2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

Wolfsburg

2002–03 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	Tomislav Marić (12)
Home colours Away colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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.

Squad

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No. Position Player 1 GK Claus Reitmaier 2 MF Pablo Thiam 3 DF Frank Greiner 4 DF Kim Madsen 5 DF Stefan Schnoor 6 MF Charles Akonnor 7 MF Patrick Weiser 8 MF Dorinel Munteanu 9 FW Diego Klimowicz 10 MF Stefan Effenberg 11 FW Tomislav Marić 12 GK Sead Ramović 13 DF Marino Biliškov 14 FW Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby) 15 MF Tobias Rau

No. Position Player 19 DF Thomas Rytter 20 DF Pablo Quatrocchi 21 FW Martin Petrov 22 FW Roy Präger 23 MF Sven Müller 26 MF Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) 27 MF Miroslav Karhan 30 GK Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers) 31 MF Hans Sarpei 32 FW Michał Janicki 33 DF Maik Franz 35 MF Bartosz Romanczuk 36 MF Michael Habryka 37 DF Stefan Lorenz 40 GK Patrick Platins

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player DF Emeka Ifejiagwa (at Waldhof Mannheim) DF Dušan Petković (at 1. FC Nürnberg)

No. Position Player MF Gernot Plassnegger (at Waldhof Mannheim) FW Joshua Kennedy (at Stuttgarter Kickers)

Bundesliga

Matches

Schalke 04 v Wolfsburg

1	Schalke 04	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Vermant  88'

Wolfsburg v Mönchengladbach

2	Wolfsburg	1–0	Mönchengladbach
	Petrov  67'

Arminia Bielefeld v Wolfsburg

3	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Brinkmann  44'

Wolfsburg v Hamburg

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

1860 München v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Nuremberg

6	Wolfsburg	0–2	Nuremberg
			Sanneh  67' Petković  69'

Energie Cottbus v Wolfsburg

7	Energie Cottbus	0–1	Wolfsburg
			Marić  55'

Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Bochum v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Hansa Rostock

10	Wolfsburg	1–0	Hansa Rostock
	Klimowicz  29'

Hannover v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

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

Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg

13	Bayern Munich	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Santa Cruz  27'

Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund

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

Kaiserslautern v Wolfsburg

15	Kaiserslautern	2–0	Wolfsburg
	Lokvenc  15' Lincoln  66'

Hertha Berlin v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Stuttgart

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

Wolfsburg v Schalke 04

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

Wolfsburg v Arminia Bielefeld

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

Hamburg v Wolfsburg

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

Mönchengladbach v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v 1860 München

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

Nuremberg v Wolfsburg

23	Nuremberg	1–1	Wolfsburg
	Müller  25' (pen.)		Marić  90'

Wolfsburg v Energie Cottbus

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Bochum

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

Hansa Rostock v Wolfsburg

27	Hansa Rostock	1–0	Wolfsburg
	Hill  3'

Wolfsburg v Hannover

28	Wolfsburg	1–0	Hannover
	Klimowicz  56'

Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg

29	Werder Bremen	0–1	Wolfsburg
			Biliškov  85'

Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

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

Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsburg

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

Wolfsburg v Kaiserslautern

32	Wolfsburg	2–2	Kaiserslautern
	Marić  20, 57'		Sforza  5' Mifsud  70'

Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin

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

Stuttgart v Wolfsburg

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

References