2016–17 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart
2016–17 season
Chairman	Bernd Wahler
Manager	Hannes Wolf
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
2. Bundesliga	Champions
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Simon Terodde (25); All: Simon Terodde (25)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 08 April 2017.

The 2016–17 VfB Stuttgart season is the 124th season and the first season since being relegated from the Bundesliga during the 2015–16 season. This is the first time in 41 years that Stuttgart were relegated.

Background

Stuttgart were relegated after finishing in 17th place in the Bundesliga.^[1] They were sent down after a 3–1 loss to VfL Wolfsburg.^[2] This is their first relegation since 1975.^[2] Jürgen Kramny was demoted to head coach of the reserve team.^[3] He was replaced by Jos Luhukay.^[4] They also sacked Robin Dutt, who had been the sporting director.^[4]

2. Bundesliga

Review

Stuttgart began the 2016–17 league season with a 2–1 win against FC St. Pauli.^[5] Alexandru Maxim and Christian Gentner scored for Stuttgart and Aziz Bouhaddouz scored for St. Pauli.^[6] This was their first match in the second division in 39 years.^[5]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Stuttgart (C, P)	34	21	6	7	63	37	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	9	6	50	36	+14	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Union Berlin	34	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	6	7	63	37	+26	69	13	2	2	40	15	+25	8	4	5	23	22	+1

Last updated: 22 May 2017.
Source: 1

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	5	7	5	8	5	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2017. Source: bundesliga.de
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 1	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Stuttgart
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hosogai 17' Maxim 67' Gentner 87' Klein 90'	[1] Report] (in German)	Bouhaddouz 28' Kalla 30' Nehrig 71' Ziereis 78' Buballa 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodzek 5' Bellinghausen 38' Bebou 53' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Sama 5' Maxim 49' Werner 68' Šunjić 88'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 37,137 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

26 August 2016 (2016-08-26) 3	SV Sandhausen	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Knipping 41' Kosecki 64' Wooten 77'	Report (in German)	Terodde 39' Werner 47' Klein 62' Gentner 65' Insúa 68'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 13,083 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)

9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) 4	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šunjić 72' Klein 89'	Report (in German)	Halloran 39' Verhoek 69' Skarke 76'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 52,200 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Bad Lauterberg)

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Görtler 43' Ziegler 54' Zoua 73'	Report (in German)	Terodde 52'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 45,761 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 6	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šunjić 18' Maxim 63' Großkreutz 64', 85'	Report (in German)	Valsvik 27' Hernández 42' Decarli 50'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 36,800 Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) 7	VfL Bochum	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eisfeld 1' Mlapa 22' Wurtz 79'	Report (in German)	Maxim 49' Hosogai 52' Gentner 57' Terodde 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,014 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

3 October 2016 (2016-10-03) 8	VfB Stuttgart	4–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mané 2', 4' Pavard 24' Großkreutz 76' Gentner 80'	Report (in German)	Dursun 37' Rapp 74'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,150 Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 9	Dynamo Dresden	5–0	VfB Stuttgart	Dresden
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hartmann 4' Kutschke 25' 38' Lambertz 42' Gogia 44', 74' Testroet 76'	Report (in German)	Özcan 66'	Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 29,906 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

21 October 2016 (2016-10-21) 10	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	1860 Munich	Stuttgart
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Özcan 6' Mané 15' Terodde 18' Gentner 21' Zimmermann 34' Großkreutz 43' Šunjić 49' Maxim 90'	Report (in German)	Ayçiçek 35' Rodnei 43' Wittek 56' Neuhaus 60' Mauersberger 64'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,100 Referee: Arne Aarnink (Nordhorn)

31 October 2016 (2016-10-31) 11	Karlsruher SC	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Karlsruhe
13:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Kempe 10' Jordi 48' Stoppelkamp 51' Prömel 68' Torres 90'	Report (in German)	Asano 10' Terodde 46' Großkreutz 62' Maxim 86'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 27,930 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 12	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Stuttgart
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 10', 70', 90' Großkreutz 44'	Report (in German)	Voglsammer 64' Klos 85'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,160 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20) 13	Union Berlin	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Daube 31' Skrzybski 60' Fürstner 87'	Report (in German)	Terodde 3' Kamiński 38'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

28 November 2016 (2016-11-28) 14	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 3', 33' Pavard 35' Insúa 86' Asano 90'	Report (in German)	Möhwald 80' Hovland 84'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 27,441 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 15	Erzgebirge Aue	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Aue
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nazarov 18' Adler 43' Pepić 75'	Report (in German)	Baumgartl 13' Gentner 24' Zimmermann 40' Mané 41', 67', 76'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 12' Großkreutz 39' Pavard 76' Baumgartl 90'	Report (in German)	Harnik 26' Sorg 41' Klaus 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 17	Würzburger Kickers	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Würzburg
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benatelli 27' Schoppenhauer 40' Daghfous 79'	Report (in German)	Šunjić 74'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 12,475 Referee: Lasse Koslowski (Berlin)

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29) 18	FC St. Pauli	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	St. Pauli
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nehrig 72' Buballa 76' Neudecker 90'	Report (in German)	Gentner 11' Mané 84'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Schröder (Hannover)

6 February 2017 (2017-02-06) 19	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Stuttgart
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 13' Green 20'	Report (in German)	Bebou 22' Bodzek 34' Madlung 62'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,200 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 20	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Stuttgart
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 46' (pen.), 85', 90' Großkreutz 73'	Report (in German)	Paqarada 45' Sukuta-Pasu 61' Klingmann 67' Knipping 81'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) 21	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Heidenheim
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schnatterer 42' Wahl 67' Wittek 74' Philp 82'	Report (in German)	Gentner 19', 69' Brekalo 71'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) 22	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stuttgart
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baumgartl 25' Terodde 58' Özcan 87'	Report (in German)	Halfar 40' Gaus 56'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 52,100 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

6 March 2017 (2017-03-06) 23	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Braunschweig
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reichel 42' (pen.) Moll 64'	Report (in German)	Mané 3' Kamiński 35' 41'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ginczek 70' Mané 84'	Report (in German)	Losilla 10' Mlapal 18' Stiepermann 22' Dawidowicz 32' Canouse 72'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes (Thür)

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Fürth
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berisha 9' Hofmann 21' Dursun 86'	Report (in German)	Ginczek 26' Anto Grgić 60' Terodde 90', 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 12,660 Referee: Alexander Sather (Grimma)

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 26	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	Dynamo Dresden	Stuttgart
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Langerak 24' Terodde 28' 29', 90' (pen.) Insúa 75'	Report (in German)	Kutschke 4', 22', 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	1860 Munich	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lacazette 23' Amilton 79' Bülow 90'	Report (in German)	Ofori 45' Kamiński 90'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 47,100 Referee: Patrick Alt (Heusweiler)

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 28	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Stuttgart
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Asano 27', 61'	Report (in German)	Krebs 14' Kempe 74'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

17 April 2017 (2017-04-17) 29	Arminia Bielefeld	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Bielefeld
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hemlein 15' Yabo 73'	Report (in German)	Maxim 51' Terodde 54', 89' Baumgartl 58' Pavard 61'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 22,034 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hannover)

24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) 30	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Union Berlin	Stuttgart
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maxim 29' Terodde 33' Pavard 35' Ginczek 68'	Report (in German)	Trimmel 29' Fürstner 42' Polter 57'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 31	1. FC Nürnberg	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Nürnberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Behrens 25' Mühl 27' Teuchert 33' Bulthuis 90+3'	Report (in German)	Terodde 47' (pen.) Ginczek 50' Zimmermann 65' Klein 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 44,089 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 32	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Stuttgart
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Terodde 14' (pen.), 69' Zimmermann 66' Maxim 75'	Report (in German)	Fandrich 54'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	Hannover 96	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hannover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 40' Prib 53' Sané 87' Harnik 89'	Report (in German)		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	Würzburger Kickers	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zimmermann 32' Terodde 59', 80' Ginczek 89'	Report (in German)	Schröck 66', 78' Schoppenhauer 79'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal review

In the first round draw, Stuttgart were drawn against FC 08 Homburg.^[7]

DFB-Pokal fixtures and results

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 1	FC 08 Homburg	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Homburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in German)	Zimmermann 24' Gentner 53' Özcan 58' Tashchy 87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Johnson 32' Stindl 62', 84'	Report (in German)	Insúa 40'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,452 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Player information

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
DF	Marcin Kamiński	24	Yes	Lech Poznań	Transfers	Summer	2019	Free	^[8]

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
MF	Timo Werner	20	Yes	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€10M	^[9]
MF	Martin Harnik	29	Yes	Hannover 96	End of contract	Summer	—	^[10]
MF	Daniel Schwaab	27	Yes	PSV	End of contract	Summer	—	^[10]
DF	Georg Niedermeier	30	Yes	SC Freiburg	End of contract	Summer	—	^[10]
MF	Serey Die	31	No	Basel	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[11]

References

^ "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Arnold und Schürrle schießen Stuttgart in die 2. Liga" (in German). kicker. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Chase, Jefferson (15 May 2016). "Bundesliga: Stuttgart demote Kramny, Schalke sign Naldo". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Harding, Jonathan (17 May 2016). "Bundesliga: Stuttgart hire Jos Luhukay as head coach, sack Robin Dutt". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Gentner grätscht Stuttgart zum Auftaktsieg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "Stuttgart vs. St. Pauli 2 - 1". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^ "1. Runde: Jena gegen Bayern, Trier vs. BVB" (in German). kicker. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "Neuer Innenverteidiger: VfB macht Kaminski-Deal perfekt". kicker (in German). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ Moissidis, George (11 June 2016). "Werner wechselt für zehn Millionen Euro nach Leipzig". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kein Vertrag für Harnik, Schwaab und Niedermeier". kicker (in German). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ "Serey Dié moves to FC Basel". Club website. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[1] "1. Bundesliga - Spieltag / Tabelle". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[Arnold_und_Schürrle_schießen_Stuttgart_in_die_2._Liga-2] "Arnold und Schürrle schießen Stuttgart in die 2. Liga" (in German). kicker. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[3] Chase, Jefferson (15 May 2016). "Bundesliga: Stuttgart demote Kramny, Schalke sign Naldo". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[Bundesliga:_Stuttgart_hire_Jos_Luhukay_as_head_coach,_sack_Robin_Dutt-4] Harding, Jonathan (17 May 2016). "Bundesliga: Stuttgart hire Jos Luhukay as head coach, sack Robin Dutt". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[kicker–md1-5] "Gentner grätscht Stuttgart zum Auftaktsieg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[md1-6] "Stuttgart vs. St. Pauli 2 - 1". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

[7] "1. Runde: Jena gegen Bayern, Trier vs. BVB" (in German). kicker. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[8] "Neuer Innenverteidiger: VfB macht Kaminski-Deal perfekt". kicker (in German). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[9] Moissidis, George (11 June 2016). "Werner wechselt für zehn Millionen Euro nach Leipzig". kicker (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2016.

[Kein_Vertrag_für_Harnik,_Schwaab_und_Niedermeier-10] "Kein Vertrag für Harnik, Schwaab und Niedermeier". kicker (in German). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[11] "Serey Dié moves to FC Basel". Club website. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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