2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg's Volkswagen-funded attack on the established Bundesliga top teams nearly ended in tears, with the side only staying up due to a draw in a directly decisive fixture at home to Kaiserslautern. Cédric Makiadi and Diego Klimowicz turned a 0-1 deficit around within just minutes during the second half, before an equaliser from Marcel Ziemer five minutes from time made for a nervy conclusion. But with no further goals scored, Wolfsburg just stayed up following a nightmare season.

VfL Wolfsburg
2005–06 season
ManagerHolger Fach (until 19 December)
Klaus Augenthaler (from 28 December)
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerDiego Klimowicz (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
3 DF Belgium BEL Peter Van der Heyden
4 DF Germany GER Matthias Langkamp
5 DF Germany GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
8 MF Bulgaria BUL Marian Hristov
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
11 FW Germany GER Mike Hanke
14 MF Netherlands NED Tommie van der Leegte
15 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Cédric Makiadi
16 FW Brazil BRA Abuda
17 MF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Tskitishvili
18 DF Argentina ARG Facundo Quiroga
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Portugal POR Alex
20 FW Netherlands NED Rick Hoogendorp
21 FW France FRA Steve Marlet
22 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Bojan Neziri (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk)
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
32 DF Germany GER Christopher Lamprecht
33 DF Germany GER Maik Franz
36 FW Argentina ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez
40 GK Germany GER Patrick Platins

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
7 MF Germany GER Patrick Weiser (to Köln)
10 MF Argentina ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan to Portsmouth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Mirko Hrgović (to Hajduk Split)

Results

Bundesliga

1 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz 9'
Hofland 82'
Smolarek 55'
Koller 81'

References

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