General |
VfB Stuttgart | ||
Full name | Verein fur Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. | |
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Nickname(s) | Die Schwaben | |
Short name | VfB | |
Founded | 1893 | |
Ground | Mercedes-Benz Arena (Capacity: 60,441) | |
Manager | Vacant | |
Head Coach | Jos Luhukay | |
Current League | Bundesliga | |
2017–18 | Bundesliga, 7th | |
Website | Club home page | |
Current season |
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 E. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which is part of Germany's first division Bundesliga, missing only two seasons of play since the top tier of the German football league system was established in 1963. VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07, and the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) three times.
The football team plays its home games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen where the city's Oktoberfest celebration takes place. Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the 3. Liga, which is the highest division allowed for a reserve team. The club's junior teams have won the national U19 championships a record 10 times and the Under 17 Fußball-Bundesliga 6 times.
A membership-based club with 45,636 members (as of September 2011), VfB is the largest sports club in the Baden-Württemberg and the fifth largest in the Germany. It has departments for fistball, hockey, table-tennis and football referees, all of which compete only at the amateur level. The club also maintains a social department, the VfB-Garde.
External links
- VfB Stuttgart 1893e.V. – Official team site
- HefleswetzKick – VfB Stuttgart Team and History Site
- f-archiv – The German Football Archive historical German football league tables (in German)
- eufo.de European football club profiles
- Team statistics
VfB Stuttgart |
Current season •
Club honours •
Managers •
Players •
MHPArena |
VfB Stuttgart squad - 2023–24 |
1 Müller • 2 Anton • 3 Endo (c) • 4 Vagnoman • 5 Mavropanos • 7 Coulibaly • 8 Millot • 9 Guirassy • 10 Tomás • 11 Perea • 14 Silas • 15 Stenzel • 16 Karazor • 20 Pfeiffer • 21 Ito • 22 Führich • 23 Zagadou • 24 Sosa • 25 Egloff • 27 Kuol • 28 Nartey • 32 Ahamada • 33 Bredlow • 34 Beyaz • 36 Ulrich • 37 Aidonis • 39 Kastanaras • 42 Schock • Manager: Bruno Labbadia |
Bundesliga 2018-19 |
FC Augsburg · Hertha BSC · Werder Bremen · Borussia Dortmund · Fortuna Düsseldorf · Eintracht Frankfurt · SC Freiburg · Hannover 96 · 1899 Hoffenheim · RB Leipzig · Bayer Leverkusen · Mainz 05 · Borussia Mönchengladbach · Bayern Munich · 1. FC Nürnberg · Schalke 04 · VfB Stuttgart · VfL Wolfsburg |
DFL-Supercup winners |
1977: Borussia Mönchengladbach • 1982: Bayern Munich • 1987: Bayern Munich • 1988: Werder Bremen • 1989: Borussia Dortmund • 1990: Bayern Munich • 1991: Kaiserslautern • 1992: Stuttgart • 1993: Werder Bremen • 1994: Werder Bremen • 1995: Borussia Dortmund • 1996: Borussia Dortmund • 2008: Borussia Dortmund • 2009: Werder Bremen • 2010: Bayern Munich • 2011: Borussia Dortmund • 2012: Borussia Dortmund • 2013: Bayern Munich • 2014: Bayern Munich • 2015: Bayern Munich • 2016: Bayern Munich • 2017: Bayern Munich • 2018: Bayern Munich • 2019: Borussia Dortmund • 2020: Bayern Munich • 2021: Bayern Munich • 2022: Bayern Munich • 2023: TBD |
UEFA Intertoto Cup winners |
1995: Bordeaux, Strasbourg • 1996: Karlsruhe, Silkeborg, Guingamp • 1997: Auxerre, Bastia, Lyon • 1998: Bologna, Valencia, Werder • 1999: Juventus, West Ham United, Montpellier • 2000: Celta, Stuttgart, Udinese • 2001: Paris Saint-Germain, Troyes, Aston Villa • 2002: Málaga, Stuttgart, Fulham • 2003: Villarreal, Perugia, Schalke 04 • 2004: Villarreal, Lille, Schalke 04 • 2005: Hamburg, Marseille, Lens • 2006: Newcastle United • 2007: Hamburg • 2008: Braga |
Germany |