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| Full name | Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg II |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2021 |
| Ground | AOK Stadion |
| Capacity | 5,200 |
VfL Wolfsburg II was aGerman association football team from the city ofWolfsburg,Lower Saxony. It was thereserve team ofVfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success was two league championships in the tier fourRegionalliga Nord, in 2013–14 and 2015–16, which entitled it to take part in the promotion round to the3. Liga.
The team made four appearances in the first round of the German Cup, theDFB-Pokal, in2001–02,2002–03,2003–04 and2005–06, reaching the second round in 2001–02, after eliminatingBorussia Dortmund, and in 2003–04, after eliminatingEnergie Cottbus in the first.
The team was dissolved at the end of the 2020–21 season.
The team first rose above local amateur level when it won promotion to the tier fiveVerbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1995, where it played for the next four seasons, then under the name ofVfL Wolfsburg Amateure.[1]
Wolfsburg rose above regional Lower Saxony level after winning the tier five Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-Ost in 1998–99. It played the next five seasons in theOberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen as an upper table side before winning the league in 2003–04 and earning promotion to theRegionalliga Nord for the first time. Relegated from this level after just a single season Wolfsburg entered theOberliga Nord for two seasons before winning it in 2006–07 and returning to the Regionalliga.[2]
In the early 2000s the team made four appearances in the first round of the German Cup, theDFB-Pokal, in2001–02,2002–03,2003–04 and2005–06. In 2001–02 it eliminatedBorussia Dortmund in the first round and, in 2003–04,Energie Cottbus, but was knocked out in the second on both occasions.[3]
The 2007–08 season was the last of the Regionalliga as a tier three league, the3. Liga having been introduced at the end of season. Despite finishing 19th, the team was allowed to remain in the Regionalliga Nord because of a general league restructuring. Wolfsburg played in the Regionalliga from 2008 onwards, finishing runners-up in 2010, 2011 and 2015 and winning the league in 2014, 2016 and 2019. The league wins entitled the club to participate in the promotion play-offs to the 3. Liga, but the team lost on aggregate toSG Sonnenhof Großaspach in 2014,Regionalliga Bayern championsJahn Regensburg in 2016 and Regionalliga Bayern championsBayern Munich II in 2019.[2]
On 10 May 2021, it was announced that the team would be dissolved at the end of the 2020–21 season after failing to achieve promotion to the 3. Liga. The club stated that it wanted to focus on its cooperation with the Austrian clubSt. Pölten to develop its talents instead.[4]
The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[1][2]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen | IV | 1st ↑ |
| 2004–05 | Regionalliga Nord | III | 17th ↓ |
| 2005–06 | Oberliga Nord | IV | 3rd |
| 2006–07 | Oberliga Nord | 1st ↑ | |
| 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | III | 19th |
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Nord | IV | 5th |
| 2009–10 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga Nord | 4th | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nord | 3rd | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga Nord | 1st | |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | |
| 2015–16 | Regionalliga Nord | 1st | |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nord | 3rd | |
| 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nord | 3rd | |
| 2018–19 | Regionalliga Nord | 1st | |
| 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | |
| 2020–21 | Regionalliga Nord – Group South | 9th |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
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