2007–08 VfL Wolfsburg season
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2007–08 season | ||||
Manager | Felix Magath | |||
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Bundesliga | 5th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Grafite (11) All: Grafite (12) |
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VfL Wolfsburg had their best ever season under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josué, Grafite and Edin Džeko were all successful, and played a big part in the resurgence.
Contents
Squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Peter van der Heyden
Ricardo Costa
Marcel Schäfer
Facundo Quiroga
Alex
Jan Šimůnek
Daniel Reiche
Sergei Karimov
Midfielders
Josué
Daniel Baier
Jacek Krzynówek
Jonathan Santana
Alexander Laas
Makoto Hasebe
Ashkan Dejagah
Sascha Riether
Cédric Makiadi
Christian Gentner
Sergej Evljuskin
Pablo Thiam
Marcelinho
Attackers
Bundesliga
Matches
1 | Wolfsburg | 1–3 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
Radu ![]() |
Wichniarek ![]() Eigler ![]() Kirch ![]() |
3 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Schalke 04 | |
Krzynówek ![]() |
Halil Altıntop ![]() |
4 | Hertha Berlin | 2–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Pantelić ![]() Okoronkwo ![]() |
Dejagah ![]() |
6 | Energie Cottbus | 1–2 | Wolfsburg | |
Sørensen ![]() |
Džeko ![]() Krzynówek ![]() |
7 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | |
Josué ![]() |
Diego ![]() |
9 | Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Hansa Rostock | |
Džeko ![]() |
10 | Hannover | 2–2 | Wolfsburg | |
Sérgio Pinto ![]() Tarnat ![]() |
Marcelinho ![]() Dejagah ![]() |
12 | Bochum | 5–3 | Wolfsburg | |
Šesták ![]() Maltritz ![]() Fuchs ![]() Epalle ![]() |
Schäfer ![]() Grafite ![]() |
13 | Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
M. Friedrich ![]() |
Barnetta ![]() Kießling ![]() |
14 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Klose ![]() Ribéry ![]() |
Dejagah ![]() |
17 | Wolfsburg | 4–0 | Borussia Dortmund | |
Schäfer ![]() Ricardo Costa ![]() Gentner ![]() Džeko ![]() |
18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Grafite ![]() |
20 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | Wolfsburg | |
Sánchez ![]() |
Grafite ![]() |
21 | Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Hertha Berlin | |
23 | Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Energie Cottbus | |
Gentner ![]() Marcelinho ![]() |
24 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Grafite ![]() |
26 | Hansa Rostock | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Krzynówek ![]() |
30 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | Wolfsburg | |
Gekas ![]() Ricardo Costa ![]() |
Džeko ![]() Hasebe ![]() |
31 | Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Bayern Munich | |
32 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–3 | Wolfsburg | |
Amanatidis ![]() Weissenberger ![]() |
Grafite ![]() Schäfer ![]() Džeko ![]() |
33 | Wolfsburg | 4–0 | Stuttgart | |
Marcelinho ![]() Džeko ![]() Ricardo Costa ![]() |
34 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–4 | Wolfsburg | |
Frei ![]() |
Riether ![]() Marcelinho ![]() Schäfer ![]() Grafite ![]() |
Top Scorers
Grafite 11 (2)
Edin Džeko 8
Ashkan Dejagah 8
Marcelinho 6
Jacek Krzynówek 4
Marcel Schäfer 4