2006–07 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2006–07 season
ManagerKlaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSemi-final
Top goalscorerMike Hanke (8)

VfL Wolfsburg only just saved the contract to stay in Bundesliga, for the second year running. In sharp contrast to the miserable league season, Wolfsburg reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal, where they went out in a narrow defeat to eventual league champions Stuttgart.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Simon Jentzsch
2 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Quiroga
3 DF Belgium BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF Germany GER Alexander Madlung
5 DF Netherlands NED Kevin Hofland
6 MF Netherlands NED Tommie van der Leegte
7 FW Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Marian Hristov
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Poland POL Jacek Krzynówek
11 FW Germany GER Mike Hanke
12 GK Germany GER André Lenz
13 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Boakye
14 MF Paraguay PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 1]
15 DF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Germany GER Uwe Möhrle
17 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht
18 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Cédric Makiadi
20 MF Slovakia SVK Miroslav Karhan
21 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins (on loan to Augsburg)
22 MF Portugal POR Alex
23 DF Germany GER Michael Stegmayer
24 DF Germany GER Steve Müller
26 MF Germany GER Sergej Evljuskin[notes 2]
27 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
28 FW United States USA Kamani Hill
30 MF Serbia SRB Valdet Rama[notes 3]
31 MF Germany GER Emre Öztürk
32 MF Brazil BRA Marcelinho Paraíba
33 MF Paraguay PAR Julio dos Santos (on loan from Bayern Munich)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Netherlands NED Rick Hoogendorp (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
25 MF Germany GER Karsten Fischer (on loan to SC Paderborn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW Brazil BRA Abuda (to Germinal Beerschot)

Results

Bundesliga

1 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 Hertha Berlin
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
3 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Juan 49' Madlung 70'
4 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Hannover 96
Krzynówek 52' Brdarić 50, 61'
5 Schalke 04 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi 56'
Lincoln 88'
6 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Bayern Munich
Hanke 35'
7 Mönchengladbach 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Kluge 35'
Neuville 37'
Degen 84'		 Madlung 17'
8 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart
Hanke 26' Gómez 30'
9 VfL Bochum 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Hanke 25'
10 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hamburg
Hanke 19'
11 1. FSV Mainz 05 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Szabics 7' Hanke 5'
Lamprecht 84'
12 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 Energie Cottbus
13 Arminia Bielefeld 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
14 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1. FC Nürnberg
Menseguez 84' Saenko 7'
15 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Smolarek 90'
16 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Alemannia Aachen
Madlung 50' Reghecampf 72'
Herzig 78'
17 Werder Bremen 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
D. Jensen 17'
Naldo 86'		 Boakye 41'
18 Hertha Berlin 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Giménez 27'
Pantelić 86' (pen.)		 Madlung 18'
19 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Klimowicz 9'
Hanke 72'		 Thurk 63'
Meier 69'
20 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Hanke 17, 37'
Klimowicz 72'		 Kießling 30'
Hofland 71' (o.g.)
21 Hannover 96 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Balitsch 22'
Fahrenhorst 62'		 Klimowicz 3'
Krzynówek 26'
22 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Schalke 04
Klimowicz 56, 89' Kurányi 11, 29'
23 Bayern Munich 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Podolski 26' (pen.)
van Bommel 55'		 Makiadi 79'
24 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Mönchengladbach
Makiadi 65'
25 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
26 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 VfL Bochum
Boakye 22'
Madlung 26'
Marcelinho 83'		 Gekas 66'
27 Hamburg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Mahdavikia 60'
28 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 1. FSV Mainz 05
Klimowicz 41'
Marcelinho 81, 87'		 Zidan 21' (pen.), 79'
29 Energie Cottbus 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Radu 20'
Munteanu 56'
Kioyo 57'		 Boakye 65'
Makiadi 90'
30 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Arminia Bielefeld
Marcelinho 16'
Boakye 53'		 Westermann 8'
Eigler 71'
Wichniarek 86'
31 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Wolf 23' Krzynówek 18'
32 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Borussia Dortmund
Smolarek 12'
Valdez 90'
33 Alemannia Aachen 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Lehmann 65' (pen.)
Németh 68'		 Lamprecht 81'
Klimowicz 85'
34 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Werder Bremen
Rosenberg 54, 87'

Top Scorers

Sources

BetExplorer - German Bundesliga Results

Notes

  1. ^ Santana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2007.
  2. ^ Evljuskin was born in Alekseyevka, Kirghizia, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-16 and U-20 level before being called up by Kyrgyzstan in 2015.
  3. ^ Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but part of Serbia during the 2006–07 season), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013. He would later declare internationally for Kosovo but has not represented them as of 2020.