899 Hoffenheim 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Hoffenheim
17:30Rudy  55'
Jensen  77'
Derdiyok 88'
Report 7' Hasebe
24' Dost
 63' Josué
78' Naldo
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Günther Perl
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
15:30Olić  26'
Dost 64'
Josué  88'
Report (in German)Arnautović 35',  82'
Schmitz  40'   62'
De Bruyne  87'
Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena
Attendance: 29,723
Referee: Markus Schmidt
28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
20:00Arango 11'
Jantschke  38', 44'
Report (in German)Polák  65'
Jönsson  90+3'
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 40,165
Referee: Robert Hartmann
2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Hamburger SV Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)Naldo  22'
Kjær 68'
Report (in German)Beister 26'
Rincón  64'
Adler  68'
Westermann  83'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,121
Referee: Peter Sippel
8 December 2012 16 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30Reus 6',  49'
Schmelzer  35'
Błaszczykowski 61' (pen.)
Gündoğan  64'
Götze  83'
Report (in German)Diego 36' (pen.)
Naldo 41'
Kjær  61'
Josué  63'
Dost 73'
Kahlenberg  90'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
15 December 2012 17 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30Josué  16'
Diego  56'
Naldo  89'
ReportMeier 12'
Inui 18',  78'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,452
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
19 January 2013 18 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30Diego 51'
Madlung 67'
ReportNiedermeier  54'
Rüdiger  66'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,125
Referee: Felix Brych
26 January 2013 19 Hannover 96 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hannover
15:30Abdellaoue 3'
Pocognoli  34'
Diouf 38'
Huszti  42'
Chahed  83'
Hoffmann  90+3'
SummaryMadlung 46'
Naldo  47'
Diego  88'
Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,800
Referee: Günter Perl
2 February 2013 20 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30Naldo 23'
Diego  28'
Fagner  47'
SummaryWerner  6'
Morávek 25'
Baier  29'
Ostrzolek  49'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,257
Referee: Marco Fritz
9 February 2013 21 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Fürth
15:30Klaus  9'
Sobiech  53'
Peković  55'
SummaryDost 23'
Naldo  60'
Fagner  64'
Träsch  73'
Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,045
Referee: Guido Winkmann
15 February 2013 22 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
20:30Madlung  24'
Vieirinha  35'
Dost  45+2'
Hasebe  73'
Naldo  80'
SummaryMandžukić 36'
Ribéry  57'
Dante  76'
Robben 90+2'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
23 February 2013 23 Mainz 05 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
15:30Zimling 5',  72'SummaryNaldo 15'
Madlung  29'
Diego  39'
Kjær  42'
Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 27,175
Referee: Peter Sippel
2 March 2013 24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
15:30Olić 50'
Fagner  82'
SummaryDraxler 33', 63'
Jones  73'
Farfán 79'
Huntelaar 86'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,236
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
9 March 2013 (2013-03-09) 25 SC Freiburg 2–5 VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg
15:30Kruse 2',  85'
Krmas  15'
Flum 65'
ReportMakiadi 7' (o.g.)
Vieirinha 16'
Olić  19', 22', 49'
Polák  57'
Diego  78', 90'
Benaglio  90'
Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) 26 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Wolfsburg
20:30Josué  17'
Olić 51'
Orozco  84'
ReportBolly 37'
Malezas  83'
Tesche  88'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) 27 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Nürnberg Wolfsburg
15:30Diego 3',  65'
Olić 27'
Polák  40'
Hasebe  84'
ReportSimons 61'
Nilsson 66'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,524
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
6 April 2013 (2013-04-06) 28 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30Schürrle 12'
Reinartz  49'
Boenisch  84'
ReportKjær  65' 70'
Fagner  81'
Helmes  90+2'
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,288
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 April 2013 (2013-04-13) 29 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1899 Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
15:30 CESTArnold 13'  41'
Medojević  43'
Naldo 86'
ReportSalihović 35' (pen.)
Roberto Firmino  45'
Beck 63'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,221
Referee: Daniel Siebert
20 April 2013 (2013-04-20) 30 Werder Bremen 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
18:30 CESTFritz  53'
Bargfrede  57'
Arnautović  80'
ReportArnold 13'
Olić 27'
Diego 66'
Träsch  84'
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Felix Brych
27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
15:30 CESTArnold 34'
Olić 61'
Diego 75'
ReportMlapa 52'
De Jong  83'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 32 Hamburger SV 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
17:30 CESTSon  20'
Westermann 45'
Rincón  60'
Diekmeier  90'
ReportVieirinha  31'
Hasebe 65'
Perišić  90+2'
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 50,135
Referee: Jochen Drees
11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
15:30 CESTPerišić 14', 22'
Naldo 26'
Polák  63'
ReportBender 5'
Reus  44' 84', 87'
Gündoğan  62'
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Günter Perl
18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
15:30 CESTMeier 36' (pen.)
Zambrano  45+1'
Rode  60'
Russ  68'
Rodríguez 90' (o.g.)
ReportPolák 8'
Diego 19'  28'
Hasebe  35'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Felix Zwayer

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round Schönberg 95 0–5 VfL Wolfsburg Lübeck
20:30ReportOlić 28', 30', 67'
Diego 43'
Dost 66'
Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Robert Kampka
31 October 2012 2nd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 FSV Frankfurt Wolfsburg
20:30Polák  17'
Diego 51'
Dost 61'
SummaryStadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
17 December 2012 3rd Round VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
19:00Träsch 78'
Bost 90'
Fagner 31' (o.g.)Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 10,781
26 February 2013 Quarterfinals Kickers Offenbach 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Offenbach am Main
20:30Stadel 81'Olić 49'
Dost 71'
Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
16 April 2013 Semifinals Bayern München 6–1 VfL Wolfsburg Munich
20:30Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

As of 27 November 2012

Source:[1][2][3][4]

No.PosNatPlayerTotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK  SUIDiego Benaglio23022010
21GK  GERPatrick Drewes000000
35GK  SUIMarwin Hitz100010
Defenders
5DF  AUTEmanuel Pogatetz908010
16DF  GRESotirios Kyrgiakos000000
17DF  GERAlexander Madlung929200
25DF  BRANaldo23321320
26DF  CROHrvoje Čale000000
31DF  GERRobin Knoche806020
34DF  SUIRicardo Rodríguez14013010
39DF  GERMichael Schulze000000
40DF  DENSimon Kjær15114110
Midfielders
4MF  GERMarcel Schäfer23021020
6MF  SRBSlobodan Medojević000000
7MF  BRAJosué13012010
8MF  PORVieirinha19017020
13MF  JPNMakoto Hasebe14113110
14MF  CZEVáclav Pilař000000
15MF  GERChristian Träsch11010010
18MF  GERKevin Pannewitz101000
22MF  POLMateusz Klich000000
27MF  GERMaximilian Arnold100010
29MF  CZEJan Polák16015010
30MF  VENYohandry Orozco000000
37MF  MKDFerhan Hasani303000
38MF  DENThomas Kahlenberg12012000
Strikers
11FW  CROIvica Olić22520223
9FW  NEDBas Dost231021822
No longer at club
3DF  BRAFelipe Lopes101000
19FW  SWERasmus Jönsson414100
23DF  GERMarco Russ000000
24MF  IRNAshkan Dejagah101000
36FW  CROSrđan Lakić706010

Sources