

VfB Stuttgart
Season Stats
Record
14W 5D 6L
H:9W/A:5W
Goals
50 / 34 (+16)
H:21/A:29
Clean Sheets
7
H:3/A:4
Rank
9
Sidelined Players (9)
Recent Results
vs FC Porto
UEFA Europa League · 12/03/2026
@ 1. FSV Mainz 05
Bundesliga · 07/03/2026
vs VfL Wolfsburg
Bundesliga · 01/03/2026
vs Celtic
UEFA Europa League · 26/02/2026
@ 1. FC Heidenheim 1846
Bundesliga · 22/02/2026
@ Celtic
UEFA Europa League · 19/02/2026
vs 1. FC Köln
Bundesliga · 14/02/2026
@ FC St Pauli
Bundesliga · 07/02/2026
@ Holstein Kiel
DFB Pokal · 04/02/2026
vs SC Freiburg
Bundesliga · 01/02/2026
Upcoming Fixtures
vs RB Leipzig
Bundesliga
15/03/2026
19:30
@ FC Porto
UEFA Europa League
19/03/2026
21:00
@ FC Augsburg
Bundesliga
22/03/2026
19:30
vs Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga
04/04/2026
18:30
vs Hamburger SV
Bundesliga
12/04/2026
17:30
@ FC Bayern München
Bundesliga
19/04/2026
17:30
vs SC Freiburg
DFB Pokal
23/04/2026
20:45
vs SV Werder Bremen
Bundesliga
24/04/2026
15:30
@ TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
02/05/2026
15:30
vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga
08/05/2026
15:30
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart — full name Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V., or 'Association for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893' — is one of the pillars of German football, a club with over 130 years of history representing the proud Swabian capital of Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1893, VfB is one of the founding members of the Bundesliga, having been present at its creation in 1963 and sitting in fourth place in the all-time Bundesliga table — a testament to their extraordinary longevity and consistency. Playing in their distinctive red shirts with a white diagonal band, Die Roten have won the national championship five times: in 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992, and most recently in the shock Bundesliga title of 2006-07. They have also claimed the DFB-Pokal four times and are two-time winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, a record they hold jointly. That 2006-07 Bundesliga title under manager Armin Veh was one of the great underdog stories of the modern era, as a youthful Stuttgart side built around players like Mario Gómez, Sami Khedira, and Thomas Hitzlsperger outran the big-spending clubs to claim a championship celebrated by 200,000 fans flooding the streets of Stuttgart. Their other great Bundesliga title — under Christoph Daum in 1992 — came with a similarly swashbuckling style. Stuttgart's academy has an exceptional reputation as a talent factory for German football and Europe more broadly. The list of players developed at the club reads like a who's who of recent football: Joshua Kimmich — currently one of the world's best midfielders — Serge Gnabry, Timo Werner, and Sami Khedira all came through the VfB system before ascending to the highest levels of the game. Jürgen Klinsmann made his early name at Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga top scorer title in the 1987-88 season before moving on to achieve global fame. Joachim Löw, who managed the German national team for 15 years and led them to the 2014 World Cup, had his first head coaching role at VfB between 1996 and 1998, winning the DFB-Pokal and reaching the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final. The 2023-24 season under manager Sebastian Hoeneß was a revelation — Stuttgart finished second in the Bundesliga, their best finish in years, and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2010. Striker Serhou Guirassy scored a club-record 28 goals, establishing himself as one of Europe's most lethal forwards before departing for Borussia Dortmund. In the 2024-25 season, VfB Stuttgart competed in the UEFA Champions League league phase, recording a memorable 1-0 away victory over Juventus and competing admirably against Europe's elite. Stuttgart play their home matches at the MHPArena — also known historically as the Mercedes-Benz Arena and before that as the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion — located in the Neckarpark area of Stuttgart near the famous Cannstatter Wasen beer festival grounds. With a capacity of approximately 60,441, the stadium is one of the most atmospheric in the Bundesliga, generating an intense, vibrant home atmosphere from one of German football's most fervent fan bases. The arena was named after Swabian mechanical engineering and consultancy firm MHP from 2022. With the departure of Guirassy, Stuttgart have continued to build intelligently under Hoeneß, adding quality reinforcements as they seek to establish a consistent presence in European football. The club's combination of deep historical roots, elite player development, and a reinvigorated competitive profile make them one of the Bundesliga's most compelling clubs heading into the late 2020s.