2002–03 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2002–03 season
Chairman	Manfred Haas
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	2nd
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Intertoto Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	Kevin Kurányi (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

VfB Stuttgart reached the UEFA Champions League for the first time in more than ten years, following a surprising runner-up position in Bundesliga. Coach Felix Magath was hailed as the man behind the success, in his second full season at the helm, managing to unite a squad with lesser-known players to form a side strong enough to overhaul reigning champions Borussia Dortmund for the automatic qualification spot. It was also the breakthrough season of exciting young talents such as Alexander Hleb, Timo Hildebrand and Kevin Kurányi.

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  GER Timo Hildebrand 2 DF  GER Andreas Hinkel 3 DF  GER Timo Wenzel 4 DF  ANG Rui Marques 5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon 6 DF  POR Fernando Meira 7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner 8 MF  GER Jens Todt 9 FW  ROU Ionel Ganea 10 MF  BUL Krasimir Balakov 11 FW  GRE Ioannis Amanatidis 12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber 13 MF  GER Christian Tiffert 14 MF  GER Thomas Schneider 15 MF  BLR Alexander Hleb

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  RSA Bradley Carnell 17 DF  GER Jochen Seitz 18 FW  GER Sean Dundee[notes 1] 19 MF  GER Horst Heldt 20 DF  CRO Zvonimir Soldo 21 GK  GER Thomas Ernst 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 2] 24 MF  GER Benjamin Adrion 25 MF  GER Michael Mutzel 26 MF  GER Robert Vujević 29 DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr 31 GK  SUI Diego Benaglio 33 FW  GER Steffen Handschuh 43 DF  GER Steffen Kocholl 44 DF  GER Michael Rundio

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 19 FW  BRA Adhemar (to São Caetano)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  NGA Stephen Famewo (demoted to VfB Stuttgart II)

