2010–11 VfL Wolfsburg season
| 2010–11 season | ||||
| Manager | Steve McClaren Pierre Littbarski Felix Magath |
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| Bundesliga | 15th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Edin Džeko (10) All: Edin Džeko (11) |
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VfL Wolfsburg suffered a nightmare season, only just staying up in Bundesliga, in spite of signing internationally attractive players Diego and Simon Kjær. Being threatened at the bottom of the table, especially after selling key striker Edin Džeko to Manchester City. The replacements were not up to scratch, which saw manager Steve McClaren sacked. Following a short stint with Pierre Littbarski in charge, the club's 2009 championship-winning manager Felix Magath, who just had been sacked from Schalke 04, in spite of having taken them to the quarter finals of the Champions League. Magath dropped Diego, which saw the Brazilian to go berserk, refusing to sit on the bench. In spite of all turmoil, a crucial away win at Werder Bremen helped Wolfsburg to get a margin, which they used, only just, to stay two points above Borussia Mönchengladbach in the relegation-playoff zone.
Contents
Squad
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Andrea Barzagli
Michael Schulze- Robin Knoche
- Marcel Schäfer
- Arne Friedrich
Peter Pekarík- Alexander Madlung
- Fabian Johnson
Simon Kjær
Midfielders
- Sascha Riether
- Christian Gentner
- Akaki Gogia
- Thomas Kahlenberg
Makoto Hasebe
Josué- Ashkan Dejagah
Karim Ziani- Diego
Jan Polák
Yohandry Orozco
Attackers
Bundesliga
Matches
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Wolfsburg | |
Müller  9'Schweinsteiger 90' |
Džeko 55' |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | Wolfsburg | |
| Şahin 50' Kagawa 67' |
| 5 | Hamburg | 1–3 | Wolfsburg | |
| Choupo-Moting 27' |
Džeko 15' Grafite 71', 78' |
| 7 | Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Wolfsburg | |
| Marx 65' |
Kahlenberg 27' |
| 15 | Wolfsburg | 0–0 | Werder Bremen | |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | Wolfsburg | |
| 17 | Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Hoffenheim | |
| Diego 75' Džeko 90' |
Luiz Gustavo 34' Sigurðsson 40' |
| 18 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Bayern Munich | |
| Riether 86' |
Müller 7' |
| 20 | Wolfsburg | 0–3 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| Barrios 2' Şahin 40'Hummels 71' |
| 21 | Hannover | 1–0 | Wolfsburg | |
| Sérgio Pinto 4' |
| 24 | Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Mönchengladbach | |
| Diego 36', 45' |
Daems 74' (pen.) |
| 25 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3–0 | Wolfsburg | |
| L. Bender 21' Renato Augusto 29'Kießling 46' |
| 26 | Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Nuremberg | |
| Mandžukić 23' |
Wollscheid 45' Nilsson 90' |
| 27 | Stuttgart | 1–1 | Wolfsburg | |
| Niedermeier 90' |
Grafite 40' |
| 28 | Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Mandžukić 85' |
Meier 56' |
| 29 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | Wolfsburg | |
| Jurado 76' |
| 32 | Werder Bremen | 0–1 | Wolfsburg | |
| Riether 22' |
| 33 | Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Kaiserslautern | |
| Mandžukić 7' |
Lakić 26' Amedick 45' |
| 34 | Hoffenheim | 1–3 | Wolfsburg | |
| Firmino 49' |
Mandžukić 60', 73' Grafite 78' |
Top Scorers
Edin Džeko (10)
Mario Mandžukić (8)- Grafite (9)
- Diego (6)
