2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season

August 2023 VfB Stuttgart 2008–09 Markus Babbel Bundesliga 3rd Mario Gómez (24) Mario Gómez (35) UEFA Cup Round of 32 DFB-Pokal Last 16 2007–08 2009–10 _vfb_0809h _vfb_0809h _vfb_0809h _red_stripes _redtop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _vfb_0809a _vfb_0809a _vfb_0809a _white_stripes _whitetop FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _thinredborder _vfb_0809t _thinredborder _red_stripes _redtop 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 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. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2008-2009/bundes/stuttg.htm FootballSquads – VFB Stuttgart – 2008/09 1 GER GK Jens Lehmann 3 MEX DF Ricardo Osorio 4 NED DF Khalid Boulahrouz 5 GER DF Serdar Tasci 6 GER DF Georg Niedermeier on loan from Bayern Munich II 7 GER MF Martin Lanig 8 CZE MF Jan Šimák 9 ROM FW Ciprian Marica 10 TUR MF Yıldıray BaştürkBaştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998. 11 GER MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 12 GER GK Alexander Stolz 13 GER MF Timo Gebhart 15 CIV DF Arthur Boka 16 GER MF Sebastian Rudy 17 FRA DF Matthieu Delpierre 18 GER FW CacauCacau 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. 19 GER DF Roberto Hilbert 21 SUI DF Ludovic Magnin 22 GER FW Sven Schipplock 24 GER GK Sven Ulreich 25 BRA MF Élson 26 GER DF Tobias Feisthammel 28 GER MF Sami Khedira 29 CMR MF Georges Mandjeck 33 GER FW Mario Gómez 35 GER DF Christian Träsch 36 GER DF Robin Schuster 37 GER GK Timo Hammel 38 SER FW Danijel LjubojaLjuboja 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. 39 GER FW Julian Schieber 40 GER MF Marijan Kovačević 42 GER DF Marco Pischorn 45 GER DF Sebastian Enderle Left club during season 13 MEX MF Pável Pardo to América 23 GER FW Manuel Fischer on loan to TuS Koblenz 31 POL FW Matthias Morys to Kickers Offenbach VfB Stuttgart II VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga. GK Timo Hammel GER 1 DF Tobias Feisthammel GER 2 DF Joachim Schwabe GER 3 DF David Pisot GER 4 MF Marijan Kovačević GER 5 MF Christian Träsch GER 6 FW Nico Klotz GER 7 MF Martin Dausch GER 8 MF Sebastian Hofmann GER 9 MF José-Alex IkengIkeng was born in Bafia, Cameroon, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented Germany at U-18 level. GER 10 to January MF Markus Pazurek GER 10 from January FW Johannes Rahn GER 13 MF Daniel Didavi GER 15 MF Sebastian Rudy GER 16 MF Michael Klauß GER 11 MF Patrick Funk GER 14 MF Jeremy Karikari GER 17 DF Robin Schuster GER 18 FW Julian Schieber GER 19 MF Andreas Hindelang GER 20 DF Dubravko Kolinger GER 21 FW Sven Schipplock GER 22 DF Sebastian Enderle GER 23 GK Sven Ulreich GER 24 DF Shaban Ismaili MKD 25 DF Sven Schimmel GER 26 MF Clemens Walch AUT 27 FW Manuel Fischer GER 30 to January GK Marcel Schmid GER 31 DF Marco Pischorn GER 42 Bundesliga Classification VFB Results 1 17 August 2008 16:00 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 VfB Stuttgart Rob Friend 60 Hitzlsperger 15Marica 26Gómez 44 Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 47,028 Herbert Fandel W 2 23 August 2008 14:30 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Helmes 35,Gekas 79 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 48,000 Jochen Drees L 3 31 August 2008 16:00 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Hannover 96 Gómez 18Pardo 40 pen Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 41,000 Lutz Wagner W 4 13 September 2008 14:30 1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Sinsheim Carl-Benz-Stadion 26,400 Peter Sippel D 5 21 September 2008 16:00 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 Karlsruher SC Khedira 22Gómez 68Ciprian Marica 87 Sebastian Freis 8 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,000 Peter Gagelmann W 6 27 September 2008 14:30 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 VfB Stuttgart Hajnal 10Santana 20Frei 73 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 71,200 Felix Brych L 7 4 October 2008 14:30 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 Werder Bremen Khedira 18Träsch 29Hilbert 63Lanig 88 Diego 65 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,800 Herbert Fandel W 8 18 October 2008 14:30 Hertha BSC 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Nicu 26Kacar 87 Cacau 31 Berlin Olympiastadion 42,336 Peter Sippel L 9 26 October 2008 17:00 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 VfL Bochum Mario Gómez 80, 83 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 43,000 Manuel Gräfe W 10 29 October 2008 20:00 Hamburger SV 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Trochowski 17 penMathijsen 74 Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena 50,037 Günter Perl L 11 1 November 2008 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 1–3 Köln Hilbert 69 Novakovic 3, 61Petit 90+4 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer L 12 9 November 2008 17:00 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Lyberopoulos 18, 66 Lanig 71Gómez 87 Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 