2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2014–15 season
Manager	Huub Stevens
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	Martin Harnik (8)
Highest home attendance	60,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 VfB Stuttgart season is 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. Position Player 1 GK Sven Ulreich 2 DF Gōtoku Sakai 3 DF Daniel Schwaab 5 DF Karim Haggui 6 DF Georg Niedermeier 7 FW Martin Harnik 8 MF Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 9 FW Vedad Ibišević 10 MF Daniel Didavi 11 MF Carlos Gruezo 13 MF Oriol Romeu (on loan from Chelsea) 16 DF Florian Klein 17 GK Odisseas Vlachodimos 18 MF Filip Kostić

No. Position Player 19 FW Timo Werner 20 MF Christian Gentner (captain) 21 MF Adam Hloušek 22 GK Thorsten Kirschbaum 23 MF Sercan Sararer 24 DF Antonio Rüdiger 25 FW Mohammed Abdellaoue 26 MF Raphael Holzhauser 27 DF Tim Leibold 33 FW Daniel Ginczek 34 DF Konstantin Rausch 39 MF Robin Yalçın 44 MF 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. Position Player 14 MF Marco Rojas (at SpVgg Greuther Fürth until June 2015) MF Kevin Stöger (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern until June 2015)

No. Position Player GK 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. Position Player 13 MF Oriol Romeu (from Chelsea) 16 DF Florian Klein (from Red Bull Salzburg) 18 MF Filip Kostić (from Groningen) 21 MF Adam Hloušek (from 1. FC Nürnberg) 33 FW 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. Position Player DF Arthur Boka (at Málaga) MF Rani Khedira (at RB Leipzig) MF Ibrahima Traoré (at Borussia Mönchengladbach) MF Johan Audel (at Nantes) MF William Kvist (at Wigan Athletic) FW Cacau (at Cerezo Osaka)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

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
32	7	9	16	38	58	−20	30	4	4	8	16	27	−11	3	5	8	22	31	−9

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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' Seferović  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 07

20 December 2014 17	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	SC Paderborn 07	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	Seferović  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 07 v VfB Stuttgart

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	SC Paderborn 07	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