List of VfB Stuttgart players

This article is about VfB Stuttgart players with at least 100 appearances. For a list of all VfB Stuttgart players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:VfB Stuttgart players. For the current VfB Stuttgart first-team squad, see VfB Stuttgart § Current squad.

VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which is currently part of Germany's first division Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart is one of Germany's most successful clubs. The club has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07; the DFB-Pokal three times; and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times.

List of players

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga Süd, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup, DFL-Ligapokal, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Intertoto Cup matches.

Statistics correct as of match played 9 June 2020

Table headers

• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• VfB Stuttgart career – The year of the player's first appearance for Stuttgart to the year of his last appearance.
• Appearances – The total number of matches played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
• Goals – The total number of goals scored.

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

List of VfB Stuttgart players with at least 100 appearances

Player	Nationality	Position	VfB Stuttgart career	Appearances	Goals	Ref.
Karl Allgöwer	Germany	MF	1980–1991	410	166	[1]
Hans Arnold	Germany	DF	1963–1971	221	9	[2]
Krasimir Balakov	Bulgaria	MF	1995–2003	298	73	[3]
Timo Baumgartl	Germany	DF	2014–2019	121	2	[4]
Thomas Berthold	Germany	DF	1993–2000	227	5	[5]
Fredi Bobic	Germany	FW	1994–1999	182	86	[6]
Arthur Boka	Ivory Coast	DF	2006–2014	207	7	[7]
Marcelo Bordon	Brazil	DF	1999–2004	171	14	[8]
Dieter Brenninger	Germany	DF	1972–1976	114	24	[9]
Guido Buchwald	Germany	DF	1983–1994	387	45	[10]
Andreas Buck	Germany	DF	1990–1997	185	12	[11]
Cacau	Germany	FW	2003–2014	346	109	[12]
Bradley Carnell	South Africa	DF	1998–2003	107	3	[13]
Matthieu Delpierre	France	DF	2004–2012	215	5	[14]
Slobodan Dubajić	Yugoslavia	DF	1991–1996	134	8	[15]
Sean Dundee	Germany	DF	1999–2003	105	33	[16]
Hans Eisele	Germany	DF	1958–1971	274	7	[17]
Markus Elmer	Germany	DF	1973–1980	188	15	[18]
Rudi Entenmann	Germany	MF	1961–1969	125	9	[19]
Willi Entenmann	Germany	DF	1963–1976	277	33	[20]
Hans Ettmayer	Germany	MF	1971–1975	114	39	[21]
Fernando Meira	Portugal	DF	2002–2008	230	13	[22]
Bernd Förster	Germany	DF	1978–1986	270	22	[23]
Karlheinz Förster	Germany	DF	1977–1986	365	28	[24]
Michael Frontzeck	Germany	DF	1989–1994	191	17	[25]
Ionel Ganea	Romania	FW	1999–2003	138	47	[26]
Maurizio Gaudino	Germany	MF	1987–1993	209	38	[27]
Rolf Geiger	Germany	FW	1957–1962 1963–1967	122	45	[28]
Christian Gentner	Germany	MF	2004–2007 2010–2019	373	50	[29]
Heiko Gerber	Germany	DF	1999–2007	177	8	[30]
Mario Gómez	Germany	FW	2003–2009 2018–	228	109	[31]
Gilbert Gress	France	MF	1966–1970	164	25	[32]
Erwin Hadewicz	Germany	MF	1975–1983	271	20	[33]
Karl-Heinz Handschuh	Germany	MF	1966–1974	209	72	[34]
Martin Harnik	Austria	FW	2010–2016	214	68	[35]
Jürgen Hartmann	Germany	MF	1985–1991	215	12	[36]
Roland Hattenberger	Austria	MF	1977–1981	125	10	[37]
