2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2013–14 season
Sporting Director	Fredi Bobic
Manager	Bruno Labbadia
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena ; Stuttgart, BW
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Europa League	Playoff Round
Top goalscorer	League: Vedad Ibišević (10) Martin Harnik (10); All: Vedad Ibišević (15)
Highest home attendance	60,000
Average home league attendance	TBD

The 2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season is the 121st season in club history.

Review and events

Fixtures and results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

11 August 1	Mainz 05	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller 14', 78' Zimling 62' Polter 62'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 16' Ulreich 37' Leitner 51' Harnik 82' Boka 85'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,279 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

17 August 2	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Molinaro 11' Traoré 83' Ibišević 84'	Report (in German)	Schwaab 42' (o.g.) Donati 86' Leno 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

25 August 3	FC Augsburg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altıntop 6' Verhaegh 10' Callsen-Bracker 36' Hahn 86'	Report (in German)	Abdellaoue 24' Ibišević 42' Gentner 60' Sakai 67' Traoré 70'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,030 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

1 September 4	VfB Stuttgart	6–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rüdiger 13' Ibišević 19', 47', 63' Maxim 28', 55', 57'	Report (in German)	Volland 26', 72' Abraham 45' Firmino 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 42,450 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

13 September 5	Hertha BSC	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronny 87'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 34' Gentner 49'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 46,624 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

21 September 6	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Werner 16' Kvist 28' Sakai 61' Harnik 87'	Report (in German)	Russ 14' Djakpa 39' Anderson Bamba 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,810 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

29 September 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Braunschweig
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)	Ibišević 40' Boka 44' Maxim 50' Traoré 76' Harnik 86'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,760 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

5 October 8	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik 6' Ibišević 13'	Report (in German)	Ekici 34' Petersen 37' García 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,410 Referee: Peter Sippel (München)

20 October 9	Hamburger SV	3–3	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga 22' Beister 55' Van der Vaart 55' Badelj 81'	Report (in German)	Maxim 3' Gentner 37' Djourou 64' (o.g.) Kvist 71' Rüdiger 84' Ibišević 90'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 53,167 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

25 October 10	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević 3' (pen.) Maxim 25' Boka 61'	Report (in German)	Drmić 6', 59'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,460 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

1 November 11	Borussia Dortmund	6–1	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Papastathopoulos 19', 53' Reus 22' Lewandowski 54', 56', 72' Aubameyang 81'	Report (in German)	Haggui 13'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

10 November 12	SC Freiburg	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klaus 28' Hanke 78', 90'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 9' Werner 10', 82' Niedermeier 44'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

22 November 13	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in German)	Raffael 37' Wendt 73' Xhaka 75' Korb 83'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 49,560 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

30 November 14	Schalke 04	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matip 2' Farfán 34', 47' (pen.) Boateng 71' Jones 79'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,973 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

7 December 15	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Harnik 13' Rüdiger 30' Ibišević 33' Traoré 51' Rausch 83'	Report (in German)	Diouf 18' Sobiech 28' Sané 31' Schlaudraff 82'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,630 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

14 December 16	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Medojević 31' Rodríguez 38' Diego 53', 55' Perišić 78'	Report (in German)	Rausch 20' Harnik 53' Werner 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,501 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

29 January 17	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00	Leitner 22' Ibišević 29' Rüdiger 51' Sakai 57' Boka 75' Harnik 83'	Report (in German)	Kroos 50' Dante 56' Pizarro 76' Boateng 83' Thiago 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

25 January 18	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00	Abdellaoue 11' Leitner 88'	Report (in German)	Okazaki 40' Noveski 45' Pospech 71' Saller 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

1 February 19	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Kießling 26' Spahić 60' Derdiyok 84', 90'	Report (in German)	Leitner 12', 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,714 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

8 February 20	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Khedira 49' Ibišević 53' Rausch 62' Yalçın 83'	Report (in German)	Milik 35' Hahn 43', 56' Werner 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

15 February 21	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Schipplock 12', 66', 70' Volland 49', 77' Polanski 53' Firmino 90' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Leitner 25' 80' Khedira 51' Harnik 53' Ulreich 75' Rüdiger 78'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 29,847 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

22 February 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boka 45'	Report (in German)	Kobiashvili 5' Allagui 52' Wagner 87', 90' 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,700 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

2 March 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jung 52' Rosenthal 80' Meier 89'	Report (in German)	Harnik 31'	Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

8 March 24	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwaab 12' Maxim 30' Harnik 35' Traoré 90'	Report (in German)	Hochscheidt 24', 86' Pfitzner 45' Bičakčić 82' Kessel 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

15 March 25	Werder Bremen	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lukimya 45' Hunt 79' Caldirola 84'	Report (in German)	Harnik 23' Niedermeier 27', 55' Schwaab 63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

22 March 26	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maxim 69' Ulreich 90'	Report (in German)	Çalhanoğlu 53' 53'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

26 March 27	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Drmić 43', 54' Stark 86'	Report (in German)	Sakai 81'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 38,188 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

29 March 28	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 9' Harnik 19' Niedermeier 63' 67'	Report (in German)	Reus 30', 68', 83' Kirch 35' Großkreutz 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

5 April 29	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gruezo 44' Maxim 69' Harnik 89', 90'	Report (in German)	Sorg 13'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

12 April 30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Korb 28' Arango 89'	Report (in German)	Didavi 12' Schwaab 13' Werner 25' Gruezo 26'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,560 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

20 April 31	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik 23', 59' Cacau 28', 54' Gruezo 51'	Report (in German)	Kolašinac 34' Boateng 40' Szalai 69' Matip 75'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

