2001–02 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2001–02 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Tomislav Marić (12)
Home colours Away colours

VfL Wolfsburg had a solid season, in which it just finished inside the top 10. It scored 57 goals in just 34 games, but also conceded 49, which was too much in order to challenge for European places.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Claus Reitmaier 2 MF  DEN Michael Madsen 3 DF  GER Frank Greiner 4 DF  SCG Dušan Petković 5 DF  NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa 6 MF  DEN Claus Thomsen 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser 8 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 9 FW  POL Andrzej Juskowiak 10 MF  POL Krzysztof Nowak 11 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić 12 DF  POL Waldemar Kryger 13 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov 14 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu 15 MF  GER Tobias Rau 16 DF  AUT Gernot Plassnegger 17 FW  GER Jürgen Rische

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  AUT Dietmar Kühbauer 19 DF  DEN Thomas Rytter 21 FW  BUL Martin Petrov 22 GK  BIH Sead Ramović 23 MF  GER Sven Müller 24 MF  GHA Charles Akonnor 25 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 26 MF  BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 27 MF  CZE Miroslav Karhan 28 MF  GER Benjamin Siegert 30 GK  GER Stephan Loboué 31 MF  GHA Hans Sarpei 32 FW  AUS Joshua Kennedy 33 DF  GER Maik Franz 36 MF  GER Michael Habryka 37 DF  GER Stefan Lorenz 40 GK  GER Patrick Platins

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  GER Markus Feldhoff (to Energie Cottbus)

Results

Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

1	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Lúcio 42, 46'		Feldhoff 86'

VfL Wolfsburg v FC St. Pauli

2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	FC St. Pauli
	Karhan 84'		Rahn 7'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

3	Borussia Dortmund	4–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	M. Amoroso 28' Ricken 33' Koller 41' Rosický 84'

VfL Wolfsburg v Freiburg

4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Freiburg
	Munteanu 67'		Sellimi 35'

Energie Cottbus v VfL Wolfsburg

5	Energie Cottbus	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Kałużny 2' Vragel 45, 49'		Juskowiak 31' Petković 43' Kennedy 77'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

6	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	VfB Stuttgart
			Seitz 7' Balakov 65' (pen.)

1860 München v VfL Wolfsburg

7	1860 München	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Borimirov 5' Max 76'		Akonnor 66'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Juskowiak 14' Greiner 82'

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

9	1. FC Köln	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg
			Petrov 2', 50' (pen.) Ponte 6' Karhan 61'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburg

10	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Hamburg
			Hoogma 57'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

11	Werder Bremen	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Bode 79'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

12	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	1. FC Nürnberg
	Ponte 6, 30' Petrov 68' Kennedy 86' Munteanu 87'

Hertha Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

13	Hertha Berlin	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Sarpei 21' (o.g.) Goor 81'

VfL Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

14	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Mönchengladbach
	Marić 6' Petrov 22' Ponte 57'		Van Houdt 64'

Hansa Rostock v VfL Wolfsburg

15	Hansa Rostock	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Beierle 89'		Marić 32, 65'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

16	Bayern Munich	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg
	Pizarro 11, 55' Élber 18'		Marić 45, 71' Kühbauer 52'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

17	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Schalke 04
	Němec 51' (o.g.) Marić 62', 74' (pen.)		Wilmots 66'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

18	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen
	Ponte 39' Marić 57, 77'		Neuville 86'

FC St. Pauli v VfL Wolfsburg

19	FC St. Pauli	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Meggle 51' Rath 75' Bajramović 83'		Kientz 10' (o.g.)

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

20	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Borussia Dortmund
	Marić 36' (pen.)		Heinrich 3'

Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

21

Freiburg

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

22	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Energie Cottbus
	Ponte 12, 24'		Vragel 90'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

23	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Meißner 9' Hleb 77'		Klimowicz 87'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1860 München

24	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	1860 München
	Biliškov 54'		Týce 56' Max 59' Weissenberger 90'

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

25	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hristov 64' Klose 74' Lokvenc 84'		Hristov 49' (o.g.) Munteanu 72'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

26	VfL Wolfsburg	5–1	1. FC Köln
	Klimowicz 4, 18' Rau 8' Petrov 62' Karhan 77'		Kreuz 45'

Hamburg v VfL Wolfsburg

27	Hamburg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Barbarez 67'		Klimowicz 45'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

28	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Werder Bremen
	Klimowicz 64' Petrov 78'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

29	1. FC Nürnberg	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Rink 15' (pen.) Krzynówek 74' (pen.) Gomis 86'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

30	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Hertha Berlin
	Klimowicz 36'		Hartmann 25' Preetz 28' Marx 48'

Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

31	Mönchengladbach	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg
			Klimowicz 48, 60'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

32	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Hansa Rostock
	Klimowicz 4, 5' Ponte 7' Juskowiak 37'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

33	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Bayern Munich
			Sagnol 33'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

34	Schalke 04	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Asamoah 90'		Marić 29, 87'

Top Scorers

• Tomislav Marić 12
• Diego Klimowicz 10
• Robson Ponte 8
• Martin Petrov 6

References

1. "VfL Wolfsburg - 2001/02". FootballSquads. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

VfL Wolfsburg Results Soccerbase.com