# 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg.
In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.
The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2013 | MF | Luiz Gustavo | Bayern Munich | €16,000,000 |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Timm Klose | FC Basel | €6,000,000 |
| 1 July 2013 | MF | Daniel Caligiuri | SC Freiburg | €4,000,000 |
| 28 July 2013 | MF | Junior Malanda | Zulte Waregem | €1,500,000 |
| 31 August 2013 | DF | Stefan Kutschke | RB Leipzig | Free |
| 18 January 2014 | MF | Kevin De Bruyne | Chelsea | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Fee |
| 1 July 2013 | FW | Giovanni Sio | FC Basel | €2,400,000 |
| 1 July 2013 | GK | Marwin Hitz | FC Augsburg | €1,000,000 |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Simon Kjær | Lille OSC | €4,000,000 |
| 1 July 2013 | MF | Yohandry Orozco | Deportivo Táchira | Free |
| 25 July 2013 | FW | Patrick Helmes | 1. FC Köln | Free |
| 28 July 2013 | FW | Rasmus Jönsson | AaB Fodbold | Loan |
| 28 July 2013 | DF | Fagner | Vasco da Gama | Loan |
| 13 August 2013 | MF | Tolga Ciğerci | Hertha BSC | Free |
| 1 September 2013 | MF | Makoto Hasebe | 1. FC Nürnberg | €2,000,000 |
| 2 September 2013 | FW | Ferhan Hasani | Dynamo Dresden | Free |
| 13 January 2014 | DF | Diego | Atlético Madrid | €5,000,000 |
| 18 January 2014 | MF | Koo Ja-cheol | Mainz 05 | Loan |

