2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2012–13 season
Sporting DirectorFredi Bobic
ManagerBruno Labbadia
StadiumMercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalRunners-up
Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Vedad Ibišević (15)
All: Vedad Ibišević (24)
Highest home attendance60,000
Lowest home attendance15,000
Average home league attendanceTBD
3rd colours

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

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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

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Bundesliga

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League fixtures and results

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25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) 1 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 VfL Wolfsburg Stuttgart
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tasci Yellow card 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 Yellow card 74'		 Report (in German) Gentner Yellow card 20'
Harnik 25'
Ibišević Red card 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 Yellow card 31'
Junuzović 34', Yellow card 40'
Bargfrede Yellow card 84'
Papastathopoulos Yellow card 86'
Lukimya Red card 90+1'		 Report (in German) Harnik Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 51'
Cacau Yellow card 75'		 Report (in German) Usami 5'
Williams Yellow card 42'
Joselu 47', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28'
Harnik 75'
Sakai Yellow card 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 Yellow card 34'
Sakai Yellow card 35'		 Report (in German) Kießling 13', 59'
Rolfes Yellow card 18'
Wollscheid Yellow card 58'
Toprak Yellow card 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', Yellow card 84'
Holzhauser Yellow card 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', Yellow card 59'
Molinaro Yellow card 26'
Ibišević 84'		 Report (in German) Meier Yellow card 27', 67'
Zambrano Yellow card 51'
Rode Yellow card 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 Yellow card 18'
Kvist Yellow card 21'
Ibišević Yellow card 71'
Gentner Yellow card 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 Yellow card 42'
Boka Yellow card 73'		 Report (in German) Huszti Yellow card 33'
Schmiedebach Yellow card 47'
Sobiech 57'
Dioud Yellow card 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 Yellow card 81'
De Camargo Yellow card 82'
Domínguez Yellow card 90+3'		 Report (in German) Harnik 8'
Tasci Yellow card 44'
Traoré Yellow card 66'
Kuzmanović Yellow card 67'
Brouwers 72' (o.g.)
Okazaki Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90'
Mujdža Yellow card 90+1'		 Report (in German) Okazaki Yellow card 27'
Rodríguez Yellow card 71'
Molinaro Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'
Ibišević 69'		 Report (in German) Sankoh Yellow card 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 Yellow card 53'
Peković Yellow card 54'
Kleine Yellow card 69'
Schmidtgal Yellow card 69'
Zillner Yellow card 88'		 Report (in German) Okazaki 45'
Sakai Yellow card 51'
Tasci Red card 53'
Ibišević Yellow card 54'
Kuzmanović Yellow card 64'
Ulreich Yellow card 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', Yellow card 26'
Boka Yellow card 59'
Traoré Yellow card 66'
Sakai Red card 67'
Harnik Yellow card 90'		 Report (in German) Marica 12'
Matip Yellow card 43'
Jones Red card 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 Yellow card 45+1', 55', 71'
Zabavník Yellow card 47'
Kirchhoff Yellow card 80'
Soto 90+2'		 Report (in German) Harnik 48', Yellow card 74'
Ibišević Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Rüdiger Yellow card 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 Yellow card 32' Yellow-red card 80'
Rüdiger Yellow card 61'		 Report (in German) Mandžukić 50'
Kroos Yellow card 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', Yellow card 55'
Malezas Yellow card 12'
Fink 76'		 Report (in German) Sakai Yellow card 39'
Gentner 60'
Kvist Yellow card 66'
Lopes Yellow card 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 Yellow card 26', 50'
Gentner Yellow card 73'
Ibišević Yellow card 84'		 Report (in German) Ekici 34', 74'
Petersen Yellow card 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 Yellow card 44'
Joselu Yellow card 73'		 Report (in German) Harnik 3', Yellow card 83'
Boka Yellow card 19'
Traoré Yellow card 63'
Okazaki Yellow card 90+1'
Rüdiger Yellow card 90+3'
Ibišević Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'		 Report (in German) Kanazaki Yellow card 15'
Chandler Yellow card 58'
Polter Yellow card 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 Yellow card 11'
Castro Yellow card 20'
Reinartz Yellow card 28'
Kießling 82' (pen.)
Bender 86'		 Report (in German) Ibišević 12' (pen.), Yellow card 88'
Molinaro Yellow card 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 Yellow card 64'
Ibišević Yellow card 85'		 [1] (in German) Rudņevs 50', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 88'		 [2] (in German) Molinaro Yellow card 38'
Ibišević 49' (pen.)
Kvist Yellow card 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 Yellow card 23'
Niedermeier Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 70'
Maxim 63'
Boka Yellow card 81'		 [3] (in German) Piszczek 29'
Götze Yellow card 70'
Lewandowski 82'
Großkreutz Yellow card 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 Yellow card 27'
Ginter Yellow card 67'
Höhn Yellow card 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 Yellow card 33'
Verhaegh Yellow card 36'
Ji Yellow card 38', 85'
Mölders 61'
De Jong 83', Yellow card 84'		 [7] (in German) Rüdiger Yellow card 17'
Maxim Yellow card 41'
Ibišević Yellow card 56'
Niedermeier Yellow card 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 Red card 74'
Sakai Yellow card 80'		 [8] (in German) Sakai 51' (o.g.)
Petsos Yellow card 53'
Fürstner Yellow card 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 Yellow card 20'
Ibišević 24', 66'
Tasci Yellow card 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 Yellow card 11'
Wetklo 22' (o.g.)
Boka 33'
Gentner Yellow card 37'		 [9] (in German) Ede 16'
Müller 42'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 51,020
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Table

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League table
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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:
  1. ^ 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
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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

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18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) 1st round SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug 0–5 VfB Stuttgart Potsdam-Babelsberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Nofz Yellow card 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 Yellow card 18', 22'
Traoré 21'
Hajnal 41'		 Report (in German) Kalla Yellow card 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 Yellow card 67'
Ibišević 81'		 Report (in German) Scheidhauer Yellow card 37'
Maltritz Yellow card 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

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Play-off round

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22 August 2012 (2012-08-22) 1st leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 2–0 Russia Dynamo Moscow Stuttgart
18:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ibišević 71' (90+1) Report (in German) Wilkshire Yellow card 5'
Yusupov Yellow card 46'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 20,400
Referee: William Collum (Glasgow, Scotland)
28 August 2012 (2012-08-28) 2nd leg Dynamo Moscow Russia 1–1
(1–3 agg.)		 Germany VfB Stuttgart Khimki
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Chicherin Yellow card 8'
Kokorin 77'
Granat Yellow card 87'		 Report (in German) Ibišević 64' Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 7,164
Referee: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey)

Group stage

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Group E fixtures and results
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20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) Match 1 VfB Stuttgart Germany 2–2 Romania Steaua București Stuttgart
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ibišević 5'
Kvist Yellow card 29'
Ulreich Yellow card 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 Norway 2–0 Germany VfB Stuttgart Molde
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) Berget 58'
Forren Yellow card 71'
Chima 88'		 Report (in German) Niedermeier Yellow card 65'
Harnik Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Aker Stadion
Attendance: 5,940
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) Match 3 VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–0 Denmark Copenhagen Stuttgart
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Torun Yellow card 48' Report (in German) Delaney Yellow card 16'
Bolaños Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) Match 4 Copenhagen Denmark 0–2 Germany VfB Stuttgart Copenhagen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cornelius Yellow card 29' Report (in German) Niedermeier Yellow card 29'
Molinaro Yellow card 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 Romania 1–5 Germany VfB Stuttgart Bucharest
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Bourceanu Yellow card 45+2'
Prepeliță Yellow card 68'
Chipciu Yellow card 78'
Costea 83'		 Report (in German) Tasci 5'
Harnik 18'
Sakai 23'
Okazaki 31', 55'
Kuzmanović Yellow card 37'
Kvist Yellow card 60'
Ibišević Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) Match 6 VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–1 Norway Molde Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report (in German) Angan 45+1'
Forren Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 15,550
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Group E table
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Final Group E table
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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Romania Steaua București 6 3 2 1 9 9 0 11
Germany Stuttgart 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8
Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8
Norway Molde 6 2 0 4 6 8 −2 6
Group E summary table
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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

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Round of 32
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14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) 1st leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 1–1 Belgium Genk Stuttgart, Germany
21:05 Gentner 42'
Boka Yellow card 50'
Niedermeier Yellow card 56'
Ibišević Yellow card 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 Belgium 0–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Germany VfB Stuttgart Genk, Belgium
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Hyland Yellow card 65' Report (in German) Boka 45'
Ibišević Yellow card 46'
Gentner 58'
Maxim Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 16,796
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
Round of 16
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7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) 1st leg VfB Stuttgart Germany 0–2 Italy Lazio Stuttgart, Germany
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Tasci Yellow card 49'
Harnik Yellow card 87'		 Report Ederson 21'
Hernanes Yellow card 38'
Ciani Yellow card 45'
Onazi 56'
Cana Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 28,750
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) 2nd leg Lazio Italy 3–1
(5–1 agg.)		 Germany VfB Stuttgart Rome, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) Kozák 6', 8', 87'
Biava Yellow card 82'		 Report Ibišević Yellow card 10'
Hajnal Yellow card 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

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As of 22 April 2013

Competition First match Last match Record
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

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich 48 0 34 0 4 0 10 0
22 GK Germany GER Marc Ziegler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Germany GER André Weis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Japan JPN Gōtoku Sakai 37 1 27 0 2 0 8 1
3 DF Brazil BRA Felipe Lopes 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci (Captain) 36 1 25 0 3 0 8 1
6 DF Germany GER Georg Niedermeier 37 2 27 1 4 0 6 1
12 DF Germany GER Benedikt Röcker 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka 35 3 25 1 3 1 7 1
21 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro 33 0 25 0 2 0 6 0
23 DF Germany GER Tim Hoogland (L) 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF Germany GER Antonio Rüdiger 21 0 16 0 2 0 3 0
14 DF Mexico MEX Francisco Javier Rodríguez 21 0 14 0 2 0 5 0
Midfielders
4 MF Denmark DEN William Kvist 34 0 23 0 3 0 8 0
10 MF Germany GER Daniel Didavi 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
13 MF Guinea GUI Mamadou Bah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Traoré 45 4 32 3 4 1 9 0
19 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner 48 9 34 5 4 2 10 2
26 MF Austria AUT Raphael Holzhauser 27 0 21 0 1 0 5 0
30 MF Hungary HUN Tamás Hajnal 22 1 13 0 2 1 7 0
44 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Maxim 13 1 11 1 0 0 2 0
8 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović 17 0 12 0 2 0 3 0
Strikers
7 FW Austria AUT Martin Harnik 43 13 30 6 3 5 10 2
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević 44 24 30 15 4 4 10 5
14 FW Italy ITA Federico Macheda 16 0 14 0 1 0 1 0
17 FW Turkey TUR Tunay Torun 16 1 9 0 1 1 6 0
18 FW Germany GER Cacau 10 1 5 1 1 0 4 0
29 FW Germany GER Soufian Benyamina 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Japan JPN Shinji Okazaki 38 4 25 1 4 1 9 2

Last updated: 4 March 2013.
Source: kicker.de

Transfers

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In

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# Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Contract expires Team Reference
17 MF Turkey Tunay Torun Germany Hertha BSC Free transfer 6 June 2012 30 June 2015 First-team [4]
44 MF Romania Alexandru Maxim Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu €1.5M 31 January 2013 30 June 2017 First-team [5]

Out

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

Loan in

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

Kits

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Home
Away
Third
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VfB Stuttgart II

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Main article: 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart II season

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

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  1. ^ "1. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "VfB Stuttgart" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. ^ "UEFA reject Lazio appeal". 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ "VfB Stuttgart holt Tunay Torun aus Berlin". Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Vertrag bis 2017: VfB holt Techniker Maxim". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. ^ Hinrichsen, Heiko (18 April 2012). "Delpierre geht nach Hoffenheim". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Vom VfB zum FCN: Gebhart-Deal perfekt". Kicker (in German). 3 May 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Eintracht sign Trapp and Celozzi". Eintracht Frankfurt official website. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Perfekt: Schieber wechselt zum BVB". Kicker. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Adios! Mazas Rückkehr ist perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Stuttgart: Kuzmanovic-Wechsel perfekt". Kicker (in German). 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Stuttgart: Felipe kommt mit Kaufoption" [VfB get Felipe with option to buy]. Kicker (in German). 22 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  14. ^ "VfB leiht Macheda aus" [VfB sign Macheda on loan]. Kicker (in German). 24 January 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  15. ^ "VfB leiht Hoogland aus" [VfB sign Hoogland on loan]. Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  16. ^ a b "VfB Stuttgart II – Termine" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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