Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg, is a German women's football club based in

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. The club is currently playing in the top division of Germany the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

. The club has won the

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...

in 2013 and 2014.

History

VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg was founded in 1973. The team was a founding member of the Bundesliga. In 2003 the team joined VfL Wolfsburg. The first season under the new name was in 2003–04, which ended with an eighth place, the next season the team was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 12th place but gained direct promotion in the following 2005–06 season. After a fifth place in 2009–10, Wolfsburg grew up one year later, contending for the title and managed to be runner-up in 2011–12. In the 2012–13 season Wolfsburg won the

. Two weeks prior the team achieved its first

title. They were the second team, after

1. FFC Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht have won sev ...

to complete the treble, by also winning the domestic cup competition. This was the first time that the same year both in men's and women's football, clubs from the same nation, complete the

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, with the men's club being

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

. They were also the first German football team to successfully defend their Champions League title.

Players

Current squad

Former players

Personnel

Current technical staff

Management

Board of directors

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Honours

Official

: ** Winners (2):

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, 2013–14 ** Runners up: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

Frauen-Bundesliga The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Foo ...

: ** Winners (7):

, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22 * DFB Pokal: ** Winners (9):

, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22

Invitational

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: ** Winners:

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Individual Club Awards

* IFFHS World's Best Woman Club: ** Winners: 2013, 2014

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfsburg, Vfl VfL Wolfsburg Women's football clubs in Germany Football clubs in Lower Saxony 2003 establishments in Germany Association football clubs established in 2003 Frauen-Bundesliga clubs