2009–10 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2009–10 season
Manager Germany Markus Babbel (until 6 December)
Switzerland Christian Gross (from 6 December)
Stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga 6th
DFB-Pokal Third round
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer Cacau (13)

During the 2009–10 Dutch football season, VfB Stuttgart competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

Manager Markus Babbel was sacked in early December with Stuttgart in 16th place. Christian Gross, his successor, revitalised Stuttgart and they finished in 6th, qualifying for the Europa League.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Jens Lehmann
3 Mexico DF Ricardo Osorio
4 Netherlands DF Khalid Boulahrouz
5 Germany DF Serdar Tasci
6 Germany DF Georg Niedermeier
7 Germany MF Martin Lanig
9 Romania FW Ciprian Marica
13 Germany MF Timo Gebhart
14 Germany MF Patrick Funk
15 Ivory Coast DF Arthur Boka
16 Germany MF Sebastian Rudy
17 France DF Matthieu Delpierre
18 Germany FW Cacau[notes 1]
19 Germany DF Roberto Hilbert
No. Position Player
21 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro (on loan from Juventus)
22 Germany MF Matthias Schwarz
23 Belarus MF Alexander Hleb (on loan from Barcelona)
24 Germany GK Sven Ulreich
26 Germany MF Daniel Didavi
27 Germany DF Stefano Celozzi
28 Germany MF Sami Khedira
29 Russia FW Pavel Pogrebnyak
32 Serbia MF Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 2]
35 Germany DF Christian Träsch
38 Austria MF Clemens Walch
39 Germany FW Julian Schieber
42 Germany DF Marco Pischorn

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
8 Czech Republic MF Jan Šimák (to Mainz)
10 Turkey MF Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 3] (to Blackburn Rovers)
11 Germany MF Thomas Hitzlsperger (to Lazio)
No. Position Player
21 Switzerland DF Ludovic Magnin (to Zürich)
25 Brazil MF Élson (on loan to Hannover 96)

VfB Stuttgart II

The following players played for VfB Stuttgart II, and did not play for the first team this season.

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

No. Position Player
12 Germany GK Alexander Stolz
No. Position Player
31 Germany FW Alessandro Riedle

Results

DFB-Pokal

First round

Second round

Third round

Champions League

Play-off round

Stuttgart won 2–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

Notes

Round of 16

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

References

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.
  3. Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998.