2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2003–04 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	4th
Champions League	Last 16
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Kevin Kurányi (11)
Home colours	Away colours

VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Bundesliga

Matches

Hansa Rostock-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
0–1 Imre Szabics 75'
0–2 Imre Szabics 76'
VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 0–0
Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
0–1 Cacau 33'
VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0
1–0 Cacau 8'
2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 14'
Schalke 04-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
1–0 Kevin Kurányi 67'
1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–3
0–1 Zvonimir Soldo 12'
0–2 Fernando Meira 18' (pen.)
0–3 Alexander Hleb 50'
VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Köln 0–0
Werder Bremen-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
0–1 Imre Szabics 31'
0–2 Kevin Kurányi 34'
1–2 Angelos Charisteas 59'
1–3 Christian Tiffert 90'
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg 1–0
1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis 73'
VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg 4–1
1–0 Kevin Kurányi 34'
1–1 Soumaila Coulibaly 45' (pen.)
2–1 Christian Tiffert 62'
3–1 Alexander Hleb 64'
4–1 Kevin Kurányi 66'
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
0–1 Imre Szabics 8'
0–2 Kevin Kurányi 69'
VfB Stuttgart-Hannover 96 3–1
1–0 Imre Szabics 29'
2–0 Silvio Meißner 78'
2–1 Thomas Brdarić 82'
3–1 Silvio Meißner 90'
VfL Bochum-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
VfB Stuttgart-Hamburger SV 0–0
Bayern Munich-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
1–0 Roy Makaay 74'
VfB Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 2–3
0–1 Carsten Ramelow 23'
0–2 Dimitar Berbatov 44'
1–2 Kevin Kurányi 56'
1–3 Dimitar Berbatov 62'
2–3 Zvonimir Soldo 68'
VfB Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–0
1–0 Alexander Hleb 59'
2–0 Kevin Kurányi 75'
Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
1–0 Fredi Bobic 87'
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1
1–0 Imre Szabics 5'
1–1 Václav Svěrkoš 85'
1. FC Kaiserslautern-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
1–0 José Dominguez 4'
VfB Stuttgart-Schalke 04 0–0
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
0–1 Alexander Hleb 6'
0–2 Horst Heldt 81' (pen.)
VfB Stuttgart-1860 München 2–0
1–0 Zvonimir Soldo 31'
2–0 Marco Streller 34'
1. FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart 2–2
0–1 Silvio Meißner 28'
1–1 Florian Kringe 45'
2–1 Markus Feulner 71'
2–2 Matthias Scherz 72' (o.g.)
VfB Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–4
1–0 Marcelo Bordon 3'
1–1 Ivan Klasnić 14'
2–1 Marcelo Bordon 25'
2–2 Ivan Klasnić 35'
2–3 Aílton 43'
3–3 Marcelo Bordon 50'
4–3 Marco Streller 69'
4–4 Aílton 70'
SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 1–5
0–1 Heiko Gerber 6'
0–2 Marco Streller 26'
1–2 Martin Petrov 30'
1–3 Philipp Lahm 43'
1–4 Kevin Kurányi 75'
1–5 Imre Szabics 86'
SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
0–1 Kevin Kurányi 10'
VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1
1–0 Kevin Kurányi 45'
2–0 Alexander Hleb 48'
3–0 Marcelo Bordon 79'
3–1 Alexander Schur 84'
Hannover 96-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
0–1 Silvio Meißner 10'
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1–1
1–0 Cacau 33'
1–1 Marcelo Bordon 59' (o.g.)
Hamburger SV-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
1–0 Stefan Beinlich 38'
2–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma 47'
2–1 Cacau 86'
VfB Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 3–1
1–0 Imre Szabics 19'
2–0 Imre Szabics 53'
3–0 Kevin Kurányi 55'
3–1 Claudio Pizarro 78'
Bayer Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
1–0 Dimitar Berbatov 63'
2–0 Bernd Schneider 85'

Top scorers

Champions League

Group Stage

Rangers-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
0–1 Kevin Kurányi 45'
1–1 Christian Nerlinger 74'
2–1 Peter Løvenkrands 79'
VfB Stuttgart-Manchester United 2–1
1–0 Imre Szabics 50'
2–0 Kevin Kurányi 51'
2–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.)
VfB Stuttgart-Panathinaikos 2–0
1–0 Imre Szabics 12'
2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 25'
Panathinaikos-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
1–0 Michalis Konstantinou 60'
1–1 Takis Fyssas 68' (o.g.)
1–2 Kevin Kurányi 75'
1–3 Andreas Hinkel 76'
VfB Stuttgart-Rangers 1–0
1–0 Timo Wenzel 45'
Manchester United-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
1–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 45'
2–0 Ryan Giggs 58'

Last 16

Stuttgart-Chelsea 0–1
0–1 Fernando Meira 12' (o.g.)
Chelsea-VfB Stuttgart 0–0

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd.

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Diego Benaglio
		GK	Julien Jourdan
		GK	Milan Jurkovic
		GK	Adnan Masic
		DF	Daniel Alabi
		DF	Heiko Butscher
		DF	Steffen Dangelmayr
		DF	Michael Fink
		DF	Markus Husterer (from August)
		DF	Steffen Kocholl
		DF	Florian Lechner
		DF	Marcel Schuon
		MF	Marco Caligiuri
		MF	Denis Berger
		MF	Serge Branco
		MF	Marco di Biccari
		MF	Christopher Krause
		MF	José Macias

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Yuri Mamayev
		MF	Jens Rasiejewski
		MF	Tobias Rathgeb
		MF	Giuseppe Ricciardi
		MF	Michael Rundio (from January)
		MF	Zdravko Tuzlak
		MF	Robert Vujević
		MF	Christian Walter
		FW	Stephen Famewo
		FW	Mario Gómez
		FW	Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January)
		FW	Steffen Handschuh
		FW	Vyacheslav Hleb (to January)
		FW	Felix Luz (to January)
		FW	Gerrit Müller
		FW	Gustav Schulz
		FW	Tobias Weis

Sources

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com

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