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

The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season was the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club contested the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was Stuttgart's 36th consecutive season in the 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 UEFA 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

25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tasci 40'	Report (in German)	Dost 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,280 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2	Bayern Munich	6–1	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller 32', 49' Kroos 33' Luiz Gustavo 43' Mandžukić 47' Schweinsteiger 51' Boateng 74'	Report (in German)	Gentner 20' Harnik 25' Ibišević 74'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,039 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 4	Werder Bremen	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Bruyne 23' Hunt 31' Junuzović 34', 40' Bargfrede 84' Papastathopoulos 86' Lukimya 90+1'	Report (in German)	Harnik 24' 88', 50' Cacau 81'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,172 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kvist 51' Cacau 75'	Report (in German)	Usami 5' Williams 42' Joselu 47', 78' Johnson 58'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,720 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)	Ibišević 1' Molinaro 28' Harnik 75' Sakai 86'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 43,018 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 7	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibišević 19' (pen.), 55' Niedermeier 34' Sakai 35'	Report (in German)	Kießling 13', 59' Rolfes 18' Wollscheid 58' Toprak 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,400 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 8	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)	Ibišević 30', 84' Holzhauser 58'	Stadium: Imtech Arena Attendance: 53,121 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 9	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 6', 59' Molinaro 26' Ibišević 84'	Report (in German)	Meier 27', 67' Zambrano 51' Rode 62'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,400 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 10	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in German)	Holzhauser 18' Kvist 21' Ibišević 71' Gentner 90+3'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,645 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–4	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentner 21' Ibišević 37' (pen.) Kuzmanović 42' Boka 73'	Report (in German)	Huszti 33' Schmiedebach 47' Sobiech 57' Dioud 62' Schlaudraff 62' (pen.) Abdellaoue 68', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,600 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stranzl 7' Marx 81' De Camargo 82' Domínguez 90+3'	Report (in German)	Harnik 8' Tasci 44' Traoré 66' Kuzmanović 67' Brouwers 72' (o.g.) Okazaki 77'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,120 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 13	SC Freiburg	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rosenthal 22' Krmaš 67' Kruse 73' Guédé 90' Mujdža 90+1'	Report (in German)	Okazaki 27' Rodríguez 71' Molinaro 89'	Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 14	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Traoré 11' Niedermeier 59' Ibišević 69'	Report (in German)	Sankoh 31' Koo 44'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,940 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15	Greuther Fürth	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Fürth
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nöthe 53' Peković 54' Kleine 69' Schmidtgal 69' Zillner 88'	Report (in German)	Okazaki 45' Sakai 51' Tasci 53' Ibišević 54' Kuzmanović 64' Ulreich 86'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

8 December 2012 (2012-12-08) 16	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević 2', 38' (pen.), 61', 26' Boka 59' Traoré 66' Sakai 67' Harnik 90'	Report (in German)	Marica 12' Matip 43' Jones 73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 17	Mainz 05	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	N. Müller 45+1', 55', 71' Zabavník 47' Kirchhoff 80' Soto 90+2'	Report (in German)	Harnik 48', 74' Ibišević 57'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 31,376 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

19 January 2013 (2013-01-19) 18	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diego 51' Madlung 67'	Report (in German)	Niedermeier 54' Rüdiger 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,125 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 19	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 32' 80' Rüdiger 61'	Report (in German)	Mandžukić 50' Kroos 59' Müller 72'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,880 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 20	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kruse 10', 37', 55' Malezas 12' Fink 76'	Report (in German)	Sakai 39' Gentner 60' Kvist 66' Lopes 80'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 44,153 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

9 February 2013 (2013-02-09) 21	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Traoré 26', 50' Gentner 73' Ibišević 84'	Report (in German)	Ekici 34', 74' Petersen 45+1' Hunt 60' De Bruyne 90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,200 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 22	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hoffenheim
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Williams 44' Joselu 73'	Report (in German)	Harnik 3', 83' Boka 19' Traoré 63' Okazaki 90+1' Rüdiger 90+3' Ibišević 90+4'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) 23	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Traoré 51' Harnik 59'	Report (in German)	Kanazaki 15' Chandler 58' Polter 63' Feulner 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,570 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Obertshausen)

