2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season
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| 2013–14 season | ||||
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| Manager | Dieter Hecking | |||
| Stadium | Volkswagen Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 5th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Semi-finals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:Ivica Olić(14) All: Ivica Olić (15) | |||
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The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history ofVfL Wolfsburg.
In2013–14the club played in theBundesliga,the top tier ofGerman football.It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the2. Bundesligain 1997.
The club also took part in the2013–14 editionof theDFB-Pokal,where it reached the semi-finals before losing toBorussia Dortmund.
Review and events
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]| Date | Position | Player | Club | Fee | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2013 | DM |  Kevin de Bruyne
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 Chelsea
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€20,000,000 | |
| DM |  Luiz Gustavo
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 Bayern Munich
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€16,000,000 | ||
| DF |  Timm Klose
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FC Basel
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€6,000,000 | ||
| MF | Daniel Caligiuri
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SC Freiburg
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€4,000,000 | ||
| 28 July 2013 | MF | Junior Malanda
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Zulte Waregem
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€1,500,000 | |
| 31 August 2013 | DF | Stefan Kutschke
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RB Leipzig
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Free |
Out
[edit]| Date | Position | Name | Club | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2013 | ST |  Giovanni Sio
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FC Basel
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€2,400,000 |
| GK | Marwin Hitz
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FC Augsburg
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€1,000,000 | |
| DF |  Simon Kjær
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 Lille OSC
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€4,000,000 | |
| MF |  Yohandry Orozco
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Deportivo Táchira
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Free | |
| 25 July 2013 | ST | Patrick Helmes
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1. FC Köln
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Free |
| 28 July 2013 | ST |  Rasmus Jönsson
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AaB Fodbold
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Loan |
| 28 July 2013 | DF | Fagner
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Vasco da Gama
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Loan |
| 13 August 2013 | MF | Tolga Ciğerci
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Hertha BSC
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Free |
| 1 September 2013 | MF |  Makoto Hasebe
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1. FC Nürnberg
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€2,000,000 |
| 2 September 2013 | FW |  Ferhan Hasani
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Dynamo Dresden
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Free |
| 13 January 2014 | DF | Diego
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 Atlético Madrid
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€5,000,000 |
| 18 January 2014 | MF |  Koo Ja-cheol
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Mainz 05
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Loan |
Matches
[edit]Legend
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Friendly matches
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Bundesliga
[edit]League fixtures and results
[edit]| MD | Date – KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A |
Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | |||||||
| 1 | 10 August – 15:30 | A | Hannover 96 | 0-2 | 44,800 | Klose 13' 52'Arnold 32'
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Andreasen 17'Bittencourt 34'Huszti 37',84'Prib 45'Sané 54'
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16 | 0 | [1] |
| 2 | 17 August – 15:30 | H | Schalke 04 | 4–0 | 28,405 | Knoche55' Vieirinha 61'Naldo 67'Kutschke 90+1'
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Huntelaar37' Jones 49'
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8 | 3 | [2] |
| 3 | 24 August – 15:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | 27,103 | Luiz Gustavo29'64' Diego 72'
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Müller47',78' Geis 51'Choupo-Moting 61'Moritz 84'
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9 | 3 | [3] |
| 4 | 31 August – 15:30 | H | Hertha BSC | 2–0 | 28,625 | Naldo23' Olić 42'Diego 45+2' (pen.)
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Langkamp59' Wagner 64'
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8 | 6 | [4] |
| 5 | 14 September – 15:30 | A | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | 27,149 | Olić39' Naldo 61'Luiz Gustavo 80'85'Vieirinha 87'
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Sam24',84' Wollscheid 58'Kießling 65',90+2'
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12 | 6 | [5] |
| 6 | 21 September – 15:30 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | 29,837 | Olić44',48' Polák 77'
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Rudy8' Modeste 15'Roberto Firmino 61'Vestergaard 85'Herdling 87'
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6 | 9 | [6] |
| 7 | 28 September – 15:30 | A | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 71,000 | Diego27'
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Schweinsteiger26' Müller 63'Mandžukić 72'
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11 | 9 | [7] |
| 8 | 5 October – 15:30 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | 30,000 | Olić60' Diego 75'
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Bellarabi31' Ademi 54'Theuerkauf 71'Boland 84'Kumbela 86'
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14 | 9 | [8] |
| 9 | 20 October – 17:30 | A | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 27,554 | Arnold35',52' Diego 40'Luiz Gustavo 42'
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Werner10' Ostrzolek 41'Verhaegh 57'
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9 | 12 | [9] |
| 10 | 26 October – 18:30 | H | Werder Bremen | 3–0 | 29,488 | Arnold7' Luiz Gustavo 19'Olić 72'Perišić 89'
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Kroos38' Ignjovski 90'
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6 | 15 | [10] |
| 11 | 2 November – 18:30 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–1 | 44,300 | Anderson2' (o.g.) Luiz Gustavo 34'Arnold 82'Schäfer 90'
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Meier35' Oczipka 37'Celozzi 87'Zambrano 90'
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5 | 18 | [11] |
| 12 | 9 November – 15:30 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 | 30,000 | Caligiuri9' Ochs 45'Rodríguez 56'Olić 69'
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Bender12' Hummels 24'Reus 45+2',84'Mkhitaryan 81'
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5 | 21 | [12] |
| 13 | 23 November – 15:30 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–1 | 35,678 | Diego31' Arnold 39'
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Frantz29' Ginczek 72'
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5 | 22 | [13] |
| 14 | 29 November – 20:30 | H | Hamburger SV | 1–1 | 28,648 | Rodríguez31' (pen.) Ochs 36'Arnold 38'Naldo 58'Knoche 74'
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Çalhanoğlu19' Arslan 53'
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6 | 23 | [14] |
| 15 | 8 December – 15:30 | A | SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 22,800 | Arnold8' Olić 11'Ochs 35'Schäfer 90+1'
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— | 5 | 26 | [15] |
| 16 | 14 December – 18:30 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | 25,501 | Medojević31' Rodríguez 38'Diego 53',55'Perišić 78'
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Rausch20' Harnik 53'Werner 57'
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5 | 29 | [16] |
| 17 | 22 December – 15:30 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 53,301 | Ochs49' Diego 53',56'Caligiuri 78'Dost 85'
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Raffael59' Arango 64'Wendt 72'
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League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 61 | Qualification for theChampions League play-off round |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 60 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for theEuropa League play-off round[a] |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
- ^abcThe2013–14 DFB-Pokalfinalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.
