| 2020–21 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive director | Frank Witter | |||
| Head coach | Oliver Glasner | |||
| Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 4th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Wout Weghorst (20) All: Wout Weghorst (25) | |||
| Biggest win | VfL Wolfsburg 5–0Schalke 04 | |||
| Biggest defeat | Borussia Dortmund 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg RB Leipzig 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg | |||
The2020–21 season was the 76th season in the existence ofVfL Wolfsburg and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight ofGerman football. In addition to thedomestic league, VfL Wolfsburg participated in this season's editions of theDFB-Pokal and in theUEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 6 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | FW | €5,000,000 | 19 August 2020 | [3] | ||
| 3 | DF | €5,000,000 | 25 August 2020 | [4] | ||
| 20 | MF | €10,000,000 | 1 October 2020 | [5] | ||
| 17 | FW | Loan | 2 October 2020 | [6] |
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | DF | €7,000,000 | 1 July 2020 | [7] | ||
| 31 | DF | Free | ||||
| 38 | MF | Free | ||||
| 36 | GK | Undisclosed | 1 August 2020 | [8] | ||
| 4 | MF | Retired | N/A | 14 September 2020 | [9] | |
| 17 | MF | Undisclosed | 15 September 2020 | [10] | ||
| 32 | DF | €4,000,000 | [11] | |||
| 43 | MF | Undisclosed | [12] | |||
| 26 | FW | Loan | [13] | |||
| 20 | DF | Undisclosed | 29 September 2020 | [14] | ||
| 29 | FW | Loan | 5 January 2021 | [15] | ||
| 11 | MF | Loan | 14 January 2021 | [16] | ||
| 2 | DF | Loan | 25 January 2021 | [17] | ||
| 10 | MF | Free | 31 January 2021 | [18] |
Win Draw Loss
| 15 August 2020Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 11:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Harm Osmers |
| 18 August 2020Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 1. FC Phönix Lübeck | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 16:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 |
| 22 August 2020Friendly | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Holstein Kiel | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 29 August 2020Friendly | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne, Germany |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann |
| 5 September 2020Friendly | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Magdeburg, Germany |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:MDCC-Arena Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Lasse Koslowski |
| 14 November 2020Friendly | Hannover 96 | 0–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Hanover, Germany |
| 12:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Harm Osmers |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 3 March 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | 41 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 053.66 | ||||
Source:Soccerway
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 64 | |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | +8 |
Source:DFB
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[20]
| 20 September 20201 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 27 September 20202 | SC Freiburg | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Freiburg |
| 18:00CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 4 October 20203 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | FC Augsburg | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,632 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 17 October 20204 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mönchengladbach |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
| 25 October 20205 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Arminia Bielefeld | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,519 Referee:Manuel Gräfe |
| 1 November 20206 | Hertha BSC | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Martin Petersen |
| 8 November 20207 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
| 21 November 20208 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 27 November 20209 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–3 | Werder Bremen | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Christian Dingert |
| 5 December 202010 | 1. FC Köln | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Cologne |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 11 December 202011 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Markus Schmidt |
| 16 December 202012 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Munich |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 20 December 202013 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
| 3 January 202114 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Dortmund |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee:Manuel Gräfe |
| 9 January 202115 | Union Berlin | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Berlin |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee:Patrick Ittrich |
| 16 January 202116 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | RB Leipzig | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 19 January 202117 | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 23 January 202118 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leverkusen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 31 January 202119 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | SC Freiburg | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel |
| 6 February 202120 | FC Augsburg | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Augsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Robert Hartmann |
| 14 February 202121 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wolfsburg |
| 18:00CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 19 February 202122 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bielefeld |
| 20:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 27 February 202123 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Hertha BSC | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Bastian Dankert |
| 6 March 202124 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sinsheim |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Markus Schmidt |
| 13 March 202125 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–0 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Sören Storks |
| 20 March 202126 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bremen |
| 15:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 3 April 202127 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Robert Hartmann |
| 10 April 202128 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Frankfurt |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 17 April 202129 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 21 April 202130 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Brych |
| 24 April 202131 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Tobias Stieler |
| 8 May 202132 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Union Berlin | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Sven Jablonski |
| 16 May 202133 | RB Leipzig | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leipzig |
| 20:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 22 May 202134 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Mainz 05 | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Bastian Dankert |
| 12 September 2020First round | Union Fürstenwalde | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg[22][23] |
| 15:30CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium:AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0[24] Referee: Robert Schröder |
| 23 December 2020Second round | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–0 | SV Sandhausen | Wolfsburg |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Guido Winkmann |
| 3 February 2021Round of 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg |
| 18:30CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium:Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Felix Zwayer |
| 3 March 2021Quarter-finals | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Leipzig |
| 20:45CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium:Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee:Marco Fritz |
| 17 September 2020Second qualifying round | Kukësi | 0–4 | Tirana, Albania[25] | |
| 20:00CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium:Arena Kombëtare Attendance: 0 Referee:Duje Strukan (Croatia) |
| 24 September 2020Third qualifying round | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Wolfsburg, Germany | |
| 20:15CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium:AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium) |
| 1 October 2020Play-off round | AEK Athens | 2–1 | Athens, Greece | |
| 20:45(21:45EEST) |
| Report | Stadium:Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee:Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Koen Casteels | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 12 | GK | Pavao Pervan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 30 | GK | Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | GK | Lino Kasten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | 36 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 5 | DF | Jeffrey Bruma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | DF | Paulo Otávio | 30 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | DF | Jérôme Roussillon | 23 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |||
| 19 | DF | Kevin Mbabu | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | DF | John Brooks | 35 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 34 | DF | Marin Pongračić | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 39 | DF | Tim Siersleben | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Josip Brekalo | 33 | 7 | 22+7 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | Renato Steffen | 28 | 5 | 19+2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MF | Admir Mehmedi | 22 | 2 | 8+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 20 | MF | Ridle Baku | 35 | 6 | 31+1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | MF | Josuha Guilavogui | 26 | 2 | 7+13 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 38 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 27 | MF | Maximilian Arnold | 36 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 31 | MF | Yannick Gerhardt | 35 | 4 | 21+8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
| 40 | MF | João Victor | 27 | 4 | 3+18 | 1 | 2+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 41 | 25 | 33+1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | 26 | 6 | 13+11 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | 24 | 2 | 1+18 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
| 33 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | 14 | 1 | 1+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | |||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | William | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | MF | Yunus Mallı | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 20 | DF | Luca Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | FW | Omar Marmoush | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source:Competitions
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | Wout Weghorst | 20 | 3 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 7 | MF | Josip Brekalo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 3 | 17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 20 | MF | Ridle Baku | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 8 | MF | Renato Steffen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | 31 | MF | Yannick Gerhardt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 40 | MF | João Victor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 27 | MF | Maximilian Arnold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | 4 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | MF | Admir Mehmedi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | MF | Josuha Guilavogui | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24 | MF | Xaver Schlager | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 25 | DF | John Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 33 | FW | Daniel Ginczek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 59 | 10 | 7 | 76 | ||||