2 March 2013 (2013-03-02) 24	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wollscheid 11' Castro 20' Reinartz 28' Kießling 82' (pen.) Bender 86'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 12' (pen.), 88' Molinaro 89'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,058 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 25	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Niedermeier 64' Ibišević 85'	[1] (in German)	Rudņevs 50', 72'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,100 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

17 March 2013 (2013-03-17) 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aigner 17' Meier 88'	[2] (in German)	Molinaro 38' Ibišević 49' (pen.) Kvist 50' Niedermeier 71'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,600 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 27	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik 23' Niedermeier 33' 70' Maxim 63' Boka 81'	[3] (in German)	Piszczek 29' Götze 70' Lewandowski 82' Großkreutz 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 28	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hannover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[4] (in German)		Stadium: AWD Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) 29	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Domínguez 28' (o.g.) Gentner 34'	[5] (in German)		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,430 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 30	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 33' Ibišević 42'	[6] (in German)	Schuster 27' Ginter 67' Höhn 69' Santini 88'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,600 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

27 April 2013 (2013-04-27) 31	FC Augsburg	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ostrzolek 33' Verhaegh 36' Ji 38', 85' Mölders 61' De Jong 83', 84'	[7] (in German)	Rüdiger 17' Maxim 41' Ibišević 56' Niedermeier 73'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

4 May 2013 (2013-05-04) 32	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rüdiger 74' Sakai 80'	[8] (in German)	Sakai 51' (o.g.) Petsos 53' Fürstner 63' Azemi 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,300 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) 33	Schalke 04	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ulreich 90' (o.g.)	kicker.de (in German)	Maxim 20' Ibišević 24', 66' Tasci 34'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) 34	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ulreich 11' Wetklo 22' (o.g.) Boka 33' Gentner 37'	[9] (in German)	Ede 16' Müller 42'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,020 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Table

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	11	12	39	47	−8	44
11	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	13	11	47	52	−5	43
12	VfB Stuttgart	34	12	7	15	37	55	−18	43	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
13	Mainz 05	34	10	12	12	42	44	−2	42
14	Werder Bremen	34	8	10	16	50	66	−16	34

Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ VfB Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League by playing Champions League-qualified Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal final. Since they lost, they entered the third qualifying round, and the fifth- and sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 Bundesliga entered the group stage and play-off round respectively.

Summary table


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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: [10]

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st round	SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug	0–5	VfB Stuttgart	Potsdam-Babelsberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nofz 44'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 29' Harnik 43', 54' Torun 79' Okazaki 87'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Dorum)

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 2nd round	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	FC St. Pauli	Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibišević 18', 22' Traoré 21' Hajnal 41'	Report (in German)	Kalla 53'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

19 December 2012 (2012-12-19) Round of 16	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentner 31' Ibišević 35' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Clemens 80'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

27 February 2013 (2013-02-27) Quarter-final	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentner 18' Rüdiger 67' Ibišević 81'	Report (in German)	Scheidhauer 37' Maltritz 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

17 April 2013 Semi-final	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
20:30	Boka 9' Harnik 29'	Report (in German)	Rosenthal 14'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

1 June 2013 Final	Bayern Munich	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
20:00	Müller 37' (pen.) Gómez 48', 61'	Report (in German)	Harnik 71', 80'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 75,420 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

22 August 2012 (2012-08-22) 1st leg	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Dynamo Moscow	Stuttgart
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibišević 71' (90+1)	Report (in German)	Wilkshire 5' Yusupov 46'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 20,400 Referee: William Collum (Glasgow, Scotland)

28 August 2012 (2012-08-28) 2nd leg	Dynamo Moscow	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	VfB Stuttgart	Khimki
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chicherin 8' Kokorin 77' Granat 87'	Report (in German)	Ibišević 64'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 7,164 Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

