UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Old Trafford - Manchester Wednesday 30 September 2015 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Manchester United FC Group B - Matchday 2 VfL Wolfsburg Last updated 12/04/2016 23:26CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Group Standings 18 Team facts 20 Legend 23 1 Manchester United FC - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Wolfsburg - Manchester Džeko 56; Owen 44, 08/12/2009 GS 1-3 Wolfsburg United FC 83, 90+1 Manchester United FC - VfL Giggs 59, Carrick 78; 30/09/2009 GS 2-1 Manchester Wolfsburg Džeko 56 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 VfL Wolfsburg 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 Manchester United FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mandžukić 59, Müller FC Bayern München - 3-1 09/04/2014 QF Munich 68, Robben 76; Evra Manchester United FC agg: 4-2 57 Manchester United FC - FC Vidić 58; 01/04/2014 QF 1-1 Manchester Bayern München Schweinsteiger 67 A. Valencia 22, Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Spahić 30 (og), J. 27/11/2013 GS 0-5 Leverkusen Manchester United FC Evans 66, Smalling 77, Nani 88 Rooney 22, 70, Van Manchester United FC - Bayer Persie 59, A. Valencia 17/09/2013 GS 4-2 Manchester 04 Leverkusen 79; Rolfes 54, Ömer Toprak 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers A. Valencia 26, Manchester United FC - FC 4-1 04/05/2011 SF Manchester Gibson 31, Anderson Schalke 04 agg: 6-1 72, 76; Jurado 35 FC Schalke 04 - Manchester 26/04/2011 SF 0-2 Gelsenkirchen Giggs 67, Rooney 69 United FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FC 3-2 Gibson 3, Nani 7, 41; 07/04/2010 QF Manchester Bayern München agg: 4-4 ag Olić 43, Robben 74 FC Bayern München - Ribéry 77, Olić 90+2; 30/03/2010 QF 2-1 Munich Manchester United FC Rooney 1 2 Manchester United FC - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - VfB Van Nistelrooy 45+2, 09/12/2003 GS1 2-0 Manchester Stuttgart Giggs 58 Szabics 50, Kuranyi VfB Stuttgart - Manchester 01/10/2003 GS1 2-1 Stuttgart 52; Van Nistelrooy 67 United FC (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - Bayer Verón 42, Van 13/11/2002 GS1 2-0 Manchester 04 Leverkusen Nistelrooy 69 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Berbatov 52; Van 24/09/2002 GS1 1-2 Leverkusen Manchester United FC Nistelrooy 31, 44 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1-1 Neuville 45+2; Keane 30/04/2002 SF Leverkusen Manchester United FC agg: 3-3 ag 28 Živković 29 (og), Van Manchester United FC - Bayer 04 Nistelrooy 67 (P); 24/04/2002 SF 2-2 Manchester Leverkusen Ballack 62, Neuville 75 Manchester United FC - FC 13/03/2002 GS2 0-0 Manchester Bayern München FC Bayern München - Paulo Sérgio 87; Van 20/11/2001 GS2 1-1 Munich Manchester United FC Nistelrooy 74 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - 2-1 Elber 5, Scholl 39; 18/04/2001 QF Munich Manchester United FC agg: 3-1 Giggs 49 Manchester United FC - FC 03/04/2001 QF 0-1 Manchester Paulo Sérgio 86 Bayern München UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sheringham 90+1, Manchester United FC - FC 26/05/1999 F 2-1 Barcelona Solskjær 90+3; Basler Bayern München 6 Manchester United FC - FC Keane 43; 09/12/1998 GS 1-1 Manchester Bayern München Salihamidžić 55 FC Bayern München - Elber 11, 89; Yorke 30/09/1998 GS 2-2 Munich Manchester United FC 30, Scholes 49 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - Borussia 0-1 23/04/1997 SF Manchester Ricken 8 Dortmund agg: 0-2 Borussia Dortmund - 09/04/1997 SF 1-0 Dortmund Tretschok 76 Manchester United FC 3 Manchester United FC - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - FK 3-1 Herd 10, 40, 89; 01/12/1965 R1 Manchester Vorwärts Berlin agg: 5-1 Piepenburg 82 FK Vorwärts Berlin - Manchester 17/11/1965 R1 0-2 Berlin Law 72, Connelly 80 United FC European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Borussia Dortmund - Manchester 0-0 21/11/1956 R1 Dortmund United FC agg: 2-3 Viollet 10, 25, Pegg Manchester United FC - 17/10/1956 R1 3-2 Manchester 35; Kapitulski 