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 beeing 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

VfB Stuttgart coin

VfB player Silvio Meissner (right) at Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (February 2003)

• 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.