2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 71st season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Wolfsburg had finished in second place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Additionally, they won their first DFB-Pokal trophy in the club's history, defeating Borussia Dortmund in the final.

VfL Wolfsburg

2015–16 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
DFL-Supercup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Bas Dost (8) All: Bas Dost (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

They opened their season by winning their first DFL-Supercup in the club's history by defeating Bayern Munich in the 2015 final on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.^[1]

Players

As of 30 August 2015

Wolfsburg prior to its Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on 25 November 2015.

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  SUI Diego Benaglio (captain) 3 FW  DEN Nicklas Bendtner 4 DF  GER Marcel Schäfer 5 DF  SUI Timm Klose 6 DF  PER Carlos Ascues 7 MF  ITA Daniel Caligiuri 8 MF  POR Vieirinha 10 MF  GER Julian Draxler 11 FW  GER Max Kruse 12 FW  NED Bas Dost 15 DF  GER Christian Träsch 17 MF  GER André Schürrle 18 DF  BRA Dante 20 GK  GER Max Grün

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 GK  BEL Koen Casteels 30 MF  GER Paul Seguin 31 DF  GER Robin Knoche 32 FW  POL Oskar Zawada 33 FW  GER Sebastian Stolze 34 DF  SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 35 MF  SUI Francisco Rodríguez 37 DF  GER Moritz Sprenger

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
6	DF		Carlos Ascues	23	Non-EU	Melgar	Transfer	Summer	2018	€1.5m	[2]
10	MF		Julian Draxler	21	EU	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2020	€36m	[3]
11	FW		Max Kruse	27	EU	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	2019	€12m	[4]
18	DF		Dante	31	Non-EU	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018	€4.5m	[5]
28	GK		Koen Casteels	23	EU	Werder Bremen	Loan return	Summer
35	MF		Francisco Rodríguez	20	EU	Zürich	Transfer	Summer	2018		[6]
38	MF		Ismail Azzaoui	17	EU	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	LW		Ivan Perišić	26	EU	Internazionale	Transfer	Summer	€18m	[7]
10	MF		Aaron Hunt	28	EU	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€3m	[8]
14	MF		Kevin De Bruyne	24	EU	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	€75m	[9]
3	FW		Nicklas Bendtner	28	EU	Unattached	Contract terminated	Winter	N/A	[10]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

DFL-Supercup

Main article: 2015 DFL-Supercup

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Final	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1 (5–4 p)	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilavogui  35' Naldo  71' Perišić  77' Bendtner 89'	Report	Douglas Costa  21' Robben 49' Vidal  82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marco Fritz
	Penalties
	R. Rodríguez De Bruyne Schürrle Kruse Bendtner		Vidal Alonso Robben Lahm Douglas Costa

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[11]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45	9	5	3	32	17	+15	3	4	10	15	32	−17

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	5	6	3	3	3	4	4	9	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perišić 13' Dost 17' De Bruyne  45+3'	Report	Reinartz 19' Zambrano  45+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,126 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	1. FC Köln	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoller 30' Lehmann  72' Vogt  78'	Report	Bendtner 83' Klose  88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 3	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dost 17' Luiz Gustavo  51' R. Rodríguez 59' (pen.) Klose 61'	Report	Riether  52' Aogo  73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych

FC Ingolstadt v VfL Wolfsburg

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	FC Ingolstadt	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Morales  35' Levels  83'	Report	Guilavogui  26' Luiz Gustavo  79' Draxler  83'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,095 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler  57' Dost 76', 88' (pen.)	Report	Plattenhardt  19' Lustenberger  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	Bayern Munich	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski 51', 52', 55', 57', 60' Vidal  82'	Report	Caligiuri 26',  42' R. Rodríguez  74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guilavogui  26' Dost 40' Arnold  69'	Report	Kiyotake 57' Felipe  83' Marcelo  90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,236 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Xhaka  44' Johnson  44' Nordtveit 75' Traoré 79'	Report	Schäfer  41' R. Rodríguez  68' Kruse  77'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,581 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfL Wolfsburg v TSG Hoffenheim

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	4–2	TSG Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kruse 1', 62', 83' Dost 7' Caligiuri  57' Träsch  59' Luiz Gustavo  71' Vieirinha  85'	Report	Toljan 29' Schmid 54'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,148 Referee: Felix Brych

Darmstadt 98 v VfL Wolfsburg

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Darmstadt 98	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rausch  59' Wagner  62'	Report	Dante  75' Caligiuri 78'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Günter Perl

