2005–06 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2005-06 season
ManagerGiovanni Trapattoni
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jon Dahl Tomasson & Danijel Ljuboja (8)
All: Ljuboja (12)
Highest home attendance56,700
(vs. Eintracht Frankfurt,
22 April)
Lowest home attendance28,000
(vs. Mainz 05,
19 February)
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2006–07 →

The 2005–06 VfB Stuttgart season was 41st season in the Bundesliga. The club competed in Bundesliga, UEFA CUP, and the DFB Cup. In the Bundesliga, Stuttgart ended up in ninth place. They were knocked out by Middlesbrough in the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup.

Giovanni Trapattoni came to the club in June 2005, replacing Matthias Sammer, who left the club after one season.[1]

The summer transfer window saw several changes to the squad. Important first-team players such as Kevin Kurányi, Alexander Hleb, and Philipp Lahm were replaced with Jon Dahl Tomasson, Thomas Hitzlsperger, and Ludovic Magnin.

During Trapattoni's 20 games at the helm, Stuttgart produced poor results (5 wins, 12 draws, and 3 losses). Denmark internationals Jon Dahl Tomasson and Jesper Grønkjær openly criticised their coach, claiming he was afraid to attack. Trapattoni immediately responded by dropping both players to the bench. With the atmosphere in the team worsening, he was sacked after just seven months, on 9 February 2006, reportedly for "not fulfilling the ambitions of the club".[2] He was replaced as manager by Armin Veh.[2] His first match was a 2–1 loss against Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 21 of the 2005–06 Bundesliga on 11 February 2006.[3] On 18 April 2006, his contract was extended until summer 2007.

First-team squad[]

Season squad[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Timo Hildebrand
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Hinkel
3 DF Austria AUT Martin Stranzl
5 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF Germany GER Daniel Bierofka
10 FW Denmark DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 DF Germany GER Heiko Gerber
13 MF Germany GER Christian Tiffert
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Croatia CRO Mario Carević
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau[notes 1]
20 MF Croatia CRO Zvonimir Soldo (captain)
21 DF Switzerland  SUI Ludovic Magnin
22 MF Denmark DEN Jesper Grønkjær
23 GK Germany GER Dirk Heinen
32 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez
38 FW Serbia SRB Danijel Ljuboja
40 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
8 MF Germany Daniel Bierofka Germany Bayer Leverkusen Summer 2005
10 FW Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson Italy AC Milan Summer 2005 CNN
11 MF Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger England Aston Villa Free Summer 2005 BBC
14 MF Croatia Mario Carević Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad Summer 2005 UEFA
21 DF Switzerland Ludovic Magnin Germany Werder Bremen Free Summer 2005 Sky Sports
22 MF Denmark Jesper Grønkjær Spain Atletico Madrid Summer 2005 Irish Examiner
38 FW Serbia Danijel Ljuboja France Paris Saint-Germain Summer 2005 UEFA

Out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
8 MF Croatia Jurica Vranješ Germany Werder Bremen Free Summer 2005 Sky Sports
10 MF Belarus Alexander Hleb England Arsenal Summer 2005 Guardian
19 FW Hungary Imre Szabics Germany Köln Summer 2005 UEFA
21 DF Germany Philipp Lahm Germany Bayern Munchen (Loan return) N/A Summer 2005 UEFA
22 FW Germany Kevin Kurányi Germany Schalke 04 Summer 2005 CNN
3 DF Austria Martin Stranzl Russia Spartak Moscow March 2006 CNN
4 DF Croatia Boris Živković Germany Köln (Loan) Winter 2006
9 FW Switzerland Marco Streller Germany Köln (Loan) Winter 2006
15 MF Brazil Élson Brazil Ponte Preta (Loan) Winter 2006
16 MF Germany Horst Heldt Retired Winter 2006

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Timo Hildebrand 31 0 31 0 0 0
23 GK Germany GER Dirk Heinen 3 0 3 0 0 0
41 GK Austria AUT Michael Langer 1 0 1 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Hinkel 26 0 24+2 0 0 0
3 DF Austria AUT Martin Stranzl 15 0 11+4 0 0 0
5 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel 26 0 24+2 0 0 0
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira 32 0 32 0 0 0
12 DF Germany GER Heiko Gerber 10 0 7+3 0 0 0
17 DF France FRA Mathieu Delpierre 29 0 29 0 0 0
21 DF Switzerland  SUI Ludovic Magnin 25 1 24+1 1 0 0
32 DF Germany GER Andreas Beck 5 0 5 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner 25 2 20+5 2 0 0
8 MF Germany GER Daniel Bierofka 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
11 MF Germany GER Thomas Hitzlsperger 26 2 24+2 2 0 0
13 MF Germany GER Christian Tiffert 28 3 25+3 3 0 0
14 MF Croatia CRO Mario Carević 6 0 1+5 0 0 0
20 MF Croatia CRO Zvonimir Soldo 31 0 31 0 0 0
22 MF Denmark DEN Jesper Grønkjær 25 0 16+9 0 0 0
40 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner 23 1 15+8 1 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Switzerland  SUI Marco Streller 7 1 3+4 1 0 0
10 FW Denmark DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson 26 8 25+1 8 0 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau 20 4 8+12 4 0 0
33 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez 30 6 7+23 6 0 0
38 FW Serbia SRB Danijel Ljuboja 26 8 23+3 8 0 0

Competitions[]

Bundesliga[]

Classification[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Borussia Dortmund 34 11 13 10 45 42 +3 46
8 1. FC Nürnberg 34 12 8 14 49 51 −2 44
9 VfB Stuttgart 34 9 16 9 37 39 −2 43
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 10 12 12 42 50 −8 42
11 Mainz 05 34 9 11 14 46 47 −1 38
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

