2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2016–17 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking; (until 17 October); Valérien Ismaël; (interim, 17 October–6 November); (head coach, 6 November–26 February); Andries Jonker; (from 27 February)
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	16th (play-off winners)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mario Gómez; (16 goals); All: ; Mario Gómez; (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,000
Lowest home attendance	23,148
Average home league attendance	27,586
Biggest win	Freiburg 0–3 Wolfsburg; Wolfsburg 3–0 Ingolstadt
Biggest defeat	Wolfsburg 0–6 Bayern
	← 2015–16 2017–18 ⊟
	All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

The 2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 72nd season in the club's football history.

Background

VfL Wolfsburg finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 8th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

Players

Squad

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	SUI	Diego Benaglio (captain)
2	DF	GER	Philipp Wollscheid (on loan from Stoke City)
5	DF	NED	Jeffrey Bruma
6	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha
9	MF	FRA	Paul-Georges Ntep
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı
11	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi
13	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt
14	MF	POL	Jakub Błaszczykowski (3rd captain)
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch
17	FW	ESP	Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid)
18	FW	NGA	Victor Osimhen
20	GK	GER	Max Grün
21	DF	GER	Jannes Horn
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung
25	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah
26	MF	GER	Justin Möbius
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche
33	FW	GER	Mario Gómez
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez
35	DF	GER	Gian-Luca Itter
36	GK	GER	Phillip Menzel
38	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui
40	DF	GER	Robin Ziegele
41	DF	GER	Hendrik Hansen

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
2	Defender	Philipp Wollscheid	27	Yes	Stoke City	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[1]
5	Defender	Jeffrey Bruma	24	Yes	PSV Eindhoven	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€11,500,000	^[2]
11	Midfielder	Daniel Didavi	26	Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	Free	^[3]
13	Midfielder	Yannick Gerhardt	22	Yes	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€13,000,000	^[4]
14	Midfielder	Jakub Błaszczykowski	30	Yes	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€5,000,000	^[5]
17	Forward	Borja Mayoral	19	Yes	Real Madrid	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[6]
23	Midfielder	Josuha Guilavogui	25	Yes	Atlético Madrid	Buy option exercised	Summer	30 June 2019	€3,000,000	^[7]
25	Forward	Josip Brekalo	18	Yes	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€6,000,000	^[8]
29	Midfielder	Amara Condé	19	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[9]
33	Forward	Mario Gómez	31	Yes	Fiorentina	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€7,000,000	^[10]
39	Forward	Oskar Zawada	20	Yes	Twente	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018
40	Defender	Robin Ziegele	19	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[9]
—	Midfielder	Francisco Rodríguez	20	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[11]
6	Midfielder	Riechedly Bazoer	20	Yes	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€12,000,000	^[12]
9	Forward	Paul-Georges Ntep	24	Yes	Rennes	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€5,000,000	^[13]
10	Midfielder	Yunus Mallı	24	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€12,500,000	^[14]
18	Forward	Victor Osimhen	18	No	Ultimate Strikers Academy	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2020	€3,500,000	^[15]
25	Midfielder	Ashkan Dejagah	30	Yes	Al-Arabi	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2017	Free	^[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Forward	Nicklas Bendtner	28	Yes	—	Release	Summer	—	^[17]
11	Forward	Max Kruse	28	Yes	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€7,500,000	^[18]
12	Forward	Bas Dost	27	Yes	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	€10,000,000	^[19]
17	Midfielder	André Schürrle	25	Yes	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€30,000,000	^[20]
18	Defender	Dante	32	No	Nice	Transfer	Summer	€2,500,000	^[21]
25	Defender	Naldo	33	No	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[22]
26	Defender	Felipe	27	No	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[23]
32	Forward	Leandro Putaro	19	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Loan	Summer	—	^[24]
37	Defender	Moritz Sprenger	21	Yes	1. FC Magdeburg	Loan	Summer	—	^[25]
—	Goalkeeper	Patrick Drewes	23	Yes	Preußen Münster	Loan	Summer	—	^[9]
—	Midfielder	Francisco Rodríguez	20	Yes	Luzern	Loan	Summer	—	^[11]
6	Defender	Carlos Ascues	24	No	FBC Melgar	Loan	Winter	—	^[26]
7	Midfielder	Daniel Caligiuri	29	Yes	Schalke 04	Transfer	Winter	€2,500,000	^[27]
10	Midfielder	Julian Draxler	23	Yes	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Winter	€40,000,000	^[28]
16	Forward	Bruno Henrique	26	No	Santos	Transfer	Winter	€4,000,000	^[29]
25	Forward	Josip Brekalo	18	Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	Winter	—	^[30]
35	Forward	Anton Donkor	19	Yes	Everton U23	Loan	Winter	—	^[31]