68, Borussia Dortmund Preissler 75 VfL Wolfsburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lukaku 43, Mirallas 27/11/2014 GS VfL Wolfsburg - Everton FC 0-2 Wolfsburg 75 Rodriguez 15 (og), Coleman 45+1, 18/09/2014 GS Everton FC - VfL Wolfsburg 4-1 Liverpool Baines 47 (P), Mirallas 89; Rodriguez 90+4 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 08/04/2010 QF VfL Wolfsburg - Fulham FC Wolfsburg Zamora 1 agg: 1-3 Zamora 59, Duff 63; 01/04/2010 QF Fulham FC - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 London Madlung 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Džeko 3, Gentner 23, 04/12/2008 GS VfL Wolfsburg - Portsmouth FC 3-2 Wolfsburg Misimović 74; Defoe 11, Mvuemba 14 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 14 8 4 2 14 5 4 5 1 1 0 0 29 14 8 7 51 32 VfL Wolfsburg 4 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 6 7 16 4 Manchester United FC - VfL Wolfsburg Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester Match background Manchester United FC will try again to get their first points on the board in UEFA Champions League Group B when they host VfL Wolfsburg on matchday two. • Man. United suffered a 2-1 loss at PSV Eindhoven on matchday one, but Wolfsburg made a positive start with a 1-0 home victory over PFC CSKA Moskva. Previous meetings • This latest encounter falls precisely six years ago to the day since the first – when United overturned an Edin Džeko goal (56) at Old Trafford to win 2-1 through Ryan Giggs (58) and Michael Carrick (78). • The lineups for that group stage match on 30 September 2009 were: United: Kuszczak, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra, Valencia (Fletcher 82), Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Owen (Berbatov 20), Rooney. Wolfsburg: Benaglio, Riether, Costa, Madlung, Schäfer, Hasebe (Ziani 73), Josué, Misimović, Gentner, Džeko, Grafite (Martins 82). • Džeko struck again in the return on 8 December but Michael Owen scored a hat-trick as group winners United prevailed 3-1 to consign the Bundesliga side to third place in the section. Manchester United • United are unbeaten in their last six home fixtures in UEFA competition (five wins, one draw), including the 3-1 success against Club Brugge KV in August's play-off round. • When United last hosted a German team at Old Trafford – Bayern in the 2013/14 quarter-finals – Bastian Schweinsteiger hit the visitors' goal in a 1-1 draw. United had begun that campaign with a 4-2 win over Bayer 04 Leverkusen in which Wayne Rooney (two) and Antonio Valencia found the net. • Their overall home record against sides from Germany is W8 D4 L2. • This is the first time United have entered their second game of a UEFA Champions League campaign without a point since 1996/97, when they started with a 1-0 loss at Juventus. Wolfsburg • Wolfsburg's only defeat in six away matches in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League was in the north-west of England – a 4-1 reverse at Everton FC on 18 September 2014. Ricardo Rodriguez got the Wolfsburg goal. • Wolfsburg have scored on all three of their previous visits to England but lost every time. • Diego Benaglio and Marcel Schäfer played in Wolfsburg's first meeting with a Premier League club – a 3-2 home triumph over Portsmouth FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage. Coach and player links • As coach of FC Bayern München (2009–11), Louis van Gaal was unbeaten in four encounters with Wolfsburg, winning three of them. • As FC Barcelona coach, Van Gaal lifted the UEFA Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund (aggregate 3-1) in 1998. His overall record against German teams in UEFA competition is W10 D4 L4 (W7 D1 L0 with Ajax). • As a player, Van Gaal's final appearance in UEFA competition was a 5-1 defeat at VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach with Sparta Rotterdam. That last campaign came in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup and comprised a penalty shoot-out win over Hamburger SV in the first round before a 6-2 aggregate loss to Mönchengladbach.