6 August 2005 1 MSV Duisburg 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Schwarzwald-Stadion
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Ahanfouf 31'
 Report
Attendance: 28,443
Referee: Felix Brych
14 August 2005 2 VfB Stuttgart 2–3 Köln Mercedes-Benz Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
27 August 2005 3 Werder Bremen 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Weser-Stadion
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Tomasson 50'
 Attendance: 38,440
Referee: Herbert Fandel
10 September 2005 4 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Arminia Bielefeld Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tomasson 58'
 Report
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Babak Rafati
17 September 2005 5 Mainz 05 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Opel Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Noveski 77'
 Report
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
21 September 2005 6 VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Hamburger SV Mercedes-Benz Arena
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 34,000
Referee:
25 September 2005 7 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Kaiserslautern Mercedes-Benz Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tomasson 10'
 Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
2 October 2005 8 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Westfalenstadion
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 73,100
Referee: Florian Meyer
15 October 2005 9 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Jochen Drees
23 October 2005 10 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 VfB Stuttgart BayArena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Günter Perl
29 October 2005 11 VfB Stuttgart 3–3 Hertha BSC Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felix Brych
6 November 2005 12 Nürnberg 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Max-Morlock-Stadion
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Attendance: 25,860
Referee: Florian Meyer
20 November 2005 13 VfB Stuttgart 2–2 Hannover 96 Mercedes-Benz Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tomasson 11', 68'
 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Peter Sippel
27 November 2005 14 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Commerzbank-Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Babak Rafati
3 December 2005 15 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Bayern Munich Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Markus Merk
10 December 2005 16 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Volkswagen Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Attendance: 23,686
Referee: Herbert Fandel
17 December 2005 17 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Schalke 04 Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
28 January 2006 18 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 MSV Duisburg Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
4 February 2006 19 Köln 0–0 VfB Stuttgart RheinEnergieStadion
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Lutz Wagner
8 February 2006 20 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Werder Bremen Mercedes-Benz Arena
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
11 February 2006 21 Arminia Bielefeld 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Bielefelder Alm
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 17,728
Referee: Babak Rafati
19 February 2006 22 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Mainz 05 Mercedes-Benz Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Florian Meyer
26 February 2006 23 Hamburger SV 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Volksparkstadion
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Attendance: 51,821
Referee: Markus Merk
7 March 2006 24 Kaiserslautern 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Fritz-Walter-Stadion
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Altintop 15'
 Report
Attendance: 30,593
Referee:
11 March 2006 25 VfB Stuttgart 0–0 Borussia Dortmund Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Michael Weiner
18 March 2006 26 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Borussia-Park
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 45,552
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
25 March 2006 27 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Freier 30'
  • Berbatov 88'
 Attendance: 32,000
Referee:
1 April 2006 28 Hertha BSC 2–0 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Attendance: 51,436
Referee: Florian Meyer
8 April 2006 29 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 Nürnberg Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Tomasson 80'
 Report Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
16 April 2006 30 Hannover 96 3–3 VfB Stuttgart AWD-Arena
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 36,298
Referee: Felix Brych
22 April 2006 31 VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Attendance: 56,700
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
3 May 2006 32 Bayern Munich 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Allianz Arena
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner
6 May 2006 33 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg Mercedes-Benz Arena
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Peter Sippel
13 May 2006 34 Schalke 04 3–2 VfB Stuttgart Arena AufSchalke
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Attendance: 61,524
Referee: Peter Gagelmann

DFB-Pokal[]

Main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal

First round[]

1899 Hoffenheim3 – 4 (a.e.t.)VfB Stuttgart
13'
45'
120'		 report (in German) Meißner 37'
Tomasson 54'
Carević 100'
Cacau 117'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

Second round[]

Hansa Rostock3 – 2VfB Stuttgart
Schied 16'
Prica 28'
Arvidsson 41'		 report (in German) Hitzlsperger 3'
Ljuboja 82'
Ostseestadion, Rostock
Attendance: 13.000
Referee: (Biberbach)

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round[]

First leg[]

Stuttgart Germany2–0Slovenia Domžale
Tomasson 6'
Gentner 88'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Italy)

Second leg[]

Domžale Slovenia1–0Germany Stuttgart
Stevanović 16' Report
Referee: (Poland)

Stuttgart won 2–1 on aggregate.

Groups[]

Group G[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Romania Rapid București 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
3 Germany Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
4 Greece PAOK 4 1 0 3 6 5 +1 3
5 France Rennes 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA

All times CET

Rennes France0–2Germany Stuttgart
Report Tomasson 87'
Ljuboja 90' (p)
Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
Attendance: 22,847
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
Stuttgart Germany0–2Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Report Fernandinho 31'
Marica 88'
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
PAOK Greece1–2Germany Stuttgart
Karipidis 48' Report Ljuboja 85', 90+1' (p)
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: (Spain)
Stuttgart Germany2–1Romania Rapid București
Gómez 20', 37' Report Burdujan 80'
Attendance: 14,000

Round of 32[]

First leg[]

Stuttgart Germany1–2England Middlesbrough
Ljuboja 86' Report Hasselbaink 20'
Parnaby 46'
Attendance: 21,000

Second leg[]

Middlesbrough England0–1Germany Stuttgart
Report Tiffert 13'
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 24,018
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

2–2 on aggregate. Middlesbrough won on away goals.

References[]

  1. ^ "Trapattoni in Stuttgart: "Stolz, Trainer beim VfB zu sein"". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 June 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "VfB Stuttgart schmeißt Trapattoni hinaus". Die Welt (in German). 10 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ^ "VfB Stuttgart". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Germany - VfB Stuttgart 1893 - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.

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