2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season

During the 2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season, the club was a genuine contender for the Bundesliga title, losing out only to VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich and finishing in third position. Striker Mario Gómez scored 24 goals in the Bundesliga campaign, only to then make a shock switch to rivals Bayern for the highest-received transfer fee in the club's history.

VfB Stuttgart
2008–09 season
ManagerMarkus Babbel
Bundesliga3rd
UEFA CupRound of 32
DFB-PokalLast 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Mario Gómez (24)
All: Mario Gómez (35)

Players

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Jens Lehmann
3 DF  MEX Ricardo Osorio
4 DF  NED Khalid Boulahrouz
5 DF  GER Serdar Tasci
6 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
7 MF  GER Martin Lanig
8 MF  CZE Jan Šimák
9 FW  ROU Ciprian Marica
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 1]
11 MF  GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 GK  GER Alexander Stolz
13 MF  GER Timo Gebhart
15 DF  CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy
17 DF  FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW  GER Cacau[notes 2]
19 DF  GER Roberto Hilbert
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 FW  GER Sven Schipplock
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich
25 MF  BRA Élson
26 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
28 MF  GER Sami Khedira
29 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck
33 FW  GER Mario Gómez
35 DF  GER Christian Träsch
36 DF  GER Robin Schuster
37 GK  GER Timo Hammel
38 FW  SRB Danijel Ljuboja[notes 3]
39 FW  GER Julian Schieber
40 MF  GER Marijan Kovačević
42 DF  GER Marco Pischorn
45 DF  GER Sebastian Enderle

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. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  MEX Pável Pardo (to América)
23 FW  GER Manuel Fischer (on loan to TuS Koblenz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW  POL Matthias Morys (to Kickers Offenbach)

VfB Stuttgart II

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga.

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 Timo Hammel
2 DF  GER Tobias Feisthammel
3 DF  GER Joachim Schwabe
4 DF  GER David Pisot
5 MF  GER Marijan Kovačević
6 MF  GER Christian Träsch
7 FW  GER Nico Klotz
8 MF  GER Martin Dausch
9 MF  GER Sebastian Hofmann
10 MF  GER José-Alex Ikeng[notes 4] (to January)
10 MF  GER Markus Pazurek (from January)
13 FW  GER Johannes Rahn
15 MF  GER Daniel Didavi
16 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy
11 MF  GER Michael Klauß
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  GER Patrick Funk
17 MF  GER Jeremy Karikari
18 DF  GER Robin Schuster
19 FW  GER Julian Schieber
20 MF  GER Andreas Hindelang
21 DF  GER Dubravko Kolinger
22 FW  GER Sven Schipplock
23 DF  GER Sebastian Enderle
24 GK  GER Sven Ulreich
25 DF  MKD Shaban Ismaili
26 DF  GER Sven Schimmel
27 MF  AUT Clemens Walch
30 FW  GER Manuel Fischer (to January)
31 GK  GER Marcel Schmid
42 DF  GER Marco Pischorn

Results

Bundesliga

Statistics

Topscorers

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
  4. Ikeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2008/09".
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