2023–24 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2023–24 season
President	Claus Vogt
Chairman	Alexander Wehrle
Head coach	Sebastian Hoeneß
Stadium	MHPArena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Serhou Guirassy (14); All: ; Serhou Guirassy (15)
	All statistics correct as of 21 October 2023.

The 2023–24 season is VfB Stuttgart's 131st season in existence and fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They are also competing in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 September 2023[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	GER	Fabian Bredlow
2	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton (captain)
4	DF	GER	Josha Vagnoman
6	MF	GER	Angelo Stiller
7	DF	GER	Maximilian Mittelstädt
8	MF	FRA	Enzo Millot
9	FW	GUI	Serhou Guirassy
10	FW	KOR	Jeong Woo-yeong
14	FW	COD	Silas Katompa Mvumpa
15	DF	GER	Pascal Stenzel
16	MF	GER	Atakan Karazor
17	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi
18	FW	GER	Jamie Leweling (on loan from Union Berlin)
19	FW	SRB	Jovan Milošević


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou (on loan from St. Gallen)
21	DF	JPN	Hiroki Ito
22	FW	GER	Thomas Kastanaras
23	DF	FRA	Dan-Axel Zagadou
25	MF	GER	Lilian Egloff
26	FW	GER	Deniz Undav (on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion)
27	MF	GER	Chris Führich
28	MF	DEN	Nikolas Nartey
29	DF	FRA	Anthony Rouault (on loan from Toulouse)
32	FW	GER	Roberto Massimo
33	GK	GER	Alexander Nübel (on loan from Bayern Munich)
36	MF	GER	Laurin Ulrich
41	GK	GER	Dennis Seimen
42	GK	GER	Florian Schock

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CRO	Matej Maglica (at Darmstadt 98 until June 2024)
—	FW	DEN	Wahid Faghir (at SV Elversberg until June 2024)
—	FW	COL	Juan José Perea (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	NED	Mohamed Sankoh (at Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Mateo Klimowicz (at Atlético San Luis until December 2023)
—	MF	TUR	Ömer Faruk Beyaz (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	GER	Luca Pfeiffer (at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	POR	Gil Dias ( at Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Serhou Guirassy	Rennes	€9,000,000	1 July 2023	[2]
FW	Jovan Milošević	Vojvodina	€1,200,000		[3][4]
DF	Maximilian Mittelstädt	Hertha BSC	€500,000		[5]
DF	Matej Maglica	St. Gallen	€450,000	2 July 2023	[6]
MF	Jeong Woo-yeong	SC Freiburg	€3,000,000	11 July 2023	[7]
MF	Jamie Leweling	Union Berlin	Loan	13 July 2023	[8]
GK	Alexander Nübel	Bayern Munich	Loan	25 July 2023	[9]
FW	Deniz Undav	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	2 August 2023	[10]
DF	Leonidas Stergiou	St. Gallen	Loan	22 August 2023	[11]
MF	Angelo Stiller	1899 Hoffenheim	€5,500,000	25 August 2023	[12]
DF	Anthony Rouault	Toulouse	Loan	1 September 2023	[13]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Antonis Aidonis	Aris	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Tanguy Coulibaly		Free
GK	Florian Müller	SC Freiburg	€1,500,000		[14]
DF	Matej Maglica	Darmstadt 98	Loan	2 July 2023	[15]
FW	Alou Kuol	Central Coast Mariners	Undisclosed	10 July 2023	[16]
FW	Wahid Faghir	SV Elversberg	Loan	19 July 2023	[17]
MF	Ömer Faruk Beyaz	Hatayspor	Loan	1 August 2023	[18]
FW	Juan José Perea	Hansa Rostock	Loan	4 August 2023	[19]
FW	Luca Pfeiffer	Darmstadt 98	Loan	17 August 2023	[20]
MF	Wataru Endō	Liverpool	€19,000,000	18 August 2023	[21]
DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	West Ham United	€20,000,000	22 August 2023	[22]
DF	Clinton Mola		Free	26 August 2023	[23]
FW	Mohamed Sankoh	Heracles Almelo	Loan	1 September 2023	[24]
DF	Borna Sosa	Ajax	€8,000,000	1 September 2023	[25]
FW	Gil Dias	Legia Warsaw	Loan	4 September 2023	[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

9 July 2023 Friendly	Schwäbisch Hall	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Schwäbisch Hall
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sankoh 77', 84' Dias 81'	Stadium: Optima Sportpark Attendance: 4,180

15 July 2023 Friendly	SSV Reutlingen	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Reutlingen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Silas 22' Führich 28' Egloff 49' Pfeiffer 51'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche

22 July 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Vitesse	Zell am See, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karazor 27' Perea 78'	Report	Manhoef 47'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

5 August 2023 Friendly	Sheffield United	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Sheffield, England
13:00 BST (UTC+1)			Guirassy 9', 14', 59'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 10,732

8 September 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	8–3	St. Gallen	Stuttgart
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1	8	7	0	1	25	8	+17	087.50
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023		First round	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Total				9	8	0	1	29	8	+21	088.89

Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayer Leverkusen	8	7	1	0	25	7	+18	22	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	VfB Stuttgart	8	7	0	1	25	8	+17	21
3	Bayern Munich	8	6	2	0	26	7	+19	20
4	Borussia Dortmund	8	6	2	0	17	8	+9	20
5	RB Leipzig	8	5	2	1	19	7	+12	17	Qualification for the Europa League group stage

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[27]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	7	0	1	25	8	+17	21	4	0	0	16	2	+14	3	0	1	9	6	+3

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	9	3	4	3	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[28]

19 August 2023 1	VfB Stuttgart	5–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 18', 77' Zagadou 38', 45+4' Silas 59', 67'	Report	Antwi-Adjei 45+1'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

25 August 2023 2	RB Leipzig	5–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leipzig
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Henrichs 51' Schlager 61' Olmo 63' Openda 66' Kampl 74' Simons 76'	Report	Guirassy 35' Egloff 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 46,084 Referee: Frank Willenborg

2 September 2023 3	VfB Stuttgart	5–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Führich 8', 62' Guirassy 17', 19' Ito 38' Millot 75'	Report	Philipp 86'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 54,300 Referee: Felix Brych

16 September 2023 4	Mainz 05	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caci 11' Barreiro 70'	Report	Guirassy 56', 84', 90+7' Stiller 60' Anton 67'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Harm Osmers

22 September 2023 5	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Darmstadt 98	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Millot 23' Guirassy 32', 90+3' Undav 90'	Report	Pfeiffer 8' Zagadou 17' (o.g.) Holland 45+1' Riedel 62' Skarke 71' Stojilković 77' Schnellhardt 86'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

30 September 2023 6	1. FC Köln	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljubičić 26' Huseinbašić 55'	Report	Undav 68', 88' Millot 79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

7 October 2023 7	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 66' (pen.), 78', 82' Undav 90+4'	Report	Svanberg 5' Gerhardt 34' Wind 42' Vranckx 73'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 October 2023 8	Union Berlin	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haberer 34' Behrens 49'	Report	Guirassy 16' Rouault 34' Silas 81' Undav 88'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Bastian Dankert

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	TSG Balingen	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Reutlingen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Millot 25' Silas 34' Guirassy 43' Endō 55'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 13,400 Referee: Robert Kampka
Note: The match took place at the Stadion an der Kreuzeiche, instead of TSG Balingen's home stadium, the Bizerba-Arena in Balingen.[29]

31 October 2023 Second round	VfB Stuttgart	v	Union Berlin	Stuttgart
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: MHPArena

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Fabian Bredlow	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	Alexander Nübel	8	0	7	0	1	0
41	GK	GER	Dennis Seimen	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK	GER	Fabian Schock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton	8	0	7	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Josha Vagnoman	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	DF	GER	Maximilian Mittelstädt	5	0	0+5	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Pascal Stenzel	8	0	7	0	1	0
20	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	DF	JPN	Hiroki Ito	8	0	7	0	1	0
23	DF	FRA	Dan-Axel Zagadou	8	1	5+2	1	1	0
29	DF	FRA	Anthony Rouault	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Angelo Stiller	5	0	5	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Enzo Millot	7	3	5+1	2	1	1
10	MF	KOR	Jeong Woo-yeong	4	0	3	0	0+1	0
16	MF	GER	Atakan Karazor	8	0	7	0	1	0
17	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Jamie Leweling	8	0	2+5	0	0+1	0
25	MF	GER	Lilian Egloff	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
27	MF	GER	Chris Führich	7	2	7	2	0	0
28	MF	DEN	Nikolas Nartey	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	Roberto Massimo	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
36	MF	GER	Laurin Ulrich	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	GUI	Serhou Guirassy	8	14	7	13	1	1
14	FW	COD	Silas	8	3	5+2	2	1	1
19	FW	SRB	Jovan Milošević	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
22	FW	GER	Thomas Kastanaras	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	GER	Deniz Undav	4	2	0+4	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
3	MF	JPN	Wataru Endō	1	1	0	0	1	1
5	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Mavropanos	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	GER	Luca Pfeiffer	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CRO	Borna Sosa	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Gil Dias	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Clinton Mola	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	NED	Mohamed Sankoh	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 7 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	9	Serhou Guirassy	13	1	14
2	FW	14	Silas	2	1	3
2	MF	8	Enzo Millot	2	1	3
3	FW	26	Deniz Undav	2	0	2
3	MF	27	Chris Führich	2	0	2
5	MF	3	Wataru Endō	0	1	1
5	DF	23	Dan-Axel Zagadou	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				22	4	26

