2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2020–21 season was the 76th season in the existence of VfL Wolfsburg and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Wolfsburg participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 6 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

VfL Wolfsburg

2020–21 season
Executive director	Frank Witter
Head coach	Oliver Glasner
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Wout Weghorst (20) All: Wout Weghorst (25)
Biggest win	VfL Wolfsburg 5–0 Schalke 04
Biggest defeat	Borussia Dortmund 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg RB Leipzig 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2021^[1][2]

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  BEL Koen Casteels (vice-captain) 3 DF  FRA Maxence Lacroix 5 DF  NED Jeffrey Bruma 6 DF  BRA Paulo Otávio 7 MF  CRO Josip Brekalo 8 MF  SUI Renato Steffen 9 FW  NED Wout Weghorst 12 GK  AUT Pavao Pervan 14 MF  SUI Admir Mehmedi 15 DF  FRA Jérôme Roussillon 17 FW  GER Maximilian Philipp (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 19 DF  SUI Kevin Mbabu 20 MF  GER Ridle Baku

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  POL Bartosz Białek 23 MF  FRA Josuha Guilavogui (captain) 24 MF  AUT Xaver Schlager 25 DF  USA John Brooks 27 MF  GER Maximilian Arnold (3rd captain) 30 GK  GER Niklas Klinger 31 MF  GER Yannick Gerhardt 33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek 34 DF  CRO Marin Pongračić 35 GK  GER Lino Kasten 39 DF  GER Tim Siersleben 40 MF  BRA João Victor

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA William (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2021) 11 MF  GER Felix Klaus (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2021) 26 FW  USA Ulysses Llanez (at Heerenveen until 30 June 2021) 29 FW  EGY Omar Marmoush (at FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2021) 34 MF  GER Marvin Stefaniak (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2021) 37 MF  GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
21	FW	Bartosz Białek	Zagłębie Lubin	€5,000,000	19 August 2020	[3]
3	DF	Maxence Lacroix	Sochaux	€5,000,000	25 August 2020	[4]
20	MF	Ridle Baku	Mainz 05	€10,000,000	1 October 2020	[5]
17	FW	Maximilian Philipp	Dynamo Moscow	Loan	2 October 2020	[6]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
17	DF	Felix Uduokhai	FC Augsburg	€7,000,000	1 July 2020	[7]
31	DF	Robin Knoche	Union Berlin	Free
38	MF	Ismail Azzaoui		Free
36	GK	Phillip Menzel	Austria Klagenfurt	Undisclosed	1 August 2020	[8]
4	MF	Ignacio Camacho	Retired	N/A	14 September 2020	[9]
17	MF	John Yeboah	Willem II	Undisclosed	15 September 2020	[10]
32	DF	Marcel Tisserand	Fenerbahçe	€4,000,000		[11]
43	MF	Julian Justvan	SC Paderborn 07	Undisclosed		[12]
26	FW	Ulysses Llanez	SC Heerenveen	Loan		[13]
20	DF	Luca Horn	Hansa Rostock	Undisclosed	29 September 2020	[14]
29	FW	Omar Marmoush	FC St. Pauli	Loan	5 January 2021	[15]
11	MF	Felix Klaus	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	14 January 2021	[16]
2	DF	William	Schalke 04	Loan	25 January 2021	[17]
10	MF	Yunus Mallı	Trabzonspor	Free	31 January 2021	[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

15 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wolfsburg, Germany
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bär 46'	Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Phönix Lübeck

18 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	1. FC Phönix Lübeck	Wolfsburg, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Horn 48' Klaus 59'	Report		Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0

VfL Wolfsburg v Holstein Kiel

22 August 2020 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Holstein Kiel	Wolfsburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brekalo 57', 87'	Report		Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

29 August 2020 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lacroix  54' Białek 69' João Victor 78' Mallı 83'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Mitja Stegemann

1. FC Magdeburg v VfL Wolfsburg

5 September 2020 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Magdeburg, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beck 15'	Report	Mehmedi 8', 64' Ginczek 12' (pen.), 19'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

