VfB Stuttgart

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 ("Club for Athletic Games Stuttgart 1893"), known as VfB Stuttgart, is a football club in Stuttgart, founded on September 9, 1893 as Stuttgart FV 93. Eventually, the Stuttgart FV 93 merged with Kronen-Club Cannstatt on April 2, 1912 and subsequently changed its name to VfB Stuttgart 1893 . The decisive club meeting, where the merger was approved, took place at the "Concordia" hotel in Cannstatt (a city district of Stuttgart). The club colors are white and red.

VfB Stuttgart competes with its team in the Bundesliga, the German top national football league. In addition the club operates departments for athletics, fistball, hockey and table tennis.

The home ground of VfB Stuttgart is the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion ("Gottlieb Daimler Stadium"), which was built in 1933. It lies close to the River Neckar on Stuttgart's Mercedes Street. The stadium can hold a max. capacity of 54,088 spectators, (international matches: 50,000). Currently, the stadium is being extended. After completion, the stadium will have a maximum capacity of about 57,000 spectators (international matches: 54,500) and will be one of the hosts for the Fifa World Cup 2006 (6 matches, i.a. 3rd place play-off).

Important people

• Dieter Hundt, chairman
• Erwin Staudt, CEO & president since June 26, 2003.
• Matthias Sammer, coach since May 31, 2004.

Roster 2004/05

Goal: Timo Hildebrand, Diego Benaglio, Dirk Heinen

Defense: Steffen Dangelmayr, Andreas Hinkel, Philipp Lahm, Fernando Meira, Boris Zivkovic, Martin Stranzl, Mathieu Delpierre, Markus Babbel

Midfield: Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio Meissner, Heiko Gerber, Christian Tiffert, Aliaksandr Hleb, Horst Heldt, Jurica Vranjes, Emanuel Centurión, Hakan Yakin, Tobias Rathgeb, Marco Caliguri

Offense: Kevin Kuranyi, Imre Szabics, Jeronimo Cacau, Marco Streller, Mario Gomez

Prominent former and current players

• Karl Allgöwer
• Krassimir Balakov
• Fredi Bobic
• Guido Buchwald
• Carlos Dunga
• Giovane Elber
• Bernd Förster
• Karl Heinz Förster
• Timo Hildebrand
• Andreas Hinkel
• Eike Immel
• Srecko Katanec
• Jürgen Klinsmann
• Kevin Kuranyi
• Philipp Lahm
• Dieter Müller
• Hansi Müller
• Matthias Sammer
• Robert Schlienz
• Imre Szabics

Greatest achievements

• German champions:
  • 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992

• German vice champions:
  • 1935, 1953, 1979, 2003

• German Cup winner:
  • 1954, 1958, 1997

• German Cup finalist:
  • 1986

• UEFA Cup finalist:
  • 1989

• Finalist in Cup Winners' Cup:
  • 1998

• UEFA Intertoto Cup winner:
  • 2000, 2002

• German Super-Cup winner:
  • 1992

• South German champions:
  • 1946, 1952, 1954

• Württemberg champions
  • 1927 (Württemberg/Baden), 1930, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941

Bundesliga Position

• 2003/04 – 4th place
• 2002/03 – 2nd place
• 2001/02 – 8th place
• 2000/01 – 15th place
• 1999/00 – 8th place
• 1998/99 – 11th place
• 1997/98 – 4th place
• 1996/97 – 4th place
• 1995/96 – 10th place
• 1994/95 – 12th place
• 1993/94 – 7th place
• 1992/93 – 7th place
• 1991/92 – German champions
• 1990/91 – 6th place
• 1989/90 – 6th place
• 1988/89 – 5th place
• 1987/88 – 4th place
• 1986/87 – 12th place
• 1985/86 – 5th place
• 1984/85 – 10th place
• 1983/84 – German champions
• 1982/83 – 3rd place
• 1981/82 – 9th place
• 1980/81 – 3rd place
• 1979/80 – 3rd place
• 1978/79 – 2nd place
• 1977/78 – 4th place
• 1976/77 – Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga
• 1975/76 – 2. Bundesliga
• 1974/75 – 16th place – Relegated to the 2. Bundesliga
• 1973/74 – 9th place
• 1972/73 – 6th place
• 1971/72 – 8th place
• 1970/71 – 12th place
• 1969/70 – 7th place
• 1968/69 – 5th place
• 1967/68 – 8th place
• 1966/67 – 12th place
• 1965/66 – 11th place
• 1964/65 – 12th place
• 1963/64 – 5th place

External links

• VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. official site, in English.
• {} VfB Stuttgart {}, athletics department.