1999–2000 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

1999–2000 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Jonathan Akpoborie (12)

VfL Wolfsburg finished one place lower than the last season, but still qualified for European competition via the Intertoto Cup.

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 DF  GER Frank Greiner 3 MF  GER Matthias Stammann 4 MF  GER Nico Däbritz 5 MF  SCO Brian O'Neil 6 DF  DEN Claus Thomsen 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser 8 DF  GER Holger Ballwanz 9 FW  POL Andrzej Juskowiak 10 MF  POL Krzysztof Nowak 12 DF  POL Waldemar Kryger 13 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov 14 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu 15 DF  GER Peter Kleeschätzky 16 FW  KGZ Vitus Nagorny

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  GER Jürgen Rische 18 MF  GER Detlev Dammeier 19 FW  NGA Jonathan Akpoborie 20 FW  GER Markus Feldhoff 21 MF  GER Christian Wück 22 GK  GER Holger Hiemann 24 MF  GHA Charles Akonnor 25 FW  COD Jean-Kasongo Banza 26 DF  GER Zoltán Sebescen 27 DF  GER Nils-Frederick Müller 28 DF  GER Thomas Hengen 29 MF  GER Gerald Schröder 30 GK  GER Guido Koltermann 33 DF  GER Marcel Maltritz

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 11 FW  GER Steffen Baumgart (to Hansa Rostock) 17 MF  GER André Breitenreiter (to Unterhaching)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  GER Christian Brand (to Hansa Rostock)

Results

DFB-Pokal

Third round

Chemnitzer FC v VfL Wolfsburg

13 October 1999	Chemnitzer FC	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Chemnitz
	Mehlhorn 24' (pen.) Skela 86'	Report (in German)	Nowak 38' Laudeley 45' (o.g.) Juskowiak 57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Round of 16

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

1 December 1999	VfL Bochum	5 – 4	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
	Weber 41', 43' Peschel 47' (pen.) Baştürk 58', 90'	Report (in German)	Feldhoff 28' Thomsen 40' Akonnor 55', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup

First round

Wolfsburg v Debrecen

14 September 1999	Wolfsburg	2–0	Debrecen	VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
	Akonnor 61' Juskowiak 87'	Report		Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Second round

Roda JC v Wolfsburg

21 October 1999	Roda JC	0–0	Wolfsburg	Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade
		Report		Attendance: 7,700 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Wolfsburg v Roda JC

2 November 1999	Wolfsburg	1–0	Roda JC	VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
	Akonnor 87'	Report		Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Wolfsburg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Wolfsburg v Atlético Madrid

23 November 1999	Wolfsburg	2–3	Atlético Madrid	VfL-Stadium, Wolfsburg
	Juskowiak 21' Akonnor 83' (pen.)	Report	Aguilera 6', 58' Hasselbaink 37'	Attendance: 10,700 Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

Atlético Madrid v Wolfsburg

9 December 1999	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Wolfsburg	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
	Hasselbaink 4' Correa 86'	Report	Akonnor 56' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Atlético Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

References

1. "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 1999/00".

Notes