VfB Stuttgart
2009–10 season
ManagerGermany Markus Babbel (until 6 December)
Switzerland Christian Gross (from 6 December)
StadiumMercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerCacau (13)

During the 2009–10 German football season, VfB Stuttgart competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Manager Markus Babbel was sacked in early December with Stuttgart in 16th place. Christian Gross, his successor, revitalised Stuttgart and they finished in 6th, qualifying for the Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Jens Lehmann
3 DF Mexico MEX Ricardo Osorio
4 DF Netherlands NED Khalid Boulahrouz
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF Germany GER Georg Niedermeier
7 MF Germany GER Martin Lanig
9 FW Romania ROU Ciprian Marica
13 MF Germany GER Timo Gebhart
14 MF Germany GER Patrick Funk
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF Germany GER Sebastian Rudy
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW Germany GER Cacau[notes 1]
19 DF Germany GER Roberto Hilbert
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro (on loan from Juventus)
22 MF Germany GER Matthias Schwarz
23 MF Belarus BLR Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona)
24 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
26 MF Germany GER Daniel Didavi
27 DF Germany GER Stefano Celozzi
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira
29 FW Russia RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak
32 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 2]
35 DF Germany GER Christian Träsch
38 MF Austria AUT Clemens Walch
39 FW Germany GER Julian Schieber
42 DF Germany GER Marco Pischorn

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Šimák (to Mainz)
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3] (to Blackburn Rovers)
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger (to Lazio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Switzerland SUI Ludovic Magnin (to Zürich)
25 MF Brazil BRA Élson (on loan to Hannover 96)

VfB Stuttgart II

The following players played for VfB Stuttgart II, and did not play for the first team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Germany GER Alexander Stolz
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW Germany GER Alessandro Riedle

Results

DFB-Pokal

First round

1 August 2009 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 1–4 VfB Stuttgart Heilbronn
15:30 UTC+2 Ismaili 37'
Aupperle Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 90'		 Report (in German) Hitzlsperger 55'
Cacau 62'
Šimák 66', 88'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Second round

23 September 2009 VfB Lübeck 1–3
a.e.t.		 VfB Stuttgart Lübeck
20:30 UTC+2 Henning 6' Report (in German) Schieber 77'
Khedira 109'
Cacau 118'		 Stadium: Lohmühle
Attendance: 16.900
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Third round

27 October 2009 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Fürth
19:00 UTC+1 Nehrig 32' Report (in German) Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Champions League

Play-off round

26 August 2009 Stuttgart Germany 0–0 Romania Timișoara Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Report Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Stuttgart won 2–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

16 September 2009 Stuttgart Germany 1–1 Scotland Rangers Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Pogrebnyak 18' Report Bougherra 77' Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
29 September 2009 Unirea Urziceni Romania 1–1 Germany Stuttgart Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest4
20:45 Varga 48' Report Tasci 5' Attendance: 13,557
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
20 October 2009 Stuttgart Germany 1–3 Spain Sevilla Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Élson 74' Report Squillaci 23', 72'
Navas 55'		 Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
4 November 2009 Sevilla Spain 1–1 Germany Stuttgart Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
20:45 Navas 14' Report Kuzmanović 79' Attendance: 32,669
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
24 November 2009 Rangers Scotland 0–2 Germany Stuttgart Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
20:45 Report Rudy 16'
Kuzmanović 59'		 Attendance: 41,468
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Notes

Round of 16

23 February 2010 Stuttgart Germany 1–1 Spain Barcelona Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Cacau 25' Report Ibrahimović 52' Attendance: 39,430
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
17 March 2010 Barcelona Spain 4–0 Germany Stuttgart Camp Nou, Barcelona
20:45 Messi 13', 60'
Pedro 22'
Bojan 89'		 Report Attendance: 88,543
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2009/10".

Notes

  1. ↑ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  2. ↑ Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.
  3. ↑ Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998.
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