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2006–07 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2006–07 season
ManagerKlaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSemi-final
Top goalscorerMike Hanke (8)

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

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First-team squad

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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 Germany GER Simon Jentzsch
2 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Quiroga
3 DF Belgium BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF Germany GER Alexander Madlung
5 DF Netherlands NED Kevin Hofland
6 MF Netherlands NED Tommie van der Leegte
7 FW Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Marian Hristov
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Poland POL Jacek Krzynówek
11 FW Germany GER Mike Hanke
12 GK Germany GER André Lenz
13 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Boakye
14 MF Paraguay PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 1]
15 DF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Germany GER Uwe Möhrle
17 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht
18 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Cédric Makiadi
20 MF Slovakia SVK Miroslav Karhan
21 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins (on loan to Augsburg)
22 MF Portugal POR Alex
23 DF Germany GER Michael Stegmayer
24 DF Germany GER Steve Müller
26 MF Germany GER Sergej Evljuskin[notes 2]
27 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
28 FW United States USA Kamani Hill
30 MF Serbia SRB Valdet Rama[notes 3]
31 MF Germany GER Emre Öztürk
32 MF Brazil BRA Marcelinho Paraíba
33 MF Paraguay PAR Julio dos Santos (on loan from Bayern Munich)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Netherlands NED Rick Hoogendorp (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
25 MF Germany GER Karsten Fischer (on loan to SC Paderborn)
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW Brazil BRA Abuda (to Germinal Beerschot)

Results

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Bundesliga

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

Top Scorers

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Sources

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BetExplorer - German Bundesliga Results

Notes

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  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.