2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2003–04 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	4th
Champions League	Last 16
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Kevin Kurányi (11)
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VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in the side, that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, this was despite Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Timo Hildebrand
• Diego Benaglio
• Dirk Heinen

Defenders

• Andreas Hinkel
• Timo Wenzel
• Boris Živković
• Rui Marques
• Hakan Yakın
• Fernando Meira
• Heiko Gerber
• Philipp Lahm
• Steffen Dangelmayr
• Serge Branco
• Markus Husterer

Midfielders

• Silvio Meißner
• Marcelo Bordon
• Jurica Vranjes
• Christian Tiffert
• Emanuel Centurión
• Alexander Hleb
• Horst Heldt
• Zvonimir Soldo
• Michael Mutzel
• Ivan Stoyanov

Attackers

• Marco Streller
• Kevin Kurányi
• Ioannis Amanatidis
• Cacau
• Imre Szabics
• Mario Gómez

Bundesliga

Matches

• Hansa Rostock-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  75'
• 0–2 Imre Szabics  76'

• Stuttgart-Hertha Berlin 0–0

• Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Cacau  33'

• Stuttgart-Kaiserslautern 2–0
• 1–0 Cacau  8'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo  14'

• Schalke 04-Stuttgart 0–0

• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  67'

• 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–3
• 0–1 Zvonimir Soldo  12'
• 0–2 Fernando Meira  18' (pen.)
• 0–3 Alexander Hleb  50'

• Stuttgart-Köln 0–0

• Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 1–3
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  31'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi  34'
• 1–2 Angelos Charisteas  59'
• 1–3 Christian Tiffert  90'

• Stuttgart-Wolfsburg 1–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis  73'

• Stuttgart-Freiburg 4–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  34'
• 1–1 Soumaila Coulibaly  45' (pen.)
• 2–1 Christian Tiffert  62'
• 3–1 Alexander Hleb  64'
• 4–1 Kevin Kurányi  66'

• Eintracht Frankfurt-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  8'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi  69'

• Stuttgart-Hannover 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  29'
• 2–0 Silvio Meißner  78'
• 2–1 Thomas Brdarić  82'
• 3–1 Silvio Meißner  90'

• Bochum-Stuttgart 0–0

• Stuttgart-Hamburg 0–0

• Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Roy Makaay  74'

• Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 2–3
• 0–1 Carsten Ramelow  23'
• 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov  44'
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi  56'
• 1–3 Dimitar Berbatov  62'
• 2–3 Zvonimir Soldo  68'

• Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–0
• 1–0 Alexander Hleb  59'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi  75'

• Hertha Berlin-Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Fredi Bobić  87'

• Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 1–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  5'
• 1–1 Václav Svěrkoš  85'

• Kaiserslautern-Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 José Dominguez  4'

• Stuttgart-Schalke 04 0–0

• Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Alexander Hleb  6'
• 0–2 Horst Heldt  81' (pen.)

• Stuttgart-1860 Munich 2–0
• 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo  31'
• 2–0 Marco Streller  34'

• Köln-Stuttgart 2–2
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner  28'
• 1–1 Florian Kringe  45'
• 2–1 Markus Feulner  71'
• 2–2 Matthias Scherz  72' (o.g.)

• Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–4
• 1–0 Marcelo Bordon  3'
• 1–1 Ivan Klasnić  14'
• 2–1 Marcelo Bordon  25'
• 2–2 Ivan Klasnić  35'
• 2–3 Aílton  43'
• 3–3 Marcelo Bordon  50'
• 4–3 Marco Streller  69'
• 4–4 Aílton  70'

• Freiburg-Stuttgart 1–5
• 0–1 Heiko Gerber  6'
• 0–2 Marco Streller  26'
• 1–2 Martin Petrov  30'
• 1–3 Philipp Lahm  43'
• 1–4 Kevin Kurányi  75'
• 1–5 Imre Szabics  86'

• Freiburg-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi  10'

• Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  45'
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb  48'
• 3–0 Marcelo Bordon  79'
• 3–1 Alexander Schur  84'

• Hannover-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner  10'

• Stuttgart-Bochum 1–1
• 1–0 Cacau  33'
• 1–1 Marcelo Bordon  59' (o.g.)

• Hamburg-Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Stefan Beinlich  38'
• 2–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma  47'
• 2–1 Cacau  86'

• Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  19'
• 2–0 Imre Szabics  53'
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi  55'
• 3–1 Claudio Pizarro  78'

• Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov  63'
• 2–0 Bernd Schneider  85'

Top scorers

• Kevin Kurányi 11
• Imre Szabics 9
• Alexander Hleb 5
• Cacau 4
• Zvonimir Soldo 4

Champions League

Group Stage

• Rangers-Stuttgart 2–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi  45'
• 1–1 Christian Nerlinger  74'
• 2–1 Peter Løvenkrands  79'

• Stuttgart-Manchester United 2–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  50'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi  51'
• 2–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy  67' (pen.)

• Stuttgart-Panathinaikos 2–0
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  12'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo  25'

• Panathinaikos-Stuttgart 1–3
• 1–0 Michalis Konstantinou  60'
• 1–1 Panagiotis Fyssas  68' (o.g.)
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi  75'
• 1–3 Andreas Hinkel  76'

• Stuttgart-Rangers 1–0
• 1–0 Timo Wenzel  45'

• Manchester United-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy  45'
• 2–0 Ryan Giggs  58'

Last 16

• Stuttgart-Chelsea 0–1
• 0–1 Fernando Meira  12' (o.g.)

• Chelsea-Stuttgart 0–0

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th 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. Position Player GK Diego Benaglio GK Julien Jourdan GK Milan Jurkovic GK Adnan Masic DF Daniel Alabi DF Heiko Butscher DF Steffen Dangelmayr DF Michael Fink DF Markus Husterer (from August) DF Steffen Kocholl DF Florian Lechner DF Marcel Schuon MF Marco Caligiuri MF Denis Berger MF Serge Branco MF Marco di Biccari MF Christopher Krause MF José Macias

No. Position Player MF Yuri Mamayev MF Jens Rasiejewski MF Tobias Rathgeb MF Giuseppe Ricciardi MF Michael Rundio (from January) MF Zdravko Tuzlak MF Robert Vujevic MF Christian Walter FW Stephen Famewo FW Mario Gomez FW Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January) FW Steffen Handschuh FW Vyacheslav Hleb (to January) FW Felix Luz (to January) FW Gerrit Müller FW Gustav Schulz FW Tobias Weis

Sources

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com