title: 2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season
text: # 2002–03 VfL Wolfsburg season
  
  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.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      Squad at end of season
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | GER | Claus Reitmaier |
  | 2 | MF | GUI | Pablo Thiam |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Frank Greiner |
  | 4 | DF | DEN | Kim Madsen |
  | 5 | DF | GER | Stefan Schnoor |
  | 6 | MF | GHA | Charles Akonnor |
  | 7 | MF | GER | Patrick Weiser |
  | 8 | MF | ROU | Dorinel Munteanu |
  | 9 | FW | ARG | Diego Klimowicz |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Stefan Effenberg |
  | 11 | FW | CRO | Tomislav Marić |
  | 12 | GK | BIH | Sead Ramović |
  | 13 | DF | CRO | Marino Biliškov |
  | 14 | FW | DEN | Peter Madsen (on loan from Brøndby) |
  | 15 | MF | GER | Tobias Rau |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 19 | DF | DEN | Thomas Rytter |
  | 20 | DF | ARG | Pablo Quatrocchi |
  | 21 | FW | BUL | Martin Petrov |
  | 22 | FW | GER | Roy Präger |
  | 23 | MF | GER | Sven Müller |
  | 26 | MF | BRA | Robson Ponte (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
  | 27 | MF | CZE | Miroslav Karhan |
  | 30 | GK | DEN | Jesper Christiansen (on loan from Rangers) |
  | 31 | MF | GHA | Hans Sarpei |
  | 32 | FW | POL | Michał Janicki |
  | 33 | DF | GER | Maik Franz |
  | 35 | MF | POL | Bartosz Romanczuk |
  | 36 | MF | GER | Michael Habryka |
  | 37 | DF | GER | Stefan Lorenz |
  | 40 | GK | GER | Patrick Platins |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | MF | DEN | Michael Madsen (to Farum) |
  | 10 | MF | GER | Stefan Effenberg (released) |
  | 16 | DF | AUT | Gernot Plassnegger (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | DF | NGA | Emeka Ifejiagwa (on loan to Waldhof Mannheim) |
  | — | DF | SCG | Dušan Petković (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
  | — | FW | AUS | Joshua Kennedy (to Stuttgarter Kickers) |
  