VfL Wolfsburg

The German Football League (DFL) confirmed the kick-off times for Bundesliga Matchdays 31 to 33 on Wednesday. The concluding Matchday 34 will, as usual, see all teams play at the same time of Saturday at 15:30 CEST. The Wolves also play on Saturday afternoon at Freiburg on Matchday 31 and at home to Darmstadt on Matchday 32, before travelling to Bayern Munich for their final away game of the campaign on Sunday 12 May (17:30 CEST).

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VfL Wolfsburg’s new coaching team is taking shape, with Craig Fleming and Patrick Hasenhüttl named as assistants to new head coach Ralph Hasenhüttl. They will be supported in the future by Rainer Widmayer, who has worked as the point of contact between the academy and the professional team since September last year.

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Ralph Hasenhüttl has been named as the Wolves’ new head coach after signing a long-term contract at the club. The 56-year-old will oversee his first training session on Tuesday. The Austrian’s last post was at English Premier League club FC Southampton, where he held the reins between December 2018 and November 2022. A striker in his playing days, Hasenhüttl previously coached RB Leipzig and FC Ingolstadt in the Bundesliga. He helped Leipzig finish as league runners-up in the 2016/17 campaign, earning the club UEFA Champions League qualification. Before then, he steered Ingolstadt to promotion and the Bundesliga 2 title in 2014/15 and comfortably kept them in the top flight the following year. 

VfL Wolfsburg suffered their third straight defeat on Matchday 26 of the Bundesliga. The Lower Saxony side, who again had a man sent off, went down to a 3-1 loss against Augsburg on Saturday afternoon, which sees them slip to 14th place in the table.

VfL Wolfsburg, without a win in ten Bundesliga games, have another chance to claim their first three points of 2024 when they host FC Augsburg at 15:30 CET on Saturday 16 March.

Since 2014, VfL Wolfsburg has regularly thrown the spotlight on the issue of diversity. This year’s Diversity Matchday underlines the club’s commitment to inclusivity and against all forms of discrimination. Current political events and racially motivated incidents have resulted in an increased focus on fighting right-wing extremism and populism this year.

VfL Wolfsburg suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Bayer Leverkusen as Matchday 25 came to a close. The Wolves had to contend with Moritz Lenz being sent off in the 28th minute and then set about defending their own penalty area with all that they could muster, but did not have enough up front to come away with a point.

While VfL Wolfsburg (https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en/teams/first-team) are still looking for their first win of 2024, this weekend’s opponents Bayer Leverkusen remain undefeated this season – in the Bundesliga, the DFB Cup and the UEFA Europa League. As such, it is clear to see who the favourites are ahead of the teams’ meeting on Sunday evening (kick-off 19:30 CET). There are, however, a number of reasons why the Green-and-Whites can be optimistic of finally returning to winning ways…