2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season was the 119th season in the club's football history. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, in which they finished 6th as well as competing in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. It was Stuttgart's 35th consecutive season in the league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

VfB Stuttgart
2011–12 season
ManagerBruno Labbadia
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Harnik (17)
All: Martin Harnik (17)

Season summary

Stuttgart finished 6th in Bundesliga, and as a result, qualified for the Europa League. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal by Bayern Munich.

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. Position Player
1 GK Sven Ulreich
2 DF Gōtoku Sakai[notes 1] (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
3 DF Cristian Molinaro
4 MF William Kvist
5 DF Serdar Tasci (captain)
6 DF Georg Niedermeier
7 MF Martin Harnik[notes 2]
8 MF Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 3]
9 FW Vedad Ibišević
11 FW Johan Audel
13 MF Timo Gebhart
14 DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez
15 DF Arthur Boka
16 MF Ibrahima Traoré[notes 4]
17 DF Matthieu Delpierre
No. Position Player
18 FW Cacau[notes 5]
20 MF Christian Gentner
21 DF Khalid Boulahrouz
22 GK Marc Ziegler
23 FW Julian Schieber
24 MF Mamadou Bah
26 MF Raphael Holzhauser
27 DF Stefano Celozzi
28 MF Tamás Hajnal
30 DF Antonio Rüdiger
31 FW Shinji Okazaki
34 DF Patrick Bauer
35 GK André Weis
36 MF Christoph Hemlein

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
29 FW Pavel Pogrebnyak (to Fulham)
30 GK Bernd Leno (to Bayer Leverkusen)
No. Position Player
38 DF Ermin Bičakčić (to Eintracht Braunschweig)

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 6 August 2011 5 May 2012 Matchday 1 8th 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 044.12
DFB-Pokal 29 July 2011 8 February 2012 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 075.00
Total 38 18 8 12 70 50 +20 047.37

Last updated: complete

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 9 8 49 24 +25 60 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 53 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 41 45 −4 48 2012–13 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 5 16 47 60 −13 44
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

DFB-Pokal
29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) First roundWehen Wiesbaden1–2VfB StuttgartWiesbaden
20:30 CEST Janjić  28' (pen.) Report  6' Bičakčić
 50' Kuzmanović		 Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 October 2011 (2011-10-26) Second roundVfB Stuttgart3–0FSV FrankfurtStuttgart
20:30 CEST Hemlein  4'
Cacau  38'
Traoré  89'		 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 18,270
Referee: Christian Leicher
21 December 2011 (2011-12-21) Round of 16VfB Stuttgart2–1Hamburger SVStuttgart
20:30 CET Cacau  23', 62' Report  54' (o.g.) Kvist Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 38,600
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) Quarter-finalsVfB Stuttgart0–2Bayern MunichStuttgart
20:30 CET Report  30' Ribéry
 46' Gómez		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

Sources
  1. "FootballSquads - VfB Stuttgart - 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

Notes
  1. Sakai was born in New York City, New York, United States, but was raised in Japan from the age of 2 and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Japan in September 2012.
  2. Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
  3. Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.
  4. Traoré was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally and made his international debut for Guinea in August 2010.
  5. Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but acquired German citizenship through residency in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
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