2024–25 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2024–25 season
Managing directors	Peter Christiansen; Michael Meeske; Tim Schumacher
Head coach	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sebastiaan Bornauw; Lovro Majer; (2 each); All: ; Sebastiaan Bornauw; Lovro Majer; (2 each)
Biggest win	Holstein Kiel 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Biggest defeat	VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Bayern Munich; VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt; Bayer Leverkusen 4–3 VfL Wolfsburg
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 28 September 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

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2024^[1]^[2]

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	POL	Kamil Grabara
2	DF	GER	Kilian Fischer
3	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw
4	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Koulierakis
5	DF	SUI	Cédric Zesiger
6	MF	BEL	Aster Vranckx
8	MF	TUR	Salih Özcan (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amoura (on loan from Union SG)
10	FW	GER	Lukas Nmecha
11	FW	POR	Tiago Tomás
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan
13	DF	BRA	Rogério
14	FW	POL	Bartosz Białek
16	FW	POL	Jakub Kamiński
17	FW	GER	Kevin Behrens


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	SVK	Denis Vavro (on loan from København)
19	MF	CRO	Lovro Majer
20	DF	GER	Ridle Baku
21	DF	DEN	Joakim Mæhle
22	DF	FRA	Mathys Angely
23	FW	DEN	Jonas Wind
24	MF	GER	Bence Dárdai
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold (captain)
29	GK	GER	Marius Müller
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger
31	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt
32	MF	SWE	Mattias Svanberg
39	FW	AUT	Patrick Wimmer
40	MF	USA	Kevin Paredes

Players out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Philipp Schulze (at SC Verl until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	GER	Manuel Braun (at Waldhof Mannheim until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza (at Nantes until 30 June 2025)
—	DF	GER	Moritz Jenz (at Mainz 05 until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Kofi Amoako (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	CRO	Bartol Franjić (at Shakhtar Donetsk until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	CZE	Václav Černý (at Rangers until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	GER	Dženan Pejčinović (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2025)

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Friendlies

Pre-season

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	9–0	Beck’s XI	Wolfsburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamiński 16' Akaegbobi 18' Fischer 23', 30', 41' Bröger 40' Behrens 43' Baku 66' Tomás 88'	Report		Stadium: Drömlingstadion Attendance: 1,300

20 July 2024 Gala match	Anderlecht	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Anderlecht, Belgium
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engwanda 15' Dolberg 66' Angulo 69'	Report	Amoura 14' Dárdai 72'	Stadium: Lotto Park Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

24 July 2024 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Lille	Rheda-Wiedenbrück
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Behrens 54' (pen.)	Report	Diakité 22' André 25' Virginius 80' Malouda 88'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 350 Referee: Yannick Rupert (Germany)

27 July 2024 Friendly	Hannover 96	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Halstenberg 8' (pen.) Dehm 19' Tresoldi 47' Ngankam 88'	Report	Kamiński 11' Amoako 39' Amoura 44' Arnold 64'	Stadium: 96 Das Stadion Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Lukas Benen

3 August 2024 Friendly	Como	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Irdning, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Goldaniga 67'	Report	Lacroix 65'	Stadium: ATV-Riesneralm-Arena Irdning Attendance: 350

9 August 2024 Friendly	Brentford	4–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Brentford, England
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mbeumo 17' Wissa 20' Jensen 65' Schade 81'	Report	Wimmer 34', 85' Lacroix 41' Arnold 78'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 10,633 Referee: Simon Hooper (England)

Mid-season

6 September 2024 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Akaegbobi 6' Behrens 57'	Report	Momuluh 80'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	11	4	3	4	20	18	+2	036.36
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2024		First round	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total				13	6	3	4	22	18	+4	046.15

Last updated: 23 November 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Borussia Dortmund	12	6	2	4	23	19	+4	20	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	SC Freiburg	12	6	2	4	16	16	0	20	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	VfL Wolfsburg	12	5	3	4	25	19	+6	18
8	VfB Stuttgart	12	4	5	3	23	21	+2	17
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12	5	2	5	18	17	+1	17

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	1	1	3	10	11	−1	4	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1	0	1	5	4	+1

Last updated: 28 September 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	D
Position	14	6	12	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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)	Majer 47' (pen.), 55' Svanberg 71' Zesiger 82'	Report	Musiala 20', 70' Kane 31' Boey 46' Kamiński 65' (o.g.) Gnabry 82'	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)	Bernhardsson 48' Knudsen 58' Arp 90+7' Geschwill 90+9'	Report	Svanberg 19' Arnold 27', 89' Bornauw 30' Wimmer 35' Baku 41' Fischer 43' Tomás 51' Zesiger 77'	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)	Baku 76' Arnold 80'	Report	Skhiri 25' Marmoush 30', 82' (pen.) Chaïbi 46'	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)	Wirtz 14' Tah 32' Belocian 36' Grimaldo 45+5' Hincapié 49' Adli 51' Frimpong 88' Boniface 90+3'	Report	Mukiele 5' (o.g.) Bornauw 37' Svanberg 45+1' Tomás 50' Zesiger 80' Gerhardt 88' Grabara 90+1' Arnold 90+1' Kamiński 90+7'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,250 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

28 September 2024 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wind 20' Bornauw 45+1' Arnold 55' Amoura 68', 79' Vranckx 90+2' Koulierakis 90+4'	Report	Karazor 24' 63' Millot 32', 32' Undav 90+7'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,135 Referee: Sven Jablonski

26 October 2024 8	FC St. Pauli	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

30 November 2024 12	RB Leipzig	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

7 December 2024 13	VfL Wolfsburg	v	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
				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

19 August 2024 First round	TuS Koblenz	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Koblenz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeghli 17' Yaman 78' Von der Bracke 80' Blagojevic 82' Tuchscherer 88' Grgić 90'	Report	Wimmer 15' Bornauw 25' Svanberg 77'	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)	Arnold 62' Özcan 114' Wind 117'	Report	Nmecha 56' Gittens 86' Schlotterbeck 115' Bensebaini 120'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

4 December 2024 Round of 16	VfL Wolfsburg	v	TSG Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

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.

[3] "Bence Dardai to join VfL Wolfsburg". VfL Wolfsburg. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.

[4] "Kamil Grabara to join Wolfsburg next summer from Copenhagen". OneFootball. 20 June 2024.

[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.

[auto-21] "The Wolves' summer schedule". VfL Wolfsburg. 13 May 2024.

[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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