2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season

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.

VfB Stuttgart
2008–09 season
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Bundesliga3rd
UEFA CupRound of 32
DFB-PokalLast 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (24)
All: Mario Gómez (35)

Players

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First-team squad

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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 (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
7 MF   GER Martin Lanig
8 MF   CZE Jan Šimák
9 FW   ROU Ciprian Marica
10 MF   TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 1]
11 MF   GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 GK   GER Alexander Stolz
13 MF   GER Timo Gebhart
15 DF   CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF   GER Sebastian Rudy
17 DF   FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW   GER Cacau[notes 2]
19 DF   GER Roberto Hilbert
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW   GER Sven Schipplock
24 GK   GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF   BRA Élson
26 DF   GER Tobias Feisthammel
28 MF   GER Sami Khedira
29 MF   CMR Georges Mandjeck
33 FW   GER Mario Gómez
35 DF   GER Christian Träsch
36 DF   GER Robin Schuster
37 GK   GER Timo Hammel
38 FW   SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 3]
39 FW   GER Julian Schieber
40 MF   GER Marijan Kovačević
42 DF   GER Marco Pischorn
45 DF   GER Sebastian Enderle

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   MEX Pável Pardo (to América)
23 FW   GER Manuel Fischer (on loan to TuS Koblenz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW   POL Matthias Morys (to Kickers Offenbach)

VfB Stuttgart II

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VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga.

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 Timo Hammel
2 DF   GER Tobias Feisthammel
3 DF   GER Joachim Schwabe
4 DF   GER David Pisot
5 MF   GER Marijan Kovačević
6 MF   GER Christian Träsch
7 FW   GER Nico Klotz
8 MF   GER Martin Dausch
9 MF   GER Sebastian Hofmann
10 MF   GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 4] (to January)
10 MF   GER Markus Pazurek (from January)
13 FW   GER Johannes Rahn
15 MF   GER Daniel Didavi
16 MF   GER Sebastian Rudy
11 MF   GER Michael Klauß
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   GER Patrick Funk
17 MF   GER Jeremy Karikari
18 DF   GER Robin Schuster
19 FW   GER Julian Schieber
20 MF   GER Andreas Hindelang
21 DF   GER Dubravko Kolinger
22 FW   GER Sven Schipplock
23 DF   GER Sebastian Enderle
24 GK   GER Sven Ulreich
25 DF   MKD Shaban Ismaili
26 DF   GER Sven Schimmel
27 MF   AUT Clemens Walch
30 FW   GER Manuel Fischer (to January)
31 GK   GER Marcel Schmid
42 DF   GER Marco Pischorn

Bundesliga

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Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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

Results

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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
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

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Top scorers

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads – VFB Stuttgart – 2008/09".