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bendtner 34' Draxler 77'	Report	Papadopoulos  17' Hernández 40' Wendell  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,766 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Mainz 05	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	de Blasis 31' Jairo  34' Latza  57' Mallı 75'	Report	Draxler  13' Luiz Gustavo  35' Caligiuri  76' Dante  80'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 26,331 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	6–0	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gálvez 11' (o.g.) Kruse 44', 87' Vieirinha 56' Guilavogui 67' Dost 78'	Report	Gálvez  26' Fritz  43'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14	FC Augsburg	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bobadilla  39' Koo  53' Caiuby  60'	Report	Naldo  44' Dante  65'  85' Caligiuri  83'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 27,081 Referee: Christian Dingert

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arnold  46' Vieirinha  54' Träsch  81' R. Rodríguez 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Reus 32',  44' Piszczek  90' Kagawa 90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler  71' Arnold 78'	Report	Lasogga  16' N. Müller 21' Jung  58' Ostrzolek  74' Gregoritsch  82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Didavi 22', 47' Kostić 31' Šunjić  56'  70' Niedermeier  76'	Report	Arnold 14' Schürrle  68'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,343 Referee: Felix Brych

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huszti  56' Meier 66', 73', 90+3' Hasebe  85'	Report	Dante 25' Schürrle 79'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 19	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 67' Luiz Gustavo  77' Jung  82' Bendtner  89'	Report	Lehmann  45' Modeste 75'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,156 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Schalke 04	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huntelaar 24',  26' Geis 35',  49' Schöpf 87'	Report	Kruse  30' Bendtner  58' Knoche  62'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,483 Referee: Tobias Welz

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Ingolstadt

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	FC Ingolstadt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 29' Knoche 39'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,884 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	Hertha BSC	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darida  10' Skjelbred  42' Kalou 60' Ibišević  89'	Report	Schäfer 53' Luiz Gustavo  90+1' R. Rodríguez  90+3'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,126 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Coman 66' Lewandowski 74' Bernat  78'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 24	Hannover 96	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wolf  42' Schulz  56'	Report	Luiz Gustavo  24' Schürrle 36', 59', 62' Draxler 69'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler 15' Kruse 17' Schürrle  45+1' Guilavogui  70'	Report	Raffael 23' Dahoud  32' Christensen  40' Hazard  73'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,224 Referee: Daniel Siebert

TSG Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	TSG Hoffenheim	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kramarić 3' Baumann  89'	Report	Casteels  56'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 25,231 Referee: Robert Hartmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Darmstadt 98

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Darmstadt 98	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schürrle  45+1', 90+3'	Report	Wagner 82' Gondorf  89'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,422 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 28	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Brandt 27' Hernández 73' Yurchenko 87'	Report	Dante  58' Draxler  76' Arnold  82' Schürrle  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,239 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo  27' Schürrle 53' Henrique  84' Dante  86'  90+1'	Report	Latza  3' Jairo 66' Clemens  72'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,844 Referee: Günter Perl

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	Werder Bremen	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	S. García  26' Pizarro 32' (pen.) Bartels 64' Yatabaré 83'	Report	Schürrle  17' Vieirinha  31' Guilavogui 36' Luiz Gustavo  77' Benaglio  83' Dost 86' Arnold  88'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,557 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Finnbogason 1' Baier  54' Altıntop 57' Caiuby  90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 27,261 Referee: Knut Kircher

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kagawa 7' Ramos 9' Weigl  44' Reus  53', 59' Aubameyang 77', 78'	Report	Schürrle 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Luiz Gustavo 73'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arnold 11' Schürrle 29', 90+2' Kruse  36' Dante  85'	Report	Kostić  55' Didavi 78' Schwaab  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Stuttgarter Kickers v VfL Wolfsburg

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Stuttgarter Kickers	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bahn  73' Badiane 79' Gaiser  83'	Report	Kruse 4' Dost 45' De Bruyne 47' Bendtner 86'	Stadium: GAZİ-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 9,760 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Round 2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo  62' Dante  77' Schürrle 90'	Report	Douglas Costa 15' Coman  19' Müller 20', 34' Alonso  53'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	PSV	MUN	CSKA
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–2	1–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 1	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	CSKA Moscow	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Draxler 40'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,126 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Manchester United v VfL Wolfsburg

30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) 2	Manchester United	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mata 34' (pen.) Schneiderlin  39' Schweinsteiger  41' Smalling 53' Depay  61' Young  79'	Report	Caligiuri 4',  33'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,811 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

VfL Wolfsburg v PSV Eindhoven

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 3	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	PSV Eindhoven	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Naldo  43' Dost 46' Kruse 57' Benaglio  90'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,375 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

