2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

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VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
ManagerWolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga8th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerTomislav Marić (12)

VfL Wolfsburg finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The club got into the spotlight signing Bayern Munich star Stefan Effenberg, who finished his career with a season in the Volkswagen-owned club. Elsewhere, Martin Petrov and Tomislav Marić had successful seasons, being pivotal in the European qualification.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Claus Reitmaier
2 MF Guinea GUI Pablo Thiam
3 DF Germany GER Frank Greiner
4 DF Denmark DEN Kim Madsen
5 DF Germany GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF Ghana GHA Charles Akonnor
7 MF Germany GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF Romania ROU Dorinel Munteanu
9 FW Argentina ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Germany GER Stefan Effenberg
11 FW Croatia CRO Tomislav Marić
12 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sead Ramović
13 DF Croatia CRO Marino Biliškov
14 FW Denmark DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby)
15 MF Germany GER Tobias Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Denmark DEN Thomas Rytter
20 DF Argentina ARG Pablo Quatrocchi
21 FW Bulgaria BUL Martin Petrov
22 FW Germany GER Roy Präger
23 MF Germany GER Sven Müller
26 MF Brazil BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27 MF Czech Republic CZE Miroslav Karhan
30 GK Denmark DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31 MF Ghana GHA Hans Sarpei
32 FW Poland POL Michał Janicki
33 DF Germany GER Maik Franz
35 MF Poland POL Bartosz Romanczuk
36 MF Germany GER Michael Habryka
37 DF Germany GER Stefan Lorenz
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
2 MF Denmark DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10 MF Germany GER Stefan Effenberg (released)
16 DF Austria AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Nigeria NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
— DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
— FW Australia AUS Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results

Bundesliga

1 Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Vermant File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'
2 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Mönchengladbach
Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'
3 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Brinkmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
4 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Hamburg
Effenberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' (pen.)
Sarpei File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		 Antar File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
5 1860 München 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Wiesinger File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Schroth File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'		 Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'
6 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 1. FC Nürnberg
Sanneh File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'
Petković File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'
7 Energie Cottbus 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
8 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'
Effenberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'
9 VfL Bochum 4–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Christiansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'
Fahrenhorst File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Freier File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Hashemian File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'
Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
10 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hansa Rostock
Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
11 Hannover 96 3–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Stendel File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Bobič File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'
Konstantinidis File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Munteanu File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'
12 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Werder Bremen
Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'
Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'
Effenberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Micoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
13 Bayern Munich 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Santa Cruz File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'
14 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Borussia Dortmund
Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 19, 55'
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Lokvenc File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Lincoln File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
16 Hertha Berlin 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Šimunić File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Goor File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'		 Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Madsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
17 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 VfB Stuttgart
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' (pen.) T. Schneider File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Meira File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
18 VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 Schalke 04
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Kmetsch File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
Varela File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
19 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld
Schnoor File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
20 Hamburg 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Cardoso File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Benjamin File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
21 Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Schnoor File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (o.g.)
Aidoo File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'
22 VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 1860 München
Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Lauth File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
23 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.) Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
24 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Energie Cottbus
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'
Präger File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
Ponte File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'		 Rink File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Reghecampf File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (pen.)
25 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Ramelow File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
26 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 VfL Bochum
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'
Präger File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
27 Hansa Rostock 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Hill File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
28 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 Hannover 96
Klimowicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
29 Werder Bremen 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg
Biliškov File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
30 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Bayern Munich
Élber File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Pizarro File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'
31 Borussia Dortmund 2–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Ricken File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Rosický File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		 Thiam File:Soccerball shade.svg 59, 62'
32 VfL Wolfsburg 2–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 20, 57' Sforza File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'
Mifsud File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'
33 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Hertha Berlin
Marić File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' (pen.)
Munteanu File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'
34 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 VfL Wolfsburg
Kurányi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' (pen.)

References

  1. ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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