VfL Wolfsburg

2002–03 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	Tomislav Marić (12)
Home colours Away colours

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  GER Claus Reitmaier 2 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam 3 DF  GER Frank Greiner 4 DF  DEN Kim Madsen 5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 6 MF  GHA Charles Akonnor 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser 8 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu 9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg 11 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić 12 GK  BIH Sead Ramović 13 DF  CRO Marino Biliškov 14 FW  DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby) 15 MF  GER Tobias Rau

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  DEN Thomas Rytter 20 DF  ARG Pablo Quatrocchi 21 FW  BUL Martin Petrov 22 FW  GER Roy Präger 23 MF  GER Sven Müller 26 MF  BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 27 MF  CZE Miroslav Karhan 30 GK  DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers) 31 MF  GHA Hans Sarpei 32 FW  POL Michał Janicki 33 DF  GER Maik Franz 35 MF  POL Bartosz Romanczuk 36 MF  GER Michael Habryka 37 DF  GER Stefan Lorenz 40 GK  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  DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum) 10 MF  GER Stefan Effenberg (released) 16 DF  AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim) — DF  SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg) — FW  AUS Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results

Bundesliga

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

1	Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Vermant 88'

VfL Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Mönchengladbach
	Petrov 67'

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Wolfsburg

3	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Brinkmann 44'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburg

4	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hamburg
	Effenberg 51' (pen.) Sarpei 83'		Antar 73'

1860 München v VfL Wolfsburg

5	1860 München	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Wiesinger 48' Schroth 64'		Ponte 77' Klimowicz 87'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

6	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg
			Sanneh 67' Petković 69'

Energie Cottbus v VfL Wolfsburg

7	Energie Cottbus	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Marić 55'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

8	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen
	Marić 6' Effenberg 64'

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

9	VfL Bochum	4–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Christiansen 4' Fahrenhorst 56' Freier 57' Hashemian 82'		Klimowicz 6' Ponte 37'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

10	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hansa Rostock
	Klimowicz 29'

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

11	Hannover 96	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Stendel 23' Bobič 28' Konstantinidis 82'		Munteanu 76'

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

12	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Werder Bremen
	Petrov 28' Ponte 67' Effenberg 84'		Micoud 70'

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

13	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Santa Cruz 27'

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

14	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Borussia Dortmund
	Klimowicz 19, 55'

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Wolfsburg

15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Lokvenc 15' Lincoln 66'

Hertha Berlin v VfL Wolfsburg

16	Hertha Berlin	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Šimunić 25' Goor 47'		Ponte 62' Madsen 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

17	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	VfB Stuttgart
	Marić 76' (pen.)		T. Schneider 35' Meira 55'

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

18	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Schalke 04
	Marić 71'		Kmetsch 47' Varela 51'

VfL Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld
	Schnoor 25' Marić 51'

Hamburg v VfL Wolfsburg

20	Hamburg	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Cardoso 38' Benjamin 90'

Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

21	Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Schnoor 33' (o.g.) Aidoo 71'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1860 München

22	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1860 München
	Klimowicz 70'		Lauth 51'

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Wolfsburg

23	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Müller 25' (pen.)		Marić 90'

VfL Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

24	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	Energie Cottbus
	Marić 9' Präger 29' Ponte 62'		Rink 7' Reghecampf 16' (pen.)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

25	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ramelow 68'		Marić 81'

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

26	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfL Bochum
	Marić 21' Präger 31'

Hansa Rostock v VfL Wolfsburg

27	Hansa Rostock	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hill 3'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

28	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hannover 96
	Klimowicz 56'

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

29	Werder Bremen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Biliškov 85'

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

30	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Bayern Munich
			Élber 60' Pizarro 83'

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

31	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg
	Ricken 16' Rosický 67'		Thiam 59, 62'

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

32	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Marić 20, 57'		Sforza 5' Mifsud 70'

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

33	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hertha Berlin
	Marić 5' (pen.) Munteanu 58'

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

34	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Kurányi 12' Balakov 24' (pen.)

References