VFL Wolfsburg Football Club Notebook
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VFL Wolfsburg Football Club History & Profile
Club History & Facts:
VFL Wolfsburg were founded after the second World War in the new German City of Wolfsburg. The club almost met their demise early on in their inception when all of their players with the exception of 1, Josef Meyer who worked together with manager Willie Herbert to sign a new squad of players.
They play their football in front of a 30,000 Capacity at the Volkswagen Arena and play in green and white colours. After the team nicknamed Wolves spent 50 years in the lower reaches of the German League they eventually reached the Bundesliga in 1997. They reached the German cup final in 1995, but were thrashed 3-0 by then top German side Borussia Monchengladbach.
Wolfsburg European Performance
Wolves spent some mediocre years in the top flight before the arrival of new manager Felix Magath in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA cup that season.
The following season Wolfsburg upset the odds by winning their first ever Bundesliga crown finishing above favourites Bayern Munich.They easily lost their title though in the 2009/2010 with Munich reclaiming their crown.They competed in the Champions League for the first time and finished 3rd in the group stages which meant they went in to the Europa League but were knocked out in the quarter finals by over achieving English side Fulham.
They have a great crop of current players especially the sought after Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko and his Brazilian strike partner Graffite. Wolfsburg may be a side lacking the colourful history of Bayern Munich and Hamburg, but they are a team on the up who are looking to make a name for themselves amidst Europe's elite. Englishman Steve Mclaren took over as manager in May 2010 after Wolfsburg's poor 8th placed finish.
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