WOLFSBURG have released a new badge in a historic switch for the German giants.
The new crest will feature battlements, which the club have campaigned to bring back for twenty years.
The return of the battlements, depicted on the top of the iconic “W” of the badge, signal the identity and tradition of the 80-year-old club.
Wolfsburg said: “The battlement crest is a defining element of our club culture.”
The updated badge comes in the club’s 80-year anniversary but will not be displayed on kits until the 2027-28 season for production reasons.
Fan representative Marvin Minner said: “We have been campaigning for the return of the battlements for over 20 years.
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It is the most defining element of our fan culture – today it is returning permanently across the entire club. For us, this is a historic and incredibly emotional moment.”
As well as the gradual crest transition the club say they will adapt their typography and graphic elements in a time when symbols are becoming more important.
Managing Director Michael Meeske added: “Our emblem deliberately sends a signal for the community in the region, for shared responsibility towards one another, and enables an impressive connection between past and future.”
Wolfsburg’s women’s team will follow the same transition as the men in a historic new era for the team.
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The 2009 Bundesliga winners have a rich history – competing in the Uefa Champions League three times.
Former Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne made his name at the club in 2014-15 as they won the DFB Pokal and qualified for their second Champions League.
However, the Wolves now find themselves in a relegation fight ahead of the final game of the season.
They sit 16th, one place above the two automatic relegation places.
However they are only out of the automatic places on goal difference and travel to 17th placed St Pauli on the final day for an automatic relegation showdown.
The best possible outcome for Wolfsburg is 16th, where they still won’t be safe and will have to contest a Bundesliga relegation play-off against third in the second division.
So the league the Wolves will be playing in by the time their new battlements badge is displayed on their kit is very much unknown.
They have flirted with relegation many times, narrowly avoiding demotion via the play-offs in both 2017 and 2018.
Wolfsburg have not played in the second division of German football since 1959.
