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

Competitions

Bundesliga
Main article: 2009–10 Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 14 5 65 38 +27 59 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Borussia Dortmund 34 16 9 9 54 42 +12 57
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 10 9 51 41 +10 55 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hamburger SV 34 13 13 8 56 41 +15 52
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 14 8 12 64 58 +6 50
Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

DFB-Pokal
Main article: 2009–10 DFB-Pokal
1 August 2009 First round 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)
23 September 2009 Second round 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)
27 October 2009 Round of 16 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
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round
18 August 2009 First leg Timișoara 0–2 Stuttgart Timișoara
20:45 Report Gebhart 28' (pen.)
Hleb 30'		 Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 23,446
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
26 August 2009 Second leg Stuttgart 0–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Timișoara Stuttgart
20:45 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SEV STU URZ RAN
1 Sevilla 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 VfB Stuttgart 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 1–3 — 3–1 1–1
3 Unirea Urziceni 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 Transfer to Europa League 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Rangers 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2 1–4 0–2 1–4 —
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2009 1 Stuttgart 1–1 Rangers Stuttgart
20:45 Pogrebnyak 18' Report Bougherra 77' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
29 September 2009 2 Unirea Urziceni 1–1 Stuttgart Bucharest[lower-alpha 1]
20:45 Varga 48' Report Tasci 5' Stadium: Stadionul Steaua
Attendance: 13,557
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
20 October 2009 3 Stuttgart 1–3 Sevilla Stuttgart
20:45 Élson 74' Report Squillaci 23', 72'
Navas 55'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
4 November 2009 4 Sevilla 1–1 Stuttgart Seville
20:45 Navas 14' Report Kuzmanović 79' Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 32,669
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
24 November 2009 5 Rangers 0–2 Stuttgart Glasgow
20:45 Report Rudy 16'
Kuzmanović 59'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 41,468
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
9 December 2009 6 Stuttgart 3–1 Unirea Urziceni Stuttgart
20:45 Marica 5'
Träsch 8'
Pogrebnyak 11'		 Report Semedo 46' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
  1. Unirea Urziceni played their home group matches at Stadionul Steaua in Bucharest as their Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria.
Round of 16
23 February 2010 First leg Stuttgart 1–1 Barcelona Stuttgart
20:45 Cacau 25' Report Ibrahimović 52' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 39,430
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
17 March 2010 Second leg Barcelona 4–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Stuttgart Barcelona
20:45 Messi 13', 60'
Pedro 22'
Bojan 89'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 88,543
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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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