Results

Bundesliga

• Stuttgart-Kaiserslautern 1–1
• 1–0 Sean Dundee (45)
• 1–1 Miroslav Klose (52)
• Hertha BSC-Stuttgart 1–1
• 0–1 Sean Dundee (14)
• 1–1 Arne Friedrich (85)
• Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 3–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller (39)
• 2–0 Leandro (66)
• 2–1 Sean Dundee (76)
• 3–1 Ewerthon (88)
• Stuttgart-Schalke 04 1–1
• 1–0 Marcelo Bordon (34)
• 1–1 Tomasz Hajto (86 pen)
• Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 1–1
• 1–0 Markus Münch (50)
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (71)
• Stuttgart-Arminia Bielefeld 3–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (5)
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi (64)
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (69)
• Hamburg-Stuttgart 3–2
• 0–1 Jochen Seitz (9)
• 1–1 Bernardo Romeo (14)
• 2–1 Sergej Barbarez (22)
• 2–2 Alexander Hleb (25)
• 3–2 Bernardo Romeo (86)
• Stuttgart-1860 Munich 4–1
• 0–1 Markus Schroth (23)
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (46)
• 2–1 Kevin Kurányi (48)
• 3–1 Ioan Ganea (50)
• 4–1 Ioan Ganea [90)
• Nürnberg-Stuttgart 1–2
• 1–0 David Jarolím (45)
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (80)
• 1–2 Ioannis Amanatidis (85)
• Stuttgart-Energie Cottbus 0–0
• Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner (19)
• Stuttgart-Bochum 3–2
• 0–1 Thomas Christiansen (68)
• 1–1 Ioan Ganea (74 pen)
• 1–2 Sebastian Schindzielorz (84)
• 2–2 Ioan Ganea (86)
• 3–2 Ioan Ganea (90)
• Hansa Rostock-Stuttgart 1–1
• 1–0 Rade Priča (4)
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (46)
• Stuttgart-Hannover 3–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (35)
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb (54)
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (73)
• Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 3–1
• 1–0 Ailton (26)
• 1–1 Kevin Kurányi (55)
• 2–1 Mladen Krstajić (80)
• 3–1 Ailton (89 pen)
• Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 0–3
• 0–1 Alexander Zickler (28)
• 0–2 Roque Santa Cruz (33)
• 0–3 Roque Santa Cruz (68)
• Wolfsburg-Stuttgart 1–2
• 0–1 Thomas Schneider (35)
• 0–2 Fernando Meira (55)
• 1–2 Tomislav Marić (76 pen)
• Kaiserslautern-Stuttgart 1–2
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (29)
• 1–1 Vratislav Lokvenc (34)
• 1–2 Krassimir Balakov (69)
• Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 3–1
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (28)
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb (68)
• 2–1 Marcelinho (80)
• 3–1 Ioan Ganea (90)
• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo (75)
• Schalke 04-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Émile Mpenza (3)
• 2–0 Tomasz Hajto (45)
• Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 4–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (9)
• 2–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (23)
• 3–0 Ioan Ganea (87)
• 4–0 Kevin Kurányi (88)
• Arminia Bielefeld-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner (13)
• Stuttgart-Hamburg 1–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (20)
• 1–1 Mehdi Mahdavikia (43)
• 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Marcelo Bordon (41)
• Stuttgart-Nürnberg 0–2
• 0–1 David Jarolím (28)
• 0–2 Junior (88)
• Energie Cottbus-Stuttgart 2–3
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner (2)
• 1–1 Robert Vagner (7)
• 1–2 Horst Heldt (75)
• 2–2 Lars Jungnickel (84)
• 2–3 Ioan Ganea (90)
• Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 3–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (9)
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb (17)
• 3–0 Ioan Ganea (50)
• Bochum-Stuttgart 3–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (25)
• 1–1 Vahid Hashemian (40)
• 2–1 Vahid Hashemian (66)
• 3–1 Thomas Christiansen (68)
• Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 1–1
• 1–0 Silvio Meißner (28)
• 1–1 Delano Hill (59)
• Hannover-Stuttgart 1–2
• 0–1 Sean Dundee (19)
• 0–2 Sean Dundee (37)
• 1–2 Jiří Kaufman (85)
• Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 0–1
• 0–1 Rui Marques (50 og)
• Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Giovane Élber (46)
• 2–0 Giovane Élber (76)
• 2–1 Sean Dundee (83)
• Stuttgart-Wolfsburg 2–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi (12)
• 2–0 Krassimir Balakov (24 pen)

Top scorers

• Kevin Kurányi 15
• Ioan Ganea 9
• Sean Dundee 6
• Alexander Hleb 4

UEFA Cup

1st round

• Stuttgart-Ventspils 4–1
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (22)
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi (33)
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi (40)
• 4–0 Alexander Hleb (60 pen)
• 4–1 Vits Rimkus (65)
• Ventspils-Stuttgart 1–4
• 1–0 Yevgeni Landyrev (16)
• 1–1 Christian Tiffert (23)
• 1–2 Ioan Ganea (52)
• 1–3 Ioannis Amanatidis (87)
• 1–4 Christian Tiffert (90)

2nd round

• Ferencváros-Stuttgart 0–0
• Stuttgart-Ferencváros 2–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis (65)
• 2–0 Fernando Meira (90 pen)

3rd round

• Club Brugge-Stuttgart 1–2
• 1–0 Peter van der Heyden (42)
• 1–1 Krassimir Balakov (71)
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi (89)
• Stuttgart-Club Brugge 1–0
• 1–0 Alexander Hleb (90)

Last 16

• Celtic-Stuttgart 3–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi (27)
• 1–1 Paul Lambert (36)
• 2–1 Shaun Maloney (45)
• 3–1 Stilian Petrov (68)
• Stuttgart-Celtic 3–2
• 0–1 Alan Thompson (12)
• 0–2 Chris Sutton (14)
• 1–2 Christian Tiffert (37)
• 2–2 Alexander Hleb (75)
• 3–2 Michael Mutzel (87)

Sources

• Soccerbase

Notes

1. Dundee was born in Durban, South Africa, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship and represented Germany at B level.
2. Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.

References

1. "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2002/03".