VfB Stuttgart

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position = Bundesliga, 9th |

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leftarm2=FF0000|body2=FF0000|rightarm2=FF0000|shorts2=FF0000|socks2=FF0000|The VfB Stuttgart (eingetragener Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 , "registered Club for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893") is a German sports club best known for its football team based in Stuttgart, and founded on September 9, 1893 as Stuttgart FV 93. Eventually, the Stuttgart FV 93 merged with Kronen-Club Cannstatt on April 2, 1912 and subsequently changed its name to VfB Stuttgart 1893 e. V.. The decisive club meeting, where the merger was approved, took place at the "Concordia" hotel in Cannstatt (a city district of Stuttgart). The club's sports departments include football (professionals, amateurs, youth, referees), fistball, hockey, athletics and table-tennis.

The VfB club colors are white and red, with a red stripe on the chest. They are called "the reds", compared to local rivals, "the blues" Stuttgarter Kickers.

In 1963, with its football squad, VfB Stuttgart was a founding member of the Bundesliga, the German top national football league.

The home ground of VfB Stuttgart is the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion ("Gottlieb Daimler Stadium"), which was built in 1933. It lies close to the River Neckar on Stuttgart's Mercedes Straße near a Mercedes-Benz factory and the new Mercedes-Benz Museum. After renovation, the stadium can hold a maximum capacity of 54,088 spectators (international matches: 50,000). Currently, the stadium is being extended to a maximum capacity of about 57,000 spectators (international matches: 54,500). It was one of the hosts for the 2006 FIFA World Cup with five matches, and hosted the third place play-off.

Important people

VfB Stuttgart coin

VfB player Silvio Meissner (right) at Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (February 2003)

* Dieter Hundt, chairman
* Erwin Staudt, CEO & president since June 26, 2003.
* Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, long time chairman, current boss of DFB

Current Squad

As of July 3, 2006

Squad change during 06/07 season

;In:
* Danijel Ljuboja from PSG
* Antonio da Silva from FSV Mainz 05
* Roberto Hilbert from SpVgg Greuther Fürth
* Alexander Farnerud from RC Strasbourg
* Ricardo Osorio from Cruz Azul
* Pavel Pardo from Club America

;Out:
* Andreas Hinkel to Sevilla FC
* Jesper Grønkjær to F.C. Copenhagen
* Christian Tiffert to Red Bull Salzburg
* Zvonimir Soldo contract not renewed
* Marco Streller 1. FC Köln

Prominent former and current players

* Karl Allgöwer
* Krassimir Balakov
* Fredi Bobić
* Guido Buchwald
* Carlos Dunga
* Giovane Elber
* Bernd Förster
* Karl Heinz Förster
* Timo Hildebrand
* Andreas Hinkel
* Eike Immel
* Srecko Katanec
* Jürgen Klinsmann
* Kevin Kurányi
* Philipp Lahm
* Dieter Müller
* Hansi Müller
* Matthias Sammer
* Robert Schlienz
* Zvonimir Soldo
* Imre Szabics
* Aliaksandr Hleb
* Asgeir Sigurvinsson

Greatest achievements

* German champions:
** 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992
* German vice champions:
** 1935, 1953, 1979, 2003
* German Cup winner:
** 1954, 1958, 1997
* German Cup finalist:
** 1986
* UEFA Cup finalist:
** 1989
* Finalist in Cup Winners' Cup:
** 1998
* UEFA Intertoto Cup winner:
** 2000, 2002
* German Super-Cup winner:
** 1992
* South German champions:
** 1946, 1952, 1954
* Württemberg champions
** 1927 (Württemberg/Baden), 1930, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941

Bundesliga Position

* 2005/06 - 9th place
* 2004/05 - 5th place
* 2003/04 - 4th place
* 2002/03 - 2nd place
* 2001/02 - 8th place
* 2000/01 - 15th place
* 1999/00 - 8th place
* 1998/99 - 11th place
* 1997/98 - 4th place
* 1996/97 - 4th place
* 1995/96 - 10th place
* 1994/95 - 12th place
* 1993/94 - 7th place
* 1992/93 - 7th place
* 1991/92 - German champions
* 1990/91 - 6th place
* 1989/90 - 6th place
* 1988/89 - 5th place
* 1987/88 - 4th place
* 1986/87 - 12th place
* 1985/86 - 5th place
* 1984/85 - 10th place
* 1983/84 - German champions
* 1982/83 - 3rd place
* 1981/82 - 9th place
* 1980/81 - 3rd place
* 1979/80 - 3rd place
* 1978/79 - 2nd place
* 1977/78 - 4th place
* 1976/77 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
* 1975/76 - 2. Bundesliga
* 1974/75 - 16th place - Relegated to the 2. Bundesliga
* 1973/74 - 9th place
* 1972/73 - 6th place
* 1971/72 - 8th place
* 1970/71 - 12th place
* 1969/70 - 7th place
* 1968/69 - 5th place
* 1967/68 - 8th place
* 1966/67 - 12th place
* 1965/66 - 11th place
* 1964/65 - 12th place
* 1963/64 - 5th place

External links

* HefleswetzKick, unofficial site.
* VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. official site, in English.
* {} VfB Stuttgart {}, athletics department.
* VfB Stuttgart statistics