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League fixtures and results

Bundesliga match details :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 1 | 10 August 2013 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | A | 0–2 | | 44,800 | 16th |
| 2 | 17 August 2013 | 15:30 | Schalke 04 | H | 4–0 | Knoche 55', Vieirinha 61', Naldo 67', Kutschke 90+1' | 28,405 | 8th |
| 3 | 24 August 2013 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | A | 0–2 | | 27,103 | 9th |
| 4 | 31 August 2013 | 15:30 | Hertha BSC | H | 2–0 | Olić 42', Diego 45+2' pen. | 28,625 | 8th |
| 5 | 14 September 2013 | 15:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | A | 1–3 | Olić 39' | 27,149 | 12th |
| 6 | 21 September 2013 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | H | 2–1 | Olić 44', 48' | 29,837 | 6th |
| 7 | 28 September 2013 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | A | 0–1 | | 71,000 | 11th |
| 8 | 5 October 2013 | 15:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | H | 0–2 | | 30,000 | 14th |
| 9 | 20 October 2013 | 17:30 | FC Augsburg | A | 2–1 | Arnold 35', Luiz Gustavo 42' | 27,554 | 9th |
| 10 | 26 October 2013 | 18:30 | Werder Bremen | H | 3–0 | Arnold 7', Olić 72', Perišić 89' | 29,488 | 6th |
| 11 | 2 November 2013 | 18:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | A | 2–1 | Anderson 2' o.g., Arnold 82' | 44,300 | 5th |
| 12 | 9 November 2013 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | H | 2–1 | Rodriguez 56', Olić 69' | 30,000 | 5th |
| 13 | 23 November 2013 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | A | 1–1 | Arnold 39' | 35,678 | 5th |
| 14 | 29 November 2013 | 20:30 | Hamburger SV | H | 1–1 | Rodriguez 31' pen. | 28,648 | 6th |
| 15 | 8 December 2013 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | A | 3–0 | Arnold 8', Olić 11', Schäfer 90+1' | 22,800 | 5th |
| 16 | 14 December 2013 | 18:30 | VfB Stuttgart | H | 3–1 | Rodriguez 38', Diego 53', Perišić 78' | 25,501 | 5th |
| 17 | 22 December 2013 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | A | 2–2 | Diego 53', Dost 85' | 53,301 | 5th |
| 18 | 25 January 2014 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | H | 1–3 | Olić 35' | 28,139 | 6th |
| 19 | 1 February 2014 | 15:30 | Schalke 04 | A | 1–2 | Arnold 65' | 61,142 | 6th |
| 20 | 8 February 2014 | 15:30 | Mainz 05 | H | 3–0 | Rodriguez 59' pen., Dost 66', Luiz Gustavo 75' | 23,520 | 6th |
| 21 | 16 February 2014 | 17:30 | Hertha BSC | A | 2–1 | Knoche 58', Caligiuri 78' | 40,648 | 5th |
| 22 | 22 February 2014 | 18:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | H | 3–1 | Dost 13', Luiz Gustavo 58', Rodriguez 73' | 27,721 | 5th |
| 23 | 2 March 2014 | 15:30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | A | 2–6 | Dost 15', Perišić 76' | 24,519 | 5th |
| 24 | 8 March 2014 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | H | 1–6 | Naldo 17' | 30,000 | 5th |
| 25 | 15 March 2014 | 15:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | A | 1–1 | Luiz Gustavo 36' | 23,150 | 6th |
| 26 | 22 March 2014 | 15:30 | FC Augsburg | H | 1–1 | Olić 81' | 25,645 | 6th |
| 27 | 25 March 2014 | 20:00 | Werder Bremen | A | 3–1 | Malanda 2', Perišić 10', Arnold 80' | 37,270 | 5th |
| 28 | 29 March 2014 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | H | 2–1 | Olić 69', Naldo 89' | 29,159 | 5th |
| 29 | 5 April 2014 | 18:30 | Borussia Dortmund | A | 1–2 | Olić 34' | 80,000 | 6th |
| 30 | 12 April 2014 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | H | 4–1 | Olić 19', Perišić 22', 82', Malanda 69' | 28,431 | 5th |
| 31 | 19 April 2014 | 18:30 | Hamburger SV | A | 3–1 | Perišić 2', De Bruyne 42', Olić 49' | 56,279 | 5th |
| 32 | 26 April 2014 | 15:30 | SC Freiburg | H | 2–2 | Perišić 3', 70' | 28,255 | 5th |
| 33 | 3 May 2014 | 15:30 | VfB Stuttgart | A | 2–1 | De Bruyne 13', Olić 90+1' | 58,000 | 5th |
| 34 | 10 May 2014 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | H | 3–1 | De Bruyne 30', Perišić 68', Knoche 81' | 30,000 | 5th |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

### DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details :
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 3 August 2013 | 20:30 | Karlsruher SC | A | 3–1 | Perišić 15', Diego 69', Schäfer 90+2' | 15,710 |
| Second round | 24 September 2013 | 19:00 | VfR Aalen | H | 2–0 | Diego 45+2', Klose 83' | 6,718 |
| Round of 16 | 3 December 2013 | 19:00 | FC Ingolstadt | H | 2–1 | Naldo 66', Olić 89' | 7,846 |
| Quarter-finals | 12 February 2014 | 19:00 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | A | 3–2 | Rodriguez 26' pen., 44' pen., Dost 64' | 13,840 |
| Semi-finals | 15 April 2014 | 20:30 | Borussia Dortmund | A | 0–2 | | 80,200 |

## Squad
### Squad, 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 |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Diego Benaglio | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Schäfer | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Timm Klose | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Daniel Caligiuri | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | POR | Vieirinha | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Ivan Perišić | 38 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić | 39 | 15 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | NED | Bas Dost | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Kevin De Bruyne | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Christian Träsch | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Junior Malanda | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Max Grün | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Patrick Drewes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Naldo | 38 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | BRA | Felipe Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CZE | Jan Polák | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Stefan Kutschke | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Willi Evseev | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Ricardo Rodríguez | 38 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Paul Seguin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 13 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KOR | Koo Ja-cheol | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Diego | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
* Source: