2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2006–07 season
ManagerArmin Veh
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (14)
All: Cacau (18)

The 2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season was 42nd season in the Bundesliga.

Team kit

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Timo Hildebrand
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck[notes 1]
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio
5 DF  GER Markus Babbel
6 DF  POR Fernando Meira (captain)
8 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka
9 FW  SUI Marco Streller
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo (vice-captain)
14 MF  SWE Alexander Farnerud
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka
16 FW  GER Benjamin Lauth (on loan from Hamburger SV)
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  BRA Cacau[notes 2]
19 MF  GER Roberto Hilbert
21 DF  SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 MF  GER Christian Gentner
23 GK  GER Dirk Heinen
23 FW  GER Manuel Fischer
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva
26 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
27 MF  GER Tobias Weis
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira
30 MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 3]
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez
35 DF  GER Serdar Tasci
41 GK  AUT Michael Langer

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  CRO Boris Živković[notes 4] (to Hajduk Split)
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
10 FW  DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson (on loan to Villarreal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW  GER Bernd Nehrig (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching)
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim)
38 FW  SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 5] (on loan to Hamburger SV)

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd in the Regionalliga Süd.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  GER Denis Baum
GK  GER Timo Hammel
GK  AUT Michael Langer
GK  GER Sven Ulreich
DF  GER Andreas Beck
DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr
DF  GER Marco Pischorn
DF  GER David Pisot
DF  GER Raphael Schaschko (to January)
DF  GER Joachim Schwabe
DF  GER Marcel Schuon
DF  GER Justus Six
MF  GER Martin Dausch
MF  GER Sebastian Hofmann
MF  GER Patrick Leschinski
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng
MF  GER Michael Klauß
MF  GER Marijan Kovačević
MF  GER Peter Perchtold
MF  GER Christian Sauter
MF  GER Julian Schuster
MF  GER Tobias Weis
FW  GER Manuel Fischer
FW  GER Danny Galm
FW  GER Martin Hess
FW  GER Patrick Mayer
FW  POL Matthias Morys
FW  GER Bernd Nehrig (to January)
FW  HUN Ádám Szalai

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  GER Timo Hildebrand 39 0 33 0 6 0
31 GK  GER Alexander Stolz 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK  AUT Michael Langer 1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF  GER Andreas Beck 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio 33 1 26+1 1 5+1 0
5 DF  GER Markus Babbel 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
6 DF  POR Fernando Meira 24 3 19+1 3 3+1 0
12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka 22 1 16+3 1 2+1 0
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre 39 1 33 0 6 1
21 DF  SUI Ludovic Magnin 27 1 19+3 1 4+1 0
26 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF  GER Serdar Tasci 31 2 22+4 2 4+1 0
Midfielders
7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
8 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka 15 1 5+7 0 2+1 1
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 35 10 25+5 7 4+1 3
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo 40 2 33+1 1 6 1
14 MF  SWE Alexander Farnerud 9 0 4+5 0 0 0
19 MF  GER Roberto Hilbert 39 9 31+3 7 5 2
22 MF  GER Christian Gentner 16 0 3+12 0 0+1 0
25 MF  BRA Antônio da Silva 32 1 20+8 0 4 1
27 MF  GER Tobias Weis 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira 26 4 16+6 4 4 0
Forwards
9 FW  SUI Marco Streller 29 5 7+19 5 1+2 0
10 FW  DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson 6 1 2+2 0 2 1
16 FW  GER Benjamin Lauth 13 1 5+6 1 0+2 0
18 FW  BRA Cacau 38 18 31+1 13 5+1 5
24 FW  GER Bernd Nehrig 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez 32 16 22+5 14 3+2 2

Club

Management

Position Staff
Manager Armin Veh
Assistant manager Alfons Higl

Source: VfB.de

Other information

Chairman Erwin Staudt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / )

Source: VfB.de

Bundesliga

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart (C) 34 21 7 6 61 37 +24 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Schalke 04 34 21 5 8 53 32 +21 68
3 Werder Bremen 34 20 6 8 76 40 +36 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bayern Munich 34 18 6 10 55 40 +15 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 6 13 54 49 +5 51
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

