2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2014–15 season
Manager	Huub Stevens
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	Martin Harnik (8)
Highest home attendance	60,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season was the 122nd season in the club's history. In the previous season, Stuttgart finished just five points ahead of the relegation zone.

First team squad

The club's current squad:

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	Sven Ulreich
2	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai
3	DF	GER	Daniel Schwaab
5	DF	TUN	Karim Haggui
6	DF	GER	Georg Niedermeier
7	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik
8	MF	GER	Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
9	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević
10	MF	GER	Daniel Didavi
11	MF	ECU	Carlos Gruezo
13	MF	ESP	Oriol Romeu (on loan from Chelsea)
16	DF	AUT	Florian Klein
17	GK	GRE	Odisseas Vlachodimos
18	MF	SRB	Filip Kostić

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	GER	Timo Werner
20	MF	GER	Christian Gentner (captain)
21	MF	CZE	Adam Hloušek
22	GK	GER	Thorsten Kirschbaum
23	MF	TUR	Sercan Sararer
24	DF	GER	Antonio Rüdiger
25	FW	NOR	Mohammed Abdellaoue
26	MF	AUT	Raphael Holzhauser
27	DF	GER	Tim Leibold
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek
34	DF	GER	Konstantin Rausch
39	MF	GER	Robin Yalçın
44	MF	ROU	Alexandru Maxim

Players 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
14	MF	NZL	Marco Rojas (at Greuther Fürth until June 2015)
—	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until June 2015)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SRB	Rastko Šuljagić (at Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk until June 2015)

Transfers

In

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	ESP	Oriol Romeu (from Chelsea)
16	DF	AUT	Florian Klein (from Red Bull Salzburg)
18	MF	SRB	Filip Kostić (from Groningen)
21	MF	CZE	Adam Hloušek (from 1. FC Nürnberg)
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek (from 1. FC Nürnberg)

Out

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	CIV	Arthur Boka (at Málaga)
—	MF	GER	Rani Khedira (at RB Leipzig)
—	MF	GUI	Ibrahima Traoré (at Borussia Mönchengladbach)
—	MF	FRA	Johan Audel (at Nantes)
—	MF	DEN	William Kvist (at Wigan Athletic)
—	FW	GER	Cacau (at Cerezo Osaka)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	1. FC Köln	34	9	13	12	34	40	−6	40
13	Hannover 96	34	9	10	15	40	56	−16	37
14	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36
15	Hertha BSC	34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	9	8	17	25	50	−25	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners

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
34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36	5	4	8	18	28	−10	4	5	8	24	32	−8

Last updated: 10 April 2017.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	10	16	17	18	17	15	16	14	14	17	17	18	16	16	15	15	15	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	16	14

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

24 August 2014 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Traoré  31' Xhaka  76' Kramer 90'	Report	Maxim 51' Ibišević  64'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,203 Referee: Christian Dingert

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Köln

30 August 2014 2	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kostić  86'	Report	Osako 22' Ujah 33' Risse  40' Brečko  61'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

13 September 2014 3	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Götze 27' Alonso  62' Ribéry 85'	Report	Romeu  27' Kostić  90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 August 2014 4	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Modeste 15' Rudy  70' Elyounoussi 84' Schipplock  89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart

24 September 2014 5	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Papastathopoulos  61' Subotić  81' Aubameyang 73' Immobile 86'	Report	Didavi 48', 68' Romeu  64' Gentner  85'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

27 September 2014 6	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner  57' Schwaab 69' Leitner  75' Kostić  90'	Report	Gülselam  44' Bittencourt  86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Günter Perl

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

3 October 2014 7	Hertha BSC	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalou 22' (pen.), 64' Heitinga  43' Beerens 74' Pekarík  83'	Report	Leitner 5',  30' Ibišević  82' Wagner 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 46,312 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

18 October 2014 8	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leitner  27' Werner 57' Klein 67' Niedermeier  73' Harnik 76' Gentner  86'	Report	Son 4', 9' Hilbert  24' Bellarabi 41' Toprak  83'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,900 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

25 October 2014 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–5	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Madlung 21', 65' Anderson Bamba  49' Stendera  54' Meier 57' Aigner 61',  85' Oczipka  83' Russ  86' Seferovic  86'	Report	Harnik 34', 36' Gentner 51', 84' Rüdiger  70' Niedermeier  76' Werner 81' Romeu  83'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,700 Referee: Christian Dingert

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

1 November 2014 10	VfB Stuttgart	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sararer  28'	Report	Perišić 15', 88' Knoche 45+1' De Bruyne 48'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,050 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

