VfL Wolfsburg

Germany · Bundesliga 2015/16 – 2025/26 · 2. Bundesliga now · Manager: Tobias Strobl since Aug 2026

#86 World rank · club rating

1,891 Club rating

2nd in 2. Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg played 11 Bundesliga seasons (2015/16 – 2025/26) and are in 2. Bundesliga now. Dieter Hecking (Jan 2013 – Oct 2016) had the best points per game of them (1.72 in 165 matches) and took the club rating from 1,871 to 1,910.

VfL Wolfsburg managers

28 spells since 1997 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Tobias Strobl Aug 2026 – present · PPG 1.54 current Aug 2026 – present 13 5-5-3 1.54 1,847 → 1,900 +53 +8.8 +0.03

Dieter Hecking #523 now Mar 2026 – May 2026 · PPG 1.00 Mar 2026 – May 2026 11 2-5-4 1.00 1,785 → 1,856 +71 +9.5 −0.02

Daniel Bauer Nov 2025 – Mar 2026 · PPG 0.80 Nov 2025 – Mar 2026 15 3-3-9 0.80 1,873 → 1,750 −123 −9.2 −0.05

Paul Simonis Aug 2025 – Nov 2025 · PPG 0.92 Aug 2025 – Nov 2025 12 3-2-7 0.92 1,846 → 1,835 −11 −12.8 −0.13

Daniel Bauer May 2025 · PPG 2.00 caretaker May 2025 2 1-1-0 2.00 1,836 → 1,871 +35 +7.0 +0.30

Ralph Hasenhüttl Mar 2024 – May 2025 · PPG 1.32 Mar 2024 – May 2025 44 16-10-18 1.32 1,964 → 1,906 −58 −8.5 +0.06

Niko Kovač #38 now Jul 2022 – Mar 2024 · PPG 1.32 Jul 2022 – Mar 2024 66 23-18-25 1.32 2,054 → 1,872 −183 −35.8 +0.03

Florian Kohfeldt #882 now Oct 2021 – May 2022 · PPG 1.14 Oct 2021 – May 2022 28 9-5-14 1.14 1,920 → 1,942 +21 +3.7 −0.12

Mark van Bommel Aug 2021 – Oct 2021 · PPG 1.15 Aug 2021 – Oct 2021 13 4-3-6 1.15 1,969 → 1,887 −82 −15.9 −0.06

Oliver Glasner #93 now Aug 2019 – May 2021 · PPG 1.64 Aug 2019 – May 2021 87 40-23-24 1.64 2,015 → 2,060 +44 +1.1 +0.10

Bruno Labbadia Feb 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 1.52 Feb 2018 – May 2019 50 22-10-18 1.52 1,806 → 2,001 +195 +39.1 +0.04

Martin Schmidt Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 · PPG 1.09 Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 22 4-12-6 1.09 1,820 → 1,840 +20 +2.3 −0.05

Andries Jonker Mar 2017 – Sep 2017 · PPG 1.41 Mar 2017 – Sep 2017 17 7-3-7 1.41 1,957 → 1,822 −135 −2.0 +0.04

Valérien Ismaël #936 now Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 · PPG 1.21 Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 19 7-2-10 1.21 1,898 → 1,954 +56 +12.5 +0.04

Dieter Hecking #523 now Jan 2013 – Oct 2016 · PPG 1.72 Jan 2013 – Oct 2016 165 81-41-43 1.72 1,871 → 1,910 +40 +22.5 +0.35

Before 2015/16 · 13 spells, Aug 1997 – Dec 2012

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Lorenz-Günther Köstner Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 · PPG 1.82 Oct 2012 – Dec 2012 11 6-2-3 1.82 1,715 → 1,901 +186 +25.9 +0.27

Felix Magath Mar 2011 – Oct 2012 · PPG 1.23 Mar 2011 – Oct 2012 52 18-10-24 1.23 1,924 → 1,654 −270 −45.4 −0.02

Pierre Littbarski Feb 2011 – Mar 2011 · PPG 0.60 caretaker Feb 2011 – Mar 2011 5 1-0-4 0.60 1,785 → 1,748 −37 −10.8 −0.27

Steve McClaren Aug 2010 – Feb 2011 · PPG 1.21 Aug 2010 – Feb 2011 24 7-8-9 1.21 1,888 → 1,812 −76 −20.9 −0.07

Lorenz-Günther Köstner Jan 2010 – May 2010 · PPG 1.52 Jan 2010 – May 2010 21 9-5-7 1.52 1,829 → 1,848 +19 +5.3 +0.17

Armin Veh Jul 2009 – Jan 2010 · PPG 1.26 Jul 2009 – Jan 2010 27 9-7-11 1.26 1,721 → 1,740 +19 −13.4 +0.03

Felix Magath Aug 2007 – May 2009 · PPG 1.83 Aug 2007 – May 2009 72 39-15-18 1.83 1,618 → 1,923 +305 +61.2 +0.24

Klaus Augenthaler Jan 2006 – May 2007 · PPG 1.04 Jan 2006 – May 2007 51 11-20-20 1.04 1,581 → 1,533 −47 −12.5 −0.03

Eric Gerets Apr 2004 – May 2005 · PPG 1.44 Apr 2004 – May 2005 41 18-5-18 1.44 1,492 → 1,608 +116 +20.7 +0.07

Jürgen Röber Mar 2003 – Apr 2004 · PPG 1.29 Mar 2003 – Apr 2004 38 15-4-19 1.29 1,581 → 1,485 −96 −21.6 −0.04

