2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season

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

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

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  GER Jens Lehmann
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio
4 DF  NED Khalid Boulahrouz
5 DF  GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier
7 MF  GER Martin Lanig
9 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica
13 MF  GER Timo Gebhart
14 MF  GER Patrick Funk
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW  GER Cacau[notes 1]
19 DF  GER Roberto Hilbert
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  ITA Cristian Molinaro (on loan from Juventus)
22 MF  GER Matthias Schwarz
23 MF  BLR Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona)
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich
26 MF  GER Daniel Didavi
27 DF  GER Stefano Celozzi
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira
29 FW  RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak
32 MF  SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 2]
35 DF  GER Christian Träsch
38 MF  AUT Clemens Walch
39 FW  GER Julian Schieber
42 DF  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  CZE Jan Šimák (to Mainz)
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3] (to Blackburn Rovers)
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger (to Lazio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin (to Zürich)
25 MF  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  GER Alexander Stolz
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW  GER Alessandro Riedle

Results

First round
1 August 2009 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 1–4 VfB Stuttgart Heilbronn
15:30 UTC+2 Ismaili  37'
Aupperle  43'  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)

Play-off round
18 August 2009 Timișoara 0–2 Stuttgart Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara
20:45 Report Gebhart  28' (pen.)
Hleb  30'		 Attendance: 23,446
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
26 August 2009 Stuttgart 0–0 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 1–1 Rangers Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Pogrebnyak  18' Report Bougherra  77' Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
29 September 2009 Unirea Urziceni 1–1 Stuttgart Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest4
20:45 Varga  48' Report Tasci  5' Attendance: 13,557
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
20 October 2009 Stuttgart 1–3 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 1–1 Stuttgart Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville
20:45 Navas  14' Report Kuzmanović  79' Attendance: 32,669
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
24 November 2009 Rangers 0–2 Stuttgart Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
20:45 Report Rudy  16'
Kuzmanović  59'		 Attendance: 41,468
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
9 December 2009 Stuttgart 3–1 Unirea Urziceni Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Marica  5'
Träsch  8'
Pogrebnyak  11'		 Report Semedo  46' Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Notes

Round of 16
23 February 2010 Stuttgart 1–1 Barcelona Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
20:45 Cacau  25' Report Ibrahimović  52' Attendance: 39,430
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
17 March 2010 Barcelona 4–0 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. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2009-2010/bundes/stuttg.htm

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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