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2005–06 VfB Stuttgart season

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.

VfB Stuttgart
2005–06 season
ManagerGiovanni Trapattoni
StadiumGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga9th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Danijel Ljuboja
(8 each)
All:
Danijel Ljuboja
(12 goals)
Highest home attendance56,700
(vs. Eintracht Frankfurt,
22 April)
Lowest home attendance28,000
(vs. Mainz 05,
19 February)

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

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

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

Appearances and goals

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

Competitions

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Bundesliga

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Main article: 2005–06 Bundesliga

League table

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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

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

DFB-Pokal

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Main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal
21 August 2005 First round 1899 Hoffenheim 3–4 (a.e.t.) VfB Stuttgart Sinsheim
14:30 Ollhoff   13'
Cescutti   45'
Örüm   120'		 report (in German) Meißner   37'
Tomasson   54'
Carević   100'
Cacau   117'		 Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
26 October 2005 Second round Hansa Rostock 3–2 VfB Stuttgart Rostock
19:30 Schied   16'
Prica   28'
Arvidsson   41'		 report (in German) Hitzlsperger   3'
Ljuboja   82'		 Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

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15 September 2005 First leg Stuttgart   2–0   Domžale Stuttgart
16:30 Tomasson   6'
Gentner   88'		 Report Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)
29 September 2005 Second leg Domžale   1–0
(1–2 agg.)		   Stuttgart Domžale
14:15 Stevanović   16' Report Stadium: Sports Park
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Rapid București 4 3 0 1 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Shakhtar Donetsk 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9
3   Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
4   PAOK 4 1 0 3 6 5 +1 3
5   Rennes 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
20 October 2005 1 Rennes   0–2   Stuttgart Rennes
18:15 Report Tomasson   87'
Ljuboja   90' (p)		 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 22,847
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
3 November 2005 2 Stuttgart   0–2   Shakhtar Donetsk Stuttgart
20:45 Report Fernandinho   31'
Marica   88'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
24 November 2005 3 PAOK   1–2   Stuttgart Thessaloniki
17:00 Karipidis   48' Report Ljuboja   85', 90+1' (p) Stadium: Toumba Stadium
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
14 December 2005 4 Stuttgart   2–1   Rapid București Stuttgart
20:45 Gómez   20', 37' Report Burdujan   80' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Knockout phase

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Round of 32
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15 February 2006 First leg Stuttgart   1–2   Middlesbrough Stuttgart
20:45 Ljuboja   86' Report Hasselbaink   20'
Parnaby   46'		 Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
23 February 2006 Second leg Middlesbrough   0–1
(2a–2 agg.)		   Stuttgart Middlesbrough
20:45 Report Tiffert   13' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,018
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

References

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  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

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  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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