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VfL Wolfsburg
2024–25 season
Managing directorsPeter Christiansen
Michael Meeske
Tim Schumacher
Head coachRalph Hasenhüttl
StadiumVolkswagen Arena
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mohamed Amoura
Tiago Tomás
(4 each)
All:
Jonas Wind (5)
Biggest winRB Leipzig 1–5 VfL Wolfsburg
Biggest defeatVfL Wolfsburg 2–4 Werder Bremen
All statistics correct as of 4 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 80th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg, and the club's 28th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 30 August 2024[1][2]

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 Poland POL Kamil Grabara
2 DF Germany GER Kilian Fischer
3 DF Belgium BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw
4 DF Greece GRE Konstantinos Koulierakis
5 DF Switzerland SUI Cédric Zesiger
6 MF Belgium BEL Aster Vranckx
8 MF Turkey TUR Salih Özcan (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
9 FW Algeria ALG Mohamed Amoura (on loan from Union SG)
10 FW Germany GER Lukas Nmecha
11 FW Portugal POR Tiago Tomás
12 GK Austria AUT Pavao Pervan
13 DF Brazil BRA Rogério
14 FW Poland POL Bartosz Białek
16 FW Poland POL Jakub Kamiński
17 FW Germany GER Kevin Behrens
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Slovakia SVK Denis Vavro (on loan from København)
19 MF Croatia CRO Lovro Majer
20 DF Germany GER Ridle Baku
21 DF Denmark DEN Joakim Mæhle
22 DF France FRA Mathys Angely
23 FW Denmark DEN Jonas Wind
24 MF Germany GER Bence Dárdai
27 MF Germany GER Maximilian Arnold (captain)
29 GK Germany GER Marius Müller
30 GK Germany GER Niklas Klinger
31 MF Germany GER Yannick Gerhardt
32 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Svanberg
39 FW Austria AUT Patrick Wimmer
40 MF United States USA Kevin Paredes

Players out on loan

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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
— GK Germany GER Philipp Schulze (at SC Verl until 30 June 2025)
— DF Germany GER Manuel Braun (at Waldhof Mannheim until 30 June 2025)
— DF France FRA Nicolas Cozza (at Nantes until 30 June 2025)
— DF Germany GER Moritz Jenz (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Germany GER Kofi Amoako (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2025)
— MF Croatia CRO Bartol Franjić (at Shakhtar Donetsk until 30 June 2025)
— FW Czech Republic CZE Václav Černý (at Rangers until 30 June 2025)
— FW Germany GER Dženan Pejčinović (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

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In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Germany Bence Dárdai Germany Hertha BSC Free 1 July 2024 [3]
GK Poland Kamil Grabara Denmark Copenhagen €13,500,000[4] 1 July 2024 [5]
GK Germany Marius Müller Germany Schalke 04 €1,500,000 1 July 2024
FW Algeria Mohamed Amoura Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise Loan 8 July 2024 [6]
DF France Mathys Angely France Bordeaux Free 13 August 2024 [7]
MF Turkey Salih Özcan Germany Borussia Dortmund Loan 28 August 2024 [8]
DF Greece Konstantinos Koulierakis Greece PAOK €11,750,000 29 August 2024 [9]
DF Slovakia Denis Vavro Denmark F.C. Copenhagen Loan 30 August 2024 [10]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
MF Czech Republic Lukáš Ambros Poland Górnik Zabrze Free 1 July 2024 [11]
MF United States Ulysses Llanez End of contract 1 July 2024
FW Germany Maximilian Philipp Germany SC Freiburg €1,000,000 1 July 2024
GK Belgium Koen Casteels Saudi Arabia Al Qadsiah Free 1 July 2024
FW Germany Luca Waldschmidt Germany 1. FC Köln Free 1 July 2024 [12]
DF Germany Felix Lange Germany SV Meppen Free 1 July 2024
GK Germany Philipp Schulze Germany SC Verl Loan 1 July 2024
MF Croatia Bartol Franjić Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Loan 9 July 2024 [13]
FW Germany Dženan Pejčinović Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Loan 19 July 2024 [14]
MF Czech Republic Václav Černý Scotland Rangers Loan 26 July 2024 [15]
MF Germany Kofi Amoako Germany VfL Osnabrück Loan 12 August 2024 [16]
DF France Nicolas Cozza France Nantes Loan 28 August 2024 [17]
DF Germany Moritz Jenz Germany Mainz 05 Loan 28 August 2024 [18]
DF France Maxence Lacroix England Crystal Palace €18,000,000 30 August 2024 [19]
DF Germany Manuel Braun Germany Waldhof Mannheim Loan 2 September 2024 [20]

Pre-season and friendlies

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The official commencement of training was on 11 July.[21] Between the dates of 1 and 9 August, the VfL Wolfsburg team participated in a training camp located in Schladming, Austria.[21]

13 July 2024 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 9–0 Germany Beck’s XI Wolfsburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Drömlingstadion
Attendance: 1,300
20 July 2024 Gala match Anderlecht Belgium 2–1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Anderlecht, Belgium
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Lotto Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
24 July 2024 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–0 France Lille Rheda-Wiedenbrück
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yannick Rupert (Germany)
27 July 2024 Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 3–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: 96 Das Stadion
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Lukas Benen
3 August 2024 Friendly Como Italy 0–0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Irdning, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: ATV-Riesneralm-Arena Irdning
Attendance: 350
9 August 2024 Friendly Brentford England 4–4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Brentford, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 10,633
Referee: Simon Hooper (England)
6 September 2024 Friendly VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–1 Germany Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2024 17 May 2025 Matchday 1 13 6 3 4 29 22 +7 046.15
DFB-Pokal 19 August 2024 First round 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
Total 16 9 3 4 34 22 +12 056.25