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Veltins-Auswahl	0–14	VfL Wolfsburg	Gifhorn, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Didavi 27', 28' Caligiuri 31' Dost 36', 50' Kruse 56', 82' Bruma 61' Brekalo 63', 65', 85' Knoche 68' Putaro 76' Schäfer 87' (pen.)	Stadium: GWG-Stadion Flutmulde Attendance: 1,900

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Celtic	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 BST (UTC 1) 16:00 CEST (UTC 2)	McGregor 21' Christie 62'	Report	Seguin 11'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Basel	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Basel, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Janko 69' Høegh 72' Elyounoussi 82'	Report	Dost 29' Kruse 55' Caligiuri 74'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 7,619 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24) Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Benfica	Altach, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Mitroglou 63' Jonas 90 1'	Stadium: Cashpoint-Arena Attendance: 2,524 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC 1) 21:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Slimani 26' Adrien 34' (pen.)	Report	Donkor 78'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,198 Referee: Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Friendly	Malmö FF	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Malmö, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Rodríguez 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 1,526 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Hartberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Błaszczykowski 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Hartberg

8 January 2017 Florida Cup	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
16:45 EST (UTC-5)		Report	Herrmann 6', 41'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Jonathan Wener

12 January 2017 Florida Cup	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0 (3–2 p)	Bahia	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake
19:00 EST (UTC-5)				Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
	Penalties
	Reichwein Kleihs Wimmer Abdat Herrmann		Gustavo Kaynan Edson Renato Cajá Feijão

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	27 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	16th	34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	029.41
Bundesliga relegation play-offs	25 May 2017	29 May 2017	First leg	Winners	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	100.00
DFB-Pokal	20 August 2016	7 February 2017	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	3	2	1	066.67
Total					39	14	7	18	39	54	−15	035.90

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hamburger SV	34	10	8	16	33	61	−28	38
15	Mainz 05	34	10	7	17	44	55	−11	37
16	VfL Wolfsburg (O)	34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	37	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	FC Ingolstadt (R)	34	8	8	18	36	57	−21	32	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Darmstadt 98 (R)	34	7	4	23	28	63	−35	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[32]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	37	5	3	9	15	25	−10	5	4	8	19	27	−8

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L
Position	2	3	8	10	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 1	FC Augsburg	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Kohr 66'	Report	Gerhardt 31' Didavi 35' Bruma 62' Rodríguez 89'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 26,172 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 2	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Caligiuri 30' Błaszczykowski 57'	Report	Lehmann 66' Höger 66' Bittencourt 73'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 29,067 Referee: Guido Winkmann

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Wagner 20' Rudy 78'	Report	Gerhardt 11'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,295 Referee: Günter Perl

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–5	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)	Arnold 13' Błaszczykowski 25' Didavi 53'	Report	Guerreiro 4' Aubameyang 16', 62' Dembélé 58' Piszczek 73'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 5	Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Junuzović 61' Thy 86' Gebre Selassie 90 1'	Report	Bruma 26' Seguin 40' Horn 49' Bauer 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,153 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 6	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)		Report		Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 25,876 Referee: Benjamin Brand

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Casteels 17' Arnold 90 3'	Report	Halstenberg 69' Forsberg 70'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 8	Darmstadt 98	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Ben-Hatira 25' Kleinheisler 68' Sirigu 76'	Report	Bruma 23' Gómez 60' Schäfer 67' Arnold 79'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Markus Schmidt

