# 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 70th season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in the fifth place, with only one point separating them from the UEFA Champions League spot occupied by Bayer Leverkusen. Nevertheless, they were granted a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage.

## Players

As of 15 September 2014
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 | SUI | Diego Benaglio (captain) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs |
| 3 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Schäfer |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Timm Klose |
| 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri |
| 8 | MF | POR | Vieirinha |
| 9 | MF | CRO | Ivan Perišić |
| 10 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt |
| 12 | FW | NED | Bas Dost |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 15 | DF | GER | Christian Träsch |
| 17 | FW | GER | André Schürrle |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Junior Malanda |
| 20 | GK | GER | Max Grün |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | GER | Patrick Drewes |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Naldo |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold |
| 28 | MF | POL | Mateusz Klich |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xizhe |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Ricardo Rodríguez |
| 37 | DF | GER | Moritz Sprenger |

### 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 |
| — | DF | BRA | Fagner (at Corinthians until December 31) |
| — | MF | CZE | Václav Pilař (at Viktoria Plzeň) |

## Transfers
### In

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 |
| 3 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner (from Arsenal) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt (from Werder Bremen) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui (from Atlético Madrid) |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 28 | MF | POL | Mateusz Klich (from PEC Zwolle) |
| 17 | FW | GER | André Schürrle (from Chelsea) |

### Out

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 |
| — | MF | GER | Tolga Ciğerci (at Hertha BSC) |
| — | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević (at Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| — | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sissoko (at Eskişehirspor) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Polák (at 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| — | FW | GER | Stefan Kutschke (at SC Paderborn) |
| — | FW | TUN | Nassim Ben Khalifa (at Grasshoppers) |
| — | FW | SWE | Rasmus Jönsson (at Aalborg BK) |
| — | FW | GER | Kevin Scheidhauer (at MSV Duisburg) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 18 | +62 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EVE | WOL | KRA | LIL |
| 1 | Everton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Lille | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarterfinals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Diego Benaglio | 48 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Max Grün | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Patrick Drewes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Schäfer | 25 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Timm Klose | 19 | 3 | 11+1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Christian Träsch | 21 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sebastian Jung | 30 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Naldo | 49 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 41 | 2 | 25+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Ricardo Rodríguez | 39 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Moritz Sprenger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri | 45 | 10 | 18+10 | 7 | 5+1 | 2 | 6+5 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Vieirinha | 46 | 2 | 25+6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | CRO | Ivan Perišić | 35 | 7 | 21+3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt | 22 | 4 | 3+12 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Kevin De Bruyne | 51 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo | 47 | 7 | 30+1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Josuha Guilavogui | 42 | 2 | 21+6 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold | 40 | 6 | 17+10 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | POL | Mateusz Klich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xizhe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Seguin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 3 | FW | DEN | Nicklas Bendtner | 28 | 5 | 5+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+6 | 4 |
| 12 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 36 | 20 | 17+4 | 16 | 5+1 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | GER | André Schürrle | 22 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić | 20 | 5 | 12+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Junior Malanda | 15 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 12 | | Bas Dost | 16 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | | Kevin De Bruyne | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | DF | 34 | | Ricardo Rodríguez | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | | Daniel Caligiuri | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | 25 | | Naldo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | | Ivan Perišić | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | | Luiz Gustavo | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | | Maximilian Arnold | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | 3 | | Nicklas Bendtner | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | 11 | | Ivica Olić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | 10 | | Aaron Hunt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | | Timm Klose | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | | Vieirinha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 23 | | Josuha Guilavogui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 31 | | Robin Knoche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 17 | | André Schürrle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 72 | 14 | 24 | 109 |
Last updated on 30 May 2015