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VfL Wolfsburg
2002–03 season
Manager Wolfgang Wolf
Bundesliga 8th
DFB-Pokal Second round
Top goalscorer Tomislav Marić (12)
←  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 Germany  GER Claus Reitmaier
2 MF Guinea  GUI Pablo Thiam
3 DF Germany  GER Frank Greiner
4 DF Denmark  DEN Kim Madsen
5 DF Germany  GER Stefan Schnoor
6 MF Ghana  GHA Charles Akonnor
7 MF Germany  GER Patrick Weiser
8 MF Romania  ROU Dorinel Munteanu
9 FW Argentina  ARG Diego Klimowicz
10 MF Germany  GER Stefan Effenberg
11 FW Croatia  CRO Tomislav Marić
12 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina  BIH Sead Ramović
13 DF Croatia  CRO Marino Biliškov
14 FW Denmark  DEN Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby)
15 MF Germany  GER Tobias Rau
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Denmark  DEN Thomas Rytter
20 DF Argentina  ARG Pablo Quatrocchi
21 FW Bulgaria  BUL Martin Petrov
22 FW Germany  GER Roy Präger
23 MF Germany  GER Sven Müller
26 MF Brazil  BRA Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
27 MF Czech Republic  CZE Miroslav Karhan
30 GK Denmark  DEN Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers)
31 MF Ghana  GHA Hans Sarpei
32 FW Poland  POL Michał Janicki
33 DF Germany  GER Maik Franz
35 MF Poland  POL Bartosz Romanczuk
36 MF Germany  GER Michael Habryka
37 DF Germany  GER Stefan Lorenz
40 GK Germany  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 Denmark  DEN Michael Madsen (to Farum)
10 MF Germany  GER Stefan Effenberg (released)
16 DF Austria  AUT Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Nigeria  NGA Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim)
— DF Serbia and Montenegro  SCG Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
— FW Australia  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

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