Last updated: 7 October 2023

Notes

References

"Official Website of VfB Stuttgart". VfB Stuttgart.
"VfB zieht die Kaufoption für Serhou Guirassy". www.vfb.de (in German). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
"Jovan Milosevic wechselt im Sommer zum VfB". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 2023-01-25. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
"VfB meldet Vollzug: Jovan Milosevic wechselt nach Stuttgart". RTL Online (in German). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
"VfB sign Maximilian Mittelstädt". www.vfb.de/en. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
"Matej Maglica wechselt zurück zum VfB" [Matej Maglica is moving back to VfB]. www.vfb.de (in German). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
"Wooyeong Jeong joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart.
"Jamie Leweling joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
"Alexander Nübel joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
"VfB sign Deniz Undav". VfB Stuttgart. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
"VfB sign Leonidas Stergiou". VfB Stuttgart. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
"VfB sign Angelo Stiller". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
"VfB sign Anthony Rouault". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
"Florian Müller moves to Freiburg". VfB Stuttgart.
"Maglica verstärkt Lilien-Defensive". www.sv98.de (in German).
"Alou Kuol returns home to the Central Coast Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 10 July 2023.
"Wahid Faghir loaned to Elversberg". VfB Stuttgart. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
"Ömer Beyaz joins Hatayspor on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
"Perea off to Rostock on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
"Luca Pfeiffer moves on loan to Darmstadt". VfB Stuttgart. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
"Wataru Endō joins Liverpool". VfB Stuttgart. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
"Konstantinos Mavropanos leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
"Mola leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
"HERACLES ALMELO HUURT MOHAMED SANKOH VAN VFB STUTTGART" [HERACLES ALMELO LOANS MOHAMED SANKOH FROM VFB STUTTGART] (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
"Ajax contracteert Borna Sosa" (in Dutch). Ajax. 1 September 2023.
"Gil Dias moves to Legia on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
"Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
"DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.
"Pressemitteilung der TSG Balingen: DFB-Pokal" (in German). TSG Balingen. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

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[1] "Official Website of VfB Stuttgart". VfB Stuttgart.

[2] "VfB zieht die Kaufoption für Serhou Guirassy". www.vfb.de (in German). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[3] "Jovan Milosevic wechselt im Sommer zum VfB". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 2023-01-25. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[4] "VfB meldet Vollzug: Jovan Milosevic wechselt nach Stuttgart". RTL Online (in German). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[5] "VfB sign Maximilian Mittelstädt". www.vfb.de/en. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[6] "Matej Maglica wechselt zurück zum VfB" [Matej Maglica is moving back to VfB]. www.vfb.de (in German). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[7] "Wooyeong Jeong joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart.

[8] "Jamie Leweling joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[9] "Alexander Nübel joins VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

[10] "VfB sign Deniz Undav". VfB Stuttgart. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[11] "VfB sign Leonidas Stergiou". VfB Stuttgart. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[12] "VfB sign Angelo Stiller". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[13] "VfB sign Anthony Rouault". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[14] "Florian Müller moves to Freiburg". VfB Stuttgart.

[15] "Maglica verstärkt Lilien-Defensive". www.sv98.de (in German).

[16] "Alou Kuol returns home to the Central Coast Mariners". Central Coast Mariners. 10 July 2023.

[17] "Wahid Faghir loaned to Elversberg". VfB Stuttgart. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[18] "Ömer Beyaz joins Hatayspor on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[19] "Perea off to Rostock on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

[20] "Luca Pfeiffer moves on loan to Darmstadt". VfB Stuttgart. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[21] "Wataru Endō joins Liverpool". VfB Stuttgart. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[22] "Konstantinos Mavropanos leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[23] "Mola leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[24] "HERACLES ALMELO HUURT MOHAMED SANKOH VAN VFB STUTTGART" [HERACLES ALMELO LOANS MOHAMED SANKOH FROM VFB STUTTGART] (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[25] "Ajax contracteert Borna Sosa" (in Dutch). Ajax. 1 September 2023.

[26] "Gil Dias moves to Legia on loan". VfB Stuttgart. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[27] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[28] "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.

[29] "Pressemitteilung der TSG Balingen: DFB-Pokal" (in German). TSG Balingen. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.