2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season was the 121st season in club history.

VfB Stuttgart

2013–14 season
Sporting Director	Fredi Bobic
Manager	Bruno Labbadia
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart, BW
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Harnik Vedad Ibišević (10 each) All: Vedad Ibišević (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	60,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Fixtures and results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

11 August 2013 1	Mainz 05	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller 14', 78' Zimling  62' Polter  62'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 16' Ulreich  37' Leitner  51' Harnik 82' Boka  85'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 30,279 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

17 August 2013 2	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Molinaro  11' Traoré  83' Ibišević  84'	Report (in German)	Schwaab 42' (o.g.) Donati  86' Leno  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart

25 August 2013 3	FC Augsburg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Altıntop 6' Verhaegh  10' Callsen-Bracker 36' Hahn  86'	Report (in German)	Abdellaoue  24' Ibišević 42' Gentner  60' Sakai  67' Traoré  70'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,030 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 September 2013 4	VfB Stuttgart	6–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rüdiger 13' Ibišević 19', 47', 63' Maxim 28', 55',  57'	Report (in German)	Volland 26',  72' Abraham  45' Firmino 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 42,450 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

13 September 2013 5	Hertha BSC	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronny  87'	Report (in German)	Ibišević  34' Gentner 49'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 46,624 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 September 2013 6	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Werner 16' Kvist  28' Sakai  61' Harnik  87'	Report (in German)	Russ 14' Djakpa  39' Anderson Bamba  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,810 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfB Stuttgart

29 September 2013 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Braunschweig
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)	Ibišević 40' Boka  44' Maxim 50' Traoré 76' Harnik 86'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,760 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

5 October 2013 8	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik 6' Ibišević  13'	Report (in German)	Ekici  34' Petersen 37' García  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,410 Referee: Peter Sippel (München)

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

20 October 2013 9	Hamburger SV	3–3	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga 22' Beister 55' Van der Vaart 55' Badelj  81'	Report (in German)	Maxim 3' Gentner 37' Djourou 64' (o.g.) Kvist  71' Rüdiger  84' Ibišević  90'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 53,167 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Nürnberg

25 October 2013 10	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević 3' (pen.) Maxim  25' Boka  61'	Report (in German)	Drmić 6',  59'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,460 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart

1 November 2013 11	Borussia Dortmund	6–1	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Papastathopoulos 19',  53' Reus 22' Lewandowski 54', 56', 72' Aubameyang 81'	Report (in German)	Haggui 13'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

10 November 2013 12	SC Freiburg	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klaus  28' Hanke 78',  90'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 9' Werner 10', 82' Niedermeier  44'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 November 2013 13	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in German)	Raffael 37' Wendt 73' Xhaka  75' Korb  83'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 49,560 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

30 November 2013 14	Schalke 04	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matip  2' Farfán 34', 47' (pen.) Boateng  71' Jones 79'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,973 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

7 December 2013 15	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Harnik 13' Rüdiger  30' Ibišević 33' Traoré 51' Rausch 83'	Report (in German)	Diouf  18' Sobiech 28' Sané 31' Schlaudraff  82'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,630 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

14 December 2013 16	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Medojević  31' Rodríguez 38' Diego 53',  55' Perišić 78'	Report (in German)	Rausch  20' Harnik  53' Werner 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,501 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

29 January 2014 17	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00	Leitner  22' Ibišević 29' Rüdiger  51' Sakai  57' Boka  75' Harnik  83'	Report (in German)	Kroos  50' Dante  56' Pizarro 76' Boateng  83' Thiago 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfB Stuttgart v Mainz 05

25 January 2014 18	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00	Abdellaoue 11' Leitner  88'	Report (in German)	Okazaki 40' Noveski  45' Pospech  71' Saller 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

1 February 2014 19	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Kießling 26' Spahić  60' Derdiyok 84',  90'	Report (in German)	Leitner 12',  86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,714 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg

8 February 2014 20	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Khedira  49' Ibišević  53' Rausch 62' Yalçın  83'	Report (in German)	Milik 35' Hahn 43', 56' Werner 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

1899 Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

15 February 2014 21	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00	Schipplock 12', 66',  70' Volland 49',  77' Polanski  53' Firmino 90' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Leitner  25'  80' Khedira  51' Harnik  53' Ulreich  75' Rüdiger 78'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 29,847 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

22 February 2014 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boka 45'	Report (in German)	Kobiashvili 5' Allagui  52' Wagner 87',  90'  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,700 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

2 March 2014 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jung  52' Rosenthal 80' Meier 89'	Report (in German)	Harnik 31'	Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 43,200 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Braunschweig

8 March 2014 24	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwaab  12' Maxim 30' Harnik 35' Traoré  90'	Report (in German)	Hochscheidt 24',  86' Pfitzner  45' Bičakčić 82' Kessel  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

15 March 2014 25	Werder Bremen	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lukimya  45' Hunt 79' Caldirola  84'	Report (in German)	Harnik  23' Niedermeier  27', 55' Schwaab  63'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

22 March 2014 26	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maxim 69' Ulreich  90'	Report (in German)	Çalhanoğlu  53'  53'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfB Stuttgart

26 March 2014 27	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Drmić 43', 54' Stark  86'	Report (in German)	Sakai  81'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 38,188 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

