2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2011–12 season
ManagerBruno Labbadia
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Martin Harnik (17)
All: Martin Harnik (17)

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Sven Ulreich
2 DF Japan JPN Gōtoku Sakai[notes 1] (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
3 DF Italy ITA Cristian Molinaro
4 MF Denmark DEN William Kvist
5 DF Germany GER Serdar Tasci (captain)
6 DF Germany GER Georg Niedermeier
7 MF Austria AUT Martin Harnik[notes 2]
8 MF Serbia SRB Zdravko Kuzmanović[notes 3]
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević
11 FW France FRA Johan Audel
13 MF Germany GER Timo Gebhart
14 DF Mexico MEX Francisco Javier Rodríguez
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Arthur Boka
16 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Traoré[notes 4]
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Germany GER Cacau[notes 5]
20 MF Germany GER Christian Gentner
21 DF Netherlands NED Khalid Boulahrouz
22 GK Germany GER Marc Ziegler
23 FW Germany GER Julian Schieber
24 MF Guinea GUI Mamadou Bah
26 MF Austria AUT Raphael Holzhauser
27 DF Germany GER Stefano Celozzi
28 MF Hungary HUN Tamás Hajnal
30 DF Germany GER Antonio Rüdiger
31 FW Japan JPN Shinji Okazaki
34 DF Germany GER Patrick Bauer
35 GK Germany GER André Weis
36 MF Germany GER 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. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Russia RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak (to Fulham)
30 GK Germany GER Bernd Leno (to Bayer Leverkusen)
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ermin Bičakčić (to Eintracht Braunschweig)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 6 August 2011 5 May 2012 Matchday 1 8th 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 044.12
DFB-Pokal 29 July 2011 8 February 2012 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 075.00
Total 38 18 8 12 70 50 +20 047.37

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[a]
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 53 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
7 Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 41 45 −4 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
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. ^ a b c 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

29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) First round Wehen Wiesbaden 1–2 VfB Stuttgart Wiesbaden
20:30 CEST Janjić 28' (pen.) Report 6' Bičakčić
50' Kuzmanović		 Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Robert Hartmann
26 October 2011 (2011-10-26) Second round VfB Stuttgart 3–0 FSV Frankfurt Stuttgart
20:30 CEST Hemlein 4'
Cacau 38'
Traoré 89'		 Report Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 18,270
Referee: Christian Leicher
21 December 2011 (2011-12-21) Round of 16 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Hamburger SV Stuttgart
20:30 CET Cacau 23', 62' Report 54' (o.g.) Kvist Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 38,600
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) Quarter-finals VfB Stuttgart 0–2 Bayern Munich Stuttgart
20:30 CET Report 30' Ribéry
46' Gómez		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Florian Meyer

Sources

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VfB Stuttgart - 2011/12". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

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.