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Arnold 37' Brekalo 80'	Report	Mehmedi 59', 79' Bender 65' Wendell 71' Jedvaj 83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,398 Referee: Tobias Stieler

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 10	SC Freiburg	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Abrashi 24' Günter 42' 85' Söyüncü 65'	Report	Gómez 41', 53', 80' Arnold 73' Rodríguez 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Felix Brych

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Bruma 38' Seguin 69'	Report	Höwedes 77' Goretzka 82' Kolašinac 85'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Jung 31' Cohen 33' Roger 52'	Report	Guilavogui 51' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 13,521 Referee: Daniel Siebert

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Mayoral 12' Seguin 18', 76' 87' Guilavogui 28' Caligiuri 31' Arnold 62'	Report	Plattenhardt 16', 59' Esswein 69' Kalou 90 1' (pen.) Schieber 90 2'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 25,317 Referee: Jochen Drees

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 14	Bayern Munich	5–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Robben 18' Lewandowski 22', 58' Thiago 25' Müller 76' Douglas Costa 86'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 15	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC 1)	Luiz Gustavo 8' Bruma 33' Guilavogui 38' Gómez 80'	Report	Rebić 23' Huszti 34' Mascarell 61' Abraham 90'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,967 Referee: Felix Brych

20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET (UTC 1)	Stindl 23' Hazard 52'	Report	Caligiuri 3' Arnold 12' Bruma 33' Gómez 57'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 47,067 Referee: Robert Kampka

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 17	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Benaglio 33' Gómez 83' Luiz Gustavo 85'	Report	Ekdal 28' 33' Ostrzolek 37'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Gómez 4' Vieirinha 68' Luiz Gustavo 89'	Report	Max 9' Altıntop 25' Kohr 69' Koo 83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 24,811 Referee: Bastian Dankert

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 19	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Osako 34' Clemens 43' Olkowski 76' Modeste 81' (pen.) Kessler 85'	Report	Bruma 58' Vieirinha 67' Guilavogui 85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,400 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 20	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Rodríguez 14' Bazoer 24' Arnold 50' Didavi 73' Mallı 75'	Report	Zuber 26' Vogt 87' Hübner 87'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 23,148 Referee: Daniel Siebert

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 21	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Bruma 20' (o.g.) Piszczek 48' Weigl 53' Dembélé 59' Schürrle 89'	Report	Bruma 89'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 56,906 Referee: Günter Perl

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC 1)	Mayoral 19' Arnold 86'	Report	Gnabry 10', 18' Bartels 45 1' Wiedwald 69' Sané 90 3'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Mainz 05	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Córdoba 24'	Report	Gómez 20'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 27,238 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 24	RB Leipzig	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Schmitz 14' Orban 19' Keïta 33'	Report	Gómez 9', 78' Luiz Gustavo 21' Gerhardt 73' Seguin 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Benjamin Brand

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC 1)	Gómez 45 1', 62' Knoche 62'	Report	Gondorf 58' Sulu 68' Banggaard 74'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 28,104 Referee: Felix Brych

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Bellarabi 40' Volland 65' Aránguiz 81' Havertz 89'	Report	Bazoer 39' Gómez 80', 83', 87' (pen.) Luiz Gustavo 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
20:00 CEST (UTC 2)		Report	Niederlechner 72', 78'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 24,179 Referee: Guido Winkmann

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 28	Schalke 04	4–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Burgstaller 6', 77' Goretzka 23' Caligiuri 48' Nastasić 58'	Report	Arnold 2' Gómez 79' (pen.) Bazoer 86'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 61,298 Referee: Benjamin Brand

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	FC Ingolstadt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Bazoer 11' Knoche 36' Suttner 45 1' (o.g.) Mallı 68' Gómez 80'	Report	Suttner 13' Matip 41' Cohen 86'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,374 Referee: Tobias Stieler

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30	Hertha BSC	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Ibišević 59' Allan 81' Darida 90' Esswein 90 3'	Report	Arnold 39' Guilavogui 53' Luiz Gustavo 73' Mayoral 75' Gerhardt 90 1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 42,521 Referee: Bastian Dankert