51,000 Babak Rafati D 13 15 November 2008 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Arminia Bielefeld Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 52,000 Florian Meyer D 14 22 November 2008 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 VfB Stuttgart Grafite 51, 76Džeko 79, 85 Lanig 17 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 26,897 Helmut Fleischer L 15 30 November 2008 17:00 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Schalke 04 Jan Simak 79Mario Gómez 83 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,800 Wolfgang Stark W 16 6 December 2008 15:30 Energie Cottbus 0–3 VfB Stuttgart Hilbert 4Simak 63Khedira 68 Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 13,527 Jochen Drees W 17 13 December 2008 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Bayern Munich Khedira 45+1, 90+1 Borowski 48Toni 66 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,896 Thorsten Kinhöfer D 18 31 January 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Marica 67Gómez 86 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 41,300 Wolfgang Stark W 19 7 February 2009 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen 2–4 VfB Stuttgart Kießling 67Charisteas 90+3 Gómez 3, 75Hitzlsperger 51Sinkiewicz90 Leverkusen ESPRIT arena 33,000 Günter Perl W 20 14 February 2009 15:30 Hannover 96 3–3 VfB Stuttgart Stajner 43Krzynowek 45+2Forssell 85 Gómez 7Lanig 22Hitzlsperger87 Hanover Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena 31,127 Manuel Gräfe D 21 21 February 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 3–3 1899 Hoffenheim Cacau 26Gómez 31, 63 Demba Ba 24, 45, 67 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 54,000 Michael Kempter D 22 1 March 2009 17:15 Karlsruher SC 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Élson 50Khedira 88 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,252 Felix Brych W 23 7 March 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Élson 10Gómez 62 Valdez 52 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,896 Florian Meyer W 24 15 March 2009 17:00 Werder Bremen 4–0 VfB Stuttgart Diego (footballer, born 1985) 34Pizarro 53Rosenberg 59, 74 Bremen Wohninvest-Weserstadion 39,272 Günter Perl L 25 21 March 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Hertha BSC Cacau 47Khedira 51 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 51,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer W 26 4 April 2009 15:30 VfL Bochum 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Epalle 48 Cacau 58Tasci 90 Bochum Ruhrstadion 24,718 Helmut Fleischer W 27 12 April 2009 17:00 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Hamburger SV Gómez 90+2 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,700 Wolfgang Stark W 28 18 April 2009 15:30 1. FC Köln 0–3 VfB Stuttgart Gómez 16, 55, 71 Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,997 Peter Gagelmann W 29 25 April 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Cacau 33Gómez 48 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,000 Guido Winkmann W 30 2 May 2009 15:30 Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 VfB Stuttgart Katongo 30Munteanu 68 Matthieu Delpierre 4Thomas Hitzlsperger 35 Bielefeld Bielefelder Alm 25,800 Felix Brych D 31 9 May 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 VfL Wolfsburg Gómez 1, 20, 63, 76 Džeko 36 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,896 Thorsten Kinhöfer W 32 13 May 2009 20:00 Schalke 04 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Ivan Rakitic 39 Cacau 15Marica 56 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673 Michael Kempter W 33 16 May 2009 15:30 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Energie Cottbus Hitzlsperger 19Cacau 78 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 55,000 Denis Aytekin W 34 23 May 2009 15:30 Bayern Munich 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Boulahrouz 16 o.g.Van Bommel 60 Gómez 63 Munich Allianz Arena 69,000 Florian Meyer L DFB-Pokal First round 10 August 2008 17:30 CEST 0–5 FC Hansa Lüneburg VfB Stuttgart Lanig 11Hilbert 27Gómez 57 78Berger 83 o.g. https://www.kicker.de/lsk-hansa-gegen-stuttgart-2008-dfb-pokal-865816/spielbericht Wilschenbruch Lüneburg 8,500 Felix Zwayer W Second round 24 September 2008 20:30 CEST 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Cacau 17 Marica 65 Arminia Bielefeld https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart-gegen-bielefeld-2008-dfb-pokal-865845/analyse Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart 8,500 Günter Perl W Round of 16 27 January 2009 20:30 CET 1–5 VfB Stuttgart Gómez 85 Bayern Munich Schweinsteiger 14 55 pen.Ribéry 16Toni 43Zé Roberto 59 https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart-gegen-bayern-2009-dfb-pokal-865825/analyse Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart 55,500 Herbert Fandel L Statistics Top scorers GER Mario Gómez 24 BRA Cacau 7 GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 5 GER Sami Khedira 5 ROM Ciprian Marica 4 Notes notes 3 References Category:VfB Stuttgart seasons Stuttgart