25 April 32	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hannover
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcelo 40' Rudņevs 82'	Report (in German)	Didavi 40' Niedermeier 62'	Stadium: AWD Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 33	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 62' Maxim 82'	Report (in German)	De Bruyne 13' Polák 46' Olić 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) 34	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 22' Dante 68' Pizarro 90'	Report (in German)	Boka 21' Didavi 75'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	29	3	2	94	23	+71	90	2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	22	5	7	80	38	+42	71
3	Schalke 04	34	19	7	8	63	43	+20	64
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	4	11	60	41	+19	61	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	VfL Wolfsburg	34	18	6	10	63	50	+13	60	2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	16	7	11	59	43	+16	55	2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Mainz 05	34	16	5	13	52	54	−2	53	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	FC Augsburg	34	15	7	12	47	47	0	52
9	1899 Hoffenheim	34	11	11	12	72	70	+2	44
10	Hannover 96	34	12	6	16	46	59	−13	42
11	Hertha BSC	34	11	8	15	40	48	−8	41
12	Werder Bremen	34	10	9	15	42	66	−24	39
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	9	16	40	57	−17	36
14	SC Freiburg	34	9	9	16	43	61	−18	36
15	VfB Stuttgart	34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	32
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	7	6	21	51	75	−24	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	5	11	18	37	70	−33	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	6	7	21	29	60	−31	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	32	5	4	9	29	30	−1	3	4	9	20	32	−12

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source:

DFB-Pokal

4 August 2013 Round 1	Berliner Dynamo	0-2	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novacic 70'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 40', 76' (pen.) Schwaab 51' Leitner 69'	Stadium: Sportforum Hohenschönhausen Attendance: 9,227 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

25 September 2013 Round 2	SC Freiburg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mehmedi 33' Ginter 52' Krmaš 61' Hanke 70' Schmid 81'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 87' Cacau 89' Werner 90'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) 1st leg	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Plovdiv
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nedelev 66' Domovchiyski 73'	Report (in German)	Rausch 47' Werner 50' Rüdiger 58' Ibišević 67'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lee Probert (England)

8 August 2013 (2013-08-08) 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	0–0 ((a) 1–1 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Aspach
20:20 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maxim 44'	Report (in German)	Minev 40' Kortzorg 74' Stachowiak 90'	Stadium: Comtech Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Play-off round

22 August 2013 (2013-08-22) 1st leg	HNK Rijeka	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Rijeka
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvržić 57', 87' Benko 74'	Report (in German)	Cacau 49' Ibišević 89'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

29 August 2013 (2013-08-29) 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	HNK Rijeka	Stuttgart
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 35', 73' Marić 75' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	Benko 30' Males 41' Pokrivac 88' Mujanović 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Team statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Sources
Bundesliga	9–11 August 2013	10 May 2014	34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	023.53
DFB-Pokal	4 August 2013	25 September 2013	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Europa League	1 August 2013	29 August 2013	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total			40	9	11	20	56	69	−13	022.50	—
Updated: 11 May 2014

Player information

Squad

The club's current squad:[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
3	DF	Daniel Schwaab
4	MF	William Kvist
5	DF	Karim Haggui
6	DF	Georg Niedermeier
7	FW	Martin Harnik
8	MF	Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
9	FW	Vedad Ibišević
10	MF	Daniel Didavi
12	DF	Benedikt Röcker
13	MF	Patrick Funk
14	MF	Marco Rojas
15	DF	Arthur Boka
16	MF	Ibrahima Traoré

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Tunay Torun
18	FW	Cacau
19	FW	Timo Werner
20	MF	Christian Gentner (captain)
21	DF	Cristian Molinaro
22	GK	Thorsten Kirschbaum
23	MF	Sercan Sararer
24	DF	Antonio Rüdiger
25	FW	Mohammed Abdellaoue
28	MF	Rani Khedira
31	GK	Odisseas Vlachodimos
34	DF	Konstantin Rausch
36	GK	Kevin Müller
44	MF	Alexandru Maxim

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Minutes played

Bookings

No.	Player	Total			Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Europa League
No.	Player
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source:
Last updated: 14 June 2013

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
	MF	Sercan Sararer	23	No	Greuther Fürth	Transfer	Summer	2017		[2]
	GK	Thorsten Kirschbaum	26	Yes	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[3]
25	FW	Mohammed Abdellaoue	27	No	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[4][5]
		Patrick Funk			FC St. Pauli	Loan return	Summer	—	—

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
FW	Federico Macheda		Yes	Manchester United	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
	Felipe Lopes		No	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
	Tim Hoogland		Yes	Schalke 04	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
	Marc Ziegler	37	Yes	—	Retired	Summer	—	[6]
	Mamadou Bah	25	No		Released	Summer	Free

References

VfB Stuttgart squad Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine bundesliga.de, accessed: 3 November 2013
"Sararer entscheidet sich für Stuttgart". kicker (in German). 1 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
"Offiziell: Kirschbaum wird Stuttgarter". kicker (in German). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
"Fix! Abdellaoue wechselt zum VfB". kicker (in German). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
"Der VfB verpflichtet Mohammed Abdellaoue". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
"Summer Transfer Window 2013/14". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.010303082415044-1] The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

[2] VfB Stuttgart squad Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine bundesliga.de, accessed: 3 November 2013

[3] "Sararer entscheidet sich für Stuttgart". kicker (in German). 1 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[4] "Offiziell: Kirschbaum wird Stuttgarter". kicker (in German). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[5] "Fix! Abdellaoue wechselt zum VfB". kicker (in German). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

[6] "Der VfB verpflichtet Mohammed Abdellaoue". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

[varioustransfers-7] "Summer Transfer Window 2013/14". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.