2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2009–10 season
Manager	Markus Babbel (until 6 December); Christian Gross (from 6 December)
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Cacau (13)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

During the 2009–10 German football season, VfB Stuttgart competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Manager Markus Babbel was sacked in early December with Stuttgart in 16th place. Christian Gross, his successor, revitalised Stuttgart and they finished in 6th, qualifying for the Europa League.

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Jens Lehmann
3	DF	MEX	Ricardo Osorio
4	DF	NED	Khalid Boulahrouz
5	DF	GER	Serdar Tasci
6	DF	GER	Georg Niedermeier
7	MF	GER	Martin Lanig
9	FW	ROU	Ciprian Marica
13	MF	GER	Timo Gebhart
14	MF	GER	Patrick Funk
15	DF	CIV	Arthur Boka
16	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy
17	DF	FRA	Matthieu Delpierre
18	FW	GER	Cacau^{[notes 1]}
19	DF	GER	Roberto Hilbert


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ITA	Cristian Molinaro (on loan from Juventus)
22	MF	GER	Matthias Schwarz
23	MF	BLR	Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona)
24	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich
26	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi
27	DF	GER	Stefano Celozzi
28	MF	GER	Sami Khedira
29	FW	RUS	Pavel Pogrebnyak
32	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović^{[notes 2]}
35	DF	GER	Christian Träsch
38	MF	AUT	Clemens Walch
39	FW	GER	Julian Schieber
42	DF	GER	Marco Pischorn

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	CZE	Jan Šimák (to Mainz)
10	MF	TUR	Yıldıray Baştürk^{[notes 3]} (to Blackburn Rovers)
11	MF	GER	Thomas Hitzlsperger (to Lazio)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	SUI	Ludovic Magnin (to Zürich)
25	MF	BRA	Élson (on loan to Hannover 96)

VfB Stuttgart II

The following players played for VfB Stuttgart II, and did not play for the first team this season.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	GER	Alexander Stolz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	FW	GER	Alessandro Riedle

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	14	5	65	38	+27	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	54	42	+12	57	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	10	9	51	41	+10	55	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
7	Hamburger SV	34	13	13	8	56	41	+15	52
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	14	8	12	64	58	+6	50

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

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	15	10	9	51	41	+10	55	8	5	4	28	21	+7	7	5	5	23	20	+3

Source: Soccerway

Matches

7 August 2009 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Misimović 71' Grafite 82'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: Matthias Anklam

15 August 2009 2	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pogrebnyak 53' Élson 65' (pen.), 76', 74' Gebhart 71' Schieber 89'	Report	Idrissou 35', 70', 85' Krmaš 58' Salz 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Bastian Dankert, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Frederick Assmuth

22 August 2009 3	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrios 17' Valdez 27', 81'	Report	Niedermeier 47' Hitzlsperger 66' Gebhart 82'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Thorsten Schriever

29 August 2009 4	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebhart 88'	Report	Risse 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Babak Rafati Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Patrick Ittrich Fourth official: Torsten Bauer

12 September 2009 5	Hamburger SV	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Petrić 30' Elia 58', 72' Zé Roberto 90+1'	Report	Tasci 32' Pogrebnyak 62' Lehmann 70' Magnin 79'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Mike Pickel, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Georg Schalk

19 September 2009 6	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Élson 49' Kuzmanović 56' Boka 63' Gebhart 73'	Report	Freis 25' Petit 34' Podolski 37' Sanou 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: René Kunsleben

26 September 2009 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Russ 33' Teber 57'	Report	Schieber 17', 31' Hitzlsperger 54'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Mark Borsch, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Thomas Metzen

4 October 2009 8	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cacau 59' Delpierre 68'	Report	Pizarro 3' Naldo 26' Hunt 51'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Holger Henschel

17 October 2009 9	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Magnin 33' Khedira 38' Cacau 58', 73' Tasci 77'	Report	Rakitić 24' Mineiro 43' Moritz 50' Kurányi 76' Farfán 90+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Robert Hartmann Fourth official: Josef Maier

24 October 2009 10	Hannover 96	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ya Konan 30', 73' Štajner 83' Chahed 90+1'	Report	Élson 40' Hleb 61' Tasci 73' Osorio 85' Marica 88' Lehmann 90+2'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Malte Dittrich

31 October 2009 11	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Delpierre 35' Kuzmanović 47' Gebhart 89'	Report	Van Bommel 18' Toni 76'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Michael Kempter Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Tobias Welz Fourth official: Tobias Christ

