2021–22 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2021–22 season
Owner	Volkswagen AG (of GmbH)
Executive Director	Frank Witter
Head coach	Mark van Bommel; (until 24 October); Florian Kohfeldt; (from 26 October)
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	First round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lukas Nmecha (8); All: ; Lukas Nmecha (10)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 77th season in the existence of VfL Wolfsburg and the club's 25th 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 and the UEFA Champions League, after finishing fourth in the previous Bundesliga season.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 January 2022^[1]^[2]

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	BEL	Koen Casteels (captain)
2	DF	BRA	William
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	MF	BEL	Aster Vranckx
9	FW	GER	Max Kruse
10	FW	GER	Lukas Nmecha
11	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan
15	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon
17	FW	GER	Maximilian Philipp


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	IRL	Anselmo García McNulty
19	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu
20	MF	GER	Ridle Baku
21	FW	POL	Bartosz Białek
22	MF	ENG	Felix Nmecha
23	FW	DEN	Jonas Wind
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager
25	DF	USA	John Brooks
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold (vice-captain)
28	FW	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio (on loan from Hertha BSC)
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger
31	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt
35	GK	GER	Philipp Schulze
40	DF	USA	Kevin Paredes

Players out on loan

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
—	FW	KOR	Hong Yun-sang (on loan at SKN St. Pölten until 29 June 2022)
—	MF	USA	Bryang Kayo (on loan at Nürnberg II until 30 June 2022)
7	MF	CRO	Josip Brekalo (on loan at Torino until 30 June 2022)
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui (on loan at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022)
26	FW	USA	Ulysses Llanez (on loan at SKN St. Pölten until 30 June 2022)
29	FW	EGY	Omar Marmoush (on loan at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2022)
34	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić (on loan at Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2022)
35	GK	GER	Lino Kasten (on loan at SKN St. Pölten until 30 June 2022)
37	MF	GER	Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2022)
39	DF	GER	Tim Siersleben (on loan at 1. FC Heidenheim until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
8	MF	Aster Vranckx	Mechelen	€8,000,000	1 July 2021	^[3]
17	FW	Maximilian Philipp	Dynamo Moscow	€7,500,000	1 July 2021	^[4]
3	DF	Sebastiaan Bornauw	1. FC Köln	€13,500,000	16 July 2021	^[5]
10	FW	Lukas Nmecha	Manchester City	€8,000,000	16 July 2021	^[6]
22	MF	Felix Nmecha	Free transfer		21 July 2021	^[7]
7	FW	Luca Waldschmidt	Benfica	€12,000,000	22 August 2021	^[8]
28	FW	Dodi Lukebakio	Hertha BSC	Loan	30 August 2021	^[9]
5	DF	Micky van de Ven	Volendam	€3,500,000	31 August 2021	^[10]
40	DF	Kevin Paredes	D.C. United	€6,300,000	28 January 2022	^[11]
9	FW	Max Kruse	Union Berlin	€5,000,000	30 January 2022	^[12]
23	FW	Jonas Wind	Copenhagen	€12,000,000	31 January 2022	^[13]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Jeffrey Bruma	Free transfer		1 July 2021
11	MF	Felix Klaus	Fortuna Düsseldorf	€1,100,000		^[14]
39	DF	Tim Siersleben	1. FC Heidenheim	Loan		^[15]
	FW	Yun-sang Hong	SKN St. Pölten	Loan	9 July 2021	^[16]
26	FW	Ulysses Llanez	SKN St. Pölten	Loan
35	GK	Lino Kasten	SKN St. Pölten	Loan
	MF	Bryang Kayo	Viktoria Berlin	Loan	30 July 2021
37	MF	Elvis Rexhbeçaj	VfL Bochum	Loan	2 August 2021	^[17]
40	MF	João Victor	Al Jazira	Undisclosed	17 August 2021	^[18]
29	FW	Omar Marmoush	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	30 August 2021	^[19]
42	MF	Dominik Marx	Free transfer
43	DF	Marcel Beifus	FC St. Pauli	€100,000		^[20]
7	MF	Josip Brekalo	Torino	Loan	31 August 2021	^[21]
34	DF	Marin Pongračić	Borussia Dortmund	Loan	31 August 2021	^[22]
41	MF	Kobe Hernandez-Foster	Mutual contract termination		1 September 2021	^[23]
38	DF	Jannis Lang	Erzgebirge Aue	Undisclosed	13 January 2022	^[24]
14	MF	Admir Mehmedi	Antalyaspor	Undisclosed	16 January 2022	^[25]
44	MF	Marvin Stefaniak	Würzburger Kickers	Mutual contract termination	17 January 2022	^[26]
33	FW	Daniel Ginczek	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Undisclosed	29 January 2022	^[27]
23	MF	Joshua Guilavogui	Bordeaux	Loan	30 January 2022	^[28]
9	FW	Wout Weghorst	Burnley	€14,000,000	31 January 2022	^[29]
	MF	Bryang Kayo	Nürnberg II	Loan	31 January 2022

