2002–03 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart 2002–03 Manfred Haas Felix Magath Bundesliga 2nd Kevin Kurányi (15) UEFA Cup Round of 16 DFB-Pokal Second round Intertoto Cup Champions 2001–02 2003–04 _redshoulders _horizontalonwhite _redshoulders _redline FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _whiteshoulders _whitehorizontal _whiteshoulders _whiteline 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 _whitehorizontal _white_halfhorizontal FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 VfB Stuttgart reached the UEFA Champions League for the first time in more than ten years, following a surprising runner-up position in Bundesliga. Coach Felix Magath was hailed as the man behind the success, in his second full season at the helm, managing to unite a squad with lesser-known players to form a side strong enough to overhaul reigning champions Borussia Dortmund for the automatic qualification spot. It was also the breakthrough season of exciting young talents such as Alexander Hleb, Timo Hildebrand and Kevin Kurányi. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2002-2003/bundes/stuttg.htm FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2002/03 1 GER GK Timo Hildebrand 2 GER DF Andreas Hinkel 3 GER DF Timo Wenzel 4 Angola DF Rui Marques 5 BRA DF Marcelo Bordon 6 POR DF Fernando Meira 7 GER MF Silvio Meißner 8 GER MF Jens Todt 9 ROM FW Ionel Ganea 10 BUL MF Krasimir Balakov 11 GRE FW Ioannis Amanatidis 12 GER DF Heiko Gerber 13 GER MF Christian Tiffert 14 GER MF Thomas Schneider 15 BLR MF Alexander Hleb 16 RSA DF Bradley Carnell 17 GER DF Jochen Seitz 18 GER FW Sean DundeeDundee was born in Durban, South Africa, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and represented Germany at B level. 19 GER MF Horst Heldt 20 CRO DF Zvonimir Soldo 21 GER GK Thomas Ernst 22 GER FW Kevin KurányiKurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003. 24 GER MF Benjamin Adrion 25 GER MF Michael Mutzel 26 GER MF Robert Vujević 29 GER DF Steffen Dangelmayr 31 SUI GK Diego Benaglio 33 GER FW Steffen Handschuh 43 GER DF Steffen Kocholl 44 GER DF Michael Rundio Left club during season 19 BRA FW Adhemar to São Caetano 23 NGA FW Stephen Famewo demoted to VfB Stuttgart II Results Bundesliga Stuttgart-Kaiserslautern 1–1 1–0 Sean Dundee (45) 1–1 Miroslav Klose (52) Hertha BSC-Stuttgart 1–1 0–1 Sean Dundee (14) 1–1 Arne Friedrich (85) Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 3–1 1–0 Jan Koller (39) 2–0 Leandro (66) 2–1 Sean Dundee (76) 3–1 Ewerthon (88) Stuttgart-Schalke 04 1–1 1–0 Marcelo Bordon (34) 1–1 Tomasz Hajto (86 pen) Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 1–1 1–0 Markus Münch (50) 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (71) Stuttgart-Arminia Bielefeld 3–0 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (5) 2–0 Kevin Kurányi (64) 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (69) Hamburg-Stuttgart 3–2 0–1 Jochen Seitz (9) 1–1 Bernardo Romeo (14) 2–1 Sergej Barbarez (22) 2–2 Alexander Hleb (25) 3–2 Bernardo Romeo (86) Stuttgart-1860 Munich 4–1 0–1 Markus Schroth (23) 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (46) 2–1 Kevin Kurányi (48) 3–1 Ioan Ganea (50) 4–1 Ioan Ganea [90) Nürnberg-Stuttgart 1–2 1–0 David Jarolím (45) 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (80) 1–2 Ioannis Amanatidis (85) Stuttgart-Energie Cottbus 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Silvio Meißner (19) Stuttgart-Bochum 3–2 0–1 Thomas Christiansen (68) 1–1 Ioan Ganea (74 pen) 1–2 Sebastian Schindzielorz (84) 2–2 Ioan Ganea (86) 3–2 Ioan Ganea (90) Hansa Rostock-Stuttgart 1–1 1–0 Rade Priča (4) 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (46) Stuttgart-Hannover 