2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season was the 72nd season in the club's football history.

VfL Wolfsburg

2016–17 season
Manager	Dieter Hecking (until 17 October) Valérien Ismaël (interim, 17 October–6 November) (head coach, 6 November–26 February) Andries Jonker (from 27 February)
Stadium	Volkswagen Arena
Bundesliga	16th (play-off winners)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mario Gómez (16 goals) All: Mario Gómez (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,000
Lowest home attendance	23,148
Average home league attendance	27,586
Biggest win	Freiburg 0–3 Wolfsburg Wolfsburg 3–0 Ingolstadt
Biggest defeat	Wolfsburg 0–6 Bayern
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

Background

VfL Wolfsburg finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 8th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

Players

Squad

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   SUI Diego Benaglio (captain) 2 DF   GER Philipp Wollscheid (on loan from Stoke City) 5 DF   NED Jeffrey Bruma 6 MF   NED Riechedly Bazoer 8 MF   POR Vieirinha 9 MF   FRA Paul-Georges Ntep 10 MF   TUR Yunus Mallı 11 MF   GER Daniel Didavi 13 MF   GER Yannick Gerhardt 14 MF   POL Jakub Błaszczykowski (3rd captain) 15 DF   GER Christian Träsch 17 FW   ESP Borja Mayoral (on loan from Real Madrid) 18 FW   NGA Victor Osimhen 20 GK   GER Max Grün 21 DF   GER Jannes Horn 22 MF   BRA Luiz Gustavo (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   FRA Josuha Guilavogui 24 DF   GER Sebastian Jung 25 MF   IRN Ashkan Dejagah 26 MF   GER Justin Möbius 27 MF   GER Maximilian Arnold 28 GK   BEL Koen Casteels 29 MF   GER Amara Condé 30 MF   GER Paul Seguin 31 DF   GER Robin Knoche 33 FW   GER Mario Gómez 34 DF   SUI Ricardo Rodríguez 35 DF   GER Gian-Luca Itter 36 GK   GER Phillip Menzel 38 MF   BEL Ismail Azzaoui 40 DF   GER Robin Ziegele 41 DF   GER Hendrik Hansen

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
2	Defender	Philipp Wollscheid	27	Yes	Stoke City	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[1]
5	Defender	Jeffrey Bruma	24	Yes	PSV Eindhoven	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€11,500,000	^[2]
11	Midfielder	Daniel Didavi	26	Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	Free	^[3]
13	Midfielder	Yannick Gerhardt	22	Yes	1. FC Köln	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€13,000,000	^[4]
14	Midfielder	Jakub Błaszczykowski	30	Yes	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€5,000,000	^[5]
17	Forward	Borja Mayoral	19	Yes	Real Madrid	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[6]
23	Midfielder	Josuha Guilavogui	25	Yes	Atlético Madrid	Buy option exercised	Summer	30 June 2019	€3,000,000	^[7]
25	Forward	Josip Brekalo	18	Yes	Dinamo Zagreb	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€6,000,000	^[8]
29	Midfielder	Amara Condé	19	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[9]
33	Forward	Mario Gómez	31	Yes	Fiorentina	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€7,000,000	^[10]
39	Forward	Oskar Zawada	20	Yes	Twente	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018
40	Defender	Robin Ziegele	19	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	^[9]
—	Midfielder	Francisco Rodríguez	20	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2018	—	^[11]
6	Midfielder	Riechedly Bazoer	20	Yes	Ajax	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€12,000,000	^[12]
9	Forward	Paul-Georges Ntep	24	Yes	Rennes	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€5,000,000	^[13]
10	Midfielder	Yunus Mallı	24	Yes	Mainz 05	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	€12,500,000	^[14]
18	Forward	Victor Osimhen	18	No	Ultimate Strikers Academy	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2020	€3,500,000	^[15]
25	Midfielder	Ashkan Dejagah	30	Yes	Al-Arabi	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2017	Free	^[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Forward	Nicklas Bendtner	28	Yes	—	Release	Summer	—	^[17]
11	Forward	Max Kruse	28	Yes	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€7,500,000	^[18]
12	Forward	Bas Dost	27	Yes	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	€10,000,000	^[19]
17	Midfielder	André Schürrle	25	Yes	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	€30,000,000	^[20]
18	Defender	Dante	32	No	Nice	Transfer	Summer	€2,500,000	^[21]
25	Defender	Naldo	33	No	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[22]
26	Defender	Felipe	27	No	Chaves	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[23]
32	Forward	Leandro Putaro	19	Yes	Arminia Bielefeld	Loan	Summer	—	^[24]
37	Defender	Moritz Sprenger	21	Yes	1. FC Magdeburg	Loan	Summer	—	^[25]
—	Goalkeeper	Patrick Drewes	23	Yes	Preußen Münster	Loan	Summer	—	^[9]
—	Midfielder	Francisco Rodríguez	20	Yes	Luzern	Loan	Summer	—	^[11]
6	Defender	Carlos Ascues	24	No	FBC Melgar	Loan	Winter	—	^[26]
7	Midfielder	Daniel Caligiuri	29	Yes	Schalke 04	Transfer	Winter	€2,500,000	^[27]
10	Midfielder	Julian Draxler	23	Yes	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	Winter	€40,000,000	^[28]
16	Forward	Bruno Henrique	26	No	Santos	Transfer	Winter	€4,000,000	^[29]
25	Forward	Josip Brekalo	18	Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	Winter	—	^[30]
35	Forward	Anton Donkor	19	Yes	Everton U23	Loan	Winter	—	^[31]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Veltins-Auswahl   v   VfL Wolfsburg

