2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg season

VfL Wolfsburg finished the 2015–16 Bundesliga season in 8th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

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{{Fs player | no=15 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Christian Träsch|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=17 | nat=SPA | pos=FW | name=Borja Mayoral|Name=|other=on loan from Real Madrid}}

{{Fs player | no=18 | nat=NGR | pos=FW | name=Victor Osimhen|Name=|other=}}

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{{Fs player | no=21 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Jannes Horn|Name=|other=}}

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{{Fs player | no=24 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Sebastian Jung|Name=|other=}}

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{{Fs player | no=26 | nat=GER | pos=MF | name=Justin Möbius|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=27 | nat=GER | pos=MF | name=Maximilian Arnold|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=28 | nat=BEL | pos=GK | name=Koen Casteels|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=29 | nat=GER | pos=MF | name=Amara Condé|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=30 | nat=GER | pos=MF | name=Paul Seguin|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=31 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Robin Knoche|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=33 | nat=GER | pos=FW | name=Mario Gómez|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=34 | nat=SUI | pos=DF | name=Ricardo Rodríguez|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=35 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Gian-Luca Itter|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=36 | nat=GER | pos=GK | name=Phillip Menzel|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=38 | nat=BEL | pos=MF | name=Ismail Azzaoui|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=40 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Robin Ziegele|Name=|other=}}

{{Fs player | no=41 | nat=GER | pos=DF | name=Hendrik Hansen|Name=|other=}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|07|09|df=y}}

|time = 17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Veltins-Auswahl {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 0–14

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/torreicher-erster-test-43177.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

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|goals2 =

• Didavi {{goal|27||28}}
• Caligiuri {{goal|31}}
• Dost {{goal|36||50}}
• Kruse {{goal|56||82}}
• Bruma {{goal|61}}
• Brekalo {{goal|63||65||85}}
• Knoche {{goal|68}}
• Putaro {{goal|76}}
• Schäfer {{goal|87|pen.}}

|stadium = GWG-Stadion Flutmulde

|location = Gifhorn, Germany

|attendance = 1,900

|referee =

|result = W

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|07|16|df=y}}

|time = 15:00 BST (UTC+1)
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Celtic {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/unglueckliche-niederlage-43237.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• McGregor {{goal|21}}
• Christie {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Seguin {{goal|11}}

|stadium = Celtic Park

|location = Glasgow, Scotland

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Bobby Madden (Scotland)

|result = L

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|07|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Basel {{flagicon|SUI}}

|score = 3–3

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/remis-beim-meister-43262.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Janko {{goal|69}}
• Høegh {{goal|72}}
• Elyounoussi {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

• Dost {{goal|29}}
• Kruse {{goal|55}}
• Caligiuri {{goal|74}}

|stadium = St. Jakob-Park

|location = Basel, Switzerland

|attendance = 7,619

|referee = Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

|result = D

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|07|24|df=y}}

|time = 18:15 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/spaete-entscheidung-43325.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Mitroglou {{goal|63}}
• Jonas {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium = Cashpoint-Arena

|location = Altach, Austria

|attendance = 2,524

|referee = Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

|result = L

}}

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|round = Troféu Cinco Violinos

|date = {{Start date|2016|07|30|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Sporting CP {{flagicon|POR}}

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/knappeniederlage-in-lissabon-43387.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Slimani {{goal|26}}
• Adrien {{goal|34|pen.}}

|goals2 = Donkor {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Estádio José Alvalade

|location = Lisbon, Portugal

|attendance = 30,198

|referee = Rui Rodrigues (Portugal)

|result = L

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|08|04|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Malmö FF {{flagicon|SWE}}

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/verdienter-erfolg-43440.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Rodríguez {{goal|85|pen.}}

|stadium = Swedbank Stadion

|location = Malmö, Sweden

|attendance = 1,526

|referee = Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

|result = W

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = {{Start date|2016|08|09|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg {{flagicon|GER}}

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/info/aktuelles/detailseite/artikel/blaszczykowski-trifft-zum-sieg-43496.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Étienne

|goals1 = Błaszczykowski {{goal|24}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion Hartberg

|location = Hartberg, Austria

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = W

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| date=8 January 2017

| round = Florida Cup

| time=16:45 EST (UTC-5)

| team1=Tampa Bay Rowdies {{flagicon|USA}}

| score=0–2

| report=https://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de/en/info/news/detailspage/artikel/successful-start-45078.html

| team2={{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

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| location=St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

| result = W

| attendance=

| referee=Jonathan Wener

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| round = Florida Cup

| time=19:00 EST (UTC-5)