14 November 2020 Friendly	Hannover 96	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover, Germany
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sulejmani  32' Hübers  57'	Report	Gerhardt  62' Marmoush  89'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	20 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	4th	34	17	10	7	61	37	+24	050.00
DFB-Pokal	12 September 2020	3 March 2021	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	075.00
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020	1 October 2020	Second qualifying round	Play-off round	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	066.67
Total					41	22	10	9	77	42	+35	053.66

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2020–21 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	RB Leipzig	34	19	8	7	60	32	+28	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	20	4	10	75	46	+29	64
4	VfL Wolfsburg	34	17	10	7	61	37	+24	61
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	12	6	69	53	+16	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	14	10	10	53	39	+14	52

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[19]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

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	17	10	7	61	37	+24	61	10	4	3	32	16	+16	7	6	4	29	21	+8

Source: DFB

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L
Position	10	12	15	13	10	11	6	6	5	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.^[20]

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

20 September 2020 1	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schlager  43'	Report	Aránguiz  33' Baumgartlinger  90+2'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

27 September 2020 2	SC Freiburg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Petersen 11'	Report	Paulo Otávio  32' Arnold  34' Brooks  34' Brekalo 42'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Sören Storks

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

4 October 2020 3	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gouweleeuw  90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,632 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

17 October 2020 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Neuhaus  77' Hofmann 78' (pen.) Herrmann  90'	Report	Schlager  22' Guilavogui  77' Weghorst 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Daniel Schlager

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

25 October 2020 5	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 19' Arnold 20',  49' Philipp  78'	Report	Klos  10' Schipplock 80'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

1 November 2020 6	Hertha BSC	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cunha 6' Plattenhardt  76' Pekarík  86' Guendouzi  90+2'	Report	Baku 20' Gerhardt  90+1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

8 November 2020 7	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Steffen 5' Weghorst 26', 84' Brooks  48'	Report	Baumgartner  30' Rudy  45+3' Vogt  82' Adamyan 88' Dabbur 90+4'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

21 November 2020 8	Schalke 04	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Weghorst 3' Schlager 24',  86'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

27 November 2020 9	VfL Wolfsburg	5–3	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baku 22' Brooks 25' Weghorst 37', 76' Lacroix  73' Arnold  81' Białek 90+5'	Report	Bittencourt 13' Mbom  24' Möhwald 36',  57'  80' Brooks 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

5 December 2020 10	1. FC Köln	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thielmann 18' Duda 43'	Report	Arnold 29' Weghorst 47' Paulo Otávio  90+1'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 December 2020 11	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lacroix  42' Brekalo  59' Brooks  62' Weghorst 76' (pen.), 88',  87' Schlager  82'	Report	Ndicka  15' Dost 62' (pen.),  90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

16 December 2020 12	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lewandowski 45+1', 50' Gnabry  69' Sané  84' Coman  90'	Report	Philipp 5' Arnold  34'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

20 December 2020 13	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brekalo 49' Steffen  76' Gerhardt  90+2'	Report	González  20' Anton  48' Mangala  86'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

3 January 2021 14	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hummels  25' Delaney  40' Akanji 66' Haaland  80' Sancho 90+1'	Report	Steffen  38'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Union Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

9 January 2021 15	Union Berlin	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Becker 29' Andrich 52' Ingvartsen  65' Hübner  70' Knoche  90+1'	Report	Steffen 10' Arnold  50' Weghorst  57', 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig

16 January 2021 16	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weghorst 22',  59' Steffen 35' Paulo Otávio  48' Mbabu  50' Lacroix  81'	Report	Mukiele 5',  42' Orbán 54' Kampl  71' Angeliño  90+1'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

19 January 2021 17	Mainz 05	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Boëtius  57'	Report	Philipp  53' Białek 65' Weghorst 79' Guilavogui  90+2'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

23 January 2021 18	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Alario  90+2'	Report	Baku 35' Lacroix  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