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

6 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Meier 56' Busch 77'	Report	Messeguem 87'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 390 Referee: Robert Schröder

10 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–3	Hansa Rostock	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Munsy 31' Mamba 71', 88'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Felix Bickel

14 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pongračić	Report	Mühling 60'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 399 Referee: Robert Schröder

17 July 2021 Friendly	Lyon	4–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lyon, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Toko Ekambi 7', 55' Dembélé 28' Bonnet 80' Wissa 82' (pen.)	Report	Ginczek 29' Gerhardt 31' Otávio 62'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

24 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Monaco	Premstätten, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerhardt 39'	Report	Bornauw 65' (o.g.) Golovin 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Premstätten

31 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Wolfsburg, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 39' Mbabu 84'	Report	Simeone 33' Garcés 69' Arias 84' Ricard 85', 89'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Harm Osmers

1 September 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	3–3	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg, Germany
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginczek 26', 32' L. Nmecha 85'	Report	Ernst 13' Kerk 57', 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Robert Schröder

6 October 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 15', 30', 60' Arnold 43'	Report	Meißner 13' Suhonen 54' Jatta 80'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Referee: Robert Schröder

10 November 2021 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Hansa Rostock	Wolfsburg, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lukebakio 85'	Report	Duljević 17' Mamba 60' Martens 79'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 80 Referee: Rene Dose

4 January 2022 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	5–4	SC Paderborn	Wolfsburg, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 10', 25', 29' Philipp 22' Steffen 49'	Report	Platte 34' Michel 37' (pen.) Yalçın 58' Pröger 81'	Stadium: AOK Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	12th	34	12	6	16	43	54	−11	035.29
DFB-Pokal	8 August 2021		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
UEFA Champions League	14 September 2021	8 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	016.67
Total					41	13	8	20	48	66	−18	031.71

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	12	9	13	54	61	−7	45
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	10	12	12	45	49	−4	42	Qualification to Champions League group stage^[a]
12	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	6	16	43	54	−11	42
13	VfL Bochum	34	12	6	16	38	52	−14	42
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	56	−17	38

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.^[30]
Notes:

^ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

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	12	6	16	43	54	−11	42	7	3	7	25	21	+4	5	3	9	18	33	−15

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D
Position	5	1	1	1	2	3	5	6	9	7	4	6	7	8	11	11	13	14	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[31]

14 August 2021 1	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 5', 22'	Report	Tesche 4' Leitsch 29' Rexhbeçaj 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 8,536 Referee: Frank Willenborg

21 August 2021 2	Hertha BSC	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boateng 29' Lukebakio 60' (pen.)	Report	Mbabu 31' Roussillon 73' Baku 74' L. Nmecha 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,241 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

29 August 2021 3	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Steffen 35' Roussillon 52', 89' Schlager 65' Guilavogui 70'	Report	Gvardiol 26' Adams 35'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 12,058 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 September 2021 4	Greuther Fürth	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seguin 41' Griesbeck 90'	Report	L. Nmecha 10' Weghorst 14', 90+1' (pen.) Baku 30' Lukebakio 80'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 September 2021 5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Waldschmidt 35' Guilavogui 51' Weghorst 70'	Report	Da Costa 9' Sow 29' Lammers 38' Jakić 45+1' Durm 53' Hinteregger 68' Ndicka 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 9,266 Referee: Felix Zwayer

25 September 2021 6	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 45+2' Kadeřábek 50', 82' Baumgartner 74' Grillitsch 78'	Report	Baku 25' Arnold 78' Roussillon 80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 8,523 Referee: Daniel Siebert

2 October 2021 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw 4' Baku 10' Waldschmidt 25' Mbabu 59' Lacroix 67' 76' Weghorst 81' Roussillon 90+3'	Report	Embolo 5' Hofmann 7' Stindl 35', 76' Zakaria 36' Beyer 71' Scally 90+5'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 12,845 Referee: Frank Willenborg

