2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2008–09 season
Manager	Markus Babbel
Bundesliga	3rd
UEFA Cup	Last 32
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Mario Gómez (24)

During the 2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season, the club was a genuine contender for the Bundesliga title, losing out only to VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich and finishing in third position. Striker Mario Gómez scored 24 goals in the Bundesliga campaign, only to then make a shock switch to rivals Bayern for the highest-received transfer fee in the club's history.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Bundesliga

Matches

Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 1–3
0–1 Thomas Hitzlsperger (15)
0–2 Ciprian Marica (26)
0–3 Mario Gómez (44)
1–3 Rob Friend (60)
Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 0–2
0–1 Patrick Helmes (35)
0–2 Theofanis Gekas (78)
Stuttgart-Hannover 2–0
1–0 Mario Gómez (18)
2–0 Pável Pardo (40)
Hoffenheim-Stuttgart 0–0
Stuttgart-Karlsruhe 3–1
0–1 Sebastian Freis (8)
1–1 Sami Khedira (22)
2–1 Mario Gómez (68)
3–1 Ciprian Marica (87)
Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 3–0
1–0 Tamás Hajnal (10)
2–0 Felipe Santana (19)
3–0 Alexander Frei (73)
Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–1
1–0 Sami Khedira (18)
2–0 Christian Träsch (29)
3–0 Roberto Hilbert (63)
3–1 Diego (65)
4–1 Martin Lanig (88)
Hertha Berlin-Stuttgart 2–1
1–0 Maximilian Nicu (30)
1–1 Cacau (51)
2–1 Gojko Kačar (87)
Stuttgart-Bochum 2–0
1–0 Mario Gómez (80)
2–0 Mario Gómez (83)
Hamburg-Stuttgart 2–0
1–0 Piotr Trochowski (17)
2–0 Joris Mathijsen (74)
Stuttgart-Köln 1–3
0–1 Milivoje Novakovič (3)
0–2 Milivoje Novakovič (61)
1–2 Roberto Hilbert (69)
1–3 Petit (90)
Eintracht Frankfurt-Stuttgart 2–2
1–0 Nikos Liberopoulos (18)
2–0 Nikos Liberopoulos (66)
2–1 Martin Lanig (71)
2–2 Mario Gómez (87)
Stuttgart-Arminia Bielefeld 0–0
Wolfsburg-Stuttgart 4–1
0–1 Martin Lanig (17)
1–1 Grafite (51)
2–1 Grafite (76)
3–1 Edin Džeko (79)
4–1 Edin Džeko (85)
Stuttgart-Schalke 04 2–0
1–0 Jan Šimák (79)
2–0 Mario Gómez (83)
Energie Cottbus-Stuttgart 0–3
0–1 Roberto Hilbert (4)
0–2 Jan Šimák (63)
0–3 Sami Khedira (68)
Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 2–2
1–0 Sami Khedira (45)
1–1 Tim Borowski (48)
1–2 Luca Toni (66)
2–2 Sami Khedira (90)
Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 2–0
1–0 Ciprian Marica (67)
2–0 Mario Gómez (86)
Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 2–4
0–1 Mario Gómez (3)
0–2 Thomas Hitzlsperger (51)
1–2 Stefan Kießling (67)
1–3 Mario Gómez (75)
1–4 Lukas Sinkiewicz (90 og)
2–4 Angelos Charisteas (90)
Hannover-Stuttgart 3–3
0–1 Mario Gómez (7)
0–2 Martin Lanig (22)
1–2 Jiří Štajner (43)
2–2 Jacek Krzynówek (45)
3–2 Mikael Forssell (85)
3–3 Thomas Hitzlsperger (87)
Stuttgart-Hoffenheim 3–3
0–1 Demba Ba (24)
1–1 Cacau (26)
2–1 Mario Gómez (31)
2–2 Demba Ba (45)
3–2 Mario Gómez (63)
3–3 Demba Ba (67)
Karlsruhe-Stuttgart 0–2
0–1 Élson (50)
0–2 Sami Khedira (88)
Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
1–0 Élson (10)
1–1 Nelson Valdez (52)
2–1 Mario Gómez (62)
Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 4–0
1–0 Diego (34)
2–0 Claudio Pizarro (53)
3–0 Markus Rosenberg (59)
4–0 Markus Rosenberg (74)
Stuttgart-Hertha Berlin 2–0
1–0 Cacau (47)
2–0 Sami Khedira (51)
Bochum-Stuttgart 1–2
1–0 Joël Epalle (48)
1–1 Cacau (58)
1–2 Serdar Tasci (89)
Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–0
1–0 Mario Gómez (90)
Köln-Stuttgart 0–3
0–1 Mario Gómez (16)
0–2 Mario Gómez (55)
0–3 Mario Gómez (71)
Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0
1–0 Cacau (33)
2–0 Mario Gómez (48)
Arminia Bielefeld-Stuttgart 2–2
0–1 Matthieu Delpierre (4)
1–1 Christopher Katongo (30)
1–2 Thomas Hitzlsperger (35)
2–2 Vlad Munteanu (68)
Stuttgart-Wolfsburg 4–1
1–0 Mario Gómez (1)
2–0 Mario Gómez (20)
2–1 Edin Džeko (36)
3–1 Mario Gómez (63)
4–1 Mario Gómez (77)
Schalke 04-Stuttgart 1–2
0–1 Cacau (15)
1–1 Ivan Rakitić (39)
1–2 Ciprian Marica (57)
Stuttgart-Energie Cottbus 2–0
1–0 Thomas Hitzlsperger (19)
2–0 Cacau (78)
Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 2–1
1–0 Khalid Boulahrouz (15 og)
2–0 Mark van Bommel (60)
2–1 Mario Gómez (63)

Topscorers

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga.

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 Hammel
2	DF	GER	Tobias Feisthammel
3	DF	GER	Joachim Schwabe
4	DF	GER	David Pisot
5	DF	CRO	Marijan Kovacevic
6	MF	GER	Christian Träsch
7	FW	GER	Nico Klotz
8	MF	GER	Martin Dausch
9	MF	GER	Sebastian Hofmann
10	MF	GER	José-Alex Ikeng (to January)
10	MF	GER	Markus Pazurek (from January)
13	FW	GER	Johannes Rahn
15	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi
16	MF	GER	Sebastian Rudy
11	MF	GER	Michael Klauß
14	MF	GER	Patrick Funk


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	GER	Jeremy Karikari
18	DF	GER	Robin Schuster
19	FW	GER	Julian Schieber
20	MF	GER	Andreas Hindelang
21	DF	CRO	Dubravko Kolinger
22	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock
23	DF	GER	Sebastian Enderle
24	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich
25	FW	ALB	Shaban Ismaili
26	DF	GER	Sven Schimmel
27	MF	AUT	Clemens Walch
28	MF	GER	Boris Vukčević
30	FW	GER	Manuel Fischer (to January)
31	GK	GER	Marcel Schmid
42	DF	GER	Marco Pischorn

References

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