31 January 2021 19	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brooks 21' Weghorst 39' Gerhardt 86'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Reichel

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

6 February 2021 20	FC Augsburg	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bénes  40' Gumny  52'	Report	Weghorst 38' Baku 59'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 February 2021 21	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brooks  11'	Report	Bensebaini  7' Pléa  79' Embolo  85'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

19 February 2021 22	Arminia Bielefeld	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Steffen 29', 47' Brooks  37' Arnold 54' Guilavogui  80'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

27 February 2021 23	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Klünter 38' (o.g.) Paulo Otávio  45' Mbabu  47' Pongračić  48'  90+4' Lacroix 89' Białek  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

6 March 2021 24	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Baumgartner 8' Kramarić 41' Sessegnon  70' Dabbur  80'	Report	Weghorst 23' Steffen  30' Lacroix  65' Schlager  72' Paulo Otávio  88',  90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

13 March 2021 25	VfL Wolfsburg	5–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mustafi 32' (o.g.) Weghorst 51' Baku 58' Brekalo 64' Philipp 79'	Report	William  55'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sören Storks

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

20 March 2021 26	Werder Bremen	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Möhwald 45' Sargent  57' Füllkrug  90+1' Bittencourt  90+3'	Report	Sargent 9' (o.g.) Weghorst 42' Schlager  81'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

3 April 2021 27	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbabu  22' Gerhardt  63' Brekalo 69'	Report	Kainz  90+3'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

10 April 2021 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamada 8',  45+1' Jović 27' Ndicka  35' Silva 54' Durm 61' Rode  83'	Report	Baku 6' Weghorst 46' Mbabu  74' Tuta 85' (o.g.) Arnold  90+4'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

17 April 2021 29	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 35' Philipp 54' Paulo Otávio  57' Mbabu  86'	Report	Musiala 15', 37' Choupo-Moting 24' Hernandez  79'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

21 April 2021 30	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Förster 27' Ahamada  63' Castro  77', 90+2' Cissé  86'	Report	Schlager 13' Weghorst 29' Gerhardt 65'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

24 April 2021 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Paulo Otávio  72'	Report	Haaland 12', 68' Bellingham  13'  59' Meunier  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfL Wolfsburg v Union Berlin

8 May 2021 32	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	Union Berlin	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brekalo 12', 63', 90' Mbabu  31'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski

RB Leipzig v VfL Wolfsburg

16 May 2021 33	RB Leipzig	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Henrichs  20' Konaté  36' Sabitzer  45', 78' (pen.) Kluivert 51'	Report	Philipp 12', 45+1' Mbabu  52' Arnold  60' Baku  86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

22 May 2021 34	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Philipp 47',  75' Arnold  51' Schlager  56' João Victor 66'	Report	Barreiro  29' Bell  40', 77' Boëtius 44',  61' Quaison 54'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Dankert

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2020–21 DFB-Pokal

Union Fürstenwalde v VfL Wolfsburg

12 September 2020 First round	Union Fürstenwalde	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg[22][23]
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Geurts 9' (pen.)	Report	João Victor 24', 29' Gerhardt 60' Otávio  75' Guilavogui 77'	Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0[24] Referee: Robert Schröder

VfL Wolfsburg v SV Sandhausen

23 December 2020 Second round	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	SV Sandhausen	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruma  26' Gerhardt 27' Weghorst 29', 90+1' João Victor 41' Baku  84'	Report	Contento  23' Nartey  52' Esswein  57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

3 February 2021 Round of 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brooks  28' Weghorst 40', 40' Paulo Otávio  61'	Report	Thiaw  29' William  76'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer

RB Leipzig v VfL Wolfsburg

3 March 2021 Quarter-finals	RB Leipzig	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kampl  20' Olmo  21' Nkunku  25' Poulsen 68' Hwang 88'	Report	Paulo Otávio  5' Weghorst 26' Lacroix  35'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Fritz

