2004–05 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2004–05 season
President	Erwin Staudt
Head coach	Matthias Sammer
Stadium	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Kurányi (13); All: ; Kevin Kurányi (18)
Biggest win	TuS Mayen 0–6 VfB Stuttgart
Biggest defeat	VfB Stuttgart 2–4 FC Nürnberg
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 112th in the history of VfB Stuttgart and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.^[1]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player^[2]
—	GK	GER	Timo Hildebrand
—	GK	GER	Dirk Heinen
—	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio
—	DF	GER	Andreas Hinkel
—	DF	GER	Martin Stranzl
—	DF	CRO	Boris Živković
—	DF	GER	Markus Babbel
—	DF	POR	Fernando Meira
—	DF	FRA	Matthieu Delpierre
—	DF	GER	Philipp Lahm
—	DF	GER	Steffen Dangelmayr


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Marco Streller
—	FW	BRA	Cacau
—	FW	HUN	Imre Szabics
—	FW	GER	Kevin Kurányi
—	FW	GER	Mario Gomez

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	8 August 2004	21 May 2005	Matchday 1	5th	34	17	7	10	54	40	+14	050.00
DFB-Pokal	21 August 2004	10 November 2004	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	066.67
UEFA Cup	16 September 2004	24 February 2005	First round	Round of 32	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	062.50
Total					45	24	8	13	79	49	+30	053.33

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Werder Bremen	34	18	5	11	68	37	+31	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Hertha BSC	34	15	13	6	59	31	+28	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
5	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	7	10	54	40	+14	58
6	Bayer Leverkusen	34	16	9	9	65	44	+21	57
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	10	9	47	44	+3	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since DFB Cup winners Bayern Munich and finalists Schalke 04 both qualified for the Champions League, the UEFA Cup place for the cup-winners was given to 6th placed Bayer Leverkusen.

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	17	7	10	54	40	+14	58	12	2	3	34	15	+19	5	5	7	20	25	−5

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 August 2004 1	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

14 August 2004 2	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
CEST (UTC+2)

28 August 2004 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern
CEST (UTC+2)

11 September 2004 4	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

19 September 2004 5	Hertha BSC	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
CEST (UTC+2)

25 September 2004 6	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

3 October 2004 7	Arminia Bielefeld	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bielefeld
CEST (UTC+2)

16 October 2004 8	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

24 October 2004 9	SC Freiburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
CEST (UTC+2)

27 October 2004 10	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

30 October 2004 11	Schalke 04	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
CEST (UTC+2)

7 November 2004 12	VfB Stuttgart	4–0	Hansa Rostock	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

13 November 2004 13	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
CEST (UTC+2)

20 November 2004 14	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

28 November 2004 15	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
CEST (UTC+2)

4 December 2004 16	VfB Stuttgart	5–2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

11 December 2004 17	Bayern Munich	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
CEST (UTC+2)

22 January 2005 18	Mainz	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
CEST (UTC+2)

29 January 2005 19	VfB Stuttgart	2–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

5 February 2005 20	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

12 February 2005 21	Hamburger SV	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
CEST (UTC+2)

20 February 2005 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

27 February 2005 23	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
CEST (UTC+2)

5 March 2005 24	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

13 March 2005 25	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
CEST (UTC+2)

20 March 2005 26	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

2 April 2005 27	Werder Bremen	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
CEST (UTC+2)

9 April 2005 28	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

16 April 2005 29	Hansa Rostock	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Rostock
CEST (UTC+2)

23 April 2005 30	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

30 April 2005 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
CEST (UTC+2)

7 May 2005 32	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

14 May 2005 33	VfL Bochum	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
CEST (UTC+2)

21 May 2005 34	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

21 August 2004 First round	TuS Mayen	0–6	VfB Stuttgart	Mayen
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nettetal-Stadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Detlef Scheppe

22 September 2004 Round of 32	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Oberhausen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 7,420 Referee: Tobias Welz

10 November 2004 Round of 16	Bayern Munich	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Olympiastadion

References

[table_note_res_UC10.63477953972052-3] Since DFB Cup winners Bayern Munich and finalists Schalke 04 both qualified for the Champions League, the UEFA Cup place for the cup-winners was given to 6th placed Bayer Leverkusen.

[1] "VFB Stuttgart, Bundesliga 2004/05".

[2] "Squad of Stuttgart 2004-05 Bundesliga".

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