# 2023–24 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2023–24 season was VfL Wolfsburg's 79th season in existence and 27th consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 2 February 2024
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 (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Kilian Fischer |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Maxence Lacroix |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Cédric Zesiger |
| 6 | MF | BEL | Aster Vranckx |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Václav Černý |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Amin Sarr (on loan from Lyon) |
| 10 | FW | GER | Lukas Nmecha |
| 11 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás |
| 12 | GK | AUT | Pavao Pervan |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Rogério |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Kamiński |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dzenan Pejcinovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer |
| 20 | MF | GER | Ridle Baku |
| 21 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle |
| 23 | FW | DEN | Jonas Wind |
| 25 | DF | GER | Moritz Jenz |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ulysses Llanez |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold (captain) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Niklas Klinger |
| 31 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg |
| 39 | MF | AUT | Patrick Wimmer |
| 40 | MF | 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Philipp Schulze (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza (at Nantes until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | GER | Felix Lange (at SV Rödinghausen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | CZE | Lukáš Ambros (at SC Freiburg II until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CRO | Bartol Franjić (at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | GER | Maximilian Philipp (at SC Freiburg until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | POL | Bartosz Białek (at Eupen until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | GER | Luca Waldschmidt (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Václav Černý | FC Twente | €8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Moritz Jenz | Lorient | €8,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Cédric Zesiger | BSC Young Boys | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Tiago Tomás | Sporting CP | €8,800,000 | 5 July 2023 |
| DF | Rogério | Sassuolo | €5,500,000 | 5 August 2023 |
| DF | Joakim Mæhle | Atalanta | €12,000,000 | 12 August 2023 |
| MF | Lovro Majer | Rennes | €30,000,000 | 16 August 2023 |
| FW | Amin Sarr | Lyon | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| FW | Kevin Behrens | Union Berlin | €2,000,000 | 31 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Fabio Di Michele Sanchez | 1. FC Saarbrücken | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Josuha Guilavogui | | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Bryang Kayo | FC Ingolstadt | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Omar Marmoush | Eintracht Frankfurt | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Paulo Otávio | Al Sadd | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Marin Pongračić | Lecce | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Tim Siersleben | 1. FC Heidenheim | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Luca Waldschmidt | 1. FC Köln | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Felix Nmecha | Borussia Dortmund | €30,000,000 | 3 July 2023 |
| FW | Hong Yun-sang | Pohang Steelers | Undisclosed | 11 July 2023 |
| FW | Bartosz Białek | Eupen | Loan | 12 July 2023 |
| DF | Anselmo García MacNulty | PEC Zwolle | Undisclosed | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | Micky van de Ven | Tottenham Hotspur | €40,000,000 | 8 August 2023 |
| MF | Bartol Franjić | Darmstadt 98 | Loan | 18 August 2023 |
| FW | Maximilian Philipp | SC Freiburg | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| MF | Lukáš Ambros | SC Freiburg II | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| GK | Philipp Schulze | Hallescher FC | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| DF | Felix Lange | SV Rödinghausen | Loan | 26 January 2024 |
| DF | Nicolas Cozza | FC Nantes | Loan | 2 February 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2023 | 5 December 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 032.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 42 |
| 11 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 39 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 37 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 35 |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 34 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Koen Casteels | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUT | Pavao Pervan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Kilian Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BEL | Sebastiaan Bornauw | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Maxence Lacroix | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Rogério | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | DEN | Joakim Mæhle | 23 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Moritz Jenz | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Cédric Zesiger | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BEL | Aster Vranckx | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Václav Černý | 20 | 4 | 11+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Kamiński | 15 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Lovro Majer | 23 | 4 | 18+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Ridle Baku | 23 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ulysses Llanez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold | 20 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt | 18 | 2 | 9+6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | SWE | Mattias Svanberg | 22 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AUT | Patrick Wimmer | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | USA | Kevin Paredes | 18 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Kofi Amoako | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Amin Sarr | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GER | Lukas Nmecha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás | 20 | 3 | 6+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Kevin Behrens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Dženan Pejčinović | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | DEN | Jonas Wind | 24 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Cozza | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Maximilian Philipp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Philipp Schulze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Ambros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | CRO | Bartol Franjić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | GER | Felix Lange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 February 2024 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 March 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Jonas Wind | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | | Lovro Majer | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Václav Černý | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Tiago Tomás | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 31 | MF | | Yannick Gerhardt | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 40 | MF | | Kevin Paredes | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Maxence Lacroix | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | DF | | Joakim Mæhle | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Lukas Nmecha | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Maximilian Arnold | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Ridle Baku | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | DF | | Rogério | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 32 | MF | | Mattias Svanberg | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | | Kevin Behrens | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 30 | 7 | 37 |