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

First-team squad

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

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

Bundesliga

Top scorers

Champions League

Group Stage

Last 16

Reserve team

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

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com

References

Notes

  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.
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