Horst Haug	Germany	MF	1967–1973	149	34	[38]
Gerhard Heinze	Germany	GK	1967–1975	219	0	[39]
Roberto Hilbert	Germany	DF	2006–2010	153	22	[40]
Timo Hildebrand	Germany	GK	1999–2007	296	0	[41]
Andreas Hinkel	Germany	DF	2000–2006	206	3	[42]
Thomas Hitzlsperger	Germany	MF	2005–2010	172	30	[43]
Alexander Hleb	Belarus	MF	2000–2005 2009–2010	221	21	[44]
Dieter Hoeneß	Germany	FW	1975–1979	117	57	[45]
Dragan Holcer	Yugoslavia	DF	1975–1981	214	5	[46]
Dieter Höller	Germany	MF	1960–1966	131	52	[47]
Vedad Ibišević	Bosnia and Herzegovina	FW	2012–2016	111	47	[48]
Eike Immel	Germany	GK	1986–1995	340	0	[49]
Emiliano Insúa	Argentina	DF	2015–2020	135	3	[50]
Walter Kelsch	Germany	FW	1977–1984	251	65	[51]
Sami Khedira	Germany	MF	2006–2010	132	16	[52]
Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	FW	1984–1989	186	94	[53]
Ludwig Kögl	Germany	MF	1990–1996	152	16	[54]
Horst Köppel	Germany	FW	1966–1968 1971–1973	139	49	[55]
Kevin Kurányi	Germany	FW	2001–2005	132	57	[56]
Zdravko Kuzmanović	Switzerland	MF	2009–2013	127	22	[57]
Krisztián Lisztes	Hungary	DF	1996–2001	146	15	[58]
Ludovic Magnin	Switzerland	DF	2005–2009	134	2	[59]
Ciprian Marica	Romania	FW	2007–2011	133	30	[60]
Bernd Martin	Germany	DF	1973–1982	268	31	[61]
Alexandru Maxim	Romania	MF	2013–2017	131	17	[62]
Silvio Meißner	Germany	MF	2000–2008	232	30	[63]
Gerd Menne	Germany	DF	1963–1969	132	8	[64]
Cristian Molinaro	Italy	DF	2010–2014	124	0	[65]
Andreas Müller	Germany	MF	1983–1987	129	14	[66]
Hansi Müller	Germany	MF	1975–1982	224	81	[67]
Georg Niedermeier	Germany	DF	2009–2016	182	14	[68]
Hermann Ohlicher	Germany	MF	1973–1985	460	157	[69]
Ricardo Osorio	Mexico	DF	2006–2010	101	1	[70]
Eberhard Pfisterer	Germany	FW	1960–1967	106	9	[71]
Gerhard Poschner	Romania	MF	1987–1990 1994–1998	221	12	[72]
Peter Reichert	Germany	FW	1981–1986	160	50	[73]
Manfred Reiner	Germany	FW	1960–1967	118	37	[74]
Helmut Roleder	Germany	GK	1972–1986	411	0	[75]
Gōtoku Sakai	Japan	DF	2011–2015	106	2	[76]
Günter Sawitzki	Germany	GK	1957–1971	234	0	[77]
Arno Schäfer	Germany	DF	1973–1979	100	0	[78]
Günther Schäfer	Germany	DF	1980–1996	399	0	[79]
Bernd Schmider	Germany	MF	1975–1978 1979–1980	134	11	[80]
Thomas Schneider	Germany	DF	1991–2003	182	12	[81]
Daniel Schwaab	Germany	DF	2013–2016	102	1	[82]
Günter Seibold	Germany	DF	1958–1968	213	3	[83]
Jochen Seitz	Germany	MF	2000–2003	108	10	[84]
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff	Germany	DF	1960–1969	195	22	[85]
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson	Iceland	MF	1982–1990	241	42	[86]
Zvonimir Soldo	Croatia	DF	1996–2006	399	19	[87]
Alexander Strehmel	Germany	DF	1986–1994	184	6	[88]
Eyjólfur Sverrisson	Iceland	DF	1989–1994	120	23	[89]
Serdar Tasci	Germany	DF	2006–2013	243	13	[90]
Pablo Thiam	Guinea	MF	1998–2001	118	11	[91]
Pablo Tiffert	Germany	MF	2000–2006	188	15	[92]
Christian Träsch	Germany	DF	2008–2011	108	6	[93]
Sven Ulreich	Germany	GK	2008–2015	220	0	[94]
Frank Verlaat	Netherlands	DF	1995–1999	138	8	[95]
Fritz Walter	Germany	FW	1987–1994	258	123	[96]
Manfred Weidmann	Germany	DF	1967–1976	302	37	[97]
Hartmut Weiß	Germany	FW	1964–1968 1970–1971	118	44	[98]
Timo Werner	Germany	FW	2013–2016	103	14	[99]
Franz Wohlfahrt	Austria	GK	1996–2000	146	0	[100]
Reinhold Zech	Germany	DF	1968–1975	224	5	[101]
Rainer Zietsch	Germany	DF	1983–1989	160	7	[102]