2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season was the 121st season in club history.

VfB Stuttgart
2013–14 season
Sporting DirectorFredi Bobic
ManagerBruno Labbadia
StadiumMercedes-Benz Arena
Stuttgart, BW
Bundesliga15th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Martin Harnik
Vedad Ibišević
(10 each)
All:
Vedad Ibišević (15 goals)
Highest home attendance60,000

Fixtures and results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

League fixtures and results
11 August 2013 1 Mainz 05 3–2 VfB Stuttgart Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Müller 14', 78'
Zimling Yellow card 62'
Polter Yellow card 62'		 Report (in German) Ibišević 16'
Ulreich Yellow card 37'
Leitner Yellow card 51'
Harnik 82'
Boka Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 30,279
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
17 August 2013 2 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Molinaro Yellow card 11'
Traoré Yellow card 83'
Ibišević Yellow card 84'		 Report (in German) Schwaab 42' (o.g.)
Donati Yellow card 86'
Leno Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 40,800
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
25 August 2013 3 FC Augsburg 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Altıntop 6'
Verhaegh Yellow card 10'
Callsen-Bracker 36'
Hahn Yellow card 86'		 Report (in German) Abdellaoue Yellow card 24'
Ibišević 42'
Gentner Yellow card 60'
Sakai Yellow card 67'
Traoré Red card 70'		 Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 30,030
Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
1 September 2013 4 VfB Stuttgart 6–2 1899 Hoffenheim Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Rüdiger 13'
Ibišević 19', 47', 63'
Maxim 28', 55', Yellow card 57'		 Report (in German) Volland 26', Yellow card 72'
Abraham Yellow card 45'
Firmino 87'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 42,450
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
13 September 2013 5 Hertha BSC 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronny Yellow card 87' Report (in German) Ibišević Yellow card 34'
Gentner 49'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 46,624
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
21 September 2013 6 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Werner 16'
Kvist Yellow card 28'
Sakai Yellow card 61'
Harnik Yellow card 87'		 Report (in German) Russ 14'
Djakpa Yellow card 39'
Anderson Bamba Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 44,810
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
29 September 2013 7 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–4 VfB Stuttgart Braunschweig
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report (in German) Ibišević 40'
Boka Yellow card 44'
Maxim 50'
Traoré 76'
Harnik 86'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,760
Referee: Felix Brych (München)
5 October 2013 8 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Werder Bremen Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Harnik 6'
Ibišević Yellow card 13'		 Report (in German) Ekici Yellow card 34'
Petersen 37'
García Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 50,410
Referee: Peter Sippel (München)
20 October 2013 9 Hamburger SV 3–3 VfB Stuttgart Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lasogga 22'
Beister 55'
Van der Vaart 55'
Badelj Yellow card 81'		 Report (in German) Maxim 3'
Gentner 37'
Djourou 64' (o.g.)
Kvist Yellow card 71'
Rüdiger Red card 84'
Ibišević Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 53,167
Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
25 October 2013 10 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 1. FC Nürnberg Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ibišević 3' (pen.)
Maxim Yellow card 25'
Boka Yellow card 61'		 Report (in German) Drmić 6', Yellow card 59' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 48,460
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
1 November 2013 11 Borussia Dortmund 6–1 VfB Stuttgart Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Papastathopoulos 19', Yellow card 53'
Reus 22'
Lewandowski 54', 56', 72'
Aubameyang 81'		 Report (in German) Haggui 13' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,645
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
10 November 2013 12 SC Freiburg 1–3 VfB Stuttgart Freiburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Klaus Yellow card 28'
Hanke 78', Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Ibišević 9'
Werner 10', 82'
Niedermeier Yellow card 44'		 Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
22 November 2013 13 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report (in German) Raffael 37'
Wendt 73'
Xhaka Yellow card 75'
Korb Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 49,560
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
30 November 2013 14 Schalke 04 3–0 VfB Stuttgart Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Matip Yellow card 2'
Farfán 34', 47' (pen.)
Boateng Yellow card 71'
Jones 79'		 Report (in German) Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 61,973
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
7 December 2013 15 VfB Stuttgart 4–2 Hannover 96 Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00 Harnik 13'
Rüdiger Yellow card 30'
Ibišević 33'
Traoré 51'
Rausch 83'		 Report (in German) Diouf Yellow card 18'
Sobiech 28'
Sané 31'
Schlaudraff Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 47,630
Referee: Felix Brych (München)
14 December 2013 16 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Wolfsburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00 Medojević Yellow card 31'
Rodríguez 38'
Diego 53', Yellow card 55'
Perišić 78'		 Report (in German) Rausch Yellow card 20'
Harnik Yellow card 53'
Werner 57'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 25,501
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
29 January 2014 17 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00 Leitner Yellow card 22'
Ibišević 29'
Rüdiger Yellow card 51'
Sakai Yellow card 57'
Boka Yellow card 75'
Harnik Yellow card 83'		 Report (in German) Kroos Yellow card 50'
Dante Yellow card 56'
Pizarro 76'
Boateng Yellow card 83'
Thiago 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
25 January 2014 18 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Mainz 05 Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00 Abdellaoue 11'
Leitner Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Okazaki 40'
Noveski Yellow card 45'
Pospech Yellow card 71'
Saller 87'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
1 February 2014 19 Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00 Kießling 26'
Spahić Yellow card 60'
Derdiyok 84', Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Leitner 12', Yellow card 86' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 28,714
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
8 February 2014 20 VfB Stuttgart 1–4 FC Augsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00 Khedira Yellow card 49'
Ibišević Red card 53'
Rausch 62'
Yalçın Yellow card 83'		 Report (in German) Milik 35'
Hahn 43', 56'
Werner 64'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 40,200
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
15 February 2014 21 1899 Hoffenheim 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00 Schipplock 12', 66', Yellow card 70'
Volland 49', Yellow card 77'
Polanski Yellow card 53'
Firmino 90' (pen.)		 Report (in German) Leitner Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 80'
Khedira Yellow card 51'
Harnik Yellow card 53'
Ulreich Yellow card 75'
Rüdiger 78'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 29,847
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)
22 February 2014 22 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Hertha BSC Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Boka 45' Report (in German) Kobiashvili 5'
Allagui Yellow card 52'
Wagner 87', Yellow card 90' Yellow-red card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 45,700
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)
2 March 2014 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Jung Yellow card 52'
Rosenthal 80'
Meier 89'		 Report (in German) Harnik 31' Stadium: Commerzbank Arena
Attendance: 43,200
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
8 March 2014 24 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Schwaab Yellow card 12'
Maxim 30'
Harnik 35'
Traoré Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Hochscheidt 24', Yellow card 86'
Pfitzner Yellow card 45'
Bičakčić 82'
Kessel Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
15 March 2014 25 Werder Bremen 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Lukimya Yellow card 45'
Hunt 79'
Caldirola Yellow card 84'		 Report (in German) Harnik Yellow card 23'
Niedermeier Yellow card 27', 55'
Schwaab Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
22 March 2014 26 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Hamburger SV Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Maxim 69'
Ulreich Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Çalhanoğlu Yellow card 53' Yellow-red card 53' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
26 March 2014 27 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Nuremberg
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Drmić 43', 54'
Stark Yellow card 86'		 Report (in German) Sakai Yellow card 81' Stadium: Grundig-Stadion
Attendance: 38,188
Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
29 March 2014 28 VfB Stuttgart 2–3 Borussia Dortmund Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gentner 9'
Harnik 19'
Niedermeier Yellow card 63' Red card 67'		 Report (in German) Reus 30', 68', 83'
Kirch Yellow card 35'
Großkreutz Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 59,500
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
5 April 2014 29 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 SC Freiburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gruezo Yellow card 44'
Maxim 69'
Harnik 89', Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Sorg Yellow card 13' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 58,500
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
12 April 2014 30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Korb Yellow card 28'
Arango 89'		 Report (in German) Didavi 12'
Schwaab Yellow card 13'
Werner Yellow card 25'
Gruezo Yellow card 26'		 Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,560
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
20 April 2014 31 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Schalke 04 Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Harnik 23', 59'
Cacau Yellow card 28', 54'
Gruezo Yellow card 51'		 Report (in German) Kolašinac Yellow card 34'
Boateng Yellow card 40'
Szalai 69'
Matip Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
25 April 2014 32 Hannover 96 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Hannover
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Marcelo Yellow card 40'
Rudņevs Yellow card 82'		 Report (in German) Didavi Yellow card 40'
Niedermeier Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: AWD Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
3 May 2014 (2014-05-03) 33 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gentner 62'
Maxim Yellow card 82'		 Report (in German) De Bruyne 13'
Polák Yellow card 46'
Olić 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Felix Brych (München)
10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) 34 Bayern Munich 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kroos Yellow card 22'
Dante Yellow card 68'
Pizarro 90'		 Report (in German) Boka Yellow card 21'
Didavi Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 9 16 40 57 −17 36
14 SC Freiburg 34 9 9 16 43 61 −18 36
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 8 8 18 49 62 −13 32
16 Hamburger SV (O) 34 7 6 21 51 75 −24 27 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 5 11 18 37 70 −33 26 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 8 8 18 49 62  −13 32 5 4 9 29 30  −1 3 4 9 20 32  −12

