# 2024–25 VfL Wolfsburg (women) season

The 2024–25 VfL Wolfsburg Frauen season is the club's 21st season since VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg joined VfL Wolfsburg as its women's section.
As the 2023–24 champions of the DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg gets to participate in the DFB-Supercup which restarts with the 2024–25 season. The 25 August 2024 derby against Bayern Munich thus becomes the first bout of the season for VfL Wolfsburg.

## Season events

On 3 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Janina Minge from SC Freiburg on a contract until 30 June 2027. It was also announced that Caitlin Dijkstra returns from her loan to FC Twente to join the VfL Wolfburg squad.
On 11 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Sarai Linder from Bundesliga rivals TSG Hoffenheim on a contract until 30 June 2027.
On 13 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Luca Papp from Ferencváros on a contract until 30 June 2027.
On 17 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Lineth Beerensteyn from Juventus on a contract until 30 June 2026.
On 28 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Ella Peddemors from FC Twente on a contract until 30 June 2027. Peddemors will spend one more season at FC Twente on a loan before joining the VfL Wolfsburg squad in the 2025–26 season.
On 30 June 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Ariana Arias from FC Barcelona B team on a contract until 30 June 2027.
On 1 July 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Justine Kielland from SK Brann on a contract until 30 June 2027.
On 8 August 2024, VfL Wolfsburg announced that Riola Xhemaili prolonged her contract by one year, to 30 June 2027. It was also announced that Xhemaili will be joining the Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven on loan for the 2024–25 season.

## Players

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App. | Goals | Ends | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Merle Frohms | 30 | EU | 2022 | 103 | 0 | 2025 | Also 2012–2018 |
| 12 | GK | Nelly Smolarczyk | 17 | EU | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | 2023–24 reserve team |
| 22 | GK | Lisa Schmitz | 32 | EU | 2023 | 8 | 0 | 2025 | |
| 30 | GK | Anneke Borbe | 24 | EU | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 2025 | 2023–24 reserve team |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Lynn Wilms | 24 | EU | 2021 | 92 | 6 | 2025 | |
| 3 | DF | Caitlin Dijkstra | 26 | EU | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2026 | |
| 4 | DF | Kathrin Hendrich | 32 | EU | 2020 | 140 | 4 | 2025 | |
| 14 | DF | Nuria Rábano | 25 | EU | 2023 | 35 | 0 | 2026 | |
| 15 | DF | Diána Németh | 20 | EU | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2027 | 2023–24 reserve team |
| 16 | DF | Camilla Küver | 21 | EU | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2026 | 2023–24 reserve team |
| 24 | DF | Joelle Wedemeyer | 28 | EU | 2013 | 186 | 7 | 2026 | |
| 31 | DF | Marina Hegering | 34 | EU | 2022 | 58 | 11 | 2025 | |
| 35 | DF | Karla Brinkmann | 18 | EU | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 2026 | 2023–24 reserve team |
| 39 | DF | Sarai Linder | 25 | EU | 2024 | 16 | 1 | 2027 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Ella Peddemors | 22 | EU | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 2027 | |
| 6 | MF | Janina Minge | 25 | EU | 2024 | 19 | 2 | 2027 | |
| 7 | MF | Chantal Hagel | 26 | EU | 2023 | 39 | 4 | 2026 | |
| 8 | MF | Lena Lattwein | 24 | EU | 2021 | 99 | 19 | 2027 | |
| 10 | MF | Svenja Huth | 34 | EU | 2019 | 167 | 26 | 2026 | |
| 13 | MF | Luca Papp | 22 | EU | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2027 | |
| 17 | MF | Kristin Demann | 31 | EU | 2022 | 22 | 0 | 2025 | |
| 18 | MF | Justine Kielland | 22 | Non-EU | 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2027 | |
| 23 | MF | Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir | 23 | Non-EU | 2022 | 78 | 22 | 2025 | |
| 29 | MF | Jule Brand | 22 | EU | 2022 | 81 | 19 | 2025 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Lineth Beerensteyn | 28 | EU | 2024 | 19 | 11 | 2026 | |
| 11 | FW | Alexandra Popp | 33 | EU | 2012 | 341 | 173 | 2026 | |
| 19 | FW | Fenna Kalma | 25 | EU | 2023 | 31 | 6 | 2026 | |
| 20 | FW | Ariana Arias | 21 | EU | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 2027 | |
| 21 | FW | Rebecka Blomqvist | 27 | EU | 2020 | 79 | 19 | 2025 | |
| 25 | FW | Vivien Endemann | 23 | EU | 2023 | 46 | 20 | 2026 | |
| 28 | FW | Tabea Sellner | 28 | EU | 2021 | 68 | 33 | 2025 | |
* Last updated: 13 January 2025
* Source: VfL-Wolfsburg.de, DFB.de
* Ordered by squad number.
* Notes: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Appearances and goals scored for VfL Wolfsburg II not included.
* 1 2 3 Frohms has been previously contracted to VfL Wolfsburg between 2012 and 2018. The appearances and goals scored from this period are included in the statistics.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Moving from | Type | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 6 | MF | Janina Minge | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Caitlin Dijkstra | FC Twente | Loan return | Loan return |
| 39 | DF | Sarai Linder | TSG Hoffenheim | Transfer | undisclosed |
| 13 | MF | Luca Papp | Ferencváros | Transfer | undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Lineth Beerensteyn | Juventus | Transfer | Free |
| – | MF | Ella Peddemors | FC Twente | Transfer | Free |
| 20 | FW | Ariana Arias | FC Barcelona | Transfer | Free |
| 18 | MF | Justine Kielland | SK Brann | Transfer | undisclosed |
| Winter ||||||||