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| team2={{flagicon|BRA}} Bahia

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| penalties1=Reichwein {{pengoal}}
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Wimmer {{penmiss}}
Abdat {{pengoal}}
Herrmann {{pengoal}}

| penaltyscore=3–2

| penalties2=Gustavo {{penmiss}}
Kaynan {{pengoal}}
Edson {{pengoal}}
Renato Cajá {{penmiss}}
Feijão {{penmiss}}

| stadium=ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake

| attendance=

| result = W

| referee= Vincent Apple-Chiarella

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{{main article|2016–17 Bundesliga}}

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|round = 1

|date = {{Start date|2016|08|27|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = FC Augsburg

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237701

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 = Kohr {{yel|66}}

|goals2 =

• Gerhardt {{yel|31}}
• Didavi {{goal|35}}
• Bruma {{yel|62}}
• Rodríguez {{goal|89}}

|stadium = WWK ARENA

|location = Augsburg

|attendance = 26,172

|referee = Sascha Stegemann

|result = W

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|round = 2

|date = {{Start date|2016|09|10|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237714

|team2 = 1. FC Köln

|goals1 =

• Caligiuri {{yel|30}}
• Błaszczykowski {{yel|57}}

|goals2 =

• Lehmann {{yel|66}}
• Höger {{yel|66}}
• Bittencourt {{yel|73}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 29,067

|referee = Guido Winkmann

|result = D

}}

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|round = 3

|date = {{Start date|2016|09|17|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = 1899 Hoffenheim

|score = 0–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237720

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Wagner {{yel|20}}
• Rudy {{yel|78}}

|goals2 = Gerhardt {{yel|11}}

|stadium = WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena

|location = Sinsheim

|attendance = 23,295

|referee = Günter Perl

|result = D

}}

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|round = 4

|date = {{Start date|2016|09|20|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–5

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237733

|team2 = Borussia Dortmund

|goals1 =

• Arnold {{yel|13}}
• Błaszczykowski {{yel|25}}
• Didavi {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

• Guerreiro {{goal|4}}
• Aubameyang {{goal|16||62}}
• Dembélé {{goal|58}}
• Piszczek {{goal|73}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Daniel Siebert

|result = L

}}

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|round = 5

|date = {{Start date|2016|09|24|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Werder Bremen

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237736

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Junuzović {{yel|61}}
• Thy {{goal|86}}
• Gebre Selassie {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

• Bruma {{yel|26}}
• Seguin {{yel|40}}
• Horn {{yel|49}}
• Bauer {{goal|69|o.g.}}

|stadium = Weser-Stadion

|location = Bremen

|attendance = 40,153

|referee = Deniz Aytekin

|result = L

}}

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|round = 6

|date = {{Start date|2016|10|02|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237756

|team2 = Mainz 05

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 25,876

|referee = Benjamin Brand

|result = D

}}

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|round = 7

|date = {{Start date|2016|10|16|df=y}}

|time = 17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237747

|team2 = RB Leipzig

|goals1 =

• Casteels {{yel|17}}
• Arnold {{yel|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Halstenberg {{yel|69}}
• Forsberg {{goal|70}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Sascha Stegemann

|result = L

}}

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|round = 8

|date = {{Start date|2016|10|22|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Darmstadt 98

|score = 3–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237776

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Ben-Hatira {{goal|25}}
• Kleinheisler {{goal|68}}
• Sirigu {{goal|76}}

|goals2 =

• Bruma {{sent off|0|23}}
• Gómez {{goal|60}}
• Schäfer {{yel|67}}
• Arnold {{yel|79}}

|stadium = Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

|location = Darmstadt

|attendance = 15,300

|referee = Markus Schmidt

|result = L

}}

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|round = 9

|date = {{Start date|2016|10|29|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237764

|team2 = Bayer Leverkusen

|goals1 =

• Arnold {{goal|37}}
• Brekalo {{yel|80}}

|goals2 =

• Mehmedi {{yel|59}}, {{goal|79}}
• Bender {{yel|65}}
• Wendell {{yel|71}}
• Jedvaj {{goal|83}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 26,398