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Veltins-Auswahl	0–14	VfL Wolfsburg	Gifhorn, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Didavi   27', 28' Caligiuri   31' Dost   36', 50' Kruse   56', 82' Bruma   61' Brekalo   63', 65', 85' Knoche   68' Putaro   76' Schäfer   87' (pen.)	Stadium: GWG-Stadion Flutmulde Attendance: 1,900

Celtic   v   VfL Wolfsburg

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Celtic	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Glasgow, Scotland
15:00 BST (UTC+1) 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	McGregor   21' Christie   62'	Report	Seguin   11'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Basel   v   VfL Wolfsburg

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Basel	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Basel, Switzerland
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Janko   69' Høegh   72' Elyounoussi   82'	Report	Dost   29' Kruse   55' Caligiuri   74'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 7,619 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

VfL Wolfsburg   v   Benfica

24 July 2016 (2016-07-24) Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	Benfica	Altach, Austria
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Mitroglou   63' Jonas   90+1'	Stadium: Cashpoint-Arena Attendance: 2,524 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Sporting CP   v   VfL Wolfsburg

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Troféu Cinco Violinos	Sporting CP	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1) 21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Slimani   26' Adrien   34' (pen.)	Report	Donkor   78'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 30,198 Referee: Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)

Malmö FF   v   VfL Wolfsburg

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04) Friendly	Malmö FF	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Malmö, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rodríguez   85' (pen.)	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 1,526 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

VfL Wolfsburg   v   Saint-Étienne

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Hartberg, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Błaszczykowski   24'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Hartberg

Tampa Bay Rowdies   v   VfL Wolfsburg

8 January 2017 Florida Cup	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
16:45 EST (UTC-5)		Report	Herrmann   6', 41'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Jonathan Wener

VfL Wolfsburg   v   Bahia

12 January 2017 Florida Cup	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0 (3–2 p)	Bahia	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake
19:00 EST (UTC-5)				Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
	Penalties
	Reichwein   Kleihs   Wimmer   Abdat   Herrmann		Gustavo   Kaynan   Edson   Renato Cajá   Feijão

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	27 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	16th	34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	029.41
Bundesliga relegation play-offs	25 May 2017	29 May 2017	First leg	Winners	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
DFB-Pokal	20 August 2016	7 February 2017	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
Total					39	14	7	18	39	54	−15	035.90

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hamburger SV	34	10	8	16	33	61	−28	38
15	Mainz 05	34	10	7	17	44	55	−11	37
16	VfL Wolfsburg (O)	34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	37	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	FC Ingolstadt (R)	34	8	8	18	36	57	−21	32	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Darmstadt 98 (R)	34	7	4	23	28	63	−35	25

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[32]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	37	5	3	9	15	25	−10	5	4	8	19	27	−8

