1999–2000 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
1999–2000 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerJonathan Akpoborie (12)

VfL Wolfsburg finished one place lower than the last season, but still qualified for European competition via the Intertoto Cup.

First team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Claus Reitmaier
2 DF Germany GER Frank Greiner
3 MF Germany GER Matthias Stammann
4 MF Germany GER Nico Däbritz
5 MF Scotland SCO Brian O'Neil
6 DF Denmark DEN Claus Thomsen
7 MF Germany GER Patrick Weiser
8 DF Germany GER Holger Ballwanz
9 FW Poland POL Andrzej Juskowiak
10 MF Poland POL Krzysztof Nowak
12 DF Poland POL Waldemar Kryger
13 DF Croatia CRO Marino Biliškov
14 MF Romania ROU Dorinel Munteanu
15 DF Germany GER Peter Kleeschätzky
16 FW Kyrgyzstan KGZ Vitus Nagorny
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Germany GER Jürgen Rische
18 MF Germany GER Detlev Dammeier
19 FW Nigeria NGA Jonathan Akpoborie
20 FW Germany GER Markus Feldhoff
21 MF Germany GER Christian Wück
22 GK Germany GER Holger Hiemann
24 MF Ghana GHA Charles Akonnor
25 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jean-Kasongo Banza
26 DF Germany GER Zoltán Sebescen
27 DF Germany GER Nils-Frederick Müller
28 DF Germany GER Thomas Hengen
29 MF Germany GER Gerald Schröder
30 GK Germany GER Guido Koltermann
33 DF Germany GER Marcel Maltritz

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Germany GER Steffen Baumgart (to Hansa Rostock)
17 MF Germany GER André Breitenreiter (to Unterhaching)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Germany GER Christian Brand (to Hansa Rostock)

Results

DFB-Pokal

Third round

13 October 1999 Chemnitzer FC 2–3 VfL Wolfsburg Chemnitz
Mehlhorn 24' (pen.)
Skela 86'
Report
(in German)
Nowak 38'
Laudeley 45' (o.g.)
Juskowiak 57'
Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Round of 16

1 December 1999 VfL Bochum 5 – 4VfL WolfsburgBochum
Weber 41', 43'
Peschel 47' (pen.)
Baştürk 58', 90'
Report
(in German)
Feldhoff 28'
Thomsen 40'
Akonnor 55', 84' (pen.)
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,900
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 1999 Wolfsburg Germany 2–0 Hungary Debrecen VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Akonnor 61'
Juskowiak 87'
Report Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Second round

21 October 1999 Roda JC Netherlands 0–0 Germany Wolfsburg Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Report Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
2 November 1999 Wolfsburg Germany 1–0 Netherlands Roda JC VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Akonnor 87' Report Attendance: 7,677
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Wolfsburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

23 November 1999 Wolfsburg Germany 2–3 Spain Atlético Madrid VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
Juskowiak 21'
Akonnor 83' (pen.)
Report Aguilera 6', 58'
Hasselbaink 37'
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 1999/00".

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