2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
	2012–13 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena,; Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Semifinals
← 2011–12	2013–14 →

The 2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 68th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 16th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to eventual champion Bayern Munich.

Review and events

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Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

	Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Odense
			Schäfer Lakić

	Midtjylland	0 – 0	Wolfsburg

	Esbjerg	2 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Polák Jönsson

10 July 2012	St. Pauli	3 – 1	Wolfsburg	Streichmühle
19:00

	ETSV Weiche	0 – 2	Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost

17 July 2012	Helmstedter SV	–	Wolfsburg
19:00

	Germania Egestorf	2 – 8	Wolfsburg
			Dost Helmes Hasani Naldo Kahlenberg Medojević Lakić

	Germania Halberstadt	2 – 4	Wolfsburg
			Lakić Dost Helmes

26 July 2012 Audi Football Summit	Bayern Munich	2 – 1	Wolfsburg	Guangdong Olympic Stadium
14:00 CEST	Mandžukić 29' (pen.) Robben 39'		Pilař 90+2'

	Changchun Yatai F.C.	2 – 3	Wolfsburg
			Orozco Jönsson Dejagah

	Shanghai Shenxin F.C.	1 – 0	Wolfsburg

4 August 2012	Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Manchester City	Wolfsburg, Germany
			Agüero 41' Y. Touré 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

7 August 2012	Wolfsberger AC	1 – 0	Wolfsburg
19:00

Bundesliga

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1	Stuttgart	0 – 1	Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
20:45		Report	90' Dost	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48.280 Referee: Tobias Welz

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2	Wolfsburg	0 – 4	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30		Report	Haggui 10' Sobiech 26', 56' Andreasen 52'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,451 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

14 September 2012 (2012-09-14) 3	Augsburg	0 – 0	Wolfsburg	Augsburg
20:30		Report		Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,512 Referee: Guido Winkmann

22 September 2012 4	Wolfsburg	1 – 1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Wolfsburg
14:30	Olić 42'	Summary	Pogatetz 28' (o.g.) Mavraj 64' Petsos 73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Markus Schmidt

25 September 2012 5	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	Wolfsburg	Munich
20:00	Schweinsteiger 24', 82' Mandžukić 57', 65'	Summary	Kahlenberg 35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

30 September 2012 6	Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
17:30	Josué 42' Träsch 44' Olić 51'	Summary	Díaz 26' Szalai 37' Soto 53' Baumgartlinger 77' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,795 Referee: Marco Fritz

6 October 2012 7	Schalke 04	3 – 0	Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Farfán 33' Afellay 46', 54' Neustädter 58'	Summary		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,671 Referee: Peter Sippel

20 October 2012 8	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 2	Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo 39'	Summary	Mujdža 11' Caligiuri 40' (pen.) Schuster 84' Diagné 86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,080 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 October 2012 9	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 4	Wolfsburg	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fink 59' 77' Langeneke 71' (pen.) Ilsø 82'	Summary	Dost 50', 64' Olić 53' Josué 72' Diego 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 45,673 Referee: Tobias Welz

3 November 2012 10	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 0	Wolfsburg	Nuremberg
15:30	Gebhart 76' Kiyotake 84' Chandler 90+1'	Summary	Josué 49' Fagner 85' Kjær 90+2'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,586 Referee: Christian Dingert

11 November 2012 11	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego 4', 16' Naldo 7' Dost 33'	Report (German)	48' Boenisch 68' Wollscheid 87' Reinartz 90+1' Kießling	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,825 Referee: Bastian Dankert

18 November 2012 12	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hoffenheim
17:30	Rudy 55' Jensen 77' Derdiyok 88'	Report	7' Hasebe 24' Dost 63' Josué 78' Naldo	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Günther Perl

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 1	SV Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić 26' Dost 64' Josué 88'	Report (German)	Arnautović 35', 82' Schmitz 40', 62' De Bruyne 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 29,723 Referee: Markus Schmidt

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Arango 11' Jantschke 38' 44'	Report (German)	Polák 65' Jönsson 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,165 Referee: Robert Hartmann

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 15	Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburg	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 22' Kjær 68'	Report (German)	Beister 26' Rincón 64' Adler 68' Westermann 83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,121 Referee: Peter Sippel