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L
Position	2	3	8	10	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	15	16

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FC Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 1	FC Augsburg	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kohr   66'	Report	Gerhardt   31' Didavi   35' Bruma   62' Rodríguez   89'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 26,172 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 2	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri   30' Błaszczykowski   57'	Report	Lehmann   66' Höger   66' Bittencourt   73'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 29,067 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner   20' Rudy   78'	Report	Gerhardt   11'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,295 Referee: Günter Perl

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 4	VfL Wolfsburg	1–5	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold   13' Błaszczykowski   25' Didavi   53'	Report	Guerreiro   4' Aubameyang   16', 62' Dembélé   58' Piszczek   73'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 5	Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Junuzović   61' Thy   86' Gebre Selassie   90+1'	Report	Bruma   26' Seguin   40' Horn   49' Bauer   69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,153 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05

2 October 2016 (2016-10-02) 6	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Mainz 05	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 25,876 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	RB Leipzig	Wolfsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Casteels   17' Arnold   90+3'	Report	Halstenberg   69' Forsberg   70'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Darmstadt 98 v VfL Wolfsburg

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 8	Darmstadt 98	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben-Hatira   25' Kleinheisler   68' Sirigu   76'	Report	Bruma   23' Gómez   60' Schäfer   67' Arnold   79'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Markus Schmidt

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Arnold   37' Brekalo   80'	Report	Mehmedi   59',   79' Bender   65' Wendell   71' Jedvaj   83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,398 Referee: Tobias Stieler

SC Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 10	SC Freiburg	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Abrashi   24' Günter   42'   85' Söyüncü   65'	Report	Gómez   41', 53',   80' Arnold   73' Rodríguez   86' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruma   38' Seguin   69'	Report	Höwedes   77' Goretzka   82' Kolašinac   85'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC Ingolstadt v VfL Wolfsburg

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jung   31' Cohen   33' Roger   52'	Report	Guilavogui   51' Caligiuri   78'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 13,521 Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13	VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mayoral   12' Seguin   18',   76'   87' Guilavogui   28' Caligiuri   31' Arnold   62'	Report	Plattenhardt   16',   59' Esswein   69' Kalou   90+1' (pen.) Schieber   90+2'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 25,317 Referee: Jochen Drees

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 14	Bayern Munich	5–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Robben   18' Lewandowski   22', 58' Thiago   25' Müller   76' Douglas Costa   86'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 15	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Luiz Gustavo   8' Bruma   33' Guilavogui   38' Gómez   80'	Report	Rebić   23' Huszti   34' Mascarell   61' Abraham   90'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,967 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg

20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stindl   23' Hazard   52'	Report	Caligiuri   3' Arnold   12' Bruma   33' Gómez   57'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 47,067 Referee: Robert Kampka

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 17	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Benaglio   33' Gómez   83' Luiz Gustavo   85'	Report	Ekdal   28'   33' Ostrzolek   37'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 18	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	FC Augsburg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gómez   4' Vieirinha   68' Luiz Gustavo   89'	Report	Max   9' Altıntop   25' Kohr   69' Koo   83'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 24,811 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 19	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Osako   34' Clemens   43' Olkowski   76' Modeste   81' (pen.) Kessler   85'	Report	Bruma   58' Vieirinha   67' Guilavogui   85'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,400 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 20	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez   14' Bazoer   24' Arnold   50' Didavi   73' Mallı   75'	Report	Zuber   26' Vogt   87' Hübner   87'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 23,148 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 21	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bruma   20' (o.g.) Piszczek   48' Weigl   53' Dembélé   59' Schürrle   89'	Report	Bruma   89'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 56,906 Referee: Günter Perl

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mayoral   19' Arnold   86'	Report	Gnabry   10', 18' Bartels   45+1' Wiedwald   69' Sané   90+3'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Mainz 05 v VfL Wolfsburg

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Mainz 05	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdoba   24'	Report	Gómez   20'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 27,238 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

RB Leipzig v VfL Wolfsburg

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 24	RB Leipzig	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmitz   14' Orban   19' Keïta   33'	Report	Gómez   9',   78' Luiz Gustavo   21' Gerhardt   73' Seguin   89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v Darmstadt 98

