2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season was 42nd season in the Bundesliga.

VfB Stuttgart
2006–07 season
ManagerArmin Veh
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (14)
All: Cacau (18)

Team kit edit

Players edit

First-team squad edit

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 Beck[notes 1]
3 DF   MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF   GER Markus Babbel
6 DF   POR Fernando Meira (captain)
8 MF   GER Daniel Bierofka
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller
11 MF   GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 DF   GER Heiko Gerber
13 MF   MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
14 MF   SWE Alexander Farnerud
15 DF   CIV Arthur Boka
16 FW   GER Benjamin Lauth (on loan from Hamburger SV)
17 DF   FRA Matthieu Delpierre
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   BRA Cacau[notes 2]
19 MF   GER Roberto Hilbert
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 MF   GER Christian Gentner
23 GK   GER Dirk Heinen
23 FW   GER Manuel Fischer
25 MF   BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF   GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 MF   GER Tobias Weis
28 MF   GER Sami Khedira
30 MF   GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3]
33 FW   GER Mario Gómez
35 DF   GER Serdar Tasci
41 GK   AUT Michael Langer

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF   CRO Boris Živković[notes 4] (to Hajduk Split)
7 MF   GER Silvio Meißner (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
10 FW   DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson (on loan to Villarreal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW   GER Bernd Nehrig (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching)
31 GK   GER Alexander Stolz (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim)
38 FW   SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 5] (on loan to Hamburger SV)

Reserve team edit

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd 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   GER Denis Baum
GK   GER Timo Hammel
GK   AUT Michael Langer
GK   GER Sven Ulreich
DF   GER Andreas Beck
DF   GER Steffen Dangelmayr
DF   GER Marco Pischorn
DF   GER David Pisot
DF   GER Raphael Schaschko (to January)
DF   GER Joachim Schwabe
DF   GER Marcel Schuon
DF   GER Justus Six
MF   GER Martin Dausch
MF   GER Sebastian Hofmann
MF   GER Patrick Leschinski
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER José-Alex Ikeng
MF   GER Michael Klauß
MF   GER Marijan Kovačević
MF   GER Peter Perchtold
MF   GER Christian Sauter
MF   GER Julian Schuster
MF   GER Tobias Weis
FW   GER Manuel Fischer
FW   GER Danny Galm
FW   GER Martin Hess
FW   GER Patrick Mayer
FW   POL Matthias Morys
FW   GER Bernd Nehrig (to January)
FW   HUN Ádám Szalai

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Timo Hildebrand 39 0 33 0 6 0
31 GK   GER Alexander Stolz 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK   AUT Michael Langer 1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   GER Andreas Beck 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0
3 DF   MEX Ricardo Osorio 33 1 26+1 1 5+1 0
5 DF   GER Markus Babbel 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
6 DF   POR Fernando Meira 24 3 19+1 3 3+1 0
12 DF   GER Heiko Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   CIV Arthur Boka 22 1 16+3 1 2+1 0
17 DF   FRA Matthieu Delpierre 39 1 33 0 6 1
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin 27 1 19+3 1 4+1 0
26 DF   GER Tobias Feisthammel 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   GER Serdar Tasci 31 2 22+4 2 4+1 0
Midfielders
7 MF   GER Silvio Meißner 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
8 MF   GER Daniel Bierofka 15 1 5+7 0 2+1 1
11 MF   GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 35 10 25+5 7 4+1 3
13 MF   MEX Pável Pardo 40 2 33+1 1 6 1
14 MF   SWE Alexander Farnerud 9 0 4+5 0 0 0
19 MF   GER Roberto Hilbert 39 9 31+3 7 5 2
22 MF   GER Christian Gentner 16 0 3+12 0 0+1 0
25 MF   BRA Antônio da Silva 32 1 20+8 0 4 1
27 MF   GER Tobias Weis 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   GER Sami Khedira 26 4 16+6 4 4 0
Forwards
9 FW   SUI Marco Streller 29 5 7+19 5 1+2 0
10 FW   DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson 6 1 2+2 0 2 1
16 FW   GER Benjamin Lauth 13 1 5+6 1 0+2 0
18 FW   BRA Cacau 38 18 31+1 13 5+1 5
24 FW   GER Bernd Nehrig 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 FW   GER Mario Gómez 32 16 22+5 14 3+2 2

Club edit

Management edit

Position Staff
Manager   Armin Veh
Assistant manager   Alfons Higl

Source: VfB.de

Other information edit

Chairman   Erwin Staudt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / )

Source: VfB.de

Bundesliga edit

Classification edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart (C) 34 21 7 6 61 37 +24 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Schalke 04 34 21 5 8 53 32 +21 68
3 Werder Bremen 34 20 6 8 76 40 +36 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bayern Munich 34 18 6 10 55 40 +15 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 54 49 +5 51
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results edit

