2008–09 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2008–09 season
Manager	Markus Babbel
Bundesliga	3rd
UEFA Cup	Last 32
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Mario Gómez (24)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

VfB Stuttgart was a genuine contender for the Bundesliga title, losing out only to Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich. Mario Gómez hit 24 goals in the league campaign, only to make a shock switch to rivals Bayern, for the highest-received transfer fee in the clubs' history.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Jens Lehmann
• Alexander Stolz
• Sven Ulreich

Defenders

• Mathieu Delpierre
• Arthur Boka
• Serdar Tasci
• Khalid Boulahrouz
• Ricardo Osorio
• Georg Niedermeier
• Marijan Kovačević

Midfielders

• Ludovic Magnin
• Élson
• Thomas Hitzlsperger
• Roberto Hilbert
• Sami Khedira
• Martin Lanig
• Christian Träsch
• Yıldıray Baştürk
• Georges Mandjeck
• Timo Gebhart
• Sebastian Rudy
• Jan Šimák
• Pável Pardo

Attackers

• Mario Gómez
• Cacau
• Ciprian Marica
• Danijel Ljuboja
• Julian Schieber

Bundesliga

Matches

• Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 1–3
• 0–1 Thomas Hitzlsperger (15)
• 0–2 Ciprian Marica (26)
• 0–3 Mario Gómez (44)
• 1–3 Rob Friend (60)

• Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 0–2
• 0–1 Patrick Helmes (35)
• 0–2 Theofanis Gekas (78)

• Stuttgart-Hannover 2–0
• 1–0 Mario Gómez (18)
• 2–0 Pável Pardo (40)

• Hoffenheim-Stuttgart 0–0

• Stuttgart-Karlsruhe 3–1
• 0–1 Sebastian Freis (8)
• 1–1 Sami Khedira (22)
• 2–1 Mario Gómez (68)
• 3–1 Ciprian Marica (87)

• Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 3–0
• 1–0 Tamás Hajnal (10)
• 2–0 Felipe Santana (19)
• 3–0 Alexander Frei (73)

• Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–1
• 1–0 Sami Khedira (18)
• 2–0 Christian Träsch (29)
• 3–0 Roberto Hilbert (63)
• 3–1 Diego (65)
• 4–1 Martin Lanig (88)

• Hertha Berlin-Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Maximilian Nicu (30)
• 1–1 Cacau (51)
• 2–1 Gojko Kačar (87)

• Stuttgart-Bochum 2–0
• 1–0 Mario Gómez (80)
• 2–0 Mario Gómez (83)

• Hamburg-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Piotr Trochowski (17)
• 2–0 Joris Mathijsen (74)

• Stuttgart-Köln 1–3
• 0–1 Milivoje Novakovič (3)
• 0–2 Milivoje Novakovič (61)
• 1–2 Roberto Hilbert (69)
• 1–3 Petit (90)

• Eintracht Frankfurt-Stuttgart 2–2
• 1–0 Nikos Liberopoulos (18)
• 2–0 Nikos Liberopoulos (66)
• 2–1 Martin Lanig (71)
• 2–2 Mario Gómez (87)

• Stuttgart-Arminia Bielefeld 0–0

• Wolfsburg-Stuttgart 4–1
• 0–1 Martin Lanig (17)
• 1–1 Grafite (51)
• 2–1 Grafite (76)
• 3–1 Edin Džeko (79)
• 4–1 Edin Džeko (85)

• Stuttgart-Schalke 04 2–0
• 1–0 Jan Šimák (79)
• 2–0 Mario Gómez (83)

• Energie Cottbus-Stuttgart 0–3
• 0–1 Roberto Hilbert (4)
• 0–2 Jan Šimák (63)
• 0–3 Sami Khedira (68)

• Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 2–2
• 1–0 Sami Khedira (45)
• 1–1 Tim Borowski (48)
• 1–2 Luca Toni (66)
• 2–2 Sami Khedira (90)

• Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 2–0
• 1–0 Ciprian Marica (67)
• 2–0 Mario Gómez (86)

• Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 2–4
• 0–1 Mario Gómez (3)
• 0–2 Thomas Hitzlsperger (51)
• 1–2 Stefan Kießling (67)
• 1–3 Mario Gómez (75)
• 1–4 Lukas Sinkiewicz (90 og)
• 2–4 Angelos Charisteas (90)

• Hannover-Stuttgart 3–3
• 0–1 Mario Gómez (7)
• 0–2 Martin Lanig (22)
• 1–2 Jiří Štajner (43)
• 2–2 Jacek Krzynówek (45)
• 3–2 Mikael Forssell (85)
• 3–3 Thomas Hitzlsperger (87)

• Stuttgart-Hoffenheim 3–3
• 0–1 Demba Ba (24)
• 1–1 Cacau (26)
• 2–1 Mario Gómez (31)
• 2–2 Demba Ba (45)
• 3–2 Mario Gómez (63)
• 3–3 Demba Ba (67)

• Karlsruhe-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Élson (50)
• 0–2 Sami Khedira (88)

• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• 1–0 Élson (10)
• 1–1 Nelson Valdez (52)
• 2–1 Mario Gómez (62)

• Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 4–0
• 1–0 Diego (34)
• 2–0 Claudio Pizarro (53)
• 3–0 Markus Rosenberg (59)
• 4–0 Markus Rosenberg (74)

• Stuttgart-Hertha Berlin 2–0
• 1–0 Cacau (47)
• 2–0 Sami Khedira (51)

• Bochum-Stuttgart 1–2
• 1–0 Joël Epalle (48)
• 1–1 Cacau (58)
• 1–2 Serdar Tasci (89)

• Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–0
• 1–0 Mario Gómez (90)

• Köln-Stuttgart 0–3
• 0–1 Mario Gómez (16)
• 0–2 Mario Gómez (55)
• 0–3 Mario Gómez (71)

• Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0
• 1–0 Cacau (33)
• 2–0 Mario Gómez (48)

• Arminia Bielefeld-Stuttgart 2–2
• 0–1 Matthieu Delpierre (4)
• 1–1 Christopher Katongo (30)
• 1–2 Thomas Hitzlsperger (35)
• 2–2 Vlad Munteanu (68)

• Stuttgart-Wolfsburg 4–1
• 1–0 Mario Gómez (1)
• 2–0 Mario Gómez (20)
• 2–1 Edin Džeko (36)
• 3–1 Mario Gómez (63)
• 4–1 Mario Gómez (77)

• Schalke 04-Stuttgart 1–2
• 0–1 Cacau (15)
• 1–1 Ivan Rakitić (39)
• 1–2 Ciprian Marica (57)

• Stuttgart-Energie Cottbus 2–0
• 1–0 Thomas Hitzlsperger (19)
• 2–0 Cacau (78)

• Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Khalid Boulahrouz (15 og)
• 2–0 Mark van Bommel (60)
• 2–1 Mario Gómez (63)

Topscorers

• Mario Gómez 24
• Cacau 7
• Thomas Hitzlsperger 5
• Sami Khedira 5
• Ciprian Marica 4

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the 3. Liga.

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 Timo Hammel 2 DF Tobias Feisthammel 3 DF Joachim Schwabe 4 DF David Pisot 5 DF Marijan Kovacevic 6 MF Christian Träsch 7 FW Nico Klotz 8 MF Martin Dausch 9 MF Sebastian Hofmann 10 MF José-Alex Ikeng (to January) 10 MF Markus Pazurek (from January) 13 FW Johannes Rahn 15 MF Daniel Didavi 16 MF Sebastian Rudy 11 MF Michael Klauß 14 MF Patrick Funk

No. Position Player 17 MF Jeremy Karikari 18 DF Robin Schuster 19 FW Julian Schieber 20 MF Andreas Hindelang 21 DF Dubravko Kolinger 22 FW Sven Schipplock 23 DF Sebastian Enderle 24 GK Sven Ulreich 25 FW Shaban Ismaili 26 DF Sven Schimmel 27 MF Clemens Walch 28 MF Boris Vukcevic 30 FW Manuel Fischer (to January) 31 GK Marcel Schmid 42 DF Marco Pischorn

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