2006–07 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2006–07 season
Manager	Klaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	Mike Hanke (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

VfL Wolfsburg only just saved the contract to stay in Bundesliga, for the second year running. In sharp contrast to the miserable league season, Wolfsburg reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal, where they went out in a narrow defeat to eventual league champions Stuttgart.

Players

First-team squad

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 Simon Jentzsch 2 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga 3 DF  BEL Peter Van der Heyden 4 DF  GER Alexander Madlung 5 DF  NED Kevin Hofland 6 MF  NED Tommie van der Leegte 7 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez 8 MF  BUL Marian Hristov 9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 10 MF  POL Jacek Krzynówek 11 FW  GER Mike Hanke 12 GK  GER André Lenz 13 FW  GHA Isaac Boakye 14 MF  PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 1] 15 DF  GHA Hans Sarpei

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  GER Uwe Möhrle 17 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht 18 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi 20 MF  SVK Miroslav Karhan 21 GK  GER Patrick Platins (on loan to Augsburg) 22 MF  POR Alex 23 DF  GER Michael Stegmayer 24 DF  GER Steve Müller 26 MF  GER Sergej Evljuskin[notes 2] 27 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam 28 FW  USA Kamani Hill 30 MF  SRB Valdet Rama[notes 3] 31 MF  GER Emre Öztürk 32 MF  BRA Marcelinho Paraíba 33 MF  PAR Julio dos Santos (on loan from Bayern Munich)

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 19 FW  NED Rick Hoogendorp (on loan to ADO Den Haag) 25 MF  GER Karsten Fischer (on loan to SC Paderborn)

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 FW  BRA Abuda (to Germinal Beerschot)

Results

Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

1

VfL Wolfsburg

0–0

Hertha Berlin

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

2

Eintracht Frankfurt

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

3	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Juan 49'		Madlung 70'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Hannover 96
	Krzynówek 52'		Brdarić 50, 61'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

5	Schalke 04	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Kurányi 56' Lincoln 88'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

6	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Bayern Munich
	Hanke 35'

Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

7	Mönchengladbach	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Kluge 35' Neuville 37' Degen 84'		Madlung 17'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

8	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
	Hanke 26'		Gómez 30'

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

9	VfL Bochum	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Hanke 25'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburg

10	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hamburg
	Hanke 19'

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

11	1. FSV Mainz 05	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Szabics 7'		Hanke 5' Lamprecht 84'

VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

12

VfL Wolfsburg

0–0

Energie Cottbus

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

13

Arminia Bielefeld

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

14	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg
	Menseguez 84'		Saenko 7'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

15	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Smolarek 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v Alemannia Aachen

16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Alemannia Aachen
	Madlung 50'		Reghecampf 72' Herzig 78'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

17	Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	D. Jensen 17' Naldo 86'		Boakye 41'

Hertha Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

18	Hertha Berlin	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Giménez 27' Pantelić 86' (pen.)		Madlung 18'

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Klimowicz 9' Hanke 72'		Thurk 63' Meier 69'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

20	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen
	Hanke 17, 37' Klimowicz 72'		Kießling 30' Hofland 71' (o.g.)

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

21	Hannover 96	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Balitsch 22' Fahrenhorst 62'		Klimowicz 3' Krzynówek 26'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

22	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Schalke 04
	Klimowicz 56, 89'		Kurányi 11, 29'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

23	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Podolski 26' (pen.) van Bommel 55'		Makiadi 79'

VfL Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

24	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Mönchengladbach
	Makiadi 65'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

25

VfB Stuttgart

0–0

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

26	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfL Bochum
	Boakye 22' Madlung 26' Marcelinho 83'		Gekas 66'

Hamburg v VfL Wolfsburg

27	Hamburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Mahdavikia 60'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FSV Mainz 05

28	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	1. FSV Mainz 05
	Klimowicz 41' Marcelinho 81, 87'		Zidan 21' (pen.), 79'

Energie Cottbus v VfL Wolfsburg

29	Energie Cottbus	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Radu 20' Munteanu 56' Kioyo 57'		Boakye 65' Makiadi 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

30	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Arminia Bielefeld
	Marcelinho 16' Boakye 53'		Westermann 8' Eigler 71' Wichniarek 86'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

31	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Wolf 23'		Krzynówek 18'

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

32	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Borussia Dortmund
			Smolarek 12' Valdez 90'

Alemannia Aachen v VfL Wolfsburg

33	Alemannia Aachen	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Lehmann 65' (pen.) Németh 68'		Lamprecht 81' Klimowicz 85'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

34	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Werder Bremen
			Rosenberg 54, 87'

Top Scorers

• Mike Hanke 8
• Diego Klimowicz 7
• Alexander Madlung 5
• Marcelinho 4

Sources

BetExplorer - German Bundesliga Results

Notes

1. Santana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2007.
2. Evljuskin was born in Alekseyevka, Kirghizia, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-16 and U-20 level before being called up by Kyrgyzstan in 2015.
3. Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but part of Serbia during the 2006–07 season), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013. He would later declare internationally for Kosovo but has not represented them as of 2020.