2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2009–10 season
Manager	Markus Babbel (until 6 December); Christian Gross (from 6 December)
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Cacau (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.

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jens Lehmann
3	DF	Ricardo Osorio
4	DF	Khalid Boulahrouz
5	DF	Serdar Tasci
6	DF	Georg Niedermeier
7	MF	Martin Lanig
9	FW	Ciprian Marica
13	MF	Timo Gebhart
14	MF	Patrick Funk
15	DF	Arthur Boka
16	MF	Sebastian Rudy
17	DF	Matthieu Delpierre
18	FW	Cacau[notes 1]
19	DF	Roberto Hilbert

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Cristian Molinaro (on loan from Juventus)
22	MF	Matthias Schwarz
23	MF	Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona)
24	GK	Sven Ulreich
26	MF	Daniel Didavi
27	DF	Stefano Celozzi
28	MF	Sami Khedira
29	FW	Pavel Pogrebnyak
32	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 2]
35	DF	Christian Träsch
38	MF	Clemens Walch
39	FW	Julian Schieber
42	DF	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.	Position	Player
8	MF	Jan Šimák (to Mainz)
10	MF	Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3] (to Blackburn Rovers)
11	MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger (to Lazio)

No.		Position	Player
21		DF	Ludovic Magnin (to Zürich)
25		MF	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.		Position	Player
12		GK	Alexander Stolz

No.		Position	Player
31		FW	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 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)

Champions League

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

Note 4: 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	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

http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2009-2010/bundes/stuttg.htm

Notes

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.
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.
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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[1] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2009-2010/bundes/stuttg.htm

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.