2017–18 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2017–18 season
President	Wolfgang Dietrich
Sporting director	Michael Reschke
Manager	Hannes Wolf; (until 28 January); Tayfun Korkut; (from 29 January)
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mario Gómez; (8 goals); All: ; Daniel Ginczek; Mario Gómez; (8 goals each)
Highest home attendance	60,449
Lowest home attendance	50,500
Average home league attendance	56,366
Biggest win	Stuttgart 3–0 Freiburg; Bayern 1–4 Stuttgart
Biggest defeat	Dortmund 3–0 Stuttgart
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

The 2017–18 VfB Stuttgart season is the 125th season in the football club's history and 52nd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 85th season for Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 25 January 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ARG	Emiliano Insúa
3	DF	GER	Dennis Aogo
5	DF	GER	Timo Baumgartl
6	MF	ARG	Santiago Ascacíbar
11	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano (on loan from Arsenal)
13	GK	GER	Jens Grahl
14	FW	GRE	Anastasios Donis
15	MF	POR	Carlos Mané (on loan from Sporting CP)
16	GK	GER	Ron-Robert Zieler
17	MF	GER	Erik Thommy
19	MF	COD	Chadrac Akolo
20	MF	GER	Christian Gentner (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FRA	Benjamin Pavard
23	MF	BEL	Orel Mangala
24	MF	GER	Dženis Burnić (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II)
25	DF	GER	Matthias Zimmermann
26	GK	GER	Alexander Meyer
27	FW	GER	Mario Gómez
28	DF	GER	Holger Badstuber
31	MF	TUR	Berkay Özcan
32	DF	GER	Andreas Beck
33	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek
34	FW	DEN	Jacob Bruun Larsen (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
35	DF	POL	Marcin Kamiński

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee
3	DF	Dennis Aogo	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free
6	MF	Santiago Ascacibar	Estudiantes La Plata	Transfer	Summer	2022	€8,000,000
14	FW	Anastasios Donis	Juventus	Transfer	Summer	2021	€4,200,000
16	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	2020	€4,000,000
19	FW	Chadrac Akolo	Sion	Transfer	Summer	2021	€6,000,000
23	MF	Orel Mangala	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	2021	€1,800,000
24	MF	Dženis Burnić	Borussia Dortmund	Loan	Summer	2018	Free
26	GK	Alexander Meyer	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	Summer	2019	€400,000
28	DF	Holger Badstuber	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free
29	DF	Ailton	Fluminense	Transfer	Summer	2021	€1,000,000
32	DF	Andreas Beck	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	2019	€2,000,000
—	DF	Toni Šunjić	Palermo	Loan Return	Summer	2018	Free
—	FW	Borys Tashchy	Zbrojovka Brno	Loan Return	Summer	2017	Free

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee
1	GK	Mitchell Langerak	Levante	Transfer	Summer	€800,000
4	DF	Jérôme Onguéné	RB Salzburg	Loan	Summer	Free
6	DF	Jean Zimmer	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	Summer	Free
10	MF	Alexandru Maxim	Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000
16	DF	Florian Klein	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	Free
17	MF	Tobias Werner	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	Summer	Free
32	GK	Benjamin Uphoff	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	Free
37	MF	Julian Green	Greuther Fürth	Loan	Summer	Free
—	DF	Toni Šunjić	Dynamo Moscow	Transfer	Summer	€700,000
—	FW	Borys Tashchy	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer	Free

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1		34	15	6	13	36	36	+0	044.12
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2017	19 December 2017	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
Total					37	16	7	14	42	42	+0	043.24

Last updated: 21 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	10	9	58	44	+14	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	RB Leipzig	34	15	8	11	57	53	+4	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	6	13	36	36	0	51
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	7	13	45	45	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

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	15	6	13	36	36	0	51	10	4	3	18	9	+9	5	2	10	18	27	−9

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	16	10	14	9	12	12	14	11	13	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	10	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie 46', 62'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 44,751 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Badstuber 53'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,100 Referee: Benjamin Brand

