2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2003–04 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	4th
Champions League	Round of 16
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Kevin Kurányi (11)
Home colours Away colours

VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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  CRO Boris Živković[notes 1] 4 DF  ANG Rui Marques 5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon 6 DF  POR Fernando Meira 7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner 8 MF  CRO Jurica Vranješ 9 FW  SUI Marco Streller 11 MF  SUI Hakan Yakin 12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber 13 MF  GER Christian Tiffert 14 MF  ARG Emanuel Centurión 15 MF  BLR Alexander Hleb 16 MF  GER Horst Heldt 18 FW  BRA Cacau[notes 2]

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  HUN Imre Szabics 20 DF  CRO Zvonimir Soldo 21 DF  GER Philipp Lahm (on loan from Bayern Munich) 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 3] 23 GK  GER Dirk Heinen 25 MF  GER Michael Mutzel 28 DF  GER Michael Fink 29 DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr 30 MF  AUT Denis Berger 31 GK  SUI Diego Benaglio 33 DF  CMR Serge Branco 35 DF  GER Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II) 37 MF  BUL Ivan Stoyanov 38 MF  GER Tobias Rathgeb 45 FW  GER Mario Gómez

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Timo Wenzel (to Kaiserslautern) 11 FW  GRE Ioannis Amanatidis (to Eintracht Frankfurt)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  GER Michael Rundio (to Greuther Fürth)

Results

Bundesliga

• Hansa Rostock-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics 75'
• 0–2 Imre Szabics 76'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 0–0
• Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Cacau 33'
• VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0
• 1–0 Cacau 8'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 14'
• Schalke 04-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
• VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 67'
• 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–3
• 0–1 Zvonimir Soldo 12'
• 0–2 Fernando Meira 18' (pen.)
• 0–3 Alexander Hleb 50'
• VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Köln 0–0
• Werder Bremen-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
• 0–1 Imre Szabics 31'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi 34'
• 1–2 Angelos Charisteas 59'
• 1–3 Christian Tiffert 90'
• VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg 1–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis 73'
• VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg 4–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 34'
• 1–1 Soumaila Coulibaly 45' (pen.)
• 2–1 Christian Tiffert 62'
• 3–1 Alexander Hleb 64'
• 4–1 Kevin Kurányi 66'
• Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics 8'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi 69'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hannover 96 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics 29'
• 2–0 Silvio Meißner 78'
• 2–1 Thomas Brdarić 82'
• 3–1 Silvio Meißner 90'
• VfL Bochum-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
• VfB Stuttgart-Hamburger SV 0–0
• Bayern Munich-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Roy Makaay 74'
• VfB Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 2–3
• 0–1 Carsten Ramelow 23'
• 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov 44'
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi 56'
• 1–3 Dimitar Berbatov 62'
• 2–3 Zvonimir Soldo 68'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–0
• 1–0 Alexander Hleb 59'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi 75'
• Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Fredi Bobic 87'
• VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics 5'
• 1–1 Václav Svěrkoš 85'
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 José Dominguez 4'
• VfB Stuttgart-Schalke 04 0–0
• Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Alexander Hleb 6'
• 0–2 Horst Heldt 81' (pen.)
• VfB Stuttgart-1860 München 2–0
• 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo 31'
• 2–0 Marco Streller 34'
• 1. FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart 2–2
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner 28'
• 1–1 Florian Kringe 45'
• 2–1 Markus Feulner 71'
• 2–2 Matthias Scherz 72' (o.g.)
• VfB Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–4
• 1–0 Marcelo Bordon 3'
• 1–1 Ivan Klasnić 14'
• 2–1 Marcelo Bordon 25'
• 2–2 Ivan Klasnić 35'
• 2–3 Aílton 43'
• 3–3 Marcelo Bordon 50'
• 4–3 Marco Streller 69'
• 4–4 Aílton 70'
• SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 1–5
• 0–1 Heiko Gerber 6'
• 0–2 Marco Streller 26'
• 1–2 Martin Petrov 30'
• 1–3 Philipp Lahm 43'
• 1–4 Kevin Kurányi 75'
• 1–5 Imre Szabics 86'
• SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi 10'
• VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 45'
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb 48'
• 3–0 Marcelo Bordon 79'
• 3–1 Alexander Schur 84'
• Hannover 96-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner 10'
• VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1–1
• 1–0 Cacau 33'
• 1–1 Marcelo Bordon 59' (o.g.)
• Hamburger SV-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Stefan Beinlich 38'
• 2–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma 47'
• 2–1 Cacau 86'
• VfB Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics 19'
• 2–0 Imre Szabics 53'
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi 55'
• 3–1 Claudio Pizarro 78'
• Bayer Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov 63'
• 2–0 Bernd Schneider 85'

Top scorers

• Kevin Kurányi 11
• Imre Szabics 9
• Alexander Hleb 5
• Cacau 4
• Zvonimir Soldo 4

Champions League

Group stage

• Rangers-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi 45'
• 1–1 Christian Nerlinger 74'
• 2–1 Peter Løvenkrands 79'
• VfB Stuttgart-Manchester United 2–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics 50'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi 51'
• 2–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 67' (pen.)
• VfB Stuttgart-Panathinaikos 2–0
• 1–0 Imre Szabics 12'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo 25'
• Panathinaikos-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
• 1–0 Michalis Konstantinou 60'
• 1–1 Takis Fyssas 68' (o.g.)
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi 75'
• 1–3 Andreas Hinkel 76'
• VfB Stuttgart-Rangers 1–0
• 1–0 Timo Wenzel 45'
• Manchester United-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 45'
• 2–0 Ryan Giggs 58'

Last 16

• Stuttgart-Chelsea 0–1
• 0–1 Fernando Meira 12' (o.g.)
• Chelsea-VfB Stuttgart 0–0

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SUI Diego Benaglio — GK  GER Julien Jourdan — GK  GER Milan Jurkovic — GK  BIH Adnan Masic — DF  GER Daniel Alabi — DF  GER Heiko Butscher — DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr — DF  GER Michael Fink — DF  GER Markus Husterer (from August) — DF  GER Steffen Kocholl — DF  GER Florian Lechner — DF  GER Marcel Schuon — MF  GER Marco Caligiuri — MF  AUT Denis Berger — MF  CMR Serge Branco — MF  GER Marco di Biccari — MF  GER Christopher Krause — MF  GER José Macias

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  RUS Yuri Mamaev — MF  GER Jens Rasiejewski — MF  GER Tobias Rathgeb — MF  GER Giuseppe Ricciardi — MF  GER Michael Rundio (from January) — MF  GER Zdravko Tuzlak — MF  GER Robert Vujević — MF  GER Christian Walter — FW  NGA Stephen Famewo — FW  GER Mario Gómez — FW  LTU Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January) — FW  GER Steffen Handschuh — FW  BLR Vyacheslav Hleb (to January) — FW  GER Felix Luz (to January) — FW  GER Gerrit Müller — FW  GER Gustav Schulz — FW  GER Tobias Weis

Sources

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com Archived 2005-04-26 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2003/04".

Notes

1. Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.
2. Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
3. 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.