|referee = Tobias Stieler

|result = L

}}

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|round = 10

|date = {{Start date|2016|11|05|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = SC Freiburg

|score = 0–3

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237797

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Abrashi {{yel|24}}
• Günter {{sent off|1|42|85}}
• Söyüncü {{yel|65}}

|goals2 =

• Gómez {{goal|41||53}}, {{yel|80}}
• Arnold {{yel|73}}
• Rodríguez {{goal|86|pen.}}

|stadium = Schwarzwald-Stadion

|location = Freiburg im Breisgau

|attendance = 23,500

|referee = Felix Brych

|result = W

}}

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|round = 11

|date = {{Start date|2016|11|19|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237785

|team2 = Schalke 04

|goals1 =

• Bruma {{yel|38}}
• Seguin {{yel|69}}

|goals2 =

• Höwedes {{yel|77}}
• Goretzka {{goal|82}}
• Kolašinac {{yel|85}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Felix Zwayer

|result = L

}}

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|round = 12

|date = {{Start date|2016|11|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = FC Ingolstadt

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237812

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Jung {{goal|31}}
• Cohen {{yel|33}}
• Roger {{yel|52}}

|goals2 =

• Guilavogui {{yel|51}}
• Caligiuri {{goal|78}}

|stadium = Audi Sportpark

|location = Ingolstadt

|attendance = 13,521

|referee = Daniel Siebert

|result = D

}}

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|round = 13

|date = {{Start date|2016|12|03|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 2–3

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237800

|team2 = Hertha BSC

|goals1 =

• Mayoral {{goal|12}}
• Seguin {{goal|18}}, {{sent off|2|76|87}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|28}}
• Caligiuri {{yel|31}}
• Arnold {{yel|62}}

|goals2 =

• Plattenhardt {{goal|16}}, {{yel|59}}
• Esswein {{goal|69}}
• Kalou {{goal|90+1|pen.}}
• Schieber {{yel|90+2}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 25,317

|referee = Jochen Drees

|result = L

}}

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|round = 14

|date = {{Start date|2016|12|10|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Bayern Munich

|score = 5–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237821

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Robben {{goal|18}}
• Lewandowski {{goal|22||58}}
• Thiago {{yel|25}}
• Müller {{goal|76}}
• Douglas Costa {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Allianz Arena

|location = Munich

|attendance = 75,000

|referee = Sascha Stegemann

|result = L

}}

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|round = 15

|date = {{Start date|2016|12|17|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237817

|team2 = Eintracht Frankfurt

|goals1 =

• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|8}}
• Bruma {{goal|33}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|38}}
• Gómez {{yel|80}}

|goals2 =

• Rebić {{yel|23}}
• Huszti {{yel|34}}
• Mascarell {{yel|61}}
• Abraham {{yel|90}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 26,967

|referee = Felix Brych

|result = W

}}

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|round = 16

|date = {{Start date|2016|12|20|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237842

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Stindl {{yel|23}}
• Hazard {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

• Caligiuri {{goal|3}}
• Arnold {{yel|12}}
• Bruma {{yel|33}}
• Gómez {{goal|57}}

|stadium = BORUSSIA-PARK

|location = Mönchengladbach

|attendance = 47,067

|referee = Robert Kampka

|result = W

}}

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|round = 17

|date = {{Start date|2017|01|21|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237836

|team2 = Hamburger SV

|goals1 =

• Benaglio {{yel|33}}
• Gómez {{goal|83}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|85}}

|goals2 =

• Ekdal {{sent off|2|28|33}}
• Ostrzolek {{yel|37}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Felix Zwayer

|result = W

}}

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|round = 18

|date = {{Start date|2017|01|28|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237861

|team2 = FC Augsburg

|goals1 =

• Gómez {{goal|4}}
• Vieirinha {{yel|68}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|89}}

|goals2 =

• Max {{yel|9}}
• Altıntop {{goal|25}}
• Kohr {{goal|69}}
• Koo {{yel|83}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 24,811

|referee = Bastian Dankert

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 19

|date = {{Start date|2017|02|04|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = 1. FC Köln