7 November 2009 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dante 45'	Report	Kuzmanović 65' Pogrebnyak 77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Günter Perl Assistant referees: Josef Maier, Georg Schalk Fourth official: Christoph Bornhorst

21 November 2009 13	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kuzmanović 2', 82' Cacau 71'	Report	Ramos 49', 75' Lustenberger 52' Piszczek 70' Drobný 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Mike Pickel

29 November 2009 14	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kießling 22', 59', 87' (pen.) Derdiyok 38'	Report	Rudy 21' Cacau 42' Boka 56' Tasci 67' Hilbert 85' Lehmann 86'	Stadium: BayArena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Florian Steuer Fourth official: René Kunsleben

5 December 2009 15	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Träsch 17' Tasci 33', 63'	Report	Klimowicz 81' Fuchs 89', 90+2' Prokoph 90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Bastian Dankert, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Guido Kleve

13 December 2009 16	Mainz 05	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Polanski 90' (pen.) Soto 90+4'	Report	Pogrebnyak 11', 86' Hleb 68' Lehmann 87'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Referee: Wolfgang Stark Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Christian Leicher Fourth official: Christian Bandurski

19 December 2009 17	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marica 32' (pen.), 60' Delpierre 43' Gebhart 65' Cacau 68' Khedira 82'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 40' 52' Maicosuel 44' Obasi 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Robert Hartmann

16 January 2010 18	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hilbert 28' Tasci 49' Pogrebnyak 58' Gebhart 87'	Report	Madlung 41' Džeko 65'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Peter Sippel Assistant referees: Tobias Christ, Walter Hofmann Fourth official: Michael Emmer

22 January 2010 19	SC Freiburg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Toprak 84' Caligiuri 89' Makiadi 90+1'	Report	Marica 41' Tasci 69'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Marco Achmüller, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Alexander Schlutius

31 January 2010 20	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Santana 14' (o.g.) Marica 32', 48', 86' Pogrebnyak 50' Kuzmanović 77' Träsch 89'	Report	Şahin 33' Barrios 55', 61' Santana 65' Schmelzer 76'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Daniel Siebert Fourth official: Josef Maier

6 February 2010 21	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bunjaku 60' Breno 79' Schäfer 87'	Report	Gebhart 22', 79' Marica 48' Hilbert 87'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Referee: Felix Zwayer Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Florian Steuer Fourth official: Holger Henschel

13 February 2010 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marica 45+1' Träsch 55'	Report	Berg 23' Van Nistelrooy 75', 76' Jarolím 86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Deniz Aytekin Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Thorsten Schiffner Fourth official: Georg Schalk

20 February 2010 23	1. FC Köln	1–5	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schorch 44' Geromel 51'	Report	Cacau 13', 31', 38', 74' Hleb 22' Gebhart 48' Pogrebnyak 69'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Mark Borsch

27 February 2010 24	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cacau 41', 45' Delpierre 90+2' Marica 90+2'	Report	Köhler 39' Schwegler 76' Spycher 88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Christian Fischer Fourth official: Michael Emmer

6 March 2010 25	Werder Bremen	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Frings 74', 81' (pen.) Almeida 75'	Report	Pogrebnyak 15' Khedira 43' Delpierre 89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Referee: Felix Brych Assistant referees: Frederick Assmuth, Tobias Stieler Fourth official: Bastian Dankert

12 March 2010 26	Schalke 04	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höwedes 28' Edu 46' Kurányi 55' Rafinha 70'	Report	Niedermeier 17' Tasci 50', 72'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Referee: Lutz Wagner Assistant referees: Christoph Bornhorst, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Stefan Lupp

20 March 2010 27	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marica 36', 54'	Report	Balitsch 49' Cherundolo 58'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Guido Winkmann Assistant referees: Christian Bandurski, Dirk Margenberg Fourth official: Thorsten Schiffner

27 March 2010 28	Bayern Munich	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Olić 32' Van Bommel 74'	Report	Träsch 41' Cacau 43' Marica 50'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Referee: Florian Meyer Assistant referees: Carsten Kadach, Frank Willenborg Fourth official: Christian Dingert

3 April 2010 29	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boulahrouz 62' Marica 66' Kuzmanović 83'	Report	Reus 33' Friend 40' Levels 67'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Helmut Fleischer Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann, Guido Kleve Fourth official: Robert Hartmann