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Kukësi v VfL Wolfsburg

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Kukësi	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Tirana, Albania[25]
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Demiri  32' Rroca 35' Horić  55'	Report	Weghorst 21', 74' Paulo Otávio  28' Lacroix 33',  38' Klaus  34' Steffen  44' Mehmedi  65', 89'	Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Attendance: 0 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

VfL Wolfsburg v Desna Chernihiv

24 September 2020 Third qualifying round	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Desna Chernihiv	Wolfsburg, Germany
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Guilavogui 16' Marmoush  50' Ginczek 90+2'	Report	Tamm  57'  60' Konoplya  66' Ohirya  70' Totovytskyi  88'	Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

AEK Athens v VfL Wolfsburg

1 October 2020 Play-off round	AEK Athens	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Athens, Greece
20:45 (21:45 EEST)	Insúa  16' Mantalos 20' Simões 64',  89' Ansarifard 90+4' Livaja  90+5'	Report	Schlager  19' Lacroix  22' Mehmedi 45+1'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	37	0	32	0	3	0	2	0
12	GK	AUT	Pavao Pervan	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Niklas Klinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Lino Kasten	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	FRA	Maxence Lacroix	36	2	29+1	1	3	0	3	1
5	DF	NED	Jeffrey Bruma	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	BRA	Paulo Otávio	30	0	19+4	0	4	0	2+1	0
15	DF	FRA	Jérôme Roussillon	23	0	14+6	0	0	0	2+1	0
19	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu	24	0	19+3	0	2	0	0	0
25	DF	USA	John Brooks	35	2	31+1	2	2	0	0+1	0
34	DF	CRO	Marin Pongračić	11	0	7+3	0	1	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Tim Siersleben	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	CRO	Josip Brekalo	33	7	22+7	7	0+2	0	2	0
8	MF	SUI	Renato Steffen	28	5	19+2	5	4	0	3	0
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus	8	0	1+5	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	SUI	Admir Mehmedi	22	2	8+10	0	1	0	3	2
20	MF	GER	Ridle Baku	35	6	31+1	6	3	0	0	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	26	2	7+13	0	2+1	1	3	1
24	MF	AUT	Xaver Schlager	38	2	30+2	2	2+1	0	3	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	36	3	30	3	3	0	3	0
31	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	35	4	21+8	2	4	2	0+2	0
40	MF	BRA	João Victor	27	4	3+18	1	2+2	3	1+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	NED	Wout Weghorst	41	25	33+1	20	4	3	3	2
17	FW	GER	Maximilian Philipp	26	6	13+11	6	0+2	0	0	0
21	FW	POL	Bartosz Białek	24	2	1+18	2	0+4	0	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek	14	1	1+10	0	1+1	0	0+1	1
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	BRA	William	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus	8	0	1+5	0	1	0	1	0
20	DF	GER	Luca Horn	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
29	FW	EGY	Omar Marmoush	4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1	0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 22 May 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Wout Weghorst	20	3	2	25
2	7	MF		Josip Brekalo	7	0	0	7
3	17	FW		Maximilian Philipp	6	0	0	5
	20	MF		Ridle Baku	6	0	0	6
5	8	MF		Renato Steffen	5	0	0	5
6	31	MF		Yannick Gerhardt	2	2	0	4
	40	MF		João Victor	1	3	0	4
8	27	MF		Maximilian Arnold	3	0	0	3
9	4	DF		Maxence Lacroix	1	0	1	2
	14	MF		Admir Mehmedi	0	0	2	2
	21	FW		Bartosz Białek	1	1	0	2
	23	MF		Josuha Guilavogui	0	1	1	2
	24	MF		Xaver Schlager	2	0	0	2
	25	DF		John Brooks	2	0	0	2
15	33	FW		Daniel Ginczek	0	0	1	1
Own goals					4	0	0	3
Totals					59	10	7	76

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24. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
25. Kukësi played their home matches at Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, instead of their regular stadium Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukës, which is under reconstruction.

External links

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