29 March 2014 28	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 9' Harnik 19' Niedermeier  63'  67'	Report (in German)	Reus 30', 68', 83' Kirch  35' Großkreutz  90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

5 April 2014 29	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gruezo  44' Maxim 69' Harnik 89',  90'	Report (in German)	Sorg  13'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

12 April 2014 30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Korb  28' Arango 89'	Report (in German)	Didavi 12' Schwaab  13' Werner  25' Gruezo  26'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,560 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

20 April 2014 31	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik 23', 59' Cacau  28', 54' Gruezo  51'	Report (in German)	Kolašinac  34' Boateng  40' Szalai 69' Matip  75'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

25 April 2014 32	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hannover
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marcelo  40' Rudņevs  82'	Report (in German)	Didavi  40' Niedermeier  62'	Stadium: AWD Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 33	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 62' Maxim  82'	Report (in German)	De Bruyne 13' Polák  46' Olić 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Felix Brych (München)

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) 34	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos  22' Dante  68' Pizarro 90'	Report (in German)	Boka  21' Didavi  75'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	9	9	16	40	57	−17	36
14	SC Freiburg	34	9	9	16	43	61	−18	36
15	VfB Stuttgart	34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	32
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	7	6	21	51	75	−24	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	5	11	18	37	70	−33	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	8	8	18	49	62	−13	32	5	4	9	29	30	−1	3	4	9	20	32	−12

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source:

DFB-Pokal

Berliner Dynamo v VfB Stuttgart

4 August 2013 Round 1	Berliner Dynamo	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Novacic  70'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 40', 76' (pen.) Schwaab  51' Leitner  69'	Stadium: Sportforum Hohenschönhausen Attendance: 9,227 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

25 September 2013 Round 2	SC Freiburg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mehmedi  33' Ginter 52' Krmaš  61' Hanke 70' Schmid  81'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 87' Cacau  89' Werner  90'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Botev Plovdiv v VfB Stuttgart

1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) 1st leg	Botev Plovdiv	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Plovdiv
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nedelev  66' Domovchiyski 73'	Report (in German)	Rausch  47' Werner  50' Rüdiger  58' Ibišević 67'	Stadium: Hristo Botev Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lee Probert (England)

VfB Stuttgart v Botev Plovdiv

8 August 2013 (2013-08-08) 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	0–0 ((a) 1–1 agg.)	Botev Plovdiv	Aspach
20:20 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maxim  44'	Report (in German)	Minev  40' Kortzorg  74' Stachowiak  90'	Stadium: Comtech Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Play-off round

HNK Rijeka v VfB Stuttgart

22 August 2013 (2013-08-22) 1st leg	HNK Rijeka	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Rijeka
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvržić  57', 87' Benko 74'	Report (in German)	Cacau  49' Ibišević 89'	Stadium: Stadion Kantrida Attendance: 10,600 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

VfB Stuttgart v HNK Rijeka

29 August 2013 (2013-08-29) 2nd leg	VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	HNK Rijeka	Stuttgart
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 35',  73' Marić 75' (o.g.)	Report (in German)	Benko 30' Males  41' Pokrivac  88' Mujanović 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Team statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Sources
Bundesliga	9–11 August 2013	10 May 2014	34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	023.53
DFB-Pokal	4 August 2013	25 September 2013	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Europa League	1 August 2013	29 August 2013	4	0	3	1	4	5	−1	000.00
Total			40	9	11	20	56	69	−13	022.50	—
Updated: 11 May 2014

Player information

Squad

The club's current squad:^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Sven Ulreich 2 DF  JPN Gōtoku Sakai 3 DF  GER Daniel Schwaab 4 MF  DEN William Kvist 5 DF  TUN Karim Haggui 6 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier 7 FW  AUT Martin Harnik 8 MF  GER Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 9 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević 10 MF  GER Daniel Didavi 12 DF  GER Benedikt Röcker 13 MF  GER Patrick Funk 14 MF  NZL Marco Rojas 15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka 16 MF  GUI Ibrahima Traoré

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  TUR Tunay Torun 18 FW  GER Cacau 19 FW  GER Timo Werner 20 MF  GER Christian Gentner (captain) 21 DF  ITA Cristian Molinaro 22 GK  GER Thorsten Kirschbaum 23 MF  TUR Sercan Sararer 24 DF  GER Antonio Rüdiger 25 FW  NOR Mohammed Abdellaoue 28 MF  GER Rani Khedira 31 GK  GRE Odisseas Vlachodimos 34 DF  GER Konstantin Rausch 36 GK  GER Kevin Müller 44 MF  ROU Alexandru Maxim

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Minutes played

Bookings

No.	Player	Total			Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Europa League
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Source:
Last updated: 14 June 2013

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
	MF	Sercan Sararer	23	No	Greuther Fürth	Transfer	Summer	2017		[2]
	GK	Thorsten Kirschbaum	26	Yes	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[3]
25	FW	Mohammed Abdellaoue	27	No	Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[4][5]
		Patrick Funk			FC St. Pauli	Loan return	Summer	—	—

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
	FW	Federico Macheda		Yes	Manchester United	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
		Felipe Lopes		No	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
		Tim Hoogland		Yes	Schalke 04	Loan return	Summer	—	[6]
		Marc Ziegler	37	Yes	—	Retired	Summer	—	[6]
		Mamadou Bah	25	No		Released	Summer	Free