The 2013–14 season was the 69th season in the history of VfL Wolfsburg.
In 2013–14 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 17th consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1997.
The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the semi-finals before losing to Borussia Dortmund.
Transfers In Date Position Player Club Fee Ref1 July 2013MFLuiz GustavoBayern Munich€16,000,0001 July 2013DF Timm KloseFC Basel€6,000,0001 July 2013MFDaniel CaligiuriSC Freiburg€4,000,00028 July 2013MFJunior MalandaZulte Waregem €1,500,00031 August 2013DFStefan Kutschke RB Leipzig Free18 January 2014MFKevin De Bruyne Chelsea Undisclosed
Out Date Position Name ClubFeeRef1 July 2013FWGiovanni Sio FC Basel €2,400,000GKMarwin Hitz FC Augsburg €1,000,000DFSimon Kjær Lille OSC €4,000,000MFYohandry Orozco Deportivo Táchira Free25 July 2013FWPatrick Helmes 1. FC Köln Free28 July 2013FWRasmus Jönsson AaB Fodbold Loan28 July 2013DF Fagner Vasco da Gama Loan13 August 2013MFTolga Ciğerci Hertha BSC Free1 September 2013MF Makoto Hasebe 1. FC Nürnberg €2,000,0002 September 2013FWFerhan Hasani Dynamo Dresden Free13 January 2014DFDiegoAtlético Madrid €5,000,00018 January 2014MFKoo Ja-cheol Mainz 05 Loan
Matches Legend
Bundesliga League fixtures and results +Bundesliga match detailsMatchDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition110 August 201315:30Hannover 96A0–244,80016th217 August 201315:30Schalke 04H4–0Knoche 55', Vieirinha 61', Naldo 67', Kutschke 90+1'28,4058th324 August 201315:30Mainz 05A0–227,1039th431 August 201315:30Hertha BSCH2–0Olić 42', Diego 45+2' pen.28,6258th514 September 201315:30Bayer LeverkusenA1–3Olić 39'27,14912th621 September 201315:301899 HoffenheimH2–1Olić 44', 48'29,8376th728 September 201315:30Bayern MunichA0–171,00011th85 October 201315:30Eintracht BraunschweigH0–230,00014th920 October 201317:30FC AugsburgA2–1Arnold 35', Luiz Gustavo 42'27,5549th1026 October 201318:30Werder BremenH3–0Arnold 7', Olić 72', Perišić 89'29,4886th112 November 201318:30Eintracht FrankfurtA2–1Anderson 2' o.g., Arnold 82'44,3005th129 November 201315:30Borussia DortmundH2–1Rodriguez 56', Olić 69'30,0005th1323 November 201315:301. FC NürnbergA1–1Arnold 39'35,6785th1429 November 201320:30Hamburger SVH1–1Rodriguez 31' pen.28,6486th158 December 201315:30SC FreiburgA3–0Arnold 8', Olić 11', Schäfer 90+1'22,8005th1614 December 201318:30VfB StuttgartH3–1Rodriguez 38', Diego 53', Perišić 78'25,5015th1722 December 201315:30Borussia MönchengladbachA2–2Diego 53', Dost 85'53,3015th1825 January 201415:30Hannover 96H1–3Olić 35'28,1396th191 February 201415:30Schalke 04A1–2Arnold 65'61,1426th208 February 201415:30Mainz 05H3–0Rodriguez 59' pen., Dost 66', Luiz Gustavo 75'23,5206th2116 February 201417:30Hertha BSCA2–1Knoche 58', Caligiuri 78'40,6485th2222 February 201418:30Bayer LeverkusenH3–1Dost 13', Luiz Gustavo 58', Rodriguez 73'27,7215th232 March 201415:301899 HoffenheimA2–6Dost 15', Perišić 76'24,5195th248 March 201415:30Bayern MunichH1–6Naldo 17'30,0005th2515 March 201415:30Eintracht BraunschweigA1–1Luiz Gustavo 36'23,1506th2622 March 201415:30FC AugsburgH1–1Olić 81'25,6456th2725 March 201420:00Werder BremenA3–1Malanda 2', Perišić 10', Arnold 80'37,2705th2829 March 201415:30Eintracht FrankfurtH2–1Olić 69', Naldo 89'29,1595th295 April 201418:30Borussia DortmundA1–2Olić 34'80,0006th3012 April 201415:301. FC NürnbergH4–1Olić 19', Perišić 22', 82', Malanda 69'28,4315th3119 April 201418:30Hamburger SVA3–1Perišić 2', De Bruyne 42', Olić 49'56,2795th3226 April 201415:30SC FreiburgH2–2Perišić 3', 70'28,2555th333 May 201415:30VfB StuttgartA2–1De Bruyne 13', Olić 90+1'58,0005th3410 May 201415:30Borussia MönchengladbachH3–1De Bruyne 30', Perišić 68', Knoche 81'30,0005th
League table
DFB-Pokal +DFB-Pokal match detailsRoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance First round 3 August 201320:30 Karlsruher SC A 3–1 Perišić 15', Diego 69', Schäfer 90+2'15,710 Second round 24 September 201319:00 VfR Aalen H 2–0 Diego 45+2', Klose 83'6,718 Round of 16 3 December 201319:00 FC Ingolstadt H 2–1 Naldo 66', Olić 89' 7,846 Quarter-finals 12 February 201419:00 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim A 3–2 Rodriguez 26' pen., 44' pen., Dost 64'13,840 Semi-finals 15 April 201420:30 Borussia Dortmund A 0–2 80,200
Squad
Squad, appearances and goals
!colspan=12|Players who left during the season
Notes 1.Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
Sources
External links 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Weltfussball.de 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at kicker.de 2013–14 VfL Wolfsburg season at Fussballdaten.de