2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season
# 2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season

The 2011–12 season was the 67th season in VfL Wolfsburg's football history.

## Season summary

Wolfsburg finished 8th in the Bundesliga, rising from 15th the previous season, but were knocked out in the first round of the DFB Pokal.

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Diego Benaglio |
| 2 | DF | GER | Patrick Ochs |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Felipe Lopes |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Schäfer |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Josué |
| 8 | MF | POR | Vieirinha |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| 11 | MF | BIH | Hasan Salihamidžić |
| 12 | GK | GER | André Lenz |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe |
| 15 | MF | GER | Christian Träsch |
| 17 | DF | GER | Alexander Madlung |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Mario Mandžukić |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Rasmus Jönsson |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Petr Jiráček |
| 21 | FW | GER | Kevin Scheidhauer |
| 22 | MF | POL | Mateusz Klich |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Ashkan Dejagah |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Chris |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Hrvoje Čale |
| 27 | MF | GER | Maximilian Arnold |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Diego |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Sissoko |
| 29 | MF | CZE | Jan Polák |
| 30 | MF | VEN | Yohandry Orozco |
| 31 | DF | GER | Robin Knoche |
| 32 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz |
| 33 | FW | GER | Patrick Helmes |
| 34 | DF | SUI | Ricardo Rodríguez |
| 35 | GK | SUI | Marwin Hitz |
| 36 | DF | GER | Bjarne Thoelke |
| 37 | MF | MKD | Ferhan Hasani |
| 39 | DF | GER | Michael Schulze |
| 40 | FW | GER | Sebastian Polter |
| 44 | FW | CIV | Giovanni Sio |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | GER | Arne Friedrich (released) |
| 5 | MF | KOR | Koo Ja-cheol (on loan to FC Augsburg) |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Tuncay Şanlı (on loan to Bolton Wanderers) |
| 6 | MF | BLR | Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kahlenberg (on loan to Evian) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Srđan Lakić (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 14 | MF | TUR | Tolga Ciğerci (on loan to Borussia Monchengladbach) |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Sotirios Kyrgiakos (on loan to Sunderland) |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík (on loan to Kayserispor) |
| 34 | DF | DEN | Simon Kjær (on loan to Roma) |
