| 2001–02 season | |||
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| Manager | Wolfgang Wolf | ||
| Bundesliga | 10th | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Last 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | Tomislav Marić (12) | ||
VfL Wolfsburg had a solid season, in which it just finished inside the top 10. It scored 57 goals in just 34 games, but also conceded 49, which was too much in order to challenge for European places.
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| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
Lúcio  | Feldhoff |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | FC St. Pauli | |
| Karhan | Rahn |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 4–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| M. Amoroso Ricken Koller Rosický |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Freiburg | |
| Munteanu | Sellimi |
| 5 | Energie Cottbus | 3–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Kałużny Vragel | Juskowiak Petković Kennedy |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Seitz Balakov |
| 7 | 1860 München | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Borimirov Max | Akonnor |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Juskowiak Greiner |
| 9 | 1. FC Köln | 0–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Petrov Ponte Karhan |
| 10 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Hamburg | |
| Hoogma |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Bode |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| Ponte Petrov Kennedy Munteanu |
| 13 | Hertha Berlin | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Sarpei Goor |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Mönchengladbach | |
| Marić Petrov Ponte | Van Houdt |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Beierle | Marić |
| 16 | Bayern Munich | 3–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Pizarro Élber | Marić Kühbauer |
| 17 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Schalke 04 | |
| Němec Marić | Wilmots |
| 18 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Ponte Marić | Neuville |
| 19 | FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Meggle Rath Bajramović | Kientz |
| 20 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| Marić | Heinrich |
| 21 | Freiburg | 0–0 | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 22 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Energie Cottbus | |
| Ponte | Vragel |
| 23 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Meißner Hleb | Klimowicz |
| 24 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | 1860 München | |
| Biliškov | Týce Max Weissenberger |
| 25 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Hristov Klose Lokvenc | Hristov Munteanu |
| 26 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–1 | 1. FC Köln | |
| Klimowicz Rau Petrov Karhan | Kreuz |
| 27 | Hamburg | 1–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Barbarez | Klimowicz |
| 28 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–0 | Werder Bremen | |
| Klimowicz Petrov |
| 29 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Rink Krzynówek Gomis |
| 30 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | Hertha Berlin | |
| Klimowicz | Hartmann Preetz Marx |
| 31 | Mönchengladbach | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Klimowicz |
| 32 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–0 | Hansa Rostock | |
| Klimowicz Ponte Juskowiak |
| 33 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | Bayern Munich | |
| Sagnol |
| 34 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Asamoah | Marić |
The 2005–06 DFB-Pokal was the 63rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 19 August 2005 and ended on 29 April 2006. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0, thereby claiming their 13th title and also winning the double. It was the first time in German football that a team won the double two seasons in a row.
The 2003–04 DFB-Pokal was the 61st season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 29 August 2003 and ended on 29 May 2004. In the final Werder Bremen defeated second-tier Alemannia Aachen 3–2, thereby becoming the fifth team in German football to win the double. It was Bremen's fifth win in the cup.
The 2002–03 DFB-Pokal was the 60th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1, thereby claiming their 11th title.
The 2001–02 DFB-Pokal was the 59th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 24 August 2001 and ended on 11 May 2002. In the final Schalke 04 defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4–2, defending their title from the previous season and thereby claiming their fourth title.
The 2000–01 DFB-Pokal was the 58th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 25 August 2000 and ended on 26 May 2001. In the final Schalke 04 defeated third tier Union Berlin 2–0 thereby claiming their third title.
The 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal was the 57th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 31 July 1999 and ended on 6 May 2000. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen 3–0 to take their tenth title.
The 1998–99 DFB-Pokal was the 56th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 1998 and ended on 6 June 1999. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties, thereby claiming their fourth title.
The 1997–98 DFB-Pokal was the 55th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 14 August 1997 and ended on 16 May 1998. In the final Bayern Munich defeated MSV Duisburg 2–1 thereby claiming their ninth title.
The 1996–97 DFB-Pokal was the 54th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 9 August 1996 and ended on 16 June 1997. In the final, VfB Stuttgart defeated third tier Energie Cottbus 2–0, thereby claiming their third title.
The 1995–96 DFB-Pokal was the 53rd season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 15 August 1995 and ended on 24 May 1996. In the final, 1. FC Kaiserslautern defeated Karlsruher SC 1–0 thereby claiming their second title. In the first round, SV 1916 Sandhausen defeated VfB Stuttgart 13–12 on penalties, marking the game with the most goals in German professional football ever.
The 1993–94 DFB-Pokal was the 51st season of the annual German football cup competition. 76 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 1 August 1993 and ended on 14 May 1994. In the final Werder Bremen defeated Rot-Weiß Essen 3–1 thereby claiming their third title.
The 2008–09 DFB-Pokal was the 66th season of the annual German football cup competition. The competition began with the first round on 7 August 2008, and ended with Werder Bremen defeating Bayer Leverkusen in the final at the Olympiastadion, Berlin on 30 May 2009. The winners of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal would qualify to the fourth qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
Bayer Leverkusen became the second club to finish runner-up in both the Champions League and domestic league and cup competitions in the same season after Barcelona in 1986, with a potential treble unravelling in the final couple of weeks of the season, resulting in no trophies won at all, plus the defections of stars Michael Ballack and Zé Roberto to Bayern Munich. It dominated the second half of the Champions League final against Real Madrid, but lost 2–1 due to a volley from Zinedine Zidane in the latter stages of the first interval.
VfL Wolfsburg finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The club got into the spotlight signing Bayern Munich star Stefan Effenberg, who finished his career with a season in the Volkswagen-owned club. Elsewhere, Martin Petrov and Tomislav Marić had successful seasons, being pivotal in the European qualification.
The 2011–12 Werder Bremen season began on 30 July against 1. FC Heidenheim.
The 1998–99 VfL Bochum season was the 61st season in club history.
The 2000–01 VfL Bochum season was the 63rd season in club history.
The 2002–03 VfL Bochum season was the 65th season in club history.
The 2003–04 VfL Bochum season was the 66th season in club history.