Wolfgang Wolf Mar 1998 – Mar 2003 · PPG 1.42 Mar 1998 – Mar 2003 166 63-46-57 1.42 1,454 → 1,519 +64 +15.2

Uwe Erkenbrecher Mar 1998 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Mar 1998 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,457 → 1,443 −14 −2.7

Willi Reimann Aug 1997 – Mar 1998 · PPG 1.12 Aug 1997 – Mar 1998 26 8-5-13 1.12 1,342 → 1,487 +145 +15.8

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Wolfgang Wolf is the longest-serving: 166 matches over 4 years (Mar 1998 – Mar 2003). Felix Magath added the most coach rating: +61.2 over 72 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,891Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#86World rankof 943 active clubs

#22. Bundesligaof 26 clubs

2,084Peak since 2015/16Jan 2023 · low 1,776, Sep 2017

Colour changes with each manager (13 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

VfL Wolfsburg's club rating peaked at 2,084 in January 2023, under Niko Kovač, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,776 in September 2017, under Martin Schmidt.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

VfL Wolfsburg play in 2. Bundesliga now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2025/26 36 2.19 1.72 2.00 65% 4.36 7.58 4.89

2024/25 34 2.29 2.03 2.02 74% 4.85 5.24 4.81

2023/24 34 2.68 2.44 2.16 64% 4.35 5.03 4.98

2022/23 34 1.85 2.35 2.15 75% 4.50 6.03 4.85

2021/22 34 1.85 2.00 1.80 57% 4.32 5.32 4.83

6 earlier seasons, 2015/16 – 2020/21

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2020/21 34 1.76 1.88 1.88 77% 5.18 5.24 4.60

2019/20 34 2.21 2.09 2.09 60% 4.91 4.97 5.05

2018/19 34 1.82 2.06 1.80 63% 5.15 5.91 5.03

2017/18 36 2.03 1.81 1.79 71% 3.94 5.39 4.72

2016/17 36 2.11 1.94 2.05 63% 4.86 4.14 4.56

2015/16 34 1.82 1.76 2.06 4.94 4.24 4.77

VfL Wolfsburg picked up 2.68 cards a game in 2023/24, their most in any season since 2015/16 and 24% above the Bundesliga's average side (2.16).

League matches only (Bundesliga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Bundesliga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

380 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 8823% 154% 164%

HT drawHT D 4011% 6317% 4512%

HT lossHT L 31% 236% 8723%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 113 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 119 matches

1st half · W 119 · D 148 · L 113 GD +1

2nd half · W 116 · D 141 · L 123 GD −29

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at VfL Wolfsburg

29 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Daniel Siebert 25 8-3-14 1.08 2.16 2.09 +4%

Felix Brych 24 15-4-5 2.04 1.88 2.04 −8%

Felix Zwayer 24 4-10-10 0.92 2.29 2.04 +12%

Sascha Stegemann 24 7-5-12 1.08 2.13 2.09 +2%

Tobias Stieler 20 7-7-6 1.40 1.80 2.00 −10%

Bastian Dankert 19 5-5-9 1.05 2.11 2.08 +1%

Robert Hartmann 18 8-5-5 1.61 1.44 2.04 −29%

Benjamin Brand 13 4-4-5 1.23 2.00 2.10 −5%

Martin Petersen 13 3-5-5 1.08 2.08 2.08 0%

Daniel Schlager 12 3-5-4 1.17 2.58 2.08 +24%

19 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Manuel Gräfe 12 5-1-6 1.33 1.33 1.96 −32%

Marco Fritz 12 3-1-8 0.83 1.67 2.03 −18%

Patrick Ittrich 12 5-4-3 1.58 2.25 2.05 +10%

Sven Jablonski 12 4-5-3 1.42 2.17 2.10 +3%

Christian Dingert 11 4-5-2 1.55 2.45 2.06 +19%

Benjamin Cortus 10 5-3-2 1.80 0.90 2.01 −55%

Deniz Aytekin 10 3-4-3 1.30 2.50 1.96 +28%

Frank Willenborg 9 6-0-3 2.00 2.00 2.14 −7%

Markus Schmidt 9 2-2-5 0.89 2.89 1.96 +47%

Matthias Jollenbeck 9 3-2-4 1.22 2.00 2.11 −5%

Tobias Reichel 9 4-4-1 1.78 3.00 2.11 +42%

Florian Badstubner 8 4-1-3 1.63 1.50 2.16 −30%

Guido Winkmann 7 1-2-4 0.71 1.86 2.04 −9%

Harm Osmers 7 2-1-4 1.00 2.14 2.05 +4%

Robert Schröder 7 2-1-4 1.00 2.00 2.09 −4%

Sören Storks 7 4-3-0 2.14 2.71 2.13 +27%

Timo Gerach 7 1-2-4 0.71 1.71 2.25 −24%

Tobias Welz 6 1-1-4 0.67 2.67 2.08 +28%

Gunter Perl 5 2-2-1 1.60 1.80 1.97 −9%

Under Benjamin Cortus, VfL Wolfsburg picked up 0.90 cards a game, 55% below their own average in the same seasons (10 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (380). Cards = VfL Wolfsburg's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is VfL Wolfsburg's manager?

Tobias Strobl, since August 2026 - 13 matches, 5 won (1.54 points per game).

How many managers has VfL Wolfsburg had since 2015?

13.

Who is VfL Wolfsburg's longest-serving manager?

Wolfgang Wolf: 166 matches from March 1998 to March 2003.

How many cards a game do VfL Wolfsburg get?

2.19 a game in the Bundesliga in 2025/26, against 2.00 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.