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–6	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Luiz Gustavo 19' 78'	Report	Alaba 19' Lewandowski 36', 45' Robben 66' Müller 80' Kimmich 85'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Gaćinović 27'	Report	Didavi 48' Gerhardt 59' Gómez 63' Casteels 73'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 33	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Bazoer 45' Horn 49' Gómez 58' Osimhen 89'	Report	Vestergaard 24' N. Schulz 53'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 28,721 Referee: Christian Dingert

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 34	Hamburger SV	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Sakai 25' Kostić 32', 88' Papadopoulos 80' Waldschmidt 88' Gregoritsch 90 5'	Report	Knoche 23' Guilavogui 36' Vieirinha 59' Casteels 90 2'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Relegation play-offs

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Gómez 35' (pen.) Guilavogui 52' Luiz Gustavo 88'	Report	Reichel 14' Valsvik 34' Sauer 43'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Second leg	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Braunschweig
20:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Sauer 10' 82'	Report	Gómez 36' Vieirinha 49' Didavi 75'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

DFB-Pokal

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) First round	FSV Frankfurt	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
20:45 CEST (UTC 2)	Bahn 32' Streker 35' Schleusener 52', 78' Barry 90 1'	Report	Schäfer 5' (o.g.) Dost 16' Bruma 58' Didavi 66' Gerhardt 89'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) Second round	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC 2)	Schnatterer 70' Müller 86'	Report	Gómez 49' Seguin 60' Arnold 86'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Benjamin Brand

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07) Round of 16	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:45 CET (UTC 1)	Douglas Costa 18' Robben 72'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 57' Rodríguez 90 3'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Play-offs
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
20	GK	GER	Max Grün	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	24	0	20	0	2	0	2	0
36	GK	GER	Phillip Menzel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Philipp Wollscheid	9	0	6 1	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	5	0	2 2	0	0 1	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Jeffrey Bruma	22	1	20	1	2	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	14	0	7 4	0	0 1	0	2	0
21	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	13	0	10 3	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	27	1	21 2	1	1 1	0	2	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	26	2	23	2	3	0	0	0
40	DF	GER	Robin Ziegele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	GER	Hendrik Hansen	1	0	0 1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	25	1	13 8	0	2	0	1 1	1
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı	19	1	13 3	1	0 1	0	2	0
11	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi	22	4	11 7	4	1 1	0	2	0
13	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	32	0	25 2	0	3	0	2	0
14	MF	POL	Jakub Błaszczykowski	30	0	20 8	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	32	0	26 1	0	3	0	2	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	21	0	17 2	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0 2	0
26	MF	GER	Justin Möbius	3	0	0 2	0	0 1	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	36	2	28 4	2	2	0	0 2	0
29	MF	GER	Amara Condé	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin	24	1	15 7	1	2	0	0	0
38	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	FRA	Paul-Georges Ntep	12	0	5 5	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW	ESP	Borja Mayoral	21	2	3 16	2	1 1	0	0	0
18	FW	NGA	Victor Osimhen	3	0	0 2	0	0	0	0 1	0
33	FW	GER	Mario Gómez	37	18	32 1	16	1 1	1	2	1
Players transferred out during the season
6	DF	PER	Carlos Ascues	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ITA	Daniel Caligiuri	16	2	12 2	2	2	0	0	0
10	MF	GER	Julian Draxler	14	0	12 1	0	1	0	0	0
12	FW	NED	Bas Dost	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
16	FW	BRA	Bruno Henrique	7	0	1 5	0	0 1	0	0	0
25	FW	CRO	Josip Brekalo	4	0	0 4	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW	GER	Anton Donkor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Play-offs	Total
1	33	FW	Mario Gómez	16	1	1	18
2	11	MF	Daniel Didavi	4	0	0	4
3	7	MF	Daniel Caligiuri	2	0	0	2
	17	FW	Borja Mayoral	2	0	0	2
	27	MF	Maximilian Arnold	2	0	0	2
	34	DF	Ricardo Rodríguez	2	0	0	2
7	5	DF	Jeffrey Bruma	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Vieirinha	0	0	1	1
	10	MF	Yunus Mallı	1	0	0	1
	12	FW	Bas Dost	0	1	0	1
	30	MF	Paul Seguin	1	0	0	1
	31	DF	Robin Knoche	1	0	0	1
Own goal				2	1	0	3
Totals				34	3	2	39