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Moving to | Type | Fee | Source |
| Summer ||||||||
| 5 | MF | Lena Oberdorf | Bayern Munich | Transfer | undisclosed | |
| 32 | GK | Kiara Beck | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | undisclosed | |
| 9 | FW | Ewa Pajor | FC Barcelona | Transfer | €400,000 | [14] [15] |
| 6 | DF | Dominique Janssen | Manchester United | Transfer | undisclosed | |
| – | MF | Ella Peddemors | FC Twente | Loan | Loan | |
| 27 | MF | Riola Xhemaili | PSV Eindhoven | Loan | Loan | |
| Winter ||||||||

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 2 September 2024 | 11 May 2025 | | | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 072.73 |
| DFB-Pokal | 6 September 2024 | | 2nd round | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 100.00 |
| DFB-Supercup | 25 August 2024 | 25 August 2024 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 18 September 2024 | | Qualifying round 2 | | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 15 | +50 | 071.43 |
Last updated: 11 December 2024 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 44 | Qualification for Champions League league stage |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 38 | Qualification for Champions League league stage |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 38 | Qualification for Champions League second round |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 36 | |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 29 | |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 March 2025. Source: DFB

#### Matchdays

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | | | | | |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 38 | | | | | |

#### Results
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying round 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fiorentina | 0–12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–7 | 0–5 |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LYO | WOL | ROM | GAL |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 18 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–2 | — | 6–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 9 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | | 0–6 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |
* 1 2 Wolfsburg 3 Pts, +4 GD; Roma 3 Pts, −4 GD.

## Statistics
### Summary

    As of 18 September 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Supercup | DFB-Supercup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Merle Frohms | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | GK | | Nelly Smolarczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | | Lisa Schmitz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | GK | | Anneke Borbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Lynn Wilms | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | | Caitlin Dijkstra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | | Kathrin Hendrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | | Nuria Rábano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | | Diána Németh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | | Camilla Küver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | | Joelle Wedemeyer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | | Marina Hegering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 35 | DF | | Karla Brinkmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | DF | | Sarai Linder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Janina Minge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | | Chantal Hagel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | | Lena Lattwein | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | | Svenja Huth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | | Luca Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | | Kristin Demann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | | Justine Kielland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | | Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | MF | | Jule Brand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Lineth Beerensteyn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | | Alexandra Popp | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | | Fenna Kalma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | FW | | Ariana Arias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | FW | | Rebecka Blomqvist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | | Vivien Endemann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | FW | | Tabea Sellner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Goalscorers

    As of 11 December 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Supercup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Alexandra Popp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Lineth Beerensteyn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | | Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 25 | FW | | Vivien Endemann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Lynn Wilms | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 21 | FW | | Rebecka Blomqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Lena Lattwein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 29 | MF | | Jule Brand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | FW | | Fenna Kalma | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Janina Minge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 31 | DF | | Marina Hegering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 24 | DF | | Joelle Wedemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 20 | FW | | Ariana Arias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | MF | | Chantal Hagel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | MF | | Svenja Huth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 39 | DF | | Sarai Linder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 28 | DF | | Tabea Sellner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | Own goals (from the opponents) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 27 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 65 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Alexandra Popp | Fiorentina | 38, 53, 57 | 0–3, 0–5, 0–6 | 0–7 (A) | 18 September 2024 | Champions League | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final)

### Assists

    As of 18 September 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Supercup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Svenja Huth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Lynn Wilms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Rebecka Blomqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 |

#### Hat-tricks of assists

| Player | Against | Minutes | Score after assists | Result | Date | Competition | Ref |
| Svenja Huth$^4$ | Fiorentina | 6, 38, 44, 53 | 0–1, 0–3, 0–4, 0–5 | 0–7 (A) | 18 September 2024 | Champions League | |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away; (N) – Neutral venue (final) $^4$ – Player made four assists.

### Cleansheets

    As of 18 September 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Supercup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Merle Frohms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
* ↑ 1 clean sheet achieved with goalkeeper substitution.

### Disciplinary record

    As of 18 September 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Supercup | DFB-Supercup | DFB-Supercup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 25 | FW | | Vivien Endemann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Marina Hegering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Svenja Huth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Chantal Hagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Lena Lattwein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |