2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg

2005–06 season
Manager	Holger Fach (until 19 December) Klaus Augenthaler (from 28 December)
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	Diego Klimowicz (12)
Home colours Away colours
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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.

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  GER Simon Jentzsch 3 DF  BEL Peter Van der Heyden 4 DF  GER Matthias Langkamp 5 DF  GER Stefan Schnoor 6 MF  GUI Pablo Thiam 8 MF  BUL Marian Hristov 9 FW  ARG Diego Klimowicz 11 FW  GER Mike Hanke 14 MF  NED Tommie van der Leegte 15 MF  COD Cédric Makiadi 16 FW  BRA Abuda 17 MF  GEO Levan Tskitishvili 18 DF  ARG Facundo Quiroga

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  POR Alex 20 FW  NED Rick Hoogendorp 21 FW  FRA Steve Marlet 22 DF  SCG Bojan Neziri (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk) 26 MF  GER Karsten Fischer 27 MF  SVK Miroslav Karhan 29 DF  NED Kevin Hofland 30 GK  GER André Lenz 31 DF  GHA Hans Sarpei 32 DF  GER Christopher Lamprecht 33 DF  GER Maik Franz 36 FW  ARG Juan Carlos Menseguez 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 7 MF  GER Patrick Weiser (to Köln) 10 MF  ARG Andrés D'Alessandro (on loan to Portsmouth)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  BIH Mirko Hrgović (to Hajduk Split)

Results

Bundesliga

References