Last updated: 29 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Play-offs	Total
1	28	GK	Koen Casteels	8	0	2	10
2	1	GK	Diego Benaglio	3	1	0	4
Totals				11	1	2	14

Last updated: 29 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Play-offs			Total
1	GK		Diego Benaglio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Marcel Schäfer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Jeffrey Bruma	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
6	MF		Riechedly Bazoer	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Daniel Caligiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Vieirinha	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF		Yunus Mallı	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Daniel Didavi	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
13	MF		Yannick Gerhardt	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
14	MF		Jakub Błaszczykowski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW		Borja Mayoral	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	DF		Jannes Horn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Luiz Gustavo	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
23	MF		Josuha Guilavogui	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
25	FW		Josip Brekalo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
28	GK		Koen Casteels	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	MF		Paul Seguin	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
31	DF		Robin Knoche	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	FW		Mario Gómez	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
34	DF		Ricardo Rodríguez	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				64	2	1	7	0	0	4	0	0	75	2	1

Last updated: 29 May 2017

References

^ "Abwehr-Neuzugang" [Defensive signing] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Alles klar: Bruma unterschreibt bis 2021" [Everything cleared: Bruma signs until 2021] (in German). kicker. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ ""Wollte nicht zocken": Didavi wechselt nach Wolfsburg" ["Didn't want to gamble": Didavi transfers to Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ ""Nächster Schritt": Gerhardt unterschreibt beim VfL" ["Next step": Gerhardt signs at VfL] (in German). kicker. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Kuba will mit Wolfsburg Titel" [Kuba wants the title with Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ "Wechselbörse" [Transfermarket] (in German). kicker. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Guilavogui bleibt ein Wolf" [Guilavogui staying with VfL.] (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
^ "Durchbruch: Brekalo landet in Wolfsburg" [Breakthrough: Brekalo lands in Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wechselbörse" [Transfermarket] (in German). kicker. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "Mario Gomez wird ein Wolf" [Mario Gomez is a Wolf] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "On loan to Luzern". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "12 Millionen Euro: Wolfsburg schlägt bei Bazoer zu" [12 million euros: Wolfsburg beats at Bazoer] (in German). kicker. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ "Wolfsburg schnappt sich auch Ntep" [Wolfsburg also signs Ntep] (in German). kicker. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Wolfsburg schlägt zu: Malli kommt!" [Wolfsburg beats: Malli is coming!] (in German). kicker. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ "Bestätigt: Luiz Gustavo bleibt in Wolfsburg" [Confirmed: Luiz Gustavo to remain in Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
^ "Wolfsburg holt Dejagah zurück" [Wolfsburg brings back Dejagah] (in German). kicker. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Wolfsburg beendet Kapitel Bendtner" [Wolfsburg ends chapter "Bendtner"] (in German). kicker. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ ""Keine Bedenken": Werder macht Kruse-Wechsel perfekt!" ["No Concerns": Werder perfects the Kruse deal] (in German). kicker. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
^ "Acordo com VFL Wolfsburg para a transferência de Bas Dost" [Agreement with VfL Wolfsburg for the transfer of Bas Dost] (in Portuguese). Sporting Clube de Portugal. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Andre Schurrle: Borussia Dortmund sign Wolfsburg winger". BBC Sport. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Fix! Dante verabschiedet sich nach Nizza" (in German). kicker. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^ "Naldo: Schalke statt VfL!" [Naldo: Schalke instead of VfL!] (in German). kicker. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg verabschiedet Verteidiger Felipe Lopes" [VfL Wolfsburg says goodbye to defender Felipe Lopes] (in German). Focus. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Auf Leihbasis nach Bielefeld" [On loan to Bielefeld] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Wolfsburg verleiht Sprenger für ein Jahr" [Wolfsburg loans out Sprenger for a year] (in German). kicker. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Out on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Schalke announce that they will sign Wolfsburg's Daniel Caligiuri". espnfc.com. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Farewell Julian Draxler heading for France with PSG". VfL Wolfsburg. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Transfer to FC Santos". VfL Wolfsburg. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Brekalo: Ein Schritt zurück für den nächsten Schritt" [Brekalo: A step back for the next step] (in German). kicker. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "Loan move". VfL Wolfsburg. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[1] "Abwehr-Neuzugang" [Defensive signing] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[2] "Alles klar: Bruma unterschreibt bis 2021" [Everything cleared: Bruma signs until 2021] (in German). kicker. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