PSV Eindhoven v VfL Wolfsburg

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 4	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Guardado  45+2' Locadia 55' Arias  81' De Jong  85', 86'	Report	Arnold  30' Caligiuri  39' Naldo  90'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

CSKA Moscow v VfL Wolfsburg

25 November 2015 (2015-11-25) 5	CSKA Moscow	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Khimki, Russia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Musa  17' Fernandes  28' Wernbloom  62' Natcho  90+3'	Report	Akinfeev 67' (o.g.) Schürrle 88'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 16,450 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

VfL Wolfsburg v Manchester United

8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) 6	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Manchester United	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Naldo 13', 84',  72' Vieirinha 29' Schürrle  59'	Report	Martial 10' Darmian  17' Guilavogui 82' (o.g.) Varela  90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Gent v VfL Wolfsburg

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) First leg	Gent	2–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Ghent, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kums  59', 80' Coulibaly 89'	Report	Draxler 44', 54' Luiz Gustavo  47' Vieirinha  48' Kruse 60'	Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Attendance: 19,978 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

VfL Wolfsburg v Gent

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Second leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Gent	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schürrle 74'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,475 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Quarter-finals

VfL Wolfsburg v Real Madrid

6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Real Madrid	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	R. Rodríguez 18' (pen.) Vieirinha  19' Arnold 25',  69' Benaglio  50' Luiz Gustavo  61'	Report	Bale  69'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Real Madrid v VfL Wolfsburg

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) Second leg	Real Madrid	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 15', 17', 77',  80'	Report	Arnold  45+2' Luiz Gustavo  76' Dante  85' Vieirinha  90+1'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,684 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFL-Supercup		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	30	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
20	GK	GER	Max Grün	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	17	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Defenders
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	27	1	14+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	1+4	0
5	DF	SUI	Timm Klose	12	1	7+1	1	1	0	1	0	1+1	0
6	DF	PER	Carlos Ascues	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	38	0	23+6	0	1	0	0	0	7+1	0
18	DF	BRA	Dante	33	1	23	1	1	0	0	0	9	0
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung	16	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
25	DF	BRA	Naldo	40	2	29	0	2	0	1	0	8	2
26	DF	BRA	Felipe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	13	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	36	3	23+1	2	2	0	1	0	9	1
37	DF	GER	Moritz Sprenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ITA	Daniel Caligiuri	40	3	20+9	2	1+1	0	1	0	5+3	1
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	37	2	22+4	1	2	0	1	0	5+3	1
10	MF	GER	Julian Draxler	31	8	19+2	5	1	0	0	0	8+1	3
17	MF	GER	André Schürrle	41	9	21+8	6	0+1	1	0+1	0	6+4	2
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	30	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	42	2	26+4	2	2	0	1	0	8+1	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	44	3	22+9	2	1+1	0	1	0	8+2	1
30	MF	GER	Paul Seguin	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	SUI	Francisco Rodríguez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	BEL	Ismail Azzaoui	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	GER	Max Kruse	43	9	28+4	6	1	1	0+1	0	7+2	2
12	FW	NED	Bas Dost	31	10	14+8	8	2	1	1	0	5+1	1
16	FW	BRA	Bruno Henrique	10	0	2+5	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
32	FW	POL	Oskar Zawada	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Sebastian Stolze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
10	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	BEL	Kevin De Bruyne	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
3	FW	DEN	Nicklas Bendtner	19	4	4+9	2	0+1	1	0+1	1	0+4	0
9	FW	CRO	Ivan Perišić	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 14 May 2016
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	Champions League	Super Cup	Total
1	FW	12		Bas Dost	8	1	1	0	10
2	FW	11		Max Kruse	6	1	2	0	9
	FW	17		André Schürrle	6	1	2	0	9
3	MF	10		Julian Draxler	5	0	3	0	8
5	FW	3		Nicklas Bendtner	2	1	0	1	4
6	MF	7		Daniel Caligiuri	2	0	1	0	3
	MF	27		Maximilian Arnold	2	0	1	0	3
	DF	34		Ricardo Rodríguez	2	0	1	0	3
7	MF	8		Vieirinha	1	0	1	0	2
	MF	23		Josuha Guilavogui	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	25		Naldo	0	0	2	0	2
11	DF	4		Marcel Schäfer	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5		Timm Klose	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	9		Ivan Perišić	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	14		Kevin De Bruyne	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	18		Dante	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	31		Robin Knoche	1	0	0	0	1
Own Goals					1	0	1	0	2
Total					42	5	15	1	63

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