3–0 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (35) 2–0 Alexander Hleb (54) 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (73) Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 3–1 1–0 Ailton (26) 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (55) 2–1 Mladen Krstajić (80) 3–1 Ailton (89 pen) Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 0–3 0–1 Alexander Zickler (28) 0–2 Roque Santa Cruz (33) 0–3 Roque Santa Cruz (68) Wolfsburg-Stuttgart 1–2 0–1 Thomas Schneider (35) 0–2 Fernando Meira (55) 1–2 Tomislav Marić (76 pen) Kaiserslautern-Stuttgart 1–2 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (29) 1–1 Vratislav Lokvenc (34) 1–2 Krassimir Balakov (69) Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 3–1 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (28) 2–0 Alexander Hleb (68) 2–1 Marcelinho (80) 3–1 Ioan Ganea (90) Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo (75) Schalke 04-Stuttgart 2–0 1–0 Émile Mpenza (3) 2–0 Tomasz Hajto (45) Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 4–0 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (9) 2–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (23) 3–0 Ioan Ganea (87) 4–0 Kevin Kurányi (88) Arminia Bielefeld-Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Silvio Meißner (13) Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–1 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (20) 1–1 Mehdi Mahdavikia (43) 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–1 0–1 Marcelo Bordon (41) Stuttgart-Nürnberg 0–2 0–1 David Jarolím (28) 0–2 Junior (88) Energie Cottbus-Stuttgart 2–3 0–1 Silvio Meißner (2) 1–1 Robert Vagner (7) 1–2 Horst Heldt (75) 2–2 Lars Jungnickel (84) 2–3 Ioan Ganea (90) Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 3–0 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (9) 2–0 Alexander Hleb (17) 3–0 Ioan Ganea (50) Bochum-Stuttgart 3–1 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (25) 1–1 Vahid Hashemian (40) 2–1 Vahid Hashemian (66) 3–1 Thomas Christiansen (68) Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 1–1 1–0 Silvio Meißner (28) 1–1 Delano Hill (59) Hannover-Stuttgart 1–2 0–1 Sean Dundee (19) 0–2 Sean Dundee (37) 1–2 Jiří Kaufman (85) Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 0–1 0–1 Rui Marques (50 og) Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 2–1 1–0 Giovane Élber (46) 2–0 Giovane Élber (76) 2–1 Sean Dundee (83) Stuttgart-Wolfsburg 2–0 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (12) 2–0 Krassimir Balakov (24 pen) Top scorers GER Kevin Kurányi 15 ROM Ioan Ganea 9 GER Sean Dundee 6 BLR Alexander Hleb 4 UEFA Cup 1st round Stuttgart-Ventspils 4–1 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (22) 2–0 Kevin Kurányi (33) 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (40) 4–0 Alexander Hleb (60 pen) 4–1 Vits Rimkus (65) Ventspils-Stuttgart 1–4 1–0 Yevgeni Landyrev (16) 1–1 Christian Tiffert (23) 1–2 Ioan Ganea (52) 1–3 Ioannis Amanatidis (87) 1–4 Christian Tiffert (90) 2nd round Ferencváros-Stuttgart 0–0 Stuttgart-Ferencváros 2–0 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (65) 2–0 Fernando Meira (90 pen) 3rd round Club Brugge-Stuttgart 1–2 1–0 Peter van der Heyden (42) 1–1 Krassimir Balakov (71) 1–2 Kevin Kurányi (89) Stuttgart-Club Brugge 1–0 1–0 Alexander Hleb (90) Last 16 Celtic-Stuttgart 3–1 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (27) 1–1 Paul Lambert (36) 2–1 Shaun Maloney (45) 3–1 Stilian Petrov (68) Stuttgart-Celtic 3–2 0–1 Alan Thompson (12) 0–2 Chris Sutton (14) 1–2 Christian Tiffert (37) 2–2 Alexander Hleb (75) 3–2 Michael Mutzel (87) Sources Soccerbase Notes notes References Category:VfB Stuttgart seasons Stuttgart