16 October 2021 8	Union Berlin	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gießelmann 38' Awoniyi 49' Knoche 55' Jaeckel 79' Becker 83'	Report	Brooks 86'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

23 October 2021 9	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Steffen 7' Guilavogui 26' Mbabu 71'	Report	Lienhart 27' Höler 68'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Tobias Welz

30 October 2021 10	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tah 28' Alario 30', 90+6' Wirtz 54'	Report	Steffen 28' Brooks 28' L. Nmecha 48' Arnold 51' Lacroix 90+5'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 20,132 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

6 November 2021 11	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Nmecha 14' Guilavogui 86' F. Nmecha 90+2'	Report	Strobl 39' Oxford 87' Valentin 90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Marco Fritz

20 November 2021 12	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bielefeld
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieper 2' Okugawa 11' Vasiliadis 47' Klos 54' (pen.) De Medina 89' Schöpf 90+1'	Report	L. Nmecha 22', 63' Weghorst 62'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 19,801 Referee: Martin Petersen

27 November 2021 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 2' Lukebakio 25' Lacroix 32' L. Nmecha 37' Arnold 42'	Report	Can 35' (pen.) Malen 55' Wolf 60' Haaland 81'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 13,281 Referee: Sven Jablonski

4 December 2021 14	Mainz 05	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Burkardt 2' Stach 4' Barreiro 78' Lacroix 90' (o.g.)	Report	Mbabu 82'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

11 December 2021 15	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bornauw 24' Arnold 79'	Report	Mavropanos 25' Ito 41' Förster 63' Marmoush 71', 79'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

14 December 2021 16	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	L. Nmecha 8', 14' Weghorst 51' Roussillon 80' Arnold 81'	Report	Modeste 34', 89' Schmitz 61' Uth 73' Czichos 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

17 December 2021 17	Bayern Munich	4–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 7' Upamecano 57' Sané 59' Lewandowski 87'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Welz

9 January 2022 18	VfL Bochum	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pantović 65' Soares 80'	Report	Waldschmidt 33' Steffen 87'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager

15 January 2022 19	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Steffen 39'	Report	Klünter 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 January 2022 20	RB Leipzig	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Simakan 34' Henrichs 37' Kampl 67' Olmo 73' Orbán 76' Adams 82' Gvardiol 84'	Report	Lacroix 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

6 February 2022 21	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	Greuther Fürth	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vranckx 7', 49', 58' Arnold 70' Philipp 75'	Report	Hrgota 44' (pen.) Seguin 45+1' Griesbeck 63'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin Petersen

12 February 2022 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jakić 69'	Report	Kruse 28' (pen.) Brooks 43' Lukebakio 90+3' Steffen 90+6'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

19 February 2022 23	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Philipp 11' Wind 36'	Report	Bruun Larsen 74', 87' Kramarić 78' Raum 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 7,145 Referee: Felix Zwayer

26 February 2022 24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Sommer 34' Thuram 42' Beyer 65' Embolo 82'	Report	Wind 6' Bornauw 33' Philipp 37' Baku 37' Lacroix 70' Casteels 76' Gerhardt 90+3'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel

5 March 2022 25	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Union Berlin	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Awoniyi 24' (o.g.)	Report	Möhwald 90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 15,703 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

12 March 2022 26	SC Freiburg	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Grifo 7', 44' N. Schlotterbeck 55', 87' Haberer 64'	Report	Kruse 52' Arnold 84'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

20 March 2022 27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lacroix 83' Vranckx 83'	Report	Adli 9' Demirbay 83' Hincapié 83' Paulinho 86', 90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,554 Referee: Felix Brych

3 April 2022 28	FC Augsburg	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Iago 1' Dorsch 3' Niederlechner 62' Valentin 69'	Report		Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 23,143 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

9 April 2022 29	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 11', 38' Arnold 48' Kruse 53'	Report	Nilsson 55'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,512 Referee: Benjamin Brand

16 April 2022 30	Borussia Dortmund	6–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rothe 24' Witsel 26' Akanji 28' Can 35' Haaland 38', 54'	Report	Baku 33', 82' Gerhardt 41'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 79,200 Referee: Robert Schröder

22 April 2022 31	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wind 8', 42' Kruse 24' (pen.), 35', 45+2'	Report	Tauer 23' Kohr 81' Hack 82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 19,055 Referee: Harm Osmers

30 April 2022 32	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sosa 22' Endo 34' Karazor 55' Führich 89'	Report	Brooks 13' Schlager 61' L. Nmecha 66'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