Last updated: 8 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

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Main article: 2024–25 Bundesliga

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Bayer Leverkusen 13 7 5 1 30 20 +10 26 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
4 RB Leipzig 13 7 3 3 21 14 +7 24
5 VfL Wolfsburg 13 6 3 4 29 22 +7 21 Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6 Borussia Dortmund 13 6 3 4 24 20 +4 21 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 SC Freiburg 13 6 3 4 17 17 0 21
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[22]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
13 6 3 4 29 22  +7 21 2 2 3 13 15  −2 4 1 1 16 7  +9

Last updated: 8 December 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round12345
GroundHAHAH
ResultLWLLD
Position146121313
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[23]

25 August 2024 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Bayern Munich Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
31 August 2024 2 Holstein Kiel 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg Kiel
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 15,034
Referee: Florian Exner
14 September 2024 3 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 26,281
Referee: Harm Osmers
22 September 2024 4 Bayer Leverkusen 4–3 VfL Wolfsburg Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,250
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
28 September 2024 5 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 27,135
Referee: Sven Jablonski
5 October 2024 6 VfL Bochum 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
15:30
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,630
Referee: Max Burda
20 October 2024 7 VfL Wolfsburg 2–4 Werder Bremen Wolfsburg
17:30
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28,917
Referee: Daniel Schlager
26 October 2024 8 FC St. Pauli 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 Report Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Tobias Reichel
2 November 2024 9 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 FC Augsburg Wolfsburg
15:30 Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 22,654
Referee: Felix Brych
10 November 2024 10 1. FC Heidenheim 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Heidenheim
19:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Voith-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
23 November 2024 11 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Union Berlin Wolfsburg
15:30 Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 23,861
Referee: Tobias Stieler
30 November 2024 12 RB Leipzig 1–5 VfL Wolfsburg Leipzig
15:30
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
8 December 2024 13 VfL Wolfsburg 4–3 Mainz 05 Wolfsburg
15:30
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 20,036
Referee: Timo Gerach
13 December 2025 14 SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg Freiburg im Breisgau
20:30 Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
22 December 2024 15 VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
17:30 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
15 January 2025 17 VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
18 January 2025 18 Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg Munich
Stadium: Allianz Arena
1 February 2025 20 Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg Frankfurt
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
15 February 2025 22 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
Stadium: MHPArena
1 March 2025 24 Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg Bremen
Stadium: Weserstadion
8 March 2025 25 VfL Wolfsburg v FC St. Pauli Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
15 March 2025 26 FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg Augsburg
Stadium: WWK Arena
29 March 2025 27 VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Heidenheim Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
5 April 2025 28 Union Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
12 April 2025 29 VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
19 April 2025 30 Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
Stadium: Mewa Arena
26 April 2025 31 VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
3 May 2025 32 Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
10 May 2025 33 VfL Wolfsburg v TSG Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
17 May 2025 34 Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg Mönchengladbach
Stadium: Borussia-Park

DFB-Pokal

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Main article: 2024–25 DFB-Pokal
19 August 2024 First round TuS Koblenz 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Koblenz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 9,447
Referee: Sören Storks
29 October 2024 Second round VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 (a.e.t.) Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
4 December 2024 Round of 16 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 TSG Hoffenheim Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Arnold Yellow card 14'
Dárdai Yellow card 53'
Vavro 63' (Arnold)
Wind 67' (Baku)
Gerhardt 85' (Wind)		 Report Kramarić Yellow card 66'
Baumann Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 13,909
Referee: Daniel Schlager
TBD Quarter-finals VfL Wolfsburg v TBD
TBD CET (UTC+1)

References

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  1. ^ "Players and Staff". VfL Wolfsburg. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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  4. ^ "Kamil Grabara to join Wolfsburg next summer from Copenhagen". OneFootball. 6 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Kamil Grabara to join in 2024". VfL Wolfsburg. 6 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Striker added". VfL Wolfsburg. 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Neuzugang aus Frankreich" [New arrival from France]. www.vfl-wolfsburg.de (in German). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Vierter BVB-Neuzugang perfekt: Özcan kommt vom 1. FC Köln". kicker (in German).
  9. ^ "Wolves seal Koulierakis signing". Vfl Wolfsburg. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  10. ^ "New arrival from Copenhagen". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Transfer to Poland". VfL Wolfsburg. 29 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Köln confirm Waldschmidt's permanent capture: "I will give 111 percent."". Bulinews. 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Move to Ukraine". VfL Wolfsburg. 9 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Loaned to Düsseldorf". VfL Wolfsburg. 19 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Off to Scotland on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 26 July 2024.
  16. ^ "VfL nimmt Kofi Amoako unter Vertrag" [VfL signs Kofi Amoako] (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Nicolas Cozza de retour au FC Nantes" [Nicolas Cozza returns to FC Nantes] (in Italian). FC Nantes. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Moritz Jenz verteidigt künftig für den FSV" [Moritz Jenz will defend for FSV] (in German). Mainz 05. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Lacroix departs VfL". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Agreement with Mannheim". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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  22. ^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  23. ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.
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