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237856

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Osako {{yel|34}}
• Clemens {{yel|43}}
• Olkowski {{yel|76}}
• Modeste {{goal|81|pen.}}
• Kessler {{yel|85}}

|goals2 =

• Bruma {{yel|58}}
• Vieirinha {{yel|67}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|85}}

|stadium = RheinEnergieSTADION

|location = Cologne

|attendance = 49,400

|referee = Patrick Ittrich

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 20

|date = {{Start date|2017|02|12|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237877

|team2 = 1899 Hoffenheim

|goals1 =

• Rodríguez {{yel|14}}
• Bazoer {{yel|24}}
• Arnold {{goal|50}}
• Didavi {{goal|73}}
• Mallı {{yel|75}}

|goals2 =

• Zuber {{goal|26}}
• Vogt {{yel|87}}
• Hübner {{yel|87}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 23,148

|referee = Daniel Siebert

|result = W

}}

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|round = 21

|date = {{Start date|2017|02|18|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Borussia Dortmund

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237868

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Bruma {{goal|20|o.g.}}
• Piszczek {{goal|48}}
• Weigl {{yel|53}}
• Dembélé {{goal|59}}
• Schürrle {{yel|89}}

|goals2 = Bruma {{yel|89}}

|stadium = SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

|location = Dortmund

|attendance = 56,906

|referee = Günter Perl

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 22

|date = {{Start date|2017|02|24|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237896

|team2 = Werder Bremen

|goals1 =

• Mayoral {{goal|19}}
• Arnold {{yel|86}}

|goals2 =

• Gnabry {{goal|10||18}}
• Bartels {{yel|45+1}}
• Wiedwald {{yel|69}}
• Sané {{yel|90+3}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Wolfgang Stark

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 23

|date = {{Start date|2017|03|04|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Mainz 05

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237892

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 = Córdoba {{goal|24}}

|goals2 = Gómez {{goal|20}}

|stadium = OPEL ARENA

|location = Mainz

|attendance = 27,238

|referee = Benjamin Cortus

|result = D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 24

|date = {{Start date|2017|03|11|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = RB Leipzig

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237922

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Schmitz {{yel|14}}
• Orban {{yel|19}}
• Keïta {{yel|33}}

|goals2 =

• Gómez {{goal|9}}, {{yel|78}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|21}}
• Gerhardt {{yel|73}}
• Seguin {{yel|89}}

|stadium = Red Bull Arena

|location = Leipzig

|attendance = 42,558

|referee = Benjamin Brand

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 25

|date = {{Start date|2017|03|18|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237911

|team2 = Darmstadt 98

|goals1 =

• Gómez {{goal|45+1}}, {{yel|62}}
• Knoche {{yel|62}}

|goals2 =

• Gondorf {{yel|58}}
• Sulu {{yel|68}}
• Banggaard {{yel|74}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 28,104

|referee = Felix Brych

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 26

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|02|df=y}}

|time = 17:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Bayer Leverkusen

|score = 3–3

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237927

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Bellarabi {{goal|40}}
• Volland {{goal|65}}
• Aránguiz {{yel|81}}
• Havertz {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

• Bazoer {{yel|39}}
• Gómez {{goal|80||83||87|pen.}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|90}}

|stadium = BayArena

|location = Leverkusen

|attendance = 28,675

|referee = Deniz Aytekin

|result = D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 27

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237928

|team2 = SC Freiburg

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Niederlechner {{yel|72}}, {{goal|78}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 24,179

|referee = Guido Winkmann

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 28

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|08|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Schalke 04

|score = 4–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237946

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Burgstaller {{goal|6||77}}
• Goretzka {{goal|23}}
• Caligiuri {{goal|48}}
• Nastasić {{yel|58}}

|goals2 =

• Arnold {{yel|2}}
• Gómez {{goal|79|pen.}}
• Bazoer {{yel|86}}

|stadium = VELTINS-Arena

|location = Gelsenkirchen

|attendance = 61,298

|referee = Benjamin Brand

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 29

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|15|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237945

|team2 = FC Ingolstadt

|goals1 =

• Bazoer {{yel|11}}
• Knoche {{yel|36}}
• Suttner {{goal|45+1|o.g.}}
• Mallı {{goal|68}}
• Gómez {{goal|80}}

|goals2 =

• Suttner {{yel|13}}
• Matip {{yel|41}}
• Cohen {{yel|86}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 26,374

|referee = Tobias Stieler

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 30

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|22|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Hertha BSC

