VfL Wolfsburg dropped off the pace for the second season running. A successful start to the season saw Wolfsburg running first in the league, looking like strong contenders, but as the season processed, the form dropped, and at the end of the season the team had lost one more match than they had won, surprisingly dropping off the top half of the table. Manager Eric Gerets left after one season in charge, and was replaced by former Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Holger Fach.
| 2004–05 season | |||
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| Manager | Eric Gerets | ||
| Bundesliga | 9th | ||
| DFB-Pokal | First round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Thomas Brdarić (12) | ||
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Players edit
First-team squad edit
- Squad at end of season[1]
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Left club during season edit
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VfL Wolfsburg II edit
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Results edit
Bundesliga edit
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
Ewerthon  32' |
Brdarić 43, 64' |
| 2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | SC Freiburg | |
| Dorn 85' |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Klose 70' |
Brdarić 46' Thiam 53' |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | Schalke 04 | |
| Hristov 30', 40' Klimowicz 90' |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Madsen 33' |
Klimowicz 17' Thiam 78' |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Petrov 13' Klimowicz 90' |
Jancker 82' |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
| D'Alessandro 13' Schnoor 42' |
Neuville 16' |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Schroter 7', 64' Stendel 90' |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | VfL Bochum | |
| Thiam 27' Klimowicz 40' D'Alessandro 42' |
| 10 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Pizarro 24', 45' |
| 12 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Mintál 2', 28', 49' Schroth 45' |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Brdarić 42' Petrov 69', 76' |
| 14 | Hamburger SV | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Van Buyten 40' Barbarez 45' Romeo 90' |
Brdarić 1' |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Hertha BSC | |
| Thiam 50' Brdarić 68' |
Marcelinho 16', 47', 74' |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Voronin 46' França 89' |
Klimowicz 4' |
| 17 | VfL Wolfsburg | 5–0 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| Rytter 14' Klimowicz 26' Brdarić 37', 40' Petrov 67' (pen.) |
| 18 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| Quiroga 82' |
Smolarek 56' Koller 60' |
| 19 | SC Freiburg | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Bajramović 57' |
| 20 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–3 | Werder Bremen | |
| Brdarić 26' Thiam 50' |
Klose 51' Magnin 59' Valdez 87' |
| 21 | Schalke 04 | 3–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Asamoah 13' Sand 35' Hanke 85' |
| 22 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–0 | Hansa Rostock | |
| D'Alessandro 4' Klimowicz 7' Thiam 63' Marić 83' |
| 24 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Svěrkoš 87' |
| 25 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Hannover 96 | |
| Menseguez 6' |
| 26 | VfL Bochum | 5–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Edu 15', 38' Wosz 24' Lokvenc 40' Madsen 57' |
Petrov 73' |
| 27 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–3 | Bayern Munich | |
| Schweinsteiger 29' Hofland 42' (o.g.) Frings 55' |
| 28 | Mainz 05 | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Brdarić 64' Schnoor 78' |
| 29 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| Kießling 63' |
| 30 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 31 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | Hamburger SV | |
| Petrov 41' |
| 32 | Hertha BSC | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Friedrich 63' Marcelinho 81' Madlung 88' |
Petrov 17' |
| 33 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Karhan 24' Brdarić 30' |
França 61' Bierofka 86' |
| 34 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| Vata 35' |
Petrov 41' (pen.) Brdarić 56' |
Top Scorers edit
Thomas Brdarić – 12
Martin Petrov – 12
Diego Klimowicz – 7
Pablo Thiam – 6- Andrés D'Alessandro – 3