10 April 2010 30	Hertha BSC	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gekas 33' Raffael 83' Wichniarek 84' Kobiashvili 89'	Report	Kuzmanović 26' Pogrebnyak 43' Cacau 74' Gebhart 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Referee: Michael Weiner Assistant referees: Thomas Frank, Norbert Grudzinski Fourth official: Holger Henschel

17 April 2010 31	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cacau 15', 85', 16' Delpierre 24' Marica 78' Pogrebnyak 90+2'	Report	Kießling 13' Barnetta 16' 19' Sarpei 55'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Manuel Gräfe Assistant referees: Christian Dingert, Markus Hacker Fourth official: Robert Kempter

23 April 2010 32	VfL Bochum	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šesták 18' Pfertzel 52' Bönig 67' Maltritz 77'	Report	Cacau 14' Marica 18'	Stadium: RewirpowerSTADION Referee: Peter Gagelmann Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam, Sascha Thielert Fourth official: Stefan Trautmann

1 May 2010 33	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hilbert 54' Gebhart 60' Marica 73', 75' Cacau 88'	Report	Fathi 52' Karhan 55' Schürrle 63' Zabavník 90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Felix Zwayer Assistant referees: Dirk Margenberg, Florian Steuer Fourth official: Michael Emmer

8 May 2010 34	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Salihović 6' Šimunić 22' Vukčević 44'	Report	Cacau 19', 81' Molinaro 66'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Referee: Jochen Drees Assistant referees: Torsten Bauer, Tobias Christ Fourth official: Walter Hofmann

DFB-Pokal

1 August 2009 First round	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Heilbronn
15:30 UTC+2	Ismaili 37' Aupperle 43' 90'	Report (in German)	Hitzlsperger 55' Cacau 62' Šimák 66', 88'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

23 September 2009 Second round	VfB Lübeck	1–3 (a.e.t.)	VfB Stuttgart	Lübeck
20:30 UTC+2	Henning 6'	Report (in German)	Schieber 77' Khedira 109' Cacau 118'	Stadium: Lohmühle Attendance: 16.900 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

27 October 2009 Round of 16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Fürth
19:00 UTC+1	Nehrig 32'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Champions League

Play-off round

18 August 2009 First leg	Timișoara	0–2	Stuttgart	Timișoara
20:45		Report	Gebhart 28' (pen.) Hleb 30'	Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 23,446 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

26 August 2009 Second leg	Stuttgart	0–0 (2–0 agg.)	Timișoara	Stuttgart
20:45		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEV	STU	URZ	RAN
1	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
2	VfB Stuttgart	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	1–1
3	Unirea Urziceni	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Transfer to Europa League	1–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Rangers	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2		1–4	0–2	1–4	—

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2009 1	Stuttgart	1–1	Rangers	Stuttgart
20:45	Pogrebnyak 18'	Report	Bougherra 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

29 September 2009 2	Unirea Urziceni	1–1	Stuttgart	Bucharest^[a]
20:45	Varga 48'	Report	Tasci 5'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 13,557 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

20 October 2009 3	Stuttgart	1–3	Sevilla	Stuttgart
20:45	Élson 74'	Report	Squillaci 23', 72' Navas 55'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

4 November 2009 4	Sevilla	1–1	Stuttgart	Seville
20:45	Navas 14'	Report	Kuzmanović 79'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 32,669 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

24 November 2009 5	Rangers	0–2	Stuttgart	Glasgow
20:45		Report	Rudy 16' Kuzmanović 59'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 41,468 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

9 December 2009 6	Stuttgart	3–1	Unirea Urziceni	Stuttgart
20:45	Marica 5' Träsch 8' Pogrebnyak 11'	Report	Semedo 46'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

^ Unirea Urziceni played their home group matches at Stadionul Steaua in Bucharest as their Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria.

Knockout phase

Round of 16

23 February 2010 First leg	Stuttgart	1–1	Barcelona	Stuttgart
20:45	Cacau 25'	Report	Ibrahimović 52'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 39,430 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

17 March 2010 Second leg	Barcelona	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Stuttgart	Barcelona
20:45	Messi 13', 60' Pedro 22' Bojan 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,543 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

References

^ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2009/10".

Notes

^ 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.
^ Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.
^ 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.

[table_note_res_EL30.966121749471-5] Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

[6] Unirea Urziceni played their home group matches at Stadionul Steaua in Bucharest as their Stadionul Tineretului did not meet UEFA criteria.

[1] "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2009/10".

[2] 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.

[3] Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.

[4] 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.

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