7 May 2022 33	1. FC Köln	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gerhardt 43' L. Nmecha 50' Białek 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

14 May 2022 34	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Nmecha 42' Wind 45' Kruse 22'	Report	Stanišić 17' Lewandowski 40' Upamecano 77' Richards 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

DFB-Pokal

8 August 2021 First round	Preußen Münster	2–0 (awd.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Münster
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoffmeier 51', 74' Remberg 63' Wegkamp 101'	Report	Philipp 35' Steffen 35' Lacroix 40' Brekalo 90' Weghorst 103' Brooks 106' Baku 120+1'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 6,703 Referee: Christian Dingert
Note: The match originally ended 3–1 for Wolfsburg after extra time. Wolfsburg used a total of six substitutes, while only five were allowed, and were disqualified after a protest by Preußen Münster.^[32]

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.^[33]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIL	SAL	SEV	WOL
1	Lille	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	0–0	0–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	1–0	3–1
3	Sevilla	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	VfL Wolfsburg	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		1–3	2–1	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2021 1	Lille	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	André 31' Ikoné 63'	Report	Brooks 45+2' 63' Guilavogui 56' Waldschmidt 65' L. Nmecha 70' Lacroix 86'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,314 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

29 September 2021 2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Sevilla	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lacroix 1' Steffen 16', 49' Mbabu 50' Guilavogui 79' 85' Weghorst 86' Roussillon 90+5'	Report	Suso 24' Mir 45+3' Rekik 82' Rakitić 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 11,733 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

20 October 2021 3	Red Bull Salzburg	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Adeyemi 3' Camara 19' Okafor 65', 77' Capaldo 87'	Report	L. Nmecha 15' Mbabu 47' Arnold 84'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 29,520 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2 November 2021 4	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Red Bull Salzburg	Wolfsburg, Germany
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Baku 3' Weghorst 28' L. Nmecha 60', 83' Brooks 68'	Report	Wöber 30' Ulmer 87'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 16,112 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

23 November 2021 5	Sevilla	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Seville, Spain
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jordán 13' Fernando 37' Mir 90+7'	Report	Guilavogui 52' Arnold 82' L. Nmecha 90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 28,663 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

8 December 2021 6	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Lille	Wolfsburg, Germany
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bornauw 17' Arnold 62' Roussillon 87' Steffen 89', 90+3'	Report	Yılmaz 11' Fonte 18' Ikoné 62' David 72' Gomes 78' Mandava 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 6,544 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	34	0	28	0	1	0	5	0
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Philipp Schulze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	BRA	William	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	BEL	Sebastiaan Bornauw	31	1	23+4	1	0+1	0	2+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Maxence Lacroix	36	0	29	0	1	0	6	0
5	DF	NED	Micky van de Ven	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	BRA	Paulo Otávio	11	0	5+2	0	0	0	2+2	0
15	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon	33	1	18+8	1	1	0	4+2	0
18	DF	IRL	Anselmo García McNulty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu	31	0	14+10	0	0+1	0	4+2	0
25	DF	USA	John Brooks	36	1	29+2	1	1	0	4	0
40	DF	USA	Kevin Paredes	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BEL	Aster Vranckx	28	2	12+12	2	0	0	4	0
11	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen	26	2	13+7	0	1	0	3+2	2
20	MF	GER	Ridle Baku	40	5	27+6	3	1	1	5+1	1
22	MF	ENG	Felix Nmecha	18	0	1+15	0	0	0	0+2	0
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager	15	0	13+1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	41	4	34	4	0+1	0	6	0
31	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	33	1	17+10	1	0+1	0	3+2	0
Forwards
7	FW	GER	Luca Waldschmidt	17	1	9+5	1	0	0	1+2	0
9	FW	GER	Max Kruse	14	7	14	7	0	0	0	0
10	FW	GER	Lukas Nmecha	31	10	18+7	8	1	0	3+2	2
17	FW	GER	Maximilian Philipp	25	1	12+10	1	1	0	1+1	0
21	FW	POL	Bartosz Białek	12	0	1+11	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	DEN	Jonas Wind	14	5	14	5	0	0	0	0
28	FW	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio	25	1	7+12	1	0	0	2+4	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	MF	CRO	Josip Brekalo	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0	0
9	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst	24	7	17+1	6	1	1	5	0
14	MF	SUI	Admir Mehmedi	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	21	0	9+6	0	1	0	5	0
29	FW	EGY	Omar Marmoush	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 14 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 14 May 2022