Group stage

Group E fixtures and results

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) Match 1	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Steaua București	Stuttgart
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ibišević 5' Kvist 29' Ulreich 80' Niedermeier 85'	Report (in German)	Chipciu 6' Rusescu 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 17,155 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Sint-Truiden, Belgium)

4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) Match 2	Molde	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Molde
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berget 58' Forren 71' Chima 88'	Report (in German)	Niedermeier 65' Harnik 77'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 5,940 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) Match 3	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Copenhagen	Stuttgart
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torun 48'	Report (in German)	Delaney 16' Bolaños 82'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) Match 4	Copenhagen	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Copenhagen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cornelius 29'	Report (in German)	Niedermeier 29' Molinaro 32' Ibišević 76' Harnik 90+2'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 24,681 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) Match 5	Steaua București	1–5	VfB Stuttgart	Bucharest
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bourceanu 45+2' Prepeliță 68' Chipciu 78' Costea 83'	Report (in German)	Tasci 5' Harnik 18' Sakai 23' Okazaki 31', 55' Kuzmanović 37' Kvist 60' Ibišević 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) Match 6	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Molde	Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report (in German)	Angan 45+1' Forren 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 15,550 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Group E table

Final Group E table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Steaua București	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	11
Stuttgart	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
Molde	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6

Group E summary table


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) 1st leg	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Genk	Stuttgart, Germany
21:05	Gentner 42' Boka 50' Niedermeier 56' Ibišević 87'	Report (in German)	Plet 90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Manuel de Sousa (Portugal)

21 February 2013 (2013-02-21) 2nd leg	Genk	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	VfB Stuttgart	Genk, Belgium
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hyland 65'	Report (in German)	Boka 45' Ibišević 46' Gentner 58' Maxim 78'	Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 16,796 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Round of 16

7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) 1st leg	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Lazio	Stuttgart, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tasci 49' Harnik 87'	Report	Ederson 21' Hernanes 38' Ciani 45' Onazi 56' Cana 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 28,750 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) 2nd leg	Lazio	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	VfB Stuttgart	Rome, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kozák 6', 8', 87' Biava 82'	Report	Ibišević 10' Hajnal 16', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 0^[Note] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Notes

Note: The Lazio v Stuttgart match was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Lazio by UEFA following incidents at their round of 32 match second leg against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 21 February 2013.^[3]

Overall record

As of 22 April 2013

Competition	First match	Last match	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2012^[2]	18 May 2013^[2]	34	12	7	15	37	55	−18	035.29
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2012^[2]	1 June 2013^[2]	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	083.33
Europa League	22 August 2012^[2]	14 March 2013^[2]	12	4	4	4	16	13	+3	033.33
Total			47	20	10	17	63	62	+1	042.55

Squad

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich	48	0	34	0	4	0	10	0
22	GK	GER	Marc Ziegler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	André Weis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai	37	1	27	0	2	0	8	1
3	DF	BRA	Felipe Lopes	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Serdar Tasci (Captain)	36	1	25	0	3	0	8	1
6	DF	GER	Georg Niedermeier	37	2	27	1	4	0	6	1
12	DF	GER	Benedikt Röcker	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	CIV	Arthur Boka	35	3	25	1	3	1	7	1
21	DF	ITA	Cristian Molinaro	33	0	25	0	2	0	6	0
23	DF	GER	Tim Hoogland (L)	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	GER	Antonio Rüdiger	21	0	16	0	2	0	3	0
14	DF	MEX	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	21	0	14	0	2	0	5	0
Midfielders
4	MF	DEN	William Kvist	34	0	23	0	3	0	8	0
10	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF	GUI	Mamadou Bah	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré	45	4	32	3	4	1	9	0
19	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	GER	Christian Gentner	48	9	34	5	4	2	10	2
26	MF	AUT	Raphael Holzhauser	27	0	21	0	1	0	5	0
30	MF	HUN	Tamás Hajnal	22	1	13	0	2	1	7	0
44	MF	ROU	Alexandru Maxim	13	1	11	1	0	0	2	0
8	MF	SRB	Zdravko Kuzmanović	17	0	12	0	2	0	3	0
Strikers
7	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik	43	13	30	6	3	5	10	2
9	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević	44	24	30	15	4	4	10	5
14	FW	ITA	Federico Macheda	16	0	14	0	1	0	1	0
17	FW	TUR	Tunay Torun	16	1	9	0	1	1	6	0
18	FW	GER	Cacau	10	1	5	1	1	0	4	0
29	FW	GER	Soufian Benyamina	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	JPN	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	Tunay Torun	Hertha BSC	Free transfer	6 June 2012	30 June 2015	First-team	^[4]
44	MF	Alexandru Maxim	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	€1.5M	31 January 2013	30 June 2017	First-team	^[5]

Out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Reference
17	DF	Matthieu Delpierre	1899 Hoffenheim	Free transfer	18 April 2012	^[6]
10	MF	Timo Gebhart	1. FC Nürnberg	€1M	3 May 2012	^[7]
27	DF	Stefano Celozzi	Eintracht Frankfurt	Free transfer	7 May 2012	^[8]
21	DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	Sporting CP	Free transfer	18 July 2012	^[9]
23	FW	Julian Schieber	Borussia Dortmund	€5.5M	21 July 2012	^[10]
	DF	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	América	€2M	1 January 2013	^[11]
	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović	Internazionale	€1.2M	31 January 2013	^[12]

Loan in

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

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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. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "VfB Stuttgart" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "UEFA reject Lazio appeal". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^ "VfB Stuttgart holt Tunay Torun aus Berlin". Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Vertrag bis 2017: VfB holt Techniker Maxim". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ Hinrichsen, Heiko (18 April 2012). "Delpierre geht nach Hoffenheim". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Vom VfB zum FCN: Gebhart-Deal perfekt". Kicker (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ "Eintracht sign Trapp and Celozzi". Eintracht Frankfurt official website. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Boulahrouz signs in at Alvalade". Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP) official website. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Perfekt: Schieber wechselt zum BVB". Kicker. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ "Adios! Mazas Rückkehr ist perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Stuttgart: Kuzmanovic-Wechsel perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Stuttgart: Felipe kommt mit Kaufoption" [VfB get Felipe with option to buy]. Kicker (in German). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "VfB leiht Macheda aus" [VfB sign Macheda on loan]. Kicker (in German). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "VfB leiht Hoogland aus" [VfB sign Hoogland on loan]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "VfB Stuttgart II – Termine" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

External links

2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at kicker.de (in German)
2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.73129246557657-3] VfB Stuttgart qualified for the Europa League by playing Champions League-qualified Bayern Munich in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal final. Since they lost, they entered the third qualifying round, and the fifth- and sixth-placed team of the 2012–13 Bundesliga entered the group stage and play-off round respectively.

[1] "1. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[stuttgartschedule-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "VfB Stuttgart" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[S.S._Lazio-4] "UEFA reject Lazio appeal". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[5] "VfB Stuttgart holt Tunay Torun aus Berlin". Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[6] "Vertrag bis 2017: VfB holt Techniker Maxim". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

[7] Hinrichsen, Heiko (18 April 2012). "Delpierre geht nach Hoffenheim". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[8] "Vom VfB zum FCN: Gebhart-Deal perfekt". Kicker (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

[9] "Eintracht sign Trapp and Celozzi". Eintracht Frankfurt official website. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[10] "Boulahrouz signs in at Alvalade". Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP) official website. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[11] "Perfekt: Schieber wechselt zum BVB". Kicker. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

[12] "Adios! Mazas Rückkehr ist perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[13] "Stuttgart: Kuzmanovic-Wechsel perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[14] "Stuttgart: Felipe kommt mit Kaufoption" [VfB get Felipe with option to buy]. Kicker (in German). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[15] "VfB leiht Macheda aus" [VfB sign Macheda on loan]. Kicker (in German). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[16] "VfB leiht Hoogland aus" [VfB sign Hoogland on loan]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[Schedule-17] "VfB Stuttgart II – Termine" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

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