title: 2011–12 VfL Wolfsburg season
text: # 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) |
  