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Champions League	Total
1	10	FW	Lukas Nmecha	8	0	2	10
2	9	FW	Max Kruse	7	0	0	7
2	9	FW	Wout Weghorst	6	1	0	7
4	20	MF	Ridle Baku	3	1	1	5
4	23	FW	Jonas Wind	5	0	0	5
6	27	MF	Maximilian Arnold	4	0	0	4
7	8	MF	Aster Vranckx	2	0	0	2
7	11	MF	Renato Steffen	0	0	2	2
9	3	DF	Sebastiaan Bornauw	1	0	0	1
	7	MF	Josip Brekalo	0	1	0	1
	7	FW	Luca Waldschmidt	1	0	0	1
	15	DF	Jérôme Roussillon	1	0	0	1
	17	FW	Maximilian Philipp	1	0	0	1
	25	DF	John Brooks	1	0	0	1
	28	FW	Dodi Lukebakio	1	0	0	1
	31	MF	Yannick Gerhardt	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Totals				43	3	5	51

References

^ "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "Aster Vranckx justifie le choix Wolfsburg : "C'est le scénario parfait"". walfoot.be. 10 December 2020.
^ "Fest verpflichtet" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 16 June 2021.
^ ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Nmecha returns to Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 10 October 2021.
^ "Felix Nmecha is coming" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "VfL sign Waldschmidt". VfL Wolfsburg. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Dodi Lukebakio in on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Van de Ven joins Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Reinforcement on the wing". VfL Wolfsburg. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Return to Wolfsburg". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "Wolves sign Jonas Wind". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Felix Klaus to stay at Düsseldorf". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Siersleben off on loan to Heidenheim". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Trio loaned to St. Pölten". VfL Wolfsburg. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "Season-long loan for Rexhbecaj". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Joao Victor departs for Abu Dhabi". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Loaned to Stuttgart". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "BOYS IN BROWN SIGN CENTRE-BACK MARCEL BEIFUS". FC St. Pauli. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Loan to Torino". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Pongracic loaned to BVB". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "Contract terminated". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Lang joins Aue". VfL Wolfsburg. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Mehmedi moving on". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Würzburg-bound". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Ginczek joins Düsseldorf". VfL Wolfsburg. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "Guilavogui departs". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "Off to England". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020.
^ "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.
^ "DFB wirft Wolfsburg aus dem Pokal". kicker (in German). 16 August 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021.

[table_note_res_ELTH0.61382635851103-30] Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

[1] "Kader". VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[2] "VfL Wolfsburg Squad". bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[3] "Aster Vranckx justifie le choix Wolfsburg : "C'est le scénario parfait"". walfoot.be. 10 December 2020.

[4] "Fest verpflichtet" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 16 June 2021.

[5] ""Ich bin gespannt": Bornauw wechselt nach Wolfsburg". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[6] "Nmecha returns to Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 10 October 2021.

[7] "Felix Nmecha is coming" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[8] "VfL sign Waldschmidt". VfL Wolfsburg. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[9] "Dodi Lukebakio in on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[10] "Van de Ven joins Wolves". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[11] "Reinforcement on the wing". VfL Wolfsburg. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[12] "Return to Wolfsburg". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[13] "Wolves sign Jonas Wind". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[14] "Felix Klaus to stay at Düsseldorf". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[15] "Siersleben off on loan to Heidenheim". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[16] "Trio loaned to St. Pölten". VfL Wolfsburg. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[17] "Season-long loan for Rexhbecaj". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[18] "Joao Victor departs for Abu Dhabi". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[19] "Loaned to Stuttgart". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[20] "BOYS IN BROWN SIGN CENTRE-BACK MARCEL BEIFUS". FC St. Pauli. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[21] "Loan to Torino". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[22] "Pongracic loaned to BVB". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[23] "Contract terminated". VfL Wolfsburg. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[24] "Lang joins Aue". VfL Wolfsburg. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[25] "Mehmedi moving on". VfL Wolfsburg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[26] "Würzburg-bound". VfL Wolfsburg. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[27] "Ginczek joins Düsseldorf". VfL Wolfsburg. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[28] "Guilavogui departs". VfL Wolfsburg. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[29] "Off to England". VfL Wolfsburg. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[31] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020.

[32] "Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

[33] "DFB wirft Wolfsburg aus dem Pokal". kicker (in German). 16 August 2021.

[34] "UEFA Champions League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 26 August 2021.

[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]

[a]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]