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237967

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Ibišević {{goal|59}}
• Allan {{yel|81}}
• Darida {{yel|90}}
• Esswein {{yel|90+3}}

|goals2 =

• Arnold {{yel|39}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|53}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|73}}
• Mayoral {{yel|75}}
• Gerhardt {{yel|90+1}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion Berlin

|location = Berlin

|attendance = 42,521

|referee = Bastian Dankert

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 31

|date = {{Start date|2017|04|29|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 0–6

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237963

|team2 = Bayern Munich

|goals1 = Luiz Gustavo {{sent off|2|19|78}}

|goals2 =

• Alaba {{goal|19}}
• Lewandowski {{goal|36||45}}
• Robben {{goal|66}}
• Müller {{goal|80}}
• Kimmich {{goal|85}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = Felix Zwayer

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 32

|date = {{Start date|2017|05|06|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Eintracht Frankfurt

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237990

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 = Gaćinović {{yel|27}}

|goals2 =

• Didavi {{goal|48}}
• Gerhardt {{yel|59}}
• Gómez {{goal|63}}
• Casteels {{yel|73}}

|stadium = Commerzbank-Arena

|location = Frankfurt

|attendance = 49,000

|referee = Manuel Gräfe

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 33

|date = {{Start date|2017|05|13|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2237984

|team2 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1 =

• Bazoer {{yel|45}}
• Horn {{yel|49}}
• Gómez {{goal|58}}
• Osimhen {{yel|89}}

|goals2 =

• Vestergaard {{goal|24}}
• N. Schulz {{yel|53}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 28,721

|referee = Christian Dingert

|result = D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 34

|date = {{Start date|2017|05|20|df=y}}

|time = 15:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Hamburger SV

|score = 2–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/spieltagtabelle/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2238000

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Sakai {{yel|25}}
• Kostić {{goal|32}}, {{yel|88}}
• Papadopoulos {{yel|80}}
• Waldschmidt {{goal|88}}
• Gregoritsch {{yel|90+5}}

|goals2 =

• Knoche {{goal|23}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|36}}
• Vieirinha {{yel|59}}
• Casteels {{yel|90+2}}

|stadium = Volksparkstadion

|location = Hamburg

|attendance = 57,000

|referee = Manuel Gräfe

|result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = First leg

|date = {{Start date|2017|05|25|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/relegation/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2246987

|team2 = Eintracht Braunschweig

|goals1 =

• Gómez {{goal|35|pen.}}
• Guilavogui {{yel|52}}
• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|88}}

|goals2 =

• Reichel {{yel|14}}
• Valsvik {{yel|34}}
• Sauer {{yel|43}}

|stadium = VOLKSWAGEN ARENA

|location = Wolfsburg

|attendance = 29,100

|referee = Sascha Stegemann

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = Second leg

|date = {{Start date|2017|05|29|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = Eintracht Braunschweig

|score = 0–1

|aggregatescore = 0–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/bundesliga/relegation/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2246988

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 = Sauer {{sent off|2|10|82}}

|goals2 =

• Gómez {{yel|36}}
• Vieirinha {{goal|49}}
• Didavi {{yel|75}}

|stadium = Eintracht-Stadion

|location = Braunschweig

|attendance = 23,000

|referee = Tobias Stieler

|result = W

}}

{{main article|2016–17 DFB-Pokal}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = First round

|date = {{Start date|2016|08|20|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = FSV Frankfurt

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2235760

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Bahn {{yel|32}}
• Streker {{yel|35}}
• Schleusener {{goal|52}}, {{yel|78}}
• Barry {{yel|90+1}}

|goals2 =

• Schäfer {{goal|5|o.g.}}
• Dost {{goal|16}}
• Bruma {{yel|58}}
• Didavi {{yel|66}}
• Gerhardt {{yel|89}}

|stadium = Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion

|location = Frankfurt

|attendance = 5,050

|referee = Wolfgang Stark

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = Second round

|date = {{Start date|2016|10|26|df=y}}

|time = 18:30 CEST (UTC+2)

|team1 = 1. FC Heidenheim

|score = 0–1

|report = https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2244924

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Schnatterer {{yel|70}}
• Müller {{yel|86}}