[3] ""Wollte nicht zocken": Didavi wechselt nach Wolfsburg" ["Didn't want to gamble": Didavi transfers to Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[4] ""Nächster Schritt": Gerhardt unterschreibt beim VfL" ["Next step": Gerhardt signs at VfL] (in German). kicker. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[5] "Kuba will mit Wolfsburg Titel" [Kuba wants the title with Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[6] "Wechselbörse" [Transfermarket] (in German). kicker. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[7] "Guilavogui bleibt ein Wolf" [Guilavogui staying with VfL.] (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[8] "Durchbruch: Brekalo landet in Wolfsburg" [Breakthrough: Brekalo lands in Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[Youth-9] "Wechselbörse" [Transfermarket] (in German). kicker. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[10] "Mario Gomez wird ein Wolf" [Mario Gomez is a Wolf] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

[Rodriguez-11] "On loan to Luzern". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[12] "12 Millionen Euro: Wolfsburg schlägt bei Bazoer zu" [12 million euros: Wolfsburg beats at Bazoer] (in German). kicker. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[13] "Wolfsburg schnappt sich auch Ntep" [Wolfsburg also signs Ntep] (in German). kicker. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[14] "Wolfsburg schlägt zu: Malli kommt!" [Wolfsburg beats: Malli is coming!] (in German). kicker. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[15] "Bestätigt: Luiz Gustavo bleibt in Wolfsburg" [Confirmed: Luiz Gustavo to remain in Wolfsburg] (in German). kicker. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[16] "Wolfsburg holt Dejagah zurück" [Wolfsburg brings back Dejagah] (in German). kicker. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[17] "Wolfsburg beendet Kapitel Bendtner" [Wolfsburg ends chapter "Bendtner"] (in German). kicker. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[18] ""Keine Bedenken": Werder macht Kruse-Wechsel perfekt!" ["No Concerns": Werder perfects the Kruse deal] (in German). kicker. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

[19] "Acordo com VFL Wolfsburg para a transferência de Bas Dost" [Agreement with VfL Wolfsburg for the transfer of Bas Dost] (in Portuguese). Sporting Clube de Portugal. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[20] "Andre Schurrle: Borussia Dortmund sign Wolfsburg winger". BBC Sport. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[21] "Fix! Dante verabschiedet sich nach Nizza" (in German). kicker. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[22] "Naldo: Schalke statt VfL!" [Naldo: Schalke instead of VfL!] (in German). kicker. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[23] "VfL Wolfsburg verabschiedet Verteidiger Felipe Lopes" [VfL Wolfsburg says goodbye to defender Felipe Lopes] (in German). Focus. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[24] "Auf Leihbasis nach Bielefeld" [On loan to Bielefeld] (in German). vfl-wolfsburg.de. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[25] "Wolfsburg verleiht Sprenger für ein Jahr" [Wolfsburg loans out Sprenger for a year] (in German). kicker. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[26] "Out on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[27] "Schalke announce that they will sign Wolfsburg's Daniel Caligiuri". espnfc.com. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[28] "Farewell Julian Draxler heading for France with PSG". VfL Wolfsburg. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[29] "Transfer to FC Santos". VfL Wolfsburg. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[30] "Brekalo: Ein Schritt zurück für den nächsten Schritt" [Brekalo: A step back for the next step] (in German). kicker. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[31] "Loan move". VfL Wolfsburg. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[32] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

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