2022–23 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2022–23 season
Owner	Volkswagen AG (of GmbH)
Executive Director	Frank Witter
Manager	Niko Kovač
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Yannick Gerhardt Jonas Wind (6 each) All: Yannick Gerhardt Omar Marmoush Jonas Wind (6 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2022–23 season was the 78th season in the existence of VfL Wolfsburg and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 28 January 2023^[1][2]

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  BEL Koen Casteels (vice-captain) 2 DF  GER Kilian Fischer 3 DF  BEL Sebastiaan Bornauw 4 DF  FRA Maxence Lacroix 5 DF  NED Micky van de Ven 6 DF  BRA Paulo Otávio 7 FW  GER Luca Waldschmidt 8 DF  FRA Nicolas Cozza 10 FW  GER Lukas Nmecha 12 GK  AUT Pavao Pervan 16 MF  POL Jakub Kamiński 18 FW  GER Dzenan Pejcinovic 20 MF  GER Ridle Baku

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  GER Felix Nmecha 23 FW  DEN Jonas Wind 27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold (captain) 29 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui 30 GK  GER Niklas Klinger 31 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt 32 MF  SWE Mattias Svanberg 33 FW  EGY Omar Marmoush 35 GK  GER Philipp Schulze 36 MF  CZE Lukáš Ambros 38 MF  CRO Bartol Franjić 39 FW  AUT Patrick Wimmer 40 MF  USA Kevin Paredes 42 DF  GER Felix Lange

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  USA Bryang Kayo (on loan at Nürnberg II until 30 June 2023) 8 MF  BEL Aster Vranckx (on loan at AC Milan until 30 June 2023) 17 FW  GER Maximilian Philipp (on loan at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2023) 18 DF  IRL Anselmo García MacNulty (on loan at NAC Breda until 30 June 2023) 21 FW  POL Bartosz Białek (on loan at Vitesse until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  USA Ulysses Llanez (on loan at SKN St. Pölten until 30 June 2023) 34 DF  CRO Marin Pongračić (on loan at U.S. Lecce until 30 June 2023) 39 DF  GER Tim Siersleben (on loan at 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2023) 49 MF  ESP Fabio Di Michele Sanchez (on loan at NAC Breda until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
14	MF	Josip Brekalo	Torino	Loan Return	30 June 2022
34	DF	Marin Pongračić	Borussia Dortmund	Loan return
33	FW	Omar Marmoush	VfB Stuttgart	Loan return
37	MF	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	Vfl Bochum	Loan return
29	MF	Joshua Guilavogui	Bordeaux	Loan return
45	GK	Lino Kasten	St. Pölten	Loan return
2	DF	Kilian Fischer	1. FC Nürnberg	€2,500,000	1 July 2022	[3]
16	FW	Jakub Kamiński	Lech Poznań	€10,000,000		[4]
39	MF	Patrick Wimmer	Arminia Bielefeld	€5,000,000		[5]
38	MF	Bartol Franjić	Dinamo Zagreb	€7,500,000		[6]
18	FW	Dženan Pejčinović	FC Augsburg U19	€1,250,000	14 July 2022	[7]
32	MF	Mattias Svanberg	Bologna	€9,000,000	16 July 2022	[8]
8	DF	Nicolas Cozza	Montpellier	€500,000	25 January 2023	[9]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
28	FW	Dodi Lukebakio	Hertha BSC	Loan return	30 June 2022
2	DF	William	Free transfer		1 July 2022
24	MF	Xaver Schlager	RB Leipzig	€12,000,000		[10]
25	DF	John Brooks	Benfica	Free transfer		[11][12]
18	DF	Anselmo Garcia MacNulty	NAC Breda	Loan	19 July 2022	[13]
49	MF	Fabio Di Michele Sanchez	NAC Breda	Loan
19	DF	Kevin Mbabu	Fulham	€7,000,000	27 July 2022	[14]
37	MF	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	FC Augsburg	€1,700,000		[15]
34	DF	Marin Pongračić	Lecce	Loan[A]	22 August 2022	[16]
21	FW	Bartosz Białek	Vitesse	Loan	29 August 2022	[17]
11	MF	Renato Steffen	FC Lugano	€750,000	30 August 2022	[18]
8	MF	Aster Vranckx	AC Milan	Loan[B]	1 September 2022	[19]
45	GK	Lino Kasten	Contract termination			[20]
9	FW	Max Kruse	Contract termination		28 November 2022	[21]
15	DF	Jérôme Roussillon	Union Berlin	Undisclosed	12 January 2023	[22]
14	MF	Josip Brekalo	Fiorentina	Undisclosed	28 January 2023	[23]
17	FW	Maximilian Philipp	Werder Bremen	Loan	30 January 2023	[24]

