2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
Manager	Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Second 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.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	DEN	Thomas Rytter
20	DF	ARG	Pablo Quatrocchi
21	FW	BUL	Martin Petrov
22	FW	GER	Roy Präger
23	MF	GER	Sven Müller
26	MF	BRA	Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27	MF	CZE	Miroslav Karhan
30	GK	DEN	Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31	MF	GHA	Hans Sarpei
32	FW	POL	Michał Janicki
33	DF	GER	Maik Franz
35	MF	POL	Bartosz Romanczuk
36	MF	GER	Michael Habryka
37	DF	GER	Stefan Lorenz
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
2	MF	DEN	Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10	MF	GER	Stefan Effenberg (released)
16	DF	AUT	Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	NGA	Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
—	DF	SCG	Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
—	FW	AUS	Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers)

Results

Bundesliga

1	Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Vermant 88'

2	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Mönchengladbach
	Petrov 67'

3	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Brinkmann 44'

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

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

6	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg
			Sanneh 67' Petković 69'

7	Energie Cottbus	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Marić 55'

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

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

10	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hansa Rostock
	Klimowicz 29'

11	Hannover 96	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Stendel 23' Bobič 28' Konstantinidis 82'		Munteanu 76'

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

13	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Santa Cruz 27'

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

15	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Lokvenc 15' Lincoln 66'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Müller 25' (pen.)		Marić 90'

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

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

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

27	Hansa Rostock	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg
	Hill 3'

28	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hannover 96
	Klimowicz 56'

29	Werder Bremen	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
			Biliškov 85'

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

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

32	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Marić 20, 57'		Sforza 5' Mifsud 70'

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

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

References

^ "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[1] "VfL Wolfsburg - 2002/03". FootballSquads. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

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