VfL Wolfsburg

2005–06 season
Manager	Holger Fach (until 19 December) Klaus Augenthaler (from 28 December)
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	Diego Klimowicz (12)
Home colours Away colours

VfL Wolfsburg's Volkswagen-funded attack on the established Bundesliga top teams nearly ended in tears, with the side only staying up due to a draw in a directly decisive fixture at home to Kaiserslautern. Cédric Makiadi and Diego Klimowicz turned a 0-1 deficit around within just minutes during the second half, before an equaliser from Marcel Ziemer five minutes from time made for a nervy conclusion. But with no further goals scored, Wolfsburg just stayed up following a nightmare season.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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  GER Simon Jentzsch 3 DF  BEL Peter Van der Heyden 4 DF  GER Matthias Langkamp 5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 6 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam 8 MF  BUL Marian Hristov 9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 11 FW  GER Mike Hanke 14 MF  NED Tommie van der Leegte 15 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi 16 FW  BRA Abuda 17 MF  GEO Levan Tskitishvili 18 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  POR Alex 20 FW  NED Rick Hoogendorp 21 FW  FRA Steve Marlet 22 DF  SCG Bojan Neziri (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk) 26 MF  GER Karsten Fischer 27 MF  SVK Miroslav Karhan 29 DF  NED Kevin Hofland 30 GK  GER André Lenz 31 DF  GHA Hans Sarpei 32 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht 33 DF  GER Maik Franz 36 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez 40 GK  GER Patrick Platins

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser (to Köln) 10 MF  ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan to Portsmouth)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BIH Mirko Hrgović (to Hajduk Split)

Results

Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Borussia Dortmund
	Klimowicz 9' Hofland 82'		Smolarek 55' Koller 81'

Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

2	Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Bøgelund 90'		Hanke 41'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

3	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen
	D'Alessandro 39' Thiam 54'		Berbatov 22'

Hertha Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

4	Hertha Berlin	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Friedrich 69' Pantelić 75' Gilberto 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg
	Klimowicz 15'		Schroth 88'

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

6	Hannover 96	2–4	VfL Wolfsburg
	Brdarić 30, 89'		Hanke 10, 14' Klimowicz 27' D'Alessandro 33'

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Klimowicz 35'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

8	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Santa Cruz 67' Lúcio 90'

Hamburg v VfL Wolfsburg

9	Hamburg	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Klimowicz 19'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

10

VfL Wolfsburg

0–0

Schalke 04

Duisburg v VfL Wolfsburg

11	Duisburg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Bugera 57'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

12	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Köln
	Klimowicz 41'		Epstein 88'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

13	Werder Bremen	6–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Baumann 6' Borowski 43, 52' Klose 60, 85' Naldo 72'		Klimowicz 57'

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

14

VfL Wolfsburg

0–0

Arminia Bielefeld

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

15	1. FSV Mainz 05	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Thurk 2' (pen.), 77' Auer 36' Ruman 45' Zidan 51'		Klimowicz 3'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

16	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart
			Meißner 62'

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Halil Altıntop 45, 61, 83'		Klimowicz 47' Hanke 54'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

18	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Wörns 25' Smolarek 31' Gambino 67'		Hanke 13' Klimowicz 71'

VfL Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Mönchengladbach
	Klimowicz 42' Hanke 64'

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

20	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Berbatov 44' Barnetta 55' Schneider 71' Madouni 75'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

21	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hertha Berlin
	Hofland 63'		Marcelinho 32' (pen.)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

22	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Saenko 16'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

23	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hannover 96
	Hanke 9' Menseguez 86'		Brdarić 17'

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

24	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Amanatidis 65'		Hanke 58'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

25

VfL Wolfsburg

0–0

Bayern Munich

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburg

26	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Hamburg
			Lauth 21'

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

27	Schalke 04	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Kurányi 7' Lincoln 67'		Hoogendorp 29' Lamprecht 76'

VfL Wolfsburg v Duisburg

28	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Duisburg
	Marlet 90'		van Houdt 72'

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

29	1. FC Köln	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Scherz 77' Helmes 78' Sarpei 81' (o.g.)

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

30	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Werder Bremen
	Hristov 22'		Valdez 6'

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

31	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Karhan 45' (pen.)

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FSV Mainz 05

32	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	1. FSV Mainz 05
			Thurk 5' Auer 80, 85'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

33	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ljuboja 17' (pen.) Gentner 70'		Menseguez 5'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

34	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Makiadi 66' Klimowicz 69'		Halil Altıntop 20' Ziemer 86'

References