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} Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 ("Club for Athletic Games Stuttgart 1893"), called VfB Stuttgart, occurs as football club in Stuttgart, founded on September 9, 1893 as Stuttgart FV 93. Finally, a Stuttgart FV 93 merged sustaining Kronen-Club Cannstatt on April 2, 1912 and subsequently changed its title to VfB Stuttgart 1893 . A decisive club meeting, in which a merger was approved, took place at a "Concordia" hotel inside Cannstatt (a city district of Stuttgart). A club colors come white & red.

VfB Stuttgart competes by using its team in the Bundesliga, the German top national football league. Additionally a club operates departments for athletics, fistball, hockey and table tennis.

A habitat of VfB Stuttgart is the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion ("Gottlieb Daimler Stadium"), which was built in 1933. It lies roughly a Flow of any stream Neckar on Stuttgart's Mercedes Street. the bowl might hang on to a georgia home boy. capacity of 54,088 spectators, (international matches: 50,000). Presently, a sports stadium is existence extended. When completion, a arena have had a utmost capacity of astir 57,000 spectators (international matches: 54,500) & is one of the hosts for the (sise matches, including a third place play-off).

Important people
Dieter Hundt, chairman Erwin Staudt, CEO & president since June 26, 2003. Giovanni Trapattoni, coach since June 17, 2005.

Roster 2005/06

Goal: Timo Hildebrand, Dirk Heinen

Defense: Steffen Dangelmayr, Andreas Hinkel, Ludovic Magnin, Fernando Meira, Boris Zivkovic, Martin Stranzl, Mathieu Delpierre, Markus Babbel

Midfield: Zvonimir Soldo, Silvio Meissner, Heiko Gerber, Christian Tiffert, Horst Heldt, Christian Gentner, Emanuel Centurión, Tobias Rathgeb, Marco Caliguri, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Daniel Bierofka, Elson Falcao da Silva, Jesper Grønkjær

Offense: Jeronimo Cacau, Marco Streller, Mario Gomez Jon Dahl Tomasson

Prominent former and current players
Karl Allgöwer Krassimir Balakov Fredi Bobic Guido Buchwald Carlos Dunga Giovane Elber Bernd Förster Karl Heinz Förster Timo Hildebrand Andreas Hinkel Eike Immel Srecko Katanec Jürgen Klinsmann Kevin Kuranyi Philipp Lahm Dieter Müller Hansi Müller Matthias Sammer Robert Schlienz Imre Szabics Aliaksandr Hleb

Greatest achievements
German champions: 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992

German vice champions: 1935, 1953, 1979, 2003

German Cup winner: 1954, 1958, 1997

German Cup finalist: 1986

UEFA Cup finalist: 1989

Finalist around Cup Winners' Cup: 1998

UEFA Intertoto Cup winner: 2000, 2002

German Extremely-Ventral suction cup winner: 1992

South German champions: 1946, 1952, 1954

Württemberg champions 1927 (Württemberg/Baden), 1930, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941

Bundesliga Position
2004/05 - 5th place 2003/04 - 4th place 2002/03 - 2nd place 2001/02 - 8th place 2000/01 - 15th place 1999/00 - 8th place 1998/99 - 11th place 1997/98 - 4th place 1996/97 - 4th place 1995/96 - 10th place 1994/95 - 12th place 1993/94 - 7th place 1992/93 - 7th place 1991/92 - German champions 1990/91 - 6th place 1989/90 - 6th place 1988/89 - 5th place 1987/88 - 4th place 1986/87 - 12th place 1985/86 - 5th place 1984/85 - 10th place 1983/84 - German champions 1982/83 - 3rd place 1981/82 - 9th place 1980/81 - 3rd place 1979/80 - 3rd place 1978/79 - 2nd place 1977/78 - 4th place 1976/77 - Promoted to the 1. Bundesliga 1975/76 - 2. Bundesliga 1974/75 - 16th place - Relegated to the 2. Bundesliga 1973/74 - 9th place 1972/73 - 6th place 1971/72 - 8th place 1970/71 - 12th place 1969/70 - 7th place 1968/69 - 5th place 1967/68 - 8th place 1966/67 - 12th place 1965/66 - 11th place 1964/65 - 12th place 1963/64 - 5th place

VfB Stuttgart 1893
Official club site with news, roster, and stadium information. [English/Deutsch]


Regional: Europe: Germany: States: Baden-Württemberg: Localities: Stuttgart






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