2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2011–12 season
Manager Bruno Labbadia
Bundesliga 6th
DFB-Pokal Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Martin Harnik (17)
All: Martin Harnik (17)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season was the 119th season in the club's football history. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, in which they finished 6th as well as competing in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. It was Stuttgart's 35th consecutive season in the league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

Season summary

Stuttgart finished 6th in Bundesliga, and as a result, qualified for the Europa League. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal by Bayern Munich.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Sven Ulreich
2 Japan DF Gōtoku Sakai[notes 1] (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
3 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro
4 Denmark MF William Kvist
5 Germany DF Serdar Tasci (captain)
6 Germany DF Georg Niedermeier
7 Austria MF Martin Harnik[notes 2]
8 Serbia MF Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 3]
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Vedad Ibišević
11 France FW Johan Audel
13 Germany MF Timo Gebhart
14 Mexico DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez
15 Ivory Coast DF Arthur Boka
16 Guinea MF Ibrahima Traoré[notes 4]
17 France DF Matthieu Delpierre
No. Position Player
18 Germany FW Cacau[notes 5]
20 Germany MF Christian Gentner
21 Netherlands DF Khalid Boulahrouz
22 Germany GK Marc Ziegler
23 Germany FW Julian Schieber
24 Guinea MF Mamadou Bah
26 Austria MF Raphael Holzhauser
27 Germany DF Stefano Celozzi
28 Hungary MF Tamás Hajnal
30 Germany DF Antonio Rüdiger
31 Japan FW Shinji Okazaki
34 Germany DF Patrick Bauer
35 Germany GK André Weis
36 Germany MF Christoph Hemlein

Left club during season

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

No. Position Player
29 Russia FW Pavel Pogrebnyak (to Fulham)
30 Germany GK Bernd Leno (to Bayer Leverkusen)
No. Position Player
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Ermin Bičakčić (to Eintracht Braunschweig)

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 44.12
DFB-Pokal 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 75.00
Total 38 18 8 12 70 50 +20 47.37

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 9 8 49 24 +25 60 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 53 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 41 45 −4 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 5 16 47 60 −13 44
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

DFB-Pokal

Sources

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Notes

  1. Sakai was born in New York City, New York, United States, but was raised in Japan from the age of 2 and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Japan in September 2012.
  2. Harnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.
  3. Kuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.
  4. Traoré was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally and made his international debut for Guinea in August 2010.
  5. Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but acquired German citizenship through residency in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.