# 2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2020–21 season was the 76th season in the existence of VfL Wolfsburg and the club's 24th 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 in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 6 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2021
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) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Maxence Lacroix |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Paulo Otávio |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Josip Brekalo |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Renato Steffen |
| 9 | FW | NED | Wout Weghorst |
| 12 | GK | AUT | Pavao Pervan |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Admir Mehmedi |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Roussillon |
| 17 | FW | GER | Maximilian Philipp (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 19 | DF | SUI | Kevin Mbabu |
| 20 | MF | GER | Ridle Baku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | POL | Bartosz Białek |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui (captain) |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Xaver Schlager |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Niklas Klinger |
| 31 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt |
| 33 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek |
| 34 | DF | CRO | Marin Pongračić |
| 35 | GK | GER | Lino Kasten |
| 39 | DF | GER | Tim Siersleben |
| 40 | MF | BRA | João Victor |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | William (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2021) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2021) |
| 26 | FW | USA | Ulysses Llanez (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2021) |
| 29 | FW | EGY | Omar Marmoush (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2021) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 21 | FW | Bartosz Białek | Zagłębie Lubin | €5,000,000 | 19 August 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | Sochaux | €5,000,000 | 25 August 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Ridle Baku | Mainz 05 | €10,000,000 | 1 October 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Maximilian Philipp | Dynamo Moscow | Loan | 2 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 17 | DF | Felix Uduokhai | FC Augsburg | €7,000,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Robin Knoche | Union Berlin | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 38 | MF | Ismail Azzaoui | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 36 | GK | Phillip Menzel | Austria Klagenfurt | Undisclosed | 1 August 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Ignacio Camacho | Retired | N/A | 14 September 2020 |
| 17 | MF | John Yeboah | Willem II | Undisclosed | 15 September 2020 |
| 32 | DF | Marcel Tisserand | Fenerbahçe | €4,000,000 | 15 September 2020 |
| 43 | MF | Julian Justvan | SC Paderborn 07 | Undisclosed | 15 September 2020 |
| 26 | FW | Ulysses Llanez | SC Heerenveen | Loan | 15 September 2020 |
| 20 | DF | Luca Horn | Hansa Rostock | Undisclosed | 29 September 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Omar Marmoush | FC St. Pauli | Loan | 5 January 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | 14 January 2021 |
| 2 | DF | William | Schalke 04 | Loan | 25 January 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Yunus Mallı | Trabzonspor | Free | 31 January 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 20 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 September 2020 | 3 March 2021 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 September 2020 | 1 October 2020 | Second qualifying round | Play-off round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 053.66 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BEL | Koen Casteels | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUT | Pavao Pervan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Niklas Klinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Lino Kasten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | FRA | Maxence Lacroix | 36 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jeffrey Bruma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Paulo Otávio | 30 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Roussillon | 23 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SUI | Kevin Mbabu | 24 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 35 | 2 | 31+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CRO | Marin Pongračić | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Tim Siersleben | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CRO | Josip Brekalo | 33 | 7 | 22+7 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SUI | Renato Steffen | 28 | 5 | 19+2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Admir Mehmedi | 22 | 2 | 8+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Ridle Baku | 35 | 6 | 31+1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui | 26 | 2 | 7+13 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | AUT | Xaver Schlager | 38 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold | 36 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Yannick Gerhardt | 35 | 4 | 21+8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | BRA | João Victor | 27 | 4 | 3+18 | 1 | 2+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NED | Wout Weghorst | 41 | 25 | 33+1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Maximilian Philipp | 26 | 6 | 13+11 | 6 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | POL | Bartosz Białek | 24 | 2 | 1+18 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek | 14 | 1 | 1+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | William | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yunus Mallı | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Luca Horn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | EGY | Omar Marmoush | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 May 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Wout Weghorst | 20 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Josip Brekalo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | | Maximilian Philipp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | MF | | Ridle Baku | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Renato Steffen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 31 | MF | | Yannick Gerhardt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 40 | MF | | João Victor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Maximilian Arnold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Maxence Lacroix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | Admir Mehmedi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | FW | | Bartosz Białek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 23 | MF | | Josuha Guilavogui | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 24 | MF | | Xaver Schlager | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | John Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 33 | FW | | Daniel Ginczek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 59 | 10 | 7 | 76 |