8 November 2014 11	Werder Bremen	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Prödl 30' Bartels 57' Obraniak  90+2'	Report	Romeu  31'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,284 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg

23 November 2014 12	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwaab  21'  27' Romeu  52' Leitner  64'	Report	Werner  31' Feulner  58' Verhaegh 72' (pen.),  75'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

28 November 2014 13	SC Freiburg	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg im Breisgau
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Darida 42' Mitrović  70' Mehmedi  71' Höfler  90+2'	Report	Gruezo  19', 52' Harnik 31', 76' Werner 68'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

6 December 2014 14	VfB Stuttgart	0–4	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Choupo-Moting 1', 21', 61' Meyer 10'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,700 Referee: Florian Meyer

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

13 December 2014 15	Mainz 05	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Geis 36' Jairo  56' Đuričić  89'	Report	Hloušek  45+1' Ginczek  58' Kostić 72'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 29,279 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

16 December 2014 16	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van der Vaart  66'	Report	Klein 42' Niedermeier  53' Harnik  66' Hloušek  77'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,223 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v SC Paderborn

20 December 2014 17	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	SC Paderborn	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Didavi  61'	Report	Vrančić  6' Stoppelkamp  16' Rupp  42'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

31 January 2015 18	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gentner  33' Niedermeier  50' Kostić  79'	Report	Xhaka  33' Hermann 71' Korb  81'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,200 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Köln v VfB Stuttgart

4 February 2015 19	1. FC Köln	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerhardt  73' Maroh  73'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 48,400 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

7 February 2015 20	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Romeu  49'	Report	Robben 41' Alaba 50' Benatia  86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

14 February 2015 21	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwegler  9' Schipplock  25' Firmino 30' Abraham  61' Rudy 90+3'	Report	Werner  35' Sakai 39' Niedermeier  43' Gentner  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,309 Referee: Tobias Welz

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

20 February 2015 22	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klein 32' Die  84' Niedermeier 90+1'	Report	Kagawa  8' Aubameyang 25' Gündoğan 39' Piszczek  75' Reus 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

28 February 2015 23	Hannover 96	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Prib  30' Stindl 70',  89'  90' Joselu  90+1'	Report	Gentner 52' Ginczek  54' Kirschbaum  86' Harnik  90'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

6 March 2015 24	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Klein  32' Leitner  90+2'	Report	Heitinga  1' Kraft  55' Schulz  74'  90+7'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,420 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

13 March 2015 (2015-03-13) 25	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hilbert  27' Wendell 32',  35' Drmić 36', 59' Çalhanoğlu  48' Bellarabi 50'	Report	Die  60' Maxim  74' Hloušek  84'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,384 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 26	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Die  42' Ginczek 63', 66' Maxim 80',  81'	Report	Seferovic 51',  68' Madlung  84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 27	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rodríguez 41' (pen.), 65' Luiz Gustavo  75' Schürrle 76'	Report	Harnik 44' Die  55' Romeu  64'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 28	VfB Stuttgart	3–2	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 15' Rüdiger  16' Ginczek 70', 90+1' Harnik  73'  84'	Report	Di Santo  16' Selke 50',  90' Bargfrede  52' Vestergaard 86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,400 Referee: Günter Perl

FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 29	FC Augsburg	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Werner 7' Bobadilla 73' Feulner  83' Baba  83'	Report	Ginczek 22' Hloušek  36' Die  40' Schwaab  67' Maxim  83'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 30	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baumgartl  7' Ginczek 24' Harnik 27' Hloušek  58'  66' Gentner  89'	Report	Mitrović  32' Petersen 58' (pen.), 85' Schuster  89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 31	Schalke 04	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Huntelaar 9', 78',  80' Klein 89' (o.g.)	Report	Harnik 22' Kostić 51'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,973 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfB Stuttgart v Mainz 05

9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) 32	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klein  3' Didavi 66',  68' Kostić 78'	Report	Noveski  14'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,300 Referee: Michael Weiner

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 33	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 27' Harnik 35' Didavi  69'	Report	Kačar 12',  69' Adler  56' Olić  58' Van der Vaart  90+3' Westermann  90+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

SC Paderborn v VfB Stuttgart

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	SC Paderborn	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Paderborn
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vucinovic 4' Stoppelkamp  77' Lakić  85'	Report	Didavi 36' Ginczek 72',  79' Kostić  90+2'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

16 August 2014 Round 1	VfL Bochum	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 9', 48' Šimůnek  24'	Report	Gentner  43' Romeu  45+1'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,694 Referee: Wolfgang Stark