2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

VfB Stuttgart
2003–04 season
ManagerFelix Magath
Bundesliga4th
Champions LeagueRound of 16
DFB-PokalLast 16
Top goalscorerKevin Kurányi (11)

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 Timo Hildebrand
2 DF   GER Andreas Hinkel
3 DF   CRO Boris Živković[notes 1]
4 DF   ANG Rui Marques
5 DF   BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 DF   POR Fernando Meira
7 MF   GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF   CRO Jurica Vranješ
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller
11 MF   SUI Hakan Yakin
12 DF   GER Heiko Gerber
13 MF   GER Christian Tiffert
14 MF   ARG Emanuel Centurión
15 MF   BLR Alexander Hleb
16 MF   GER Horst Heldt
18 FW   BRA Cacau[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   HUN Imre Szabics
20 DF   CRO Zvonimir Soldo
21 DF   GER Philipp Lahm (on loan from Bayern Munich)
22 FW   GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 3]
23 GK   GER Dirk Heinen
25 MF   GER Michael Mutzel
28 DF   GER Michael Fink
29 DF   GER Steffen Dangelmayr
30 MF   AUT Denis Berger
31 GK   SUI Diego Benaglio
33 DF   CMR Serge Branco
35 DF   GER Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
37 MF   BUL Ivan Stoyanov
38 MF   GER Tobias Rathgeb
45 FW   GER Mario Gómez

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
3 DF   GER Timo Wenzel (to Kaiserslautern)
11 FW   GRE Ioannis Amanatidis (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   GER Michael Rundio (to Greuther Fürth)

Results

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Bundesliga

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Top scorers

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Champions League

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Group stage

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Last 16

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Reserve team

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VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   SUI Diego Benaglio
GK   GER Julien Jourdan
GK   GER Milan Jurkovic
GK   BIH Adnan Masic
DF   GER Daniel Alabi
DF   GER Heiko Butscher
DF   GER Steffen Dangelmayr
DF   GER Michael Fink
DF   GER Markus Husterer (from August)
DF   GER Steffen Kocholl
DF   GER Florian Lechner
DF   GER Marcel Schuon
MF   GER Marco Caligiuri
MF   AUT Denis Berger
MF   CMR Serge Branco
MF   GER Marco di Biccari
MF   GER Christopher Krause
MF   GER José Macias
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   RUS Yuri Mamaev
MF   GER Jens Rasiejewski
MF   GER Tobias Rathgeb
MF   GER Giuseppe Ricciardi
MF   GER Michael Rundio (from January)
MF   GER Zdravko Tuzlak
MF   GER Robert Vujević
MF   GER Christian Walter
FW   NGA Stephen Famewo
FW   GER Mario Gómez
FW   LTU Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January)
FW   GER Steffen Handschuh
FW   BLR Vyacheslav Hleb (to January)
FW   GER Felix Luz (to January)
FW   GER Gerrit Müller
FW   GER Gustav Schulz
FW   GER Tobias Weis

Sources

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Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com Archived 2005-04-26 at the Wayback Machine

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2003/04".

Notes

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  1. ^ Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.
  2. ^ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  3. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.