2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2012–13 season
Sporting Director Fredi Bobic
Manager Bruno Labbadia
Stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga 12th
DFB-Pokal Runners-up
Europa League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Vedad Ibišević (15)
All: Vedad Ibišević (24)
Highest home attendance 60,000
Lowest home attendance 15,000
Average home league attendance TBD
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12

The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season is the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is Stuttgart's thirty-sixth consecutive season in this league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

Review and events

The club finished in sixth place in the 2011–12 season.[1] Therefore, the club participates in the 2012–13 edition of the Europa League, and also participates in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal.[2]

Match results

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

Table

Summary table
OverallHomeAway
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34 12 7 15 37 55 −18 43 5 4 8 20 28 −8 7 3 7 17 27 −10

Last updated: 10 July 2013.
Source:

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Group E fixtures and results
Group E table
Final Group E table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Romania Steaua București 632199011
Germany Stuttgart 622296+38
Denmark Copenhagen 62225618
Norway Molde 62046826
Group E summary table
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 0 1 7 3 +4

Last updated: 28 November 2012.
Source: kicker.de

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16
Notes

Overall record

As of 22 April 2013

Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 25 August 2012[2] 18 May 2013[2] 34 12 7 15 37 55 -18 35.29
DFB-Pokal 18 August 2012[2] 1 June 2013[2] 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 83.33
Europa League 22 August 2012[2] 14 March 2013[2] 12 4 4 4 16 13 +3 33.33
Total 47 20 10 17 63 62 +1 42.55

Squad

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany Sven Ulreich 48 0 34 0 4 0 10 0
22 GK Germany Marc Ziegler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Germany André Weis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Japan Gōtoku Sakai 37 1 27 0 2 0 8 1
3 DF Brazil Felipe Aliste Lopes 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Germany Serdar Tasci (Captain) 36 1 25 0 3 0 8 1
6 DF Germany Georg Niedermeier 37 2 27 1 4 0 6 1
12 DF Germany Benedikt Röcker 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ivory Coast Arthur Boka 35 3 25 1 3 1 7 1
21 DF Italy Cristian Molinaro 33 0 25 0 2 0 6 0
23 DF Germany Tim Hoogland (L) 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF Germany Antonio Rüdiger 21 0 16 0 2 0 3 0
14 DF Mexico Maza 21 0 14 0 2 0 5 0
Midfielders
4 MF Denmark William Kvist 34 0 23 0 3 0 8 0
10 MF Germany Daniel Didavi 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
13 MF Guinea Mamadou Bah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Guinea Ibrahima Traoré 45 4 32 3 4 1 9 0
19 MF Austria Kevin Stöger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Germany Christian Gentner 48 9 34 5 4 2 10 2
26 MF Austria Raphael Holzhauser 27 0 21 0 1 0 5 0
30 MF Hungary Tamás Hajnal 22 1 13 0 2 1 7 0
44 MF Romania Alexandru Iulian Maxim 13 1 11 1 0 0 2 0
8 MF Serbia Zdravko Kuzmanović 17 0 12 0 2 0 3 0
Strikers
7 FW Austria Martin Harnik 43 13 30 6 3 5 10 2
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević 44 24 30 15 4 4 10 5
14 FW Italy Federico Macheda 16 0 14 0 1 0 1 0
17 FW Turkey Tunay Torun 16 1 9 0 1 1 6 0
18 FW Germany Cacau 10 1 5 1 1 0 4 0
29 FW Germany Soufian Benyamina 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Japan Shinji Okazaki 38 4 25 1 4 1 9 2

Last updated: 4 March 2013.
Source: kicker.de

Transfers

In

# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Contract expires Team Reference
17 MF Turkey Tunay Torun Germany Hertha BSC Free transfer 6 June 2012 30 June 2015 First-team [4]
44 MF Romania Alexandru Iulian Maxim Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu € 1.5M 31 January 2013 30 June 2017 First-team [5]

Out

# Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Reference
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre Germany Hoffenheim Free transfer 18 April 2012 [6]
10 MF Germany Timo Gebhart Germany Nuremberg € 1M 3 May 2012 [7]
27 DF Germany Stefano Celozzi Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Free transfer 7 May 2012 [8]
21 DF Netherlands Khalid Boulahrouz Portugal Sporting CP Free transfer 18 July 2012 [9]
23 FW Germany Julian Schieber Germany Borussia Dortmund € 5.5M 21 July 2012 [10]
DF Mexico Maza Mexico América € 2M 1 January 2013 [11]
MF Serbia Zdravko Kuzmanović Italy Internazionale € 1.2M 31 January 2013 [12]

Loan in

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Team Reference
3 DF Brazil Felipe Germany Wolfsburg 22 January 2013 30 June 2013 First-team [13]
14 FW Italy Federico Macheda England Manchester United 24 January 2013 30 June 2013 First-team [14]
23 DF Germany Tim Hoogland Germany Schalke 04 28 June 2012 30 June 2013 First-team [15]

Kits

Home
Away
Third
Third Alternate

VfB Stuttgart II

The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart II season pertains to the reserve team for VfB Stuttgart. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 18 May 2013.[16] They are participating in the 3. Liga.[16]

References

  1. "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "VfB Stuttgart" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. "UEFA reject Lazio appeal". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. "VfB Stuttgart holt Tunay Torun aus Berlin". Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. "Vertrag bis 2017: VfB holt Techniker Maxim". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. Hinrichsen, Heiko (18 April 2012). "Delpierre geht nach Hoffenheim". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. "Vom VfB zum FCN: Gebhart-Deal perfekt". Kicker (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. "Eintracht sign Trapp and Celozzi". Eintracht Frankfurt official website. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  9. "Boulahrouz signs in at Alvalade". Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP) official website. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  10. "Perfekt: Schieber wechselt zum BVB". Kicker. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  11. "Adios! Mazas Rückkehr ist perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  12. "Stuttgart: Kuzmanovic-Wechsel perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  13. "Stuttgart: Felipe kommt mit Kaufoption" [VFB get Felipe with option to buy]. Kicker (in German). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  14. "VfB leiht Macheda aus" [VFB sign Macheda on loan]. Kicker (in German). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  15. "VfB leiht Hoogland aus" [VFB sign Hoogland on loan]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "VfB Stuttgart II - Termine" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

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