VfB Stuttgart II
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| Full name | Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V. II |
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| Founded | 1893 |
| Ground | Robert-Schlienz-Stadion (Capacity 5000) |
| Chairman |  Erwin Staudt |
| Manager | Rainer Adrion |
| League | Regionalliga Süd |
| 2006-07 | 3rd |
VfB Stuttgart II is a German football club located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the Regionalliga Süd. Their parent club, VfB Stuttgart, won the Bundesliga league title in 2007.
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[edit] Relationship with VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart II serves as Stuttgart's reserve team, to some extent. The team's backbone consists of recent graduates from Stuttgart's youth teams and several established, older players who are not good enough for Stuttgart's first team. Players that are particularly impressive at Stuttgart II are often called up to become permanent members of the first-team. For example, Sami Khedira made 9 league appearances for Stuttgart II in the 2006-07 season, his final one coming on 24 September 2006, before he was called up the first-team; he made his Bundesliga debut on 1 October 2006 and has not looked back since[1].
[edit] The Robert-Schlienz Stadium
VfB II and their U21 team’s play in this Stadium. The Robert-Schlienz Stadium got its name, when Robert Schlienz himself died in June 1995. Very shortly after that the youth team was playing for the youth championship against Eintracht Frankfurt (also their youth team) in the 2. Round on June 25 1995. This was the first game that was carried out in this Stadium, which at that time still didn’t have a real name. up till that point it was just being called “Amateur-Stadion”, which is German for Amateur-Stadium. The stadium consists of 5000 places, all standing.
[edit] Third League
VfB Stuttgart II will be part of the newly established third league, which will be the third most competitive division in German soccer. It comes after the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. They will be one of the founding teams and will have the right to be promoted into the 2. Bundesliga. Earlier when they were in the Regionalliga Süd, they did not have the privilege to be promoted. All “B” teams can gain this privilege, by giving up their opportunity to participate in the DFB-Pokal, the German FA Cup.
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] External links
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German Regionalliga Süd (III) football clubs (2007-08)
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