2004–05 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg dropped off the pace for the second season running. A successful start to the season saw Wolfsburg running first in the league, looking like strong contenders, but as the season processed, the form dropped, and at the end of the season the team had lost one more match than they had won, surprisingly dropping off the top half of the table. Manager Eric Gerets left after one season in charge, and was replaced by former Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Holger Fach.

VfL Wolfsburg
2004–05 season
ManagerEric Gerets
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerThomas Brdarić (12)

Players

First-team squad
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 Denmark DEN Thomas Rytter
3 DF Croatia CRO Marino Biliškov
5 DF Germany GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
7 MF Germany GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Marian Hristov
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Argentina ARG Andrés D'Alessandro
11 FW Croatia CRO Tomislav Marić
13 FW Germany GER Thomas Brdarić
14 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Marko Topić
18 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Quiroga
20 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mirko Hrgović
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Bulgaria BUL Martin Petrov
26 MF Germany GER Karsten Fischer
27 MF Slovakia SVK Miroslav Karhan
29 DF Netherlands NED Kevin Hofland
30 GK Germany GER André Lenz
31 DF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
33 DF Germany GER Maik Franz
34 FW Germany GER Roy Präger
36 FW Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez
38 DF Germany GER Stefan Lorenz
39 FW Germany GER Christian Ritter
40 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins
41 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Cédric Makiadi

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Argentina ARG Oscar Ahumada (on loan from River Plate)

VfL Wolfsburg II

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Poland POL Bartosz Romańczuk

Results

Bundesliga
1 Borussia Dortmund 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Ewerthon 32' Brdarić 43, 64'
2 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 SC Freiburg
Dorn 85'
3 Werder Bremen 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Klose 70' Brdarić 46'
Thiam 53'
4 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Schalke 04
Hristov 30', 40'
Klimowicz 90'
5 Hansa Rostock 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Madsen 33' Klimowicz 17'
Thiam 78'
6 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Petrov 13'
Klimowicz 90'		 Jancker 82'
7 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
D'Alessandro 13'
Schnoor 42'		 Neuville 16'
8 Hannover 96 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Schroter 7', 64'
Stendel 90'
9 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 VfL Bochum
Thiam 27'
Klimowicz 40'
D'Alessandro 42'
10 Bayern Munich 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Pizarro 24', 45'
11 VfL Wolfsburg 4–3 Mainz 05
Petrov 45', 45+', 57' (pen.), 75' Abel 15'
Casey 17'
Babatz 75'
12 1. FC Nürnberg 4–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Mintál 2', 28', 49'
Schroth 45'
13 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 VfB Stuttgart
Brdarić 42'
Petrov 69', 76'
14 Hamburger SV 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Van Buyten 40'
Barbarez 45'
Romeo 90'		 Brdarić 1'
15 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Hertha BSC
Thiam 50'
Brdarić 68'		 Marcelinho 16', 47', 74'
16 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Voronin 46'
França 89'		 Klimowicz 4'
17 VfL Wolfsburg 5–0 Arminia Bielefeld
Rytter 14'
Klimowicz 26'
Brdarić 37', 40'
Petrov 67' (pen.)
18 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Borussia Dortmund
Quiroga 82' Smolarek 56'
Koller 60'
19 SC Freiburg 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Bajramović 57'
20 VfL Wolfsburg 2–3 Werder Bremen
Brdarić 26'
Thiam 50'		 Klose 51'
Magnin 59'
Valdez 87'
21 Schalke 04 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Asamoah 13'
Sand 35'
Hanke 85'
22 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Hansa Rostock
D'Alessandro 4'
Klimowicz 7'
Thiam 63'
Marić 83'
23 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Svěrkoš 87'
25 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96
Menseguez 6'
26 VfL Bochum 5–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Edu 15', 38'
Wosz 24'
Lokvenc 40'
Madsen 57'		 Petrov 73'
27 VfL Wolfsburg 0–3 Bayern Munich
Schweinsteiger 29'
Hofland 42' (o.g.)
Frings 55'
28 Mainz 05 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Brdarić 64'
Schnoor 78'
29 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 1. FC Nürnberg
Kießling 63'
30 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg
31 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hamburger SV
Petrov 41'
32 Hertha BSC 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Friedrich 63'
Marcelinho 81'
Madlung 88'		 Petrov 17'
33 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Karhan 24'
Brdarić 30'		 França 61'
Bierofka 86'
34 Arminia Bielefeld 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Vata 35' Petrov 41' (pen.)
Brdarić 56'

Top Scorers

References
  1. "FootballSquads - VFL Wolfsburg - 2004/05".
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