DFB-Pokal
[edit]| MD | Date – KO | Venue | Opponent | Result2 | Attendance | Goalscorers and carded players | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Wolfsburg | Opponent | |||||||
| R1 | 3 August – 20:30 | A | Karlsruher SC | 3-1 | 15,710 | Perišić4',15' Klose 13'Diego 69'Schäfer 90+2'
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Peitz49' Alibaz 53',90'
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[18] |
| R2 | 24 September – 19:00 | H | VfR Aalen | 2–0 | 6,718 | Diego45+2' Koo 72'Klose 83'
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Junglas86'
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[19] |
| Round of 16 | 3 December - 19:00 | H | FC Ingolstadt | 2–1 | 7,846 | Naldo66' Olić 89'
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Caiuby17'
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| Quarter-finals | 12 February - 19:00 | A | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | 13,840 | Rodríguez26' (pen.),54' (pen.) Dost 64'
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Firmino39',64'
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| Semi-finals | 12 April - 19:00 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 0–2 | 80,400 | Gustavo7'
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Mkhitaryan13' Lewandowski 43'Kehl76'Aubameyang 90+6'
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Squad
[edit]Squad, appearances and goals
[edit]| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI
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Diego Benaglio | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | GER
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Patrick Ochs | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | GER
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Marcel Schäfer | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | SUI
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Timm Klose | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 | MF |  SRB
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Slobodan Medojević | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | GER
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Daniel Caligiuri | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 8 | FW |  POR
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Vieirinha | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW |  CRO
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Ivan Perišić | 38 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 11 | FW | CRO
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Ivica Olić | 39 | 15 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 12 | FW |  NED
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Bas Dost | 15 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | MF | BEL
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Kevin De Bruyne | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF | GER
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Christian Träsch | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF | BEL
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Junior Malanda | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | GK | GER
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Max Grün | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | GK | GER
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Patrick Drewes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF | BRA
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Luiz Gustavo | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 25 | DF | BRA
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Naldo | 38 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 26 | DF | BRA
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Felipe Lopes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | MF | GER
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Maximilian Arnold | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | MF |  CZE
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Jan Polák | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 30 | MF | GER
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Stefan Kutschke | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 31 | DF | GER
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Robin Knoche | 35 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 32 | MF | GER
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Willi Evseev | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 34 | DF | SUI
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Ricardo Rodríguez | 38 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 39 | DF | GER
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Paul Seguin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players who left during the season | |||||||||||
| 13 | MF | JPN
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Makoto Hasebe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | MF | KOR
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Koo Ja-cheol | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | BRA
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Diego | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
- Source:[citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- 1.^Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
Sources
[edit]- ^"Doppelter Tunnel, doppelter Platzverweis"(in German). kicker. 10 August 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Luiz Gustavo führt VfL zum Kantersieg"(in German). kicker. 17 August 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Es müllert weiter - FSV bleibt unbesiegt"(in German). kicker. 24 August 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Olic hält sein Versprechen"(in German). kicker. 31 August 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Kießlings Doppelpack baut die Serie aus"(in German). kicker. 14 September 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Olic bringt Wolfsburg zurück"(in German). kicker. 21 September 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^"Müller sorgt für Münchner Erleichterung"(in German). kicker. 28 September 2013.Retrieved28 September2013.
- ^"Bellarabi belebt Braunschweig"(in German). kicker. 5 October 2013.Retrieved6 October2013.
- ^"Arnolds Kracher würgt FCA-Motor ab"(in German). kicker. 20 October 2013.Retrieved21 October2013.
- ^"Arnold, Olic und Perisic entzaubern Werder"(in German). kicker. 26 October 2013.Retrieved29 October2013.
- ^"Ochs legt gegen seinen Ex-Klub früh und spät auf"(in German). kicker. 2 November 2013.Retrieved5 November2013.
- ^"Traumtor Olic - Zweite Saisonpleite für den BVB"(in German). kicker. 9 November 2013.Retrieved12 November2013.
- ^"Ginczeks Solo verhindert die nächste Pleite"(in German). kicker. 23 November 2013.Retrieved9 December2013.
- ^"Ilicevic vergibt den Matchball"(in German). kicker. 29 November 2013.Retrieved9 December2013.
- ^"Arnold und Olic als Blitzstarter"(in German). kicker. 8 December 2013.Retrieved9 December2013.
- ^"Zwei direkte Freistöße bringen den Dreier"(in German). kicker. 14 December 2013.Retrieved12 January2014.
- ^"Dost zerstört Gladbacher Heimserie"(in German). kicker. 22 December 2013.Retrieved12 January2014.
- ^"Schäfer macht den Deckel drauf"(in German). kicker. 3 August 2013.Retrieved25 September2013.
- ^"Diego bringt die" Wölfe "in die Erfolgsspur"(in German). kicker. 24 September 2013.Retrieved25 September2013.
External links
[edit]- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de(in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de(in German)
- 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de(in German)