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On May 26, 1938 Adolf Hitler laid the
On May 26, 1938 Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone for a Volkswagen factory that was originally meant to build the KdF-Wagen.
foundation stone for a Volkswagen factory that was originally meant to build the KdF-Wagen. To serve that purpose the city of Wolfsburg was founded and initially called “Stadt des Kraft-durch-Freude-Wagens bei Fallersleben.” The later VW Beetle thus got a home, and Wolfsburg, as it was called only after the war, acquired the stamp of a Nazi propaganda vehicle. In the same year a works sports community was founded inside the Volkswagen plant which played in the Gauliga Osthannover up to 1944 and can be seen as a kind of forerunner of VfL Wolfsburg.
The official foundation of VfL only came after the Second World War, and did so without glamour, in a barrack on Reislinger Straße.
What few know is that the football club
What few know is that the football club almost disappeared again just three months after its foundation.
almost disappeared again just three months after its foundation. In December 1945 virtually the entire first team split from VfL to form 1. FC Wolfsburg on their own. Coach Josef Meyer had to assemble a new side and did so successfully.
In their first year the rebuilt team won the 1. Kreisklasse title and promotion to the Bezirksliga. Further titles in the Amateur-Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost followed from 1951 to 1954, until the young club finally beat Heider SV 2–1 in the last promotion match and reached the then top-flight Oberliga Nord.
What is not especially well known outside the
What is not especially well known outside the city either is that Wolfsburg were founding members of the 2.
city either is that Wolfsburg were founding members of the 2. Bundesliga in 1974 but were relegated straight away. Another promotion and relegation followed, and then the Wolves vanished from professional football for 15 years. Only in 1992, under coach Uwe Erkenbrecher, did they return to the second division.
In the promotion round they faced three opponents from the new eastern states: FC Berlin, Union Berlin and FSV Zwickau. Promotion was secured on June 13, 1992 with a 2–1 win over FC Berlin. Another five years passed before they reached the Bundesliga.
It thus took exactly 45 largely unsuccessful years before the main sponsor Volkswagen could welcome VfL Wolfsburg to the top division. VW had already been the club’s main sponsor since 1952.
What is often overlooked is that the women
What is often overlooked is that the women of VfL Wolfsburg have been much more successful than the men.
of VfL Wolfsburg have been much more successful than the men. Their greatest season so far was 2012/13. Having finished second the year before, they entered the Champions League for the first time and made history: they won the league, the DFB-Pokal and the Champions League against mighty Olympique Lyon. In the same season in which Bayern’s men won the treble, Wolfsburg’s women did the same.
Chapeau.
WOB Quiz BETA
Test your knowledge
The WOB Quiz tests your knowledge about VfL Wolfsburg — from the club's founding to legendary matches and current Bundesliga statistics. Six multiple-choice questions, four options, only one is correct. After each question you'll learn the background — facts that surprise even die-hard fans.
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The quiz consists of six multiple-choice questions with four options each. Questions cover club history, current Bundesliga data, and predictions.
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Questions are automatically generated from the Akte chapters of VfL Wolfsburg — based on over 100 researched facts, current standings data, and Oracle predictions.
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New quiz questions appear twice a week (Monday and Thursday). Questions are compiled by AI from current and historical data.
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Good to Know — Update 2020–2026
In 2020/21, VfL Wolfsburg qualified for the Champions League under coach Oliver Glasner — a success that almost passed unnoticed in the car city.
In 2020/21, VfL Wolfsburg qualified for the Champions
In 2020/21, VfL Wolfsburg qualified for the Champions League under coach Oliver Glasner — a success that almost passed unnoticed in the car city.
League under coach Oliver Glasner — a success that almost passed unnoticed in the car city. Glasner then left the club for Eintracht Frankfurt, where he would go on to win the Europa League title.
What followed was a coaching carousel remarkable even
What followed was a coaching carousel remarkable even by Wolfsburg standards: Mark van Bommel, dismissed after 13 matches; Florian Kohfeldt, unsuccessful; Niko Kovac, who came and went; Ralph Hasenhuttl — and more by 2026.
by Wolfsburg standards: Mark van Bommel, dismissed after 13 matches; Florian Kohfeldt, unsuccessful; Niko Kovac, who came and went; Ralph Hasenhuttl — and more by 2026. The VW millions kept flowing, but sustainability was missing. The women’s section, long a serial champion, was meanwhile displaced by Bayern Munich as the number one in Germany.