12 August 2006 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–3 Nürnberg Stuttgart
15:30 Vittek 37'
Schroth 45'
Saenko 78'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
20 August 2006 2 Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bielefeld
17:00 Abdelaziz Ahanfouf 65' (pen.)
Jörg Böhme 39'
Meira 39',
Cacau 73', 82'
Stadium: Schüco Arena
Attendance: 22,095
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 August 2006 3 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
15:30 Tasci 30' Magnin 20' (o.g.)
Kringe 32'
Frei 88'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Franz–Xaver Wack
16 September 2006 4 Werder Bremen 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 Hilbert 4' (o.g.)
Zidan 33'
Hilbert 38'
Pável Pardo 58'
Gomez 87'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 39,654
Referee: Markus Merk
23 September 2006 5 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart
15:30 Gómez 73' Meier 87' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
1 October 2006 6 Hertha BSC 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
17:00 Friedrich 9'
Pantelic 14'
Gómez 4'
Cacau 57'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 48,637
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
21 October 2006 8 Wolfsburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
15:30 Hanke 26' Gómez 31' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 21,927
Referee: Lutz Wagner
29 October 2006 9 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
17:00 Khedira 32', 46'
Tasci 75'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
4 November 2006 10 Alemannia Aachen 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Aachen
15:30 Rösler 28'
Ibisevic 86'
Gómez 24'
Hitzlsperger 26'
Streller 46', 63'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Felix Brych
7 November 2006 11 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Hamburger SV Stuttgart
20:00 Gómez 80'
Hitzlsperger 85'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
12 November 2006 12 Hannover 96 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Hanover
17:00 Rosenthal 13' Hitzlsperger 49'
Cacau 54'
Stadium: AWD–Arena
Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Jochen Drees
18 November 2006 13 Bayern Munich 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Munich
15:30 Makaay 27'
Pizarro 36'
Gómez 8' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Wiener
26 November 2006 14 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
18:00 Cacau 5' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
1 December 2006 15 Mainz 05 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Mainz
20:30 Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Babak Rafati
9 December 2006 16 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
15:30 Marco Streller 87' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Markus Merk
16 December 2006 17 Energie Cottbus 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Cottbus
15:30 Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 13,650
Referee: Felix Brych
27 January 2007 18 Nürnberg 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg
15:30 Saenko 26'
Gresko 51'
Schroth 70'
Magnin 77' (o.g.)
Cacau 33' Stadium: Easy Credit Stadion
Attendance: 35,082
Referee: Herbert Fandel
30 January 2007 19 VfB Stuttgart 3–2 Arminia Bielefeld Stuttgart
20:00 Gómez 9', 59'
Cacau 53'
Eigler 26'
Ahanfouf 87'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
4 February 2007 20 Borussia Dortmund 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
17:00 Gómez 59' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 63,600
Referee: Markus Merk
10 February 2007 21 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 Hilbert 3'
Gómez 15'
Magnin
33'
Streller 86'
Diego 21' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
16 February 2007 22 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–4 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt
20:30 Hilbert 2'
Gómez 16'
Osorio 44'
Hitzlsperger 78'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
23 February 2007 23 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Hertha BSC Stuttgart
20:30 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
3 March 2007 24 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
15:30 Voronin 19'
Freier 22'
Juan 61'
Cacau 73' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Felix Brych
10 March 2007 25 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
17 March 2007 26 Schalke 04 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Krstajic 76' Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Helmut Fleischer
31 March 2007 27 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Alemannia Aachen Stuttgart
15:30 Streller 29'
Lauth 75'
Cacau 84'
Sichone 59' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Markus Merk
7 April 2007 28 Hamburger SV 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Hamburg
15:30 Jarolim 66'
Olic 75'
Cacau 10'
Khedira 13'
Hilbert 27'
Meira 51'
Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
14 April 2007 29 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Hannover 96 Stuttgart
15:30 Hilbert 2'
Zuraw 74' (o.g.)
Cherundolo 60' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Marc Seemann
21 April 2007 30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
15:30 Cacau 24', 25' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 57,400
Referee: Markus Merk
28 April 2007 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
15:30 Hilbert 53' Stadium: Borussia–Park
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
5 May 2007 32 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Mainz 05 Stuttgart
15:30 Meira 26'
Hilbert 64'
Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
12 May 2007 33 VfL Bochum 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Schröder 4'
Maltritz 42'
Hitzlsperger 24'
Gómez 62'
Cacau 73'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Florian Meyer

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2006/07".

Notes

  1. ^ Beck was born in Kemerovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 3 and represented Germany at U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in February 2009.
  2. ^ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  3. ^ Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.
  4. ^ Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.
  5. ^ Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.