2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2011–12 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB Pokal	First round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 67th season in VfL Wolfsburg's football history.

Season summary

Wolfsburg finished 8th in the Bundesliga, rising from 15th the previous season, but were knocked out in the first round of the DFB Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Benaglio 2 DF Patrick Ochs 3 DF Felipe Lopes 4 DF Marcel Schäfer 6 DF Slobodan Medojević 7 MF Josué 8 MF Vieirinha 10 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 11 MF Hasan Salihamidžić 12 GK André Lenz 13 MF Makoto Hasebe 15 MF Christian Träsch 17 DF Alexander Madlung 18 FW Mario Mandžukić 19 FW Rasmus Jönsson 20 MF Petr Jiráček 21 FW Kevin Scheidhauer 22 MF Mateusz Klich 23 DF Marco Russ

No. Position Player 24 FW Ashkan Dejagah 25 DF Chris 26 DF Hrvoje Čale 27 MF Maximilian Arnold 28 MF Diego 28 MF Ibrahim Sissoko 29 MF Jan Polák 30 MF Yohandry Orozco 31 DF Robin Knoche 32 MF Sebastian Schindzielorz 33 FW Patrick Helmes 34 DF Ricardo Rodríguez 35 GK Marwin Hitz 36 DF Bjarne Thoelke 37 MF Ferhan Hasani 39 DF Michael Schulze 40 FW Sebastian Polter 44 FW Giovanni Sio

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. Position Player 3 DF Arne Friedrich (released) 5 MF Koo Ja-cheol (on loan to FC Augsburg) 6 MF Tuncay Şanlı (on loan to Bolton Wanderers) 6 MF Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona) 8 MF Thomas Kahlenberg (on loan to Evian)

No. Position Player 9 FW Srđan Lakić (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim) 14 MF Tolga Ciğerci (on loan to Borussia Monchengladbach) 16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos (on loan to Sunderland) 19 DF Peter Pekarík (on loan to Kayserispor) 34 DF Simon Kjær (on loan to Roma)