VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (pronounced [ˌfaʊ ʔɛf ʔɛl ˈvɔlfsbʊɐ̯k]) or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. It is best known for its football department, but other departments include badminton, handball and athletics.
| Full name | Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V. (Sports club) Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH (Professional football club) | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Die Wölfe (The Wolves) Die Weißgrünen (The White and Greens) | |||
| Founded | September 12, 1945 | |||
| Ground | Volkswagen Arena | |||
| Capacity | 30,000 | |||
| Owner | Volkswagen AG (of GmbH) | |||
| Managing directors | Marcel Schäfer Michael Meeske Tim Schumacher | |||
| Head coach | Niko Kovač | |||
| League | Bundesliga | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga, 8th of 18 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The men's professional football team play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, the DFB-Pokal in 2015 and the DFL-Supercup in 2015.
Professional football is run by the spin-off organization VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Since 2002, Wolfsburg's stadium is the Volkswagen Arena.