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source:

DFB-Pokal
4 August 2013 Round 1 Berliner Dynamo 0-2 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Novacic Yellow card 70' Report (in German) Ibišević 40', 76' (pen.)
Schwaab Yellow card 51'
Leitner Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Sportforum Hohenschönhausen
Attendance: 9,227
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
25 September 2013 Round 2 SC Freiburg 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mehmedi Yellow card 33'
Ginter 52'
Krmaš Yellow card 61'
Hanke 70'
Schmid Yellow card 81'		 Report (in German) Ibišević 87'
Cacau Yellow card 89'
Werner Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Third qualifying round
1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) 1st leg Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria 1–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart Plovdiv
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Nedelev Yellow card 66'
Domovchiyski 73'		 Report (in German) Rausch Yellow card 47'
Werner Yellow card 50'
Rüdiger Yellow card 58'
Ibišević 67'		 Stadium: Hristo Botev
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
8 August 2013 (2013-08-08) 2nd leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–0
((a) 1–1 agg.)		 Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv Aspach
20:20 CEST (UTC+02:00) Maxim Yellow card 44' Report (in German) Minev Yellow card 40'
Kortzorg Yellow card 74'
Stachowiak Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Comtech Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ján Valášek (Slovakia)

Play-off round
22 August 2013 (2013-08-22) 1st leg HNK Rijeka Croatia 2–1 Germany VfB Stuttgart Rijeka
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kvržić Yellow card 57', 87'
Benko 74'		 Report (in German) Cacau Yellow card 49'
Ibišević 89'		 Stadium: Stadion Kantrida
Attendance: 10,600
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
29 August 2013 (2013-08-29) 2nd leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 2–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Croatia HNK Rijeka Stuttgart
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gentner 35', Yellow card 73'
Marić 75' (o.g.)		 Report (in German) Benko 30'
Males Yellow card 41'
Pokrivac Yellow card 88'
Mujanović 90'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Team statistics
Competition First match Last match Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Sources
Bundesliga 9–11 August 2013 10 May 2014 34 8 8 18 49 62 −13 023.53
DFB-Pokal 4 August 2013 25 September 2013 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
Europa League 1 August 2013 29 August 2013 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 40 9 11 20 56 69 −13 022.50 —
Updated: 11 May 2014

Player information

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
2 DF Japan JPN Gōtoku Sakai
3 DF Germany GER Daniel Schwaab
4 MF Denmark DEN William Kvist
5 DF Tunisia TUN Karim Haggui
6 DF Germany GER Georg Niedermeier
7 FW Austria AUT Martin Harnik
8 MF Germany GER Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević
10 MF Germany GER Daniel Didavi
12 DF Germany GER Benedikt Röcker
13 MF Germany GER Patrick Funk
14 MF New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Traoré
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Turkey TUR Tunay Torun
18 FW Germany GER Cacau
19 FW Germany GER Timo Werner
20 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner (captain)
21 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro
22 GK Germany GER Thorsten Kirschbaum
23 MF Turkey TUR Sercan Sararer
24 DF Germany GER Antonio Rüdiger
25 FW Norway NOR Mohammed Abdellaoue
28 MF Germany GER Rani Khedira
31 GK Greece GRE Odisseas Vlachodimos
34 DF Germany GER Konstantin Rausch
36 GK Germany GER Kevin Müller
44 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Maxim

Bookings
No. Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Red card Red card
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Last updated: 14 June 2013

In
No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources
MF Sercan Sararer 23 No Greuther Fürth Transfer Summer 2017 [2]
GK Thorsten Kirschbaum 26 Yes Energie Cottbus Transfer Summer 2016 Free [3]
25 FW Mohammed Abdellaoue 27 No Hannover 96 Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed [4][5]
Patrick Funk FC St. Pauli Loan return Summer — —

Out
No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources
FW Federico Macheda Yes Manchester United Loan return Summer — [6]
Felipe Lopes No VfL Wolfsburg Loan return Summer — [6]
Tim Hoogland Yes Schalke 04 Loan return Summer — [6]
Marc Ziegler 37 Yes — Retired Summer — [6]
Mamadou Bah 25 No Released Summer Free

References
  1. VfB Stuttgart squad Archived 29 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine bundesliga.de, retrieved 3 November 2013
  2. "Sararer entscheidet sich für Stuttgart". kicker (in German). 1 February 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. "Offiziell: Kirschbaum wird Stuttgarter". kicker (in German). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. "Fix! Abdellaoue wechselt zum VfB". kicker (in German). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. "Der VfB verpflichtet Mohammed Abdellaoue". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. "Summer Transfer Window 2013/14". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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