2020–21 VfB Stuttgart season
2020–21 season | ||||
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President | Claus Vogt | |||
Coach | Pellegrino Matarazzo | |||
Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Arena | |||
Bundesliga | 9th | |||
DFB-Pokal | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Saša Kalajdžić (16) All: Saša Kalajdžić (17) | |||
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The 2020–21 season was the 128th season in the existence of VfB Stuttgart and the club's first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 1 February 2021[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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3 | MF | Wataru Endo | Sint-Truiden | €1,700,000 | 1 July 2020 | [2] |
15 | DF | Pascal Stenzel | SC Freiburg | €1,300,000 | [3] | |
5 | DF | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Arsenal | Loan | 16 July 2020 | [4] |
1 | GK | Gregor Kobel | TSG Hoffenheim | €4,000,000 | 28 July 2020 | [5] |
2 | DF | Waldemar Anton | Hannover 96 | €4,000,000 | [6] | |
29 | FW | Momo Cissé | Le Havre B | Free | 17 August 2020 | |
32 | MF | Naouirou Ahamada | Juventus U23 | Loan | 5 October 2020 | [7] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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11 | FW | Anastasios Donis | Stade de Reims | €4,000,000 | 1 July 2020 | [8] |
19 | FW | Chadrac Akolo | Amiens SC | €3,500,000 | [9] | |
27 | FW | Mario Gómez | Retired | [10] | ||
MF | Nikolas Nartey | SV Sandhausen | Loan | 31 July 2020 | [11] | |
29 | MF | David Kopacz | Würzburger Kickers | Undisclosed | [12] | |
7 | DF | Pablo Maffeo | SD Huesca | Loan | 8 September 2020 | [13] |
17 | DF | Maxime Awoudja | Türkgücü München | Loan | 31 January 2021 | [14] |
39 | DF | Ailton | FC Midtjylland | Free | 1 February 2021 | [15] |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]Win Draw Loss
8 August 2020 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 6–1 | SV Sandhausen | Stuttgart, Germany |
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion |
14 August 2020 Friendly | Marseille | Cancelled | VfB Stuttgart | Fos-sur-mer, France |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Parsemain |
19 August 2020 Friendly | Mainz 05 | Cancelled | VfB Stuttgart | Mainz, Germany |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg |
22 August 2020 Friendly | Liverpool | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Langau, Austria |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Sportplatz Langau |
26 August 2020 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 | Hamburger SV | Kufstein, Austria |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Kufstein Arena |
29 August 2020 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Arminia Bielefeld | Kufstein, Austria |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Kufstein Arena |
5 September 2020 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 4–2 | Strasbourg | Stuttgart, Germany |
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion |
8 October 2020 Friendly | SC Freiburg | 0–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Freiburg, Germany |
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion |
13 November 2020 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Stuttgart, Germany |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Petersen |
25 March 2021 Friendly | VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | Würzburger Kickers | Stuttgart, Germany |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Schmidt |
Competitions
[edit]Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Bundesliga | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 35.29 |
DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 3 February 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 66.67 |
Total | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 37.84 |
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a] |
8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 | |
9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | |
10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 | |
11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 43 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[16]
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
Source: DFB
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[17]
19 September 2020 1 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–3 | SC Freiburg | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
26 September 2020 2 | Mainz 05 | 1–4 | VfB Stuttgart | Mainz |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
3 October 2020 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
17 October 2020 4 | Hertha BSC | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Berlin |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Harm Osmers |
23 October 2020 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Stuttgart |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
30 October 2020 6 | Schalke 04 | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Gelsenkirchen |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
7 November 2020 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Stuttgart |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
21 November 2020 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–3 | VfB Stuttgart | Sinsheim |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
28 November 2020 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Bayern Munich | Stuttgart |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
6 December 2020 10 | Werder Bremen | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Bremen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
12 December 2020 11 | Borussia Dortmund | 1–5 | VfB Stuttgart | Dortmund |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
15 December 2020 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Union Berlin | Stuttgart |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
20 December 2020 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Wolfsburg |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner |
2 January 2021 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | RB Leipzig | Stuttgart |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
10 January 2021 15 | FC Augsburg | 1–4 | VfB Stuttgart | Augsburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
16 January 2021 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
20 January 2021 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 3–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Bielefeld |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
23 January 2021 18 | SC Freiburg | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Freiburg |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
29 January 2021 19 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | Mainz 05 | Stuttgart |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Willenborg |
6 February 2021 20 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Leverkusen |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski |
13 February 2021 21 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | Hertha BSC | Stuttgart |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Harm Osmers |
20 February 2021 22 | 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Cologne |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
27 February 2021 23 | VfB Stuttgart | 5–1 | Schalke 04 | Stuttgart |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
6 March 2021 24 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Frankfurt |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
14 March 2021 25 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Stuttgart |
18:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christian Dingert |
20 March 2021 26 | Bayern Munich | 4–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Munich |
15:30 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Schlager |
4 April 2021 27 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
10 April 2021 28 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Stuttgart |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Schröder |
17 April 2021 29 | Union Berlin | 2–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Berlin |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Cortus |
21 April 2021 30 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
25 April 2021 31 | RB Leipzig | 2–0 | VfB Stuttgart | Leipzig |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
7 May 2021 32 | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | FC Augsburg | Stuttgart |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
15 May 2021 33 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Mönchengladbach |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
22 May 2021 34 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–2 | Arminia Bielefeld | Stuttgart |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
DFB-Pokal
[edit]13 September 2020 First round | Hansa Rostock | 0–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Rostock |
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer |
23 December 2020 Second round | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | SC Freiburg | Stuttgart |
18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych |
3 February 2021 Round of 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stuttgart |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | SUI | Gregor Kobel | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 35 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
26 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
35 | DF | POL | Marcin Kamiński | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
36 | DF | GER | Luca Mack | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endo | 36 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro | 28 | 4 | 23+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi | 26 | 4 | 10+13 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | ||||
11 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
16 | MF | GER | Atakan Karazor | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
19 | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov | 16 | 0 | 0+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||
20 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster | 27 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | ||||
21 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement | 19 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
31 | MF | ARG | Mateo Klimowicz | 27 | 1 | 12+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly | 34 | 2 | 17+14 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić | 36 | 17 | 23+10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | ||||
14 | FW | COD | Silas | 27 | 13 | 24+1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
18 | FW | GER | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González | 17 | 6 | 10+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||
29 | FW | FRA | Momo Cissé | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | FW | GER | Roberto Massimo | 20 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
44 | MF | NED | Mohamed Sankoh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
17 | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
39 | DF | BRA | Ailton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | Saša Kalajdžić | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
2 | FW | 14 | Silas | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
3 | FW | 22 | Nicolás González | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | MF | 8 | Gonzalo Castro | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
MF | 10 | Daniel Didavi | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
6 | MF | 3 | Wataru Endo | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
MF | 20 | Philipp Förster | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
8 | DF | 4 | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
FW | 7 | Tanguy Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
10 | MF | 21 | Philipp Klement | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 23 | Orel Mangala | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 31 | Mateo Klimowicz | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 56 | 3 | 59 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021
References
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