1. Includes an option to sign permanently.
2. Includes an option to sign permanently.

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

VfL Wolfsburg v Veltins XI

25 June 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	9–1	Veltins XI	Wolfsburg, Germany
18:00	Lange 8' Paredes 24' Berkemer 31' Arnold 33' Waldschmidt 53', 57', 66', 85' Baku 77'	Report	Helms 64'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Fallersleben Attendance: 1,850

VfL Osnabrück v VfL Wolfsburg

2 July 2022 Volkswagen Cup	VfL Osnabrück	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Osnabrück, Germany
14:00	Higl 9', 32' Tesche 25'	Report	Waldschmidt 36'	Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 5,712
Note: Match was one half of 45 minutes.

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

2 July 2022 Volkswagen Cup	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Osnabrück, Germany
15:00	Bornauw 25'	Report	Weydandt 4'	Stadium: Bremer Brücke Attendance: 5,712
Note: Match was one half of 45 minutes.

WSG Tirol v VfL Wolfsburg

9 July 2022 Friendly	WSG Tirol	1–7	VfL Wolfsburg	Wattens, Austria
17:30	Prica 26'	Report	Waldschmidt 14', 32' Philipp 16' Rexhbeçaj 60' Wind 72' Steffen 75', 79'	Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion

Mechelen v VfL Wolfsburg

16 July 2022 Friendly	Mechelen	3–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Alkmaar, Netherlands
16:00	Shved 43' Hernandez 57' Vanlerberghe  70' Hairemans 78'	Report	L. Nmecha 9' Waldschmidt 11' Marmoush 33' Baku 36'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion

VfL Wolfsburg v Brentford

23 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Brentford	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00	Wimmer 27' Bornauw 56' Wind 66' Kamiński 86'	Report		Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Felix Bickel (Germany)

VfL Wolfsburg v Hessen Kassel

31 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Hessen Kassel	Wolfsburg, Germany
11:00				Stadium: AOK Stadion

VfL Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

22 September 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Hansa Rostock	Wolfsburg, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 0

VfL Wolfsburg v Nordsjælland

10 December 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Nordsjælland	Wolfsburg, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Svanberg 28'	Report	Nygren 78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Felix Bickel (Germany)

Brentford v VfL Wolfsburg

17 December 2022 Friendly	Brentford	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Brentford, England
15:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Mbeumo 21' Toney 37'	Report	Waldschmidt 13' Pejčinović 67'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

6 January 2023 Friendly	1899 Hoffenheim	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Almancil, Portugal
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Skov 30', 73'	Report	Waldschmidt 42' Paredes 72' Kamiński 87'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Almancil

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

14 January 2023 Friendly	FC Augsburg	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ambros 10' L. Nmecha 12' Baku 49', 55'	Stadium: FCA-Trainingsgelände

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

14 January 2023 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vargas 73'	Report	Arnold 90+3'	Stadium: FCA-Trainingsgelände

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	6 August 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	8th	34	13	10	11	57	48	+9	038.24
DFB-Pokal	30 July 2022	31 January 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
Total					37	15	10	12	61	51	+10	040.54

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	8	12	57	49	+8	50	Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	11	10	58	52	+6	50	Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	10	11	57	48	+9	49
9	Mainz 05	34	12	10	12	54	55	−1	46
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	11	10	13	52	55	−3	43

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[25]
Notes:

1. Since the 2022–23 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	13	10	11	57	48	+9	49	6	7	4	34	25	+9	7	3	7	23	23	0

Source: DFB

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	8	14	14	15	17	16	17	13	13	13	14	12	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	7	8

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[26]

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

6 August 2022 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 11',  90+3' Van de Ven  52' Guilavogui 84'	Report	Füllkrug 21' Bittencourt 23' Weiser  56' Pieper  58'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

14 August 2022 2	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hernandez  15' Ulreich  23' Musiala 33' Müller 44'	Report	Svanberg  52'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

20 August 2022 3	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw  26'	Report	Latza  4' Thiaw  25' Terodde 45+3' Bulter  65'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,959 Referee: Felix Zwayer

RB Leipzig v VfL Wolfsburg

27 August 2022 4	RB Leipzig	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nkunku 5' (pen.), 90' Henrichs  8' Laimer  47' Werner  88'	Report	Arnold  26' Otávio  51' Baku  53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,243 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

3 September 2022 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–4	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 2', 79' Van de Ven  38' Marmoush  82'	Report	Ljubičić 22' Otávio 31' (o.g.) Kainz 45+2' (pen.) Duda  63' Adamyan 81'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,654 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