8 December 2012 16	Borussia Dortmund	2-3	Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30	Reus 6', 49' Schmelzer 35' Błaszczykowski 61' (pen.) Gündoğan 64' Götze 83'	Summary	Diego 36' (pen.) Naldo 41' Kjær 61' Josué 63' Dost 73' Kahlenberg 90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

15 December 2012 17	Wolfsburg	0-2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30	Josué 16' Diego 56' Naldo 89'	Summary	Meier 12' Inui 18' 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,452 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

19 January 2013 18	VfL Wolfsburg	2-0	Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30	Diego 51' Madlung 67'	Summary	Niedermeier 54' Rüdiger 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: Felix Brych

26 January 2013 19	Hannover 96	2 - 1	Wolfsburg	Hannover
15:30	Abdellaoue 3' Pocognoli 34' Diouf 38' Huszti 42' Chahed 83' Hoffmann 90+3'	Summary	Madlung 46' Naldo 47' Diego 88'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,800 Referee: Günter Perl

2 February 2013 20	Wolfsburg	1 - 1	Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30	Naldo 23' Diego 28' Fagner 47'	Summary	Werner 6' Morávek 25' Baier 29' Ostrzolek 49'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,257 Referee: Marco Fritz

9 February 2013 21	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0 - 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Fürth
15:30	Klaus 9' Sobiech 53' Peković 55'	Summary	Dost 23' Naldo 60' Fagner 64' Träsch 73'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann

15 February 2013 22	VfL Wolfsburg	0 - 2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30	Madlung 24' Vieirinha 35' Dost 45+2' Hasebe 73' Naldo 80'	Summary	Mandžukić 36' Ribéry 57' Dante 76' Robben 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

23 February 2013 23	1. FSV Mainz 05	1 - 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30	Zimling 5' 72'	Summary	Naldo 15' Madlung 29' Diego 39' Kjær 42'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,175 Referee: Peter Sippel

2 March 2013 24	VfL Wolfsburg	1 - 4	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30	Olić 50' Fagner 82'	Summary	Draxler 33', 63' Jones 73' Farfán 79' Huntelaar 86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st Round	Schönberg 95	0–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Lübeck
20:30		Report	Olić 28', 30', 67' Diego 43' Dost 66'	Stadium: PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Kampka

31 October 2012 2nd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	FSV Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
20:30	Polák 17' Diego 51' Dost 61'	Summary		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

17 December 2012 3rd Round	VfL Wolfsburg	2 - 1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
19:00	Träsch 78' Bost 90'		Fagner 31' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,781

26 February 2013 Quarterfinals	Kickers Offenbach	1 - 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Offenbach am Main
20:30	Stadel 81'		Olić 49' Dost 71'	Stadium: Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Diego Benaglio	23	0	22	0	1	0
21	GK		Patrick Drewes	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Marwin Hitz	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
5	DF		Emanuel Pogatetz	9	0	8	0	1	0
16	DF		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		Alexander Madlung	9	2	9	2	0	0
25	DF		Naldo	23	3	21	3	2	0
26	DF		Hrvoje Čale	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Robin Knoche	8	0	6	0	2	0
34	DF		Ricardo Rodríguez	14	0	13	0	1	0
39	DF		Michael Schulze	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF		Simon Kjær	15	1	14	1	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Marcel Schäfer	23	0	21	0	2	0
6	MF		Slobodan Medojević	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Josué	13	0	12	0	1	0
8	MF		Vieirinha	19	0	17	0	2	0
13	MF		Makoto Hasebe	14	1	13	1	1	0
14	MF		Václav Pilař	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Christian Träsch	11	0	10	0	1	0
18	MF		Kevin Pannewitz	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF		Mateusz Klich	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	1	0	0	0	1	0
29	MF		Jan Polák	16	0	15	0	1	0
30	MF		Yohandry Orozco	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Ferhan Hasani	3	0	3	0	0	0
38	MF		Thomas Kahlenberg	12	0	12	0	0	0
Strikers
11	FW		Ivica Olić	22	5	20	2	2	3
9	FW		Bas Dost	23	10	21	8	2	2
No longer at club
3	DF		Felipe Lopes	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW		Rasmus Jönsson	4	1	4	1	0	0
23	DF		Marco Russ	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Ashkan Dejagah	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	FW		Srđan Lakić	7	0	6	0	1	0

Sources

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External links

2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de (German)
2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de (German)
2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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