2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season
| 2014–15 season | ||||
| Manager | Huub Stevens | |||
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| Bundesliga | 14th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | Round 1 | |||
| Top goalscorer | Martin Harnik (8) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 60,000 | |||
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The 2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season is the 122nd season in the club's history. In the previous season, Stuttgart finished just five points ahead of the relegation zone.
First team squad
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.
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Players out on loan
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Transfers
In
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Out
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Competitions
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 40 | |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 37 | |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 35 | |
| 16 | Hamburger SV (O) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 35 | Qualification to the Relegation play-offs | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 
Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | 
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | 
| Position | 10 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 
Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
| 24 August 2014 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Traoré  Xhaka Kramer  | 
Report |  Maxim  Ibišević  | 
 Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,203 Referee: Christian Dingert  | 
| 30 August 2014 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | 1. FC Köln | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Kostić  | 
Report |  Osako  Ujah Risse Brečko  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Felix Brych  | 
| 13 September 2014 3 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Munich | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Götze  Alonso Ribéry  | 
Report |  Romeu  Kostić  | 
 Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
| 20 August 2014 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report |  Modeste  Rudy Elyounoussi Schipplock  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Peter Sippel  | 
| 24 September 2014 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Dortmund | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Papastathopoulos  Subotić Aubameyang Immobile  | 
Report |  Didavi  Romeu Gentner  | 
 Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe  | 
| 27 September 2014 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | Hannover 96 | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Gentner  Schwaab Leitner Kostić  | 
Report |  Gülselam  Bittencourt  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Günter Perl  | 
| 3 October 2014 7 | Hertha BSC | 3–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Berlin | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Kalou  Heitinga Beerens Pekarík  | 
Report |  Leitner  Ibišević Wagner  | 
 Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 46,312 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
| 18 October 2014 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Leitner  Werner Klein Niedermeier Harnik Gentner  | 
Report |  Son  Hilbert Bellarabi Toprak  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,900 Referee: Felix Zwayer  | 
| 25 October 2014 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–5 | VfB Stuttgart | Frankfurt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Madlung  Anderson Bamba Stendera Meier Aigner Oczipka Russ Seferović  | 
Report |  Harnik  Gentner Rüdiger Niedermeier Werner Romeu  | 
 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,700 Referee: Christian Dingert  | 
| 1 November 2014 10 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Sararer  | 
Report |  Perišić  Knoche De Bruyne  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,050 Referee: Bastian Dankert  | 
| 8 November 2014 11 | Werder Bremen | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Bremen | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Prödl  Bartels Obraniak  | 
Report |  Romeu  | 
 Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,284 Referee: Guido Winkmann  | 
| 23 November 2014 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | FC Augsburg | Stuttgart | 
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| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Schwaab  Romeu Leitner  | 
Report |  Werner  Feulner Verhaegh  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
| 28 November 2014 13 | SC Freiburg | 1–4 | VfB Stuttgart | Freiburg im Breisgau | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Darida  Mitrović Mehmedi Höfler  | 
Report |  Gruezo  Harnik Werner  | 
 Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe  | 
| 6 December 2014 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–4 | Schalke 04 | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Report |  Choupo-Moting  Meyer  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,700 Referee: Florian Meyer  | 
| 13 December 2014 15 | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Mainz | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Geis  Jairo Đuričić  | 
Report |  Hloušek  Ginczek Kostić  | 
 Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 29,279 Referee: Bastian Dankert  | 
| 16 December 2014 16 | Hamburger SV | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Hamburg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Van der Vaart  | 
Report |  Klein  Niedermeier Harnik Hloušek  | 
 Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,223 Referee: Felix Brych  | 
| 20 December 2014 17 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | SC Paderborn | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Didavi  | 
Report |  Vrančić  Stoppelkamp Rupp  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler  | 
| 31 January 2015 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Gentner  Niedermeier Kostić  | 
Report |  Xhaka  Hermann Korb  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,200 Referee: Christian Dingert  | 
| 4 February 2015 19 | 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Cologne | 
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| 20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Gerhardt  Maroh  | 
Report |  Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,400 Referee: Tobias Stieler  | 
| 7 February 2015 20 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Bayern Munich | Stuttgart | 
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| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Romeu  | 
Report |  Robben  Alaba Benatia  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Florian Meyer  | 
| 14 February 2015 21 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Sinsheim | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Schwegler  Schipplock Firmino Abraham Rudy  | 
Report |  Werner  Sakai Niedermeier Gentner  | 
 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,309 Referee: Tobias Welz  | 
| 20 February 2015 22 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Klein  Die Niedermeier  | 
Report |  Kagawa  Aubameyang Gündoğan Piszczek Reus  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
| 28 February 2015 23 | Hannover 96 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Hanover | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Prib  Stindl Joselu  | 
Report |  Gentner  Ginczek Kirschbaum Harnik  | 
 Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 6 March 2015 24 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | Hertha BSC | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Klein  Leitner  | 
Report |  Heitinga  Kraft Schulz  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,420 Referee: Felix Brych  | 
| 13 March 2015 25 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Hilbert  Wendell Drmić Çalhanoğlu Bellarabi  | 
Report |  Die  Maxim Hloušek  | 
 Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,384 Referee: Tobias Stieler  | 
| 21 March 2015 26 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Stuttgart | 
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| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  Die  Ginczek Maxim  | 
Report |  Seferović  Madlung  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Jochen Drees  | 
| 4 April 2015 27 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Rodríguez  Luiz Gustavo Schürrle  | 
Report |  Harnik  Die Romeu  | 
 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Welz  | 
| 12 April 2015 28 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Gentner  Rüdiger Ginczek Harnik  | 
Report |  Di Santo  Selke Bargfrede Vestergaard  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,400 Referee: Günter Perl  | 
| 18 April 2015 29 | FC Augsburg | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Augsburg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Werner  Bobadilla Feulner Baba  | 
Report |  Ginczek  Hloušek Die Schwaab Maxim  | 
 Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer  | 
| 25 April 2015 30 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | SC Freiburg | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Baumgartl  Ginczek Harnik Hloušek Gentner  | 
Report |  Mitrović  Petersen Schuster  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
| 2 May 2015 31 | Schalke 04 | 3–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Gelsenkirchen | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Huntelaar  Klein  | 
Report |  Harnik  Kostić  | 
 Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,973 Referee: Felix Zwayer  | 
| 9 May 2015 32 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Mainz 05 | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Klein  Didavi Kostić  | 
Report |  Noveski  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,300 Referee: Michael Weiner  | 
| 16 May 2015 33 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | Hamburger SV | Stuttgart | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Gentner  Harnik Didavi  | 
Report |  Kačar  Adler Olić Van der Vaart Westermann  | 
 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe  | 
| 23 May 2015 34 | SC Paderborn | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Paderborn | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Vucinovic  Stoppelkamp Lakić  | 
Report |  Didavi  Ginczek Kostić  | 
 Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin  | 
DFB-Pokal
| 16 August 2014 Round 1 | VfL Bochum | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Bochum | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  Terodde  Šimůnek  | 
Report |  Gentner  Romeu  | 
 Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,694 Referee: Wolfgang Stark  | 
References
- ↑ VfB Stuttgart squad bundesliga.de, accessed: 11 May 2014