2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2011–12 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB Pokal	First round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2011–12 season was the 67th season in VfL Wolfsburg's football history.

Season summary

Wolfsburg finished 8th in the Bundesliga, rising from 15th the previous season, but were knocked out in the first round of the DFB Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1][2]

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  SUI Diego Benaglio 2 DF  GER Patrick Ochs 3 DF  BRA Felipe Lopes 4 DF  GER Marcel Schäfer 6 DF  SRB Slobodan Medojević 7 MF  BRA Josué 8 MF  POR Vieirinha 10 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 11 MF  BIH Hasan Salihamidžić 12 GK  GER André Lenz 13 MF  JPN Makoto Hasebe 15 MF  GER Christian Träsch 17 DF  GER Alexander Madlung 18 FW  CRO Mario Mandžukić 19 FW  SWE Rasmus Jönsson 20 MF  CZE Petr Jiráček 21 FW  GER Kevin Scheidhauer 22 MF  POL Mateusz Klich 23 DF  GER Marco Russ

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW  IRN Ashkan Dejagah 25 DF  BRA Chris 26 DF  CRO Hrvoje Čale 27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold 28 MF  BRA Diego 28 MF  CIV Ibrahim Sissoko 29 MF  CZE Jan Polák 30 MF  VEN Yohandry Orozco 31 DF  GER Robin Knoche 32 MF  GER Sebastian Schindzielorz 33 FW  GER Patrick Helmes 34 DF  SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 35 GK  SUI Marwin Hitz 36 DF  GER Bjarne Thoelke 37 MF  MKD Ferhan Hasani 39 DF  GER Michael Schulze 40 FW  GER Sebastian Polter 44 FW  CIV Giovanni Sio

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 3 DF  GER Arne Friedrich (released) 5 MF  KOR Koo Ja-cheol (on loan to FC Augsburg) 6 MF  TUR Tuncay Şanlı (on loan to Bolton Wanderers) 6 MF  BLR Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona) 8 MF  DEN Thomas Kahlenberg (on loan to Evian)

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  CRO Srđan Lakić (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim) 14 MF  TUR Tolga Ciğerci (on loan to Borussia Monchengladbach) 16 DF  GRE Sotirios Kyrgiakos (on loan to Sunderland) 19 DF  SVK Peter Pekarík (on loan to Kayserispor) 34 DF  DEN Simon Kjær (on loan to Roma)

References

1. "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 2011/12".
2. "Datencenter". www.dfb.com (in German). Retrieved 2 May 2020.

External links