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2007–08 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2007–08 season
ManagerFelix Magath
Bundesliga5th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Grafite (11)
All: Grafite (12)

VfL Wolfsburg had their best season yet in the Bundesliga under new coach Felix Magath. The double Bundesliga-winning coach from Bayern Munich improved the fortunes of Wolfsburg from a relegation-threatened side to a fifth place-finish. This was just the start of a sensational ascent to the top of German football, culminating in a shock title win the season afterwards. New signings Diego Benaglio, Josué, Grafite and Edin Džeko were all successful and played a big part in the resurgence.

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Simon Jentzsch
2 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Quiroga
3 DF Belgium BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF Germany GER Marcel Schäfer
5 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Costa
6 DF Czech Republic CZE Jan Šimůnek
7 MF Brazil BRA Josué (captain)
8 MF Germany GER Daniel Baier
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Edin Džeko
10 MF Poland POL Jacek Krzynówek
11 MF Germany GER Alexander Laas
12 GK Germany GER André Lenz
13 MF Japan JPN Makoto Hasebe
14 MF Paraguay PAR Jonathan Santana[notes 1]
16 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Madlung
18 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Cédric Makiadi
20 DF Germany GER Sascha Riether
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Portugal POR Alex
23 FW Brazil BRA Grafite
24 MF Germany GER Ashkan Dejagah[notes 2]
25 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner (on loan from Stuttgart)
26 MF Germany GER Sergej Evljuskin[notes 3]
27 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
28 FW United States USA Kamani Hill
30 MF Kosovo KOS Valdet Rama[notes 4]
31 MF Germany GER Emre Öztürk
32 MF Brazil BRA Marcelinho Paraíba
33 DF Germany GER Daniel Reiche
34 GK Germany GER Jonas Deumeland
36 FW Senegal SEN Mame Niang
37 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Sergei Karimov
38 MF Germany GER Philipp Kreuels
40 FW Serbia SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 5] (on loan from Stuttgart)
41 GK Germany GER Marvin Karow

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez (to San Lorenzo)
13 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Boakye (on loan to Mainz)
15 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht (on loan to Kaiserslautern)
16 DF Germany GER Uwe Möhrle (to Augsburg)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Romania ROU Vlad Munteanu (on loan to Auxerre)
21 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins (on loan to Augsburg)
29 FW Romania ROU Sergiu Radu (on loan to Stuttgart)

Results

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Bundesliga

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1 VfL Wolfsburg 1–3 Arminia Bielefeld
Radu 84' Wichniarek 38'
Eigler 52'
Kirch 80'

Top Scorers

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Sources

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BetExploer - German Bundesliga 2007/2008

Notes

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  1. ^ Santana was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2007.
  2. ^ Dejagah was born in Tehran, Iran, but was raised in Germany from the age of 1 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-17 and U-21 level. He was permitted to represent Iran internationally after a FIFA rule change in 2009 and made his international debut for Iran in February 2012.
  3. ^ Evljuskin was born in Alekseyevka, Kirghizia, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) but was raised in Germany from the age of 2 and represented Germany at every youth level between U-16 and U-20 level before being called up by Kyrgyzstan in 2015.
  4. ^ Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013. He would later declare internationally for Kosovo but has not represented them as of 2020.
  5. ^ Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia in 2003.
  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 2007/08".