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.
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| Manager | Holger Fach (until 19 December) Klaus Augenthaler (from 28 December) | ||
| Bundesliga | 15th | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Diego Klimowicz (12) | ||
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Players
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edit- Squad at end of season[1]
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Left club during season
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Results
editBundesliga
edit| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Borussia Dortmund | |
Klimowicz  9' Hofland 82' |
Smolarek 55' Koller 81' |
| 2 | Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Bøgelund 90' |
Hanke 41' |
| 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| D'Alessandro 39' Thiam 54' |
Berbatov 22' |
| 4 | Hertha Berlin | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Friedrich 69' Pantelić 75' Gilberto 90' |
| 5 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| Klimowicz 15' |
Schroth 88' |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 2–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Brdarić 30, 89' |
Hanke 10, 14' Klimowicz 27' D'Alessandro 33' |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Klimowicz 35' |
| 8 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Santa Cruz 67' Lúcio 90' |
| 9 | Hamburg | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Klimowicz 19' |
| 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Schalke 04 |
| 11 | Duisburg | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Bugera 57' |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | |
| Klimowicz 41' |
Epstein 88' |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 6–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Baumann 6' Borowski 43, 52' Klose 60, 85' Naldo 72' |
Klimowicz 57' |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 15 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 5–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Thurk 2' (pen.), 77' Auer 36' Ruman 45' Zidan 51' |
Klimowicz 3' |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Meißner 62' |
| 17 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Halil Altıntop 45, 61, 83' |
Klimowicz 47' Hanke 54' |
| 18 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Wörns 25' Smolarek 31' Gambino 67' |
Hanke 13' Klimowicz 71' |
| 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Mönchengladbach | |
| Klimowicz 42' Hanke 64' |
| 20 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Berbatov 44' Barnetta 55' Schneider 71' Madouni 75' |
| 21 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Hertha Berlin | |
| Hofland 63' |
Marcelinho 32' (pen.) |
| 22 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Saenko 16' |
| 23 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Hannover 96 | |
| Hanke 9' Menseguez 86' |
Brdarić 17' |
| 24 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Amanatidis 65' |
Hanke 58' |
| 25 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Bayern Munich |
| 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Hamburg | |
| Lauth 21' |
| 27 | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Kurányi 7' Lincoln 67' |
Hoogendorp 29' Lamprecht 76' |
| 28 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Duisburg | |
| Marlet 90' |
van Houdt 72' |
| 29 | 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Scherz 77' Helmes 78' Sarpei 81' (o.g.) |
| 30 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Werder Bremen | |
| Hristov 22' |
Valdez 6' |
| 31 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Karhan 45' (pen.) |
| 32 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–3 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | |
| Thurk 5' Auer 80, 85' |
| 33 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Ljuboja 17' (pen.) Gentner 70' |
Menseguez 5' |
| 34 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Makiadi 66' Klimowicz 69' |
Halil Altıntop 20' Ziemer 86' |