# 2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 73rd season in the football club's history and 21st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 16th season for Wolfsburg in the Volkswagen Arena, located in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 April 2018
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 | BEL | Koen Casteels |
| 2 | DF | BRA | William |
| 3 | DF | NED | Paul Verhaegh (vice-captain) |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Ignacio Camacho (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma |
| 6 | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Renato Steffen |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yunus Mallı |
| 11 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 13 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Divock Origi (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski |
| 17 | DF | GER | Ohis Felix Uduokhai |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Max Grün |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Josip Brekalo |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Admir Mehmedi |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks |
| 26 | MF | GER | Justin Möbius |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold |
| 29 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (on loan from FC Ingolstadt) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 35 | DF | GER | Gian-Luca Itter |
| 36 | GK | GER | Phillip Menzel |
| 37 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj |
| 39 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 017.65 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 17 May 2018 | 21 May 2018 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2017 | 7 February 2018 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 027.50 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hamburger SV (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Relegation play-offs
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Koen Casteels | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Max Grün | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Phillip Menzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | William | 26 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Paul Verhaegh | 33 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Ohis Felix Uduokhai | 24 | 3 | 17+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand | 19 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 29 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Gian-Luca Itter | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Paul Jaeckel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Ignacio Camacho | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Riechedly Bazoer | 14 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Renato Steffen | 18 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yunus Mallı | 37 | 6 | 24+7 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi | 33 | 10 | 26+4 | 9 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 13 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui | 35 | 3 | 27+2 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Justin Möbius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold | 34 | 2 | 28+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BEL | Landry Dimata | 24 | 0 | 9+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BEL | Divock Origi | 36 | 7 | 22+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Victor Osimhen | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CRO | Josip Brekalo | 15 | 4 | 10+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Admir Mehmedi | 6 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | Paul-Georges Ntep | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Kaylen Hinds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez | 15 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions