2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season

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

VfB Stuttgart
2013–14 season
Sporting DirectorFredi Bobic
ManagerBruno Labbadia
StadiumMercedes-Benz Arena
Stuttgart, BW
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Martin Harnik
Vedad Ibišević
(10 each)

All:
Vedad Ibišević (15 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000

Fixtures and results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

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League fixtures and results

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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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Pos Team 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

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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: [1]

DFB-Pokal

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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)
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

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Third qualifying round

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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)
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

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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)
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

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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

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Squad

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The club's current squad:[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 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

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Appearances and goals

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Minutes played

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Bookings

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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

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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
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

References

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  1. ^ VfB Stuttgart squad Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine bundesliga.de, retrieved 3 November 2013
  2. ^ "Sararer entscheidet sich für Stuttgart". kicker (in German). 1 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Offiziell: Kirschbaum wird Stuttgarter". kicker (in German). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Fix! Abdellaoue wechselt zum VfB". kicker (in German). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Der VfB verpflichtet Mohammed Abdellaoue". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Summer Transfer Window 2013/14". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.