|goals2 =

• Gómez {{goal|49}}
• Seguin {{yel|60}}
• Arnold {{yel|86}}

|stadium = Voith-Arena

|location = Heidenheim

|attendance = 9,200

|referee = Benjamin Brand

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = Round of 16

|date = {{Start date|2017|02|07|df=y}}

|time = 20:45 CET (UTC+1)

|team1 = Bayern Munich

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2245758

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 =

• Douglas Costa {{goal|18}}
• Robben {{yel|72}}

|goals2 =

• Luiz Gustavo {{yel|57}}
• Rodríguez {{yel|90+3}}

|stadium = Allianz Arena

|location = Munich

|attendance = 73,500

|referee = Jochen Drees

|result = L

}}

{{Efs start|Bundesliga|DFB-Pokal|Play-offs}}

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

{{Efs player|no=1 |name=Diego Benaglio|pos=GK|nat=SUI |14|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=20 |name=Max Grün|pos=GK|nat=GER |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=28 |name=Koen Casteels|pos=GK|nat=BEL |20|0|2|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=36 |name=Phillip Menzel|pos=GK|nat=GER |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

|-

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

{{Efs player|no=2 |name=Philipp Wollscheid|pos=DF|nat=GER |6+1|0|0|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=4 |name=Marcel Schäfer|pos=DF|nat=GER |2+2|0|0+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=5 |name=Jeffrey Bruma|pos=DF|nat=NED |20|1|2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=15 |name=Christian Träsch|pos=DF|nat=GER |7+4|0|0+1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=21 |name=Jannes Horn|pos=DF|nat=GER |10+3|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=24 |name=Sebastian Jung|pos=DF|nat=GER |4|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=31 |name=Robin Knoche|pos=DF|nat=GER |21+2|1|1+1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=34 |name=Ricardo Rodríguez|pos=DF|nat=SUI|23|2|3|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=40 |name=Robin Ziegele|pos=DF|nat=GER |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=41 |name=Hendrik Hansen|pos=DF|nat=GER |0+1|0|0|0|0|0}}

|-

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

{{Efs player|no=6 |name=Riechedly Bazoer|pos=MF|nat=NED |12|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=8 |name=Vieirinha|pos=MF|nat=POR |13+8|0|2|0|1+1|1}}

{{Efs player|no=10 |name=Yunus Mallı|pos=MF|nat=TUR |13+3|1|0+1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=11 |name=Daniel Didavi|pos=MF|nat=GER |11+7|4|1+1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=13 |name=Yannick Gerhardt|pos=MF|nat=GER |25+2|0|3|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=14 |name=Jakub Błaszczykowski|pos=MF|nat=POL |20+8|0|2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=22 |name=Luiz Gustavo|pos=MF|nat=BRA |26+1|0|3|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=23 |name=Josuha Guilavogui|pos=MF|nat=FRA |17+2|0|0|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=25 |name=Ashkan Dejagah|pos=MF|nat=IRN |0|0|0|0|0+2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=26 |name=Justin Möbius|pos=MF|nat=GER |0+2|0|0+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=27 |name=Maximilian Arnold|pos=MF|nat=GER |28+4|2|2|0|0+2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=29 |name=Amara Condé|pos=MF|nat=GER |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=30 |name=Paul Seguin|pos=MF|nat=GER |15+7|1|2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=38 |name=Ismail Azzaoui|pos=MF|nat=BEL |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

|-

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

{{Efs player|no=9 |name=Paul-Georges Ntep|pos=FW|nat=FRA |5+5|0|1|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=17 |name=Borja Mayoral|pos=FW|nat=SPA |3+16|2|1+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=18 |name=Victor Osimhen|pos=FW|nat=NGR |0+2|0|0|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=33 |name=Mario Gómez|pos=FW|nat=GER |32+1|16|1+1|1|2|1}}

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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

{{Efs player|no=6 |name=Carlos Ascues|pos=DF|nat=PER |0|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=7 |name=Daniel Caligiuri|pos=MF|nat=ITA |12+2|2|2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=10 |name=Julian Draxler|pos=MF|nat=GER |12+1|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=12 |name=Bas Dost|pos=FW|nat=NED |1|0|1|1|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=16 |name=Bruno Henrique|pos=FW|nat=BRA |1+5|0|0+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=25 |name=Josip Brekalo|pos=FW|nat=CRO |0+4|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=35 |name=Anton Donkor|pos=FW|nat=GER |0|0|0|0|0|0}}

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