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gómez   45+1',   62' Knoche   62'	Report	Gondorf   58' Sulu   68' Banggaard   74'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 28,104 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfsburg

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	3–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Leverkusen
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bellarabi   40' Volland   65' Aránguiz   81' Havertz   89'	Report	Bazoer   39' Gómez   80', 83', 87' (pen.) Luiz Gustavo   90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,675 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v SC Freiburg

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	SC Freiburg	Wolfsburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Niederlechner   72',   78'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 24,179 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 28	Schalke 04	4–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Burgstaller   6', 77' Goretzka   23' Caligiuri   48' Nastasić   58'	Report	Arnold   2' Gómez   79' (pen.) Bazoer   86'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 61,298 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Ingolstadt

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	FC Ingolstadt	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bazoer   11' Knoche   36' Suttner   45+1' (o.g.) Mallı   68' Gómez   80'	Report	Suttner   13' Matip   41' Cohen   86'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 26,374 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30	Hertha BSC	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević   59' Allan   81' Darida   90' Esswein   90+3'	Report	Arnold   39' Guilavogui   53' Luiz Gustavo   73' Mayoral   75' Gerhardt   90+1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 42,521 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	0–6	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Luiz Gustavo   19'   78'	Report	Alaba   19' Lewandowski   36', 45' Robben   66' Müller   80' Kimmich   85'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gaćinović   27'	Report	Didavi   48' Gerhardt   59' Gómez   63' Casteels   73'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Mönchengladbach

13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 33	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bazoer   45' Horn   49' Gómez   58' Osimhen   89'	Report	Vestergaard   24' N. Schulz   53'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 28,721 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 34	Hamburger SV	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sakai   25' Kostić   32',   88' Papadopoulos   80' Waldschmidt   88' Gregoritsch   90+5'	Report	Knoche   23' Guilavogui   36' Vieirinha   59' Casteels   90+2'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Relegation play-offs

VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Braunschweig

25 May 2017 (2017-05-25) First leg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez   35' (pen.) Guilavogui   52' Luiz Gustavo   88'	Report	Reichel   14' Valsvik   34' Sauer   43'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Wolfsburg

29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Second leg	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	VfL Wolfsburg	Braunschweig
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sauer   10'   82'	Report	Gómez   36' Vieirinha   49' Didavi   75'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

FSV Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) First round	FSV Frankfurt	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bahn   32' Streker   35' Schleusener   52',   78' Barry   90+1'	Report	Schäfer   5' (o.g.) Dost   16' Bruma   58' Didavi   66' Gerhardt   89'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) Second round	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schnatterer   70' Müller   86'	Report	Gómez   49' Seguin   60' Arnold   86'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07) Round of 16	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas Costa   18' Robben   72'	Report	Luiz Gustavo   57' Rodríguez   90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Play-offs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
20	GK	GER	Max Grün	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	BEL	Koen Casteels	24	0	20	0	2	0	2	0
36	GK	GER	Phillip Menzel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Philipp Wollscheid	9	0	6+1	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Jeffrey Bruma	22	1	20	1	2	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Christian Träsch	14	0	7+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
21	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	13	0	10+3	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	GER	Sebastian Jung	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Robin Knoche	27	1	21+2	1	1+1	0	2	0
34	DF	SUI	Ricardo Rodríguez	26	2	23	2	3	0	0	0
40	DF	GER	Robin Ziegele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	GER	Hendrik Hansen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	NED	Riechedly Bazoer	13	0	12	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	POR	Vieirinha	25	1	13+8	0	2	0	1+1	1
10	MF	TUR	Yunus Mallı	19	1	13+3	1	0+1	0	2	0
11	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi	22	4	11+7	4	1+1	0	2	0
13	MF	GER	Yannick Gerhardt	32	0	25+2	0	3	0	2	0
14	MF	POL	Jakub Błaszczykowski	30	0	20+8	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo	32	0	26+1	0	3	0	2	0
23	MF	FRA	Josuha Guilavogui	21	0	17+2	0	0	0	2	0
25	MF	IRN	Ashkan Dejagah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
26	MF	GER	Justin Möbius	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Maximilian Arnold	36	2	28+4	2	2	0	0+2	0
29	MF