During the 2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season, the club was a genuine contender for the Bundesliga title, losing out only to VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich and finishing in third position. Striker Mario Gómez scored 24 goals in the Bundesliga campaign, only to then make a shock switch to rivals Bayern for the highest-received transfer fee in the club's history.
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| Manager | Markus Babbel | |||
| Bundesliga | 3rd | |||
| UEFA Cup | Round of 32 | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Last 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mario Gómez (24) All: Mario Gómez (35) | |||
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Players edit
First-team squad edit
- Squad at end of season[1]
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Left club during season edit
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VfB Stuttgart II edit
VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga.
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Bundesliga edit
Classification edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg (C) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 80 | 41 | +39 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 67 | |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
Source: kicker (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results edit
| 17 August 2008 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
| 16:00 | Rob Friend  60' |
Hitzlsperger 15' Marica 26'Gómez 44' |
Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 47,028 Referee: Herbert Fandel |
| 23 August 2008 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
| 14:30 | Helmes 35', Gekas 79' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 31 August 2008 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Hannover 96 | Stuttgart |
| 16:00 | Gómez 18' Pardo 40' (pen) |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner |
| 13 September 2008 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Sinsheim |
| 14:30 | Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 26,400 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 21 September 2008 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | Karlsruher SC | Stuttgart |
| 16:00 | Khedira 22' Gómez 68'Ciprian Marica 87' |
Sebastian Freis 8' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 27 September 2008 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Dortmund |
| 14:30 | Hajnal 10' Santana 20'Frei 73' |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 71,200 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 4 October 2008 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart |
| 14:30 | Khedira 18' Träsch 29'Hilbert 63'Lanig 88' |
Diego 65' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Herbert Fandel |
| 18 October 2008 8 | Hertha BSC | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Berlin |
| 14:30 | Nicu 26' Kacar 87' |
Cacau 31' |
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,336 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 26 October 2008 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | VfL Bochum | Stuttgart |
| 17:00 | Mario Gómez 80', 83' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 29 October 2008 10 | Hamburger SV | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Hamburg |
| 20:00 | Trochowski 17' (pen) Mathijsen 74' |
Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 50,037 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 1 November 2008 11 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Köln | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Hilbert 69' |
Novakovic 3', 61' Petit 90+4' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 9 November 2008 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Frankfurt |
| 17:00 | Lyberopoulos 18', 66' |
Lanig 71' Gómez 87' |
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Babak Rafati |
| 15 November 2008 13 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | Arminia Bielefeld | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 22 November 2008 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 | Grafite 51', 76' Džeko 79', 85' |
Lanig 17' |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,897 Referee: Helmut Fleischer |
| 30 November 2008 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Schalke 04 | Stuttgart |
| 17:00 | Jan Simak 79' Mario Gómez 83' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 6 December 2008 16 | Energie Cottbus | 0–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Cottbus |
| 15:30 | Hilbert 4' Simak 63'Khedira 68' |
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 13,527 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 13 December 2008 17 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Bayern Munich | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Khedira 45+1', 90+1' |
Borowski 48' Toni 66' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,896 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 31 January 2009 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Marica 67' Gómez 86' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 7 February 2009 19 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 | Kießling 67' Charisteas 90+3' |
Gómez 3', 75' Hitzlsperger 51'Sinkiewicz 90' |
Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 14 February 2009 20 | Hannover 96 | 3–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Hanover |
| 15:30 | Stajner 43' Krzynowek 45+2'Forssell 85' |
Gómez 7' Lanig 22'Hitzlsperger 87' |
Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena Attendance: 31,127 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 21 February 2009 21 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Cacau 26' Gómez 31', 63' |
Demba Ba 24', 45', 67' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Michael Kempter |
| 1 March 2009 22 | Karlsruher SC | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Karlsruhe |
| 17:15 | Élson 50' Khedira 88' |
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 29,252 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 7 March 2009 23 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Élson 10' Gómez 62' |
Valdez 52' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,896 Referee: Florian Meyer |
| 15 March 2009 24 | Werder Bremen | 4–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Bremen |
| 17:00 | Diego (footballer, born 1985) 34' Pizarro 53'Rosenberg 59', 74' |
Stadium: Wohninvest-Weserstadion Attendance: 39,272 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 21 March 2009 25 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Hertha BSC | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Cacau 47' Khedira 51' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 4 April 2009 26 | VfL Bochum | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Bochum |
| 15:30 | Epalle 48' |
Cacau 58' Tasci 90' |
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,718 Referee: Helmut Fleischer |
| 12 April 2009 27 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | Hamburger SV | Stuttgart |
| 17:00 | Gómez 90+2' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,700 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 18 April 2009 28 | 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Cologne |
| 15:30 | Gómez 16', 55', 71' |
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,997 Referee: Peter Gagelmann |
| 25 April 2009 29 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Cacau 33' Gómez 48' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 2 May 2009 30 | Arminia Bielefeld | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Bielefeld |
| 15:30 | Katongo 30' Munteanu 68' |
Matthieu Delpierre 4' Thomas Hitzlsperger 35' |
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 9 May 2009 31 | VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Gómez 1', 20', 63', 76' |
Džeko 36' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,896 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer |
| 13 May 2009 32 | Schalke 04 | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:00 | Ivan Rakitic 39' |
Cacau 15' Marica 56' |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Michael Kempter |
| 16 May 2009 33 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Energie Cottbus | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Hitzlsperger 19' Cacau 78' |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Denis Aytekin |
| 23 May 2009 34 | Bayern Munich | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Munich |
| 15:30 | Boulahrouz 16' (o.g.) Van Bommel 60' |
Gómez 63' |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Florian Meyer |
Statistics edit
Top scorers edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
- ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.