10 September 2022 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sow  15' Tuta  62'	Report	Otávio  10' Svanberg  52' Lacroix 60' L. Nmecha  86' Arnold  90+1'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Union Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

18 September 2022 7	Union Berlin	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pefok 54' Becker 77'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Schröder

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

1 October 2022 8	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Marmoush 23' Arnold 38' Wimmer  42' Baku  53' Arnold  71' Gerhardt 90+1'	Report	Guirassy 22',  47' Mavropanos 45+1' Anton  48' Ito  70' Karazor  79' Millot  84'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

8 October 2022 9	FC Augsburg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bauer  38' Gruezo  40' Gouweleeuw  40' Gumny 55' Iago  84' Caligiuri  90'	Report	Gerhardt 27',  37' Otávio  40' Guilavogui  75'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,220 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

15 October 2022 10	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerhardt 43' Wimmer  65' Marmoush 69' Otávio  81' Arnold  84'	Report	Thuram 13', 48' Weigl  45+2' Stindl  84' Koné  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,701 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

22 October 2022 11	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diaby 10', 17' Tah  49' Frimpong 75' Andrich  80' Fosu-Mensah  90'	Report	Andrich 28' (o.g.) Arnold 54' (pen.) F. Nmecha  60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,294 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

29 October 2022 12	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw  24' F. Nmecha 27', 58' Baku 35' Wind 80'	Report	Heintz  57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,037 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

5 November 2022 13	Mainz 05	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stach  75'	Report	Wimmer 33' Arnold 70' Baku  53', 84'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 26,750 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

8 November 2022 14	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Van de Ven 6' F. Nmecha  45+1' Marmoush  54' L. Nmecha  76', 90+1'	Report	Hummels  84' Modeste  90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Christian Dingert

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

12 November 2022 15	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baumgartner 42'	Report	Bornauw  14' Kabak 45+4' (o.g.) Fischer  49' Van de Ven  55' Baku 56'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 18,014 Referee: Daniel Schlager

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

21 January 2023 16	VfL Wolfsburg	6–0	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wimmer 1' Otávio  22' Wind 28', 37' Gerhardt 56' Baku 80' Waldschmidt 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Jeong  53' Eggestein  72'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,849 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

24 January 2023 17	Hertha BSC	0–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rogel  28' Lukebakio  30'	Report	Svanberg 4' Arnold 31' (pen.) Wind 34' Baku 72' Marmoush 86'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 29,483 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

28 January 2023 18	Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 24' (pen.), 77' Stark  39' Friedl  90+2' Weiser  90+6'	Report	Baku  67' Paredes 90',  90+6' Van de Ven  90+6'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

5 February 2023 19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–4	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Otávio  38' Kamiński 44' Svanberg 80' Bornauw  90+5'	Report	Coman 9', 14' Müller 19' Kimmich  34'  54' Sané  35' Goretzka  45+2' Musiala 73' Wanner  90' Tel  90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

10 February 2023 20	Schalke 04	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zalazar  48'	Report	Arnold 9' Wimmer  29' Gerhardt  48' Svanberg  90+2' Guilavogui  90+3'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,836 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig

18 February 2023 21	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bornauw  90'	Report	Forsberg 14' Raum  65' Laimer 85' Szoboszlai 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,831 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

25 February 2023 22	1. FC Köln	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hector  66'	Report	Gerhardt 4' Arnold 68' (pen.) Svanberg  73' F. Nmecha  90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Frank Willenborg

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 March 2023 26	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marmoush 10' Gerhardt 43' Wimmer  48' Otávio  84' Arnold  84'	Report	Kolo Muani 22' Ndicka 26' Götze  45+4' Rode  58' Jakić  84'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,853 Referee: Daniel Schlager

VfL Wolfsburg v Union Berlin

12 March 2023 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Union Berlin	Wolfsburg
19:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bornauw  73' Wimmer 84'	Report	Khedira  6' Thorsby  14' Juranović 72' (pen.) Leite  75' Behrens  90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,554 Referee: Robert Schröder

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

18 March 2023 25	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karazor  9'	Report	Marmoush 56'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,900 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

1 April 2023 26	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold 21' Baku  51' Wimmer  56' Waldschmidt 84' Paredes  90+3' F. Nmecha 90+6'	Report	Arnold 2' (o.g.) Berisha 32' Valentin  87' Maier  90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,107 Referee: Martin Petersen

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

9 April 2023 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngoumou 34' Thuram 63'	Report	Lacroix  52'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,127 Referee: Timo Gerach

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

16 April 2023 28	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Amiri  61' Hincapié  72' Kossounou  77' Diaby  85' Wirtz  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,137 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

