2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season

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

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

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 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

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

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

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Armin Veh
Assistant manager Alfons Higl

Source: VfB.de

Other information

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

Source: VfB.de

Bundesliga

Classification
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.

References
  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2006-2007/bundes/stuttg.htm

Notes
  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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