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 3	Schalke 04	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bentaleb 4' (pen.) Naldo 47' Burgstaller 48'	Report	Akolo 40'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,098 Referee: Frank Willenborg

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 4	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Akolo 42'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Guido Winkmann

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Raffael 57', 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,063 Referee: Sören Storks

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,202 Referee: Harm Osmers

30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rebić 42' Haller 90+3'	Report	Terodde 61'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Felix Brych

13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) 8	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Donis 38' Akolo 90+4'	Report	Heintz 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,716 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) 9	RB Leipzig	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabitzer 23'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 42,558 Referee: Sven Jablonski

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 10	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	SC Freiburg	Stuttgart
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ginczek 38' Pavard 45+4' Terodde 82'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,872 Referee: Tobias Stieler

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 11	Hamburger SV	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hunt 20' Kostić 65' Arp 69'	Report	Ginczek 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,976 Referee: Guido Winkmann

17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) 12	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Akolo 5' Brekalo 51'	Report	Philipp 45+3'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,932 Referee: Frank Willenborg

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 13	Hannover 96	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 76' (pen.)	Report	Asano 24'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 14	Werder Bremen	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kruse 45'	Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

8 December 2017 (2017-12-08) 15	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Havertz 20' L. Bender 80'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,650 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13) 16	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Uth 81'	Report		Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 17	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Müller 79'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,885 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stark 78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 57,181 Referee: Felix Brych

20 January 2018 (2018-01-20) 19	Mainz 05	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mutō 45+2', 54' Holtmann 64'	Report	Badstuber 19' Ginczek 90+1'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 25,736 Referee: Harm Osmers

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 20	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Naldo 14' Harit 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,096 Referee: Felix Zwayer

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Origi 24'	Report	Gómez 60'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,378 Referee: Robert Hartmann

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 22	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ginczek 5'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,296 Referee: Frank Willenborg

18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 23	FC Augsburg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Gómez 27'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,007 Referee: Tobias Stieler

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Thommy 13'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,418 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

4 March 2018 (2018-03-04) 25	1. FC Köln	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pizarro 7' Jojić 86'	Report	Gómez 45', 45+2' Beck 57'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sören Storks

11 March 2018 (2018-03-11) 26	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	RB Leipzig	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 53,548 Referee: Tobias Stieler

16 March 2018 (2018-03-16) 27	SC Freiburg	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Petersen 53'	Report	Gómez 4', 75'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ginczek 44'	Report	Holtby 18'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Felix Brych

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 29	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pulisic 38' Batshuayi 48' Philipp 59'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 30	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Thommy 53'	Report	Füllkrug 90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 57,131 Referee: Sven Jablonski

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 31	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gentner 13' Özcan 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,932 Referee: Sören Storks

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gentner 67'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Tobias Welz

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 25', 74'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,312 Referee: Felix Zwayer

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	Bayern Munich	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tolisso 21'	Report	Ginczek 5', 55' Donis 42' Akolo 52'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

DFB-Pokal

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) First round	Energie Cottbus	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	VfB Stuttgart	Cottbus
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Viteritti 5' Zimmer 28'	Report	Brekalo 49' Matuwila 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 17,516 Referee: Benjamin Cortus
	Penalties
	Viteritti Stein Schlüter Ziegenbein Förster		Terodde Ginczek Pavard Brekalo Özcan

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Spalvis 6'	Report	Ginczek 21' (pen.) Akolo 66' Terodde 71'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,322 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

19 December 2017 (2017-12-19) Round of 16	Mainz 05	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Berggreen 62' Diallo 71' Serdar 90+3'	Report	Gentner 41'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 22,143 Referee: Tobias Stieler

References

^ "Official Website of VFB Stuttgart".
^ "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

[table_note_res_ELGScup0.34325059007073-2] Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

[1] "Official Website of VFB Stuttgart".

[3] "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). German Football Association (DFB). p. 222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2017.

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