12 August 2006 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–3 Nürnberg Stuttgart
15:30 Vittek   37'
Schroth   45'
Saenko   78'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
20 August 2006 2 Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bielefeld
17:00 Abdelaziz Ahanfouf   65' (pen.)
Jörg Böhme   39'
Meira   39',
Cacau   73',   82'
Stadium: Schüco Arena
Attendance: 22,095
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 August 2006 3 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
15:30 Tasci   30' Magnin   20' (o.g.)
Kringe   32'
Frei   88'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Franz–Xaver Wack
16 September 2006 4 Werder Bremen 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 Hilbert   4' (o.g.)
Zidan   33'
Hilbert   38'
Pável Pardo   58'
Gomez   87'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,654
Referee: Markus Merk
23 September 2006 5 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez   73' Meier   87' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
1 October 2006 6 Hertha BSC 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
17:00 Friedrich   9'
Pantelic   14'
Gómez   4'
Cacau   57'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 48,637
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
14 October 2006 7 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez   22'
Boka   48'
Hitzlsperger   76'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
21 October 2006 8 Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 Hanke   26' Gómez   31' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,927
Referee: Lutz Wagner
29 October 2006 9 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
17:00 Khedira   32',   46'
Tasci   75'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
4 November 2006 10 Alemannia Aachen 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Aachen
15:30 Rösler   28'
Ibisevic   86'
Gómez   24'
Hitzlsperger   26'
Streller   46',   63'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Felix Brych
7 November 2006 11 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Hamburger SV Stuttgart
20:00 Gómez   80'
Hitzlsperger   85'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
12 November 2006 12 Hannover 96 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Hanover
17:00 Rosenthal   13' Hitzlsperger   49'
Cacau   54'
Stadium: AWD–Arena
Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Jochen Drees
18 November 2006 13 Bayern Munich 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Munich
15:30 Makaay   27'
Pizarro   36'
Gómez   8' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Wiener
1 December 2006 15 Mainz 05 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Mainz
20:30 Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Babak Rafati
9 December 2006 16 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
15:30 Marco Streller   87' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Markus Merk
16 December 2006 17 Energie Cottbus 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Cottbus
15:30 Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 13,650
Referee: Felix Brych
27 January 2007 18 Nürnberg 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg
15:30 Saenko   26'
Gresko   51'
Schroth   70'
Magnin   77' (o.g.)
Cacau   33' Stadium: Easy Credit Stadion
Attendance: 35,082
Referee: Herbert Fandel
30 January 2007 19 VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Arminia Bielefeld Stuttgart
20:00 Gómez   9',   59'
Cacau   53'
Eigler   26'
Ahanfouf   87'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
4 February 2007 20 Borussia Dortmund 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
17:00 Gómez   59' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 63,600
Referee: Markus Merk
10 February 2007 21 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 Hilbert   3'
Gómez  15'
Magnin
  33'
Streller  86'
Diego   21' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
16 February 2007 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–4 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt
20:30 Hilbert   2'
Gómez   16'
Osorio   44'
Hitzlsperger   78'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 February 2007 23 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Hertha BSC Stuttgart
20:30 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
3 March 2007 24 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
15:30 Voronin   19'
Freier   22'
Juan   61'
Cacau   73' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Felix Brych
10 March 2007 25 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
17 March 2007 26 Schalke 04 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Krstajic   76' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
31 March 2007 27 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Alemannia Aachen Stuttgart
15:30 Streller   29'
Lauth   75'
Cacau   84'
Sichone   59' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Markus Merk
7 April 2007 28 Hamburger SV 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Hamburg
15:30 Jarolim   66'
Olic   75'
Cacau   10'
Khedira   13'
Hilbert   27'
Meira   51'
Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
14 April 2007 29 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Hannover 96 Stuttgart
15:30 Hilbert   2'
Zuraw   74' (o.g.)
Cherundolo   60' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Marc Seemann
21 April 2007 30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
15:30 Cacau   24',   25' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 57,400
Referee: Markus Merk
5 May 2007 32 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Mainz 05 Stuttgart
15:30 Meira   26'
Hilbert   64'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
12 May 2007 33 VfL Bochum 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Schröder   4'
Maltritz   42'
Hitzlsperger   24'
Gómez   62'
Cacau   73'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Florian Meyer
19 May 2007 34 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Energie Cottbus Stuttgart
15:30 Hitzlsperger   27'
Khedira   63'
Sergiu Radu   19' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2006/07".

Notes edit

  1. ^ Beck was born in Kemerovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 3 and represented Germany at U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in February 2009.
  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. ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.

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