22 April 2023 29	VfL Bochum	1–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger  21' Mašović  31' Antwi-Adjei  37' Broschinski 69'	Report	Svanberg 10', 56' Kamiński 21' Wimmer  24', 33' Wind 77' Waldschmidt 77' Guilavogui  80' Van de Ven  84'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,834 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

30 April 2023 30	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wind 5', 28' Bornauw 13',  86'	Report	Bell  45' Kohr  54' Martín  66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,817 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

7 May 2023 31	Borussia Dortmund	6–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Adeyemi 14', 59', 65' Haller 28' Malen 37' Bellingham 54', 86'	Report	Fischer  64'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

13 May 2023 32	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamiński 15' Baku  31' Guilavogui  49' Waldschmidt 75'	Report	Bebou  51' Akpoguma  88' Guilavogui 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,617 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

19 May 2023 33	SC Freiburg	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sallai  31' Günter 71' Petersen 75' Höfler  90+3'	Report	Wind  39' Wimmer  54' Gerhardt  67'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,300 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

27 May 2023 34	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamiński 2' Bornauw  67'	Report	Serdar  44' Kenny  45+5' Plattenhardt  48' Maza 55' Richter 68',  90+1' Boëtius  90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,775 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

Carl Zeiss Jena v VfL Wolfsburg

30 July 2022 First round	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Jena
18:01 CEST (UTC+2)	Dahlke  23' Lange  27' Itoi  78' Muiomo  90+5'	Report	Baku  25' Marmoush 90+2'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Florian Heft

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Wolfsburg

18 October 2022 Second round	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Braunschweig
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Schultz  37' Multhaup 40' Lauberbach  42' Krauße  51' Multhaup  90'	Report	Svanberg 8' Bornauw  33' Van de Ven  57' Kamiński 65' Wimmer  72' Otávio  87'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Union Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

31 January 2023 Round of 16	Union Berlin	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Knoche 12' Khedira  42' Gießelmann  42'  87' Behrens 79'	Report	Waldschmidt 5' Svanberg  57' Van de Ven  77' F. Nmecha  90+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	36	0	34	0	2	0
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Philipp Schulze	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Kilian Fischer	10	0	5+5	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw	28	1	23+3	1	2	0
4	DF	FRA	Maxence Lacroix	26	1	18+6	1	2	0
5	DF	NED	Micky van de Ven	36	1	33	1	3	0
6	DF	BRA	Paulo Otávio	27	0	25	0	2	0
8	DF	FRA	Nicolas Cozza	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
42	DF	GER	Felix Lange	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
16	MF	POL	Jakub Kamiński	33	5	25+6	4	1+1	1
20	MF	GER	Ridle Baku	36	5	29+4	5	3	0
22	MF	ENG	Felix Nmecha	32	3	19+11	3	0+2	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	34	5	32	5	2	0
29	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	26	1	11+12	1	1+2	0
31	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	31	6	22+7	6	2	0
32	MF	SWE	Mattias Svanberg	35	5	21+11	4	3	1
36	MF	CZE	Lukáš Ambros	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
38	MF	CRO	Bartol Franjić	6	0	3+2	0	0+1	0
39	MF	AUT	Patrick Wimmer	29	4	23+3	4	2+1	0
40	MF	USA	Kevin Paredes	24	1	1+21	1	0+2	0
Forwards
7	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt	20	5	4+14	4	2	1
10	FW	GER	Lukas Nmecha	18	4	10+6	4	2	0
18	FW	GER	Dženan Pejčinović	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	FW	DEN	Jonas Wind	26	6	15+9	6	1+1	0
33	FW	EGY	Omar Marmoush	36	6	15+18	5	2+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	BEL	Aster Vranckx	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	GER	Max Kruse	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
11	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	CRO	Josip Brekalo	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0
15	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
17	FW	GER	Maximilian Philipp	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
21	FW	POL	Bartosz Białek	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	GER	Lino Kasten	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 25 February 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	31	MF		Yannick Gerhardt	6	0	6
2	20	MF		Ridle Baku	5	0	5
	27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	5	0	5
	33	FW		Omar Marmoush	4	1	5
5	10	FW		Lukas Nmecha	4	0	4
	23	FW		Jonas Wind	4	0	4
7	32	MF		Mattias Svanberg	2	1	3
8	7	FW		Luca Waldschmidt	1	1	2
	16	MF		Jakub Kamiński	1	1	2
	22	MF		Felix Nmecha	2	0	2
	39	MF		Patrick Wimmer	2	0	2
12	4	DF		Maxence Lacroix	1	0	1
	5	DF		Mickey van de Ven	1	0	1
	29	MF		Joshua Guilavogui	1	0	1
	40	MF		Kevin Paredes	1	0	1
Own goals					2	0	2
Totals					42	4	46

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