Official Vfb Stuttgart Thread: 07/08

[jimorrizon]

Full name: Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e.V.

Nickname(s): Die Roten , Die Schwaben , Die jungen Wilden

Founded: 1893

Ground: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion,Stuttgart

Capacity: 55,896

Chairman: Erwin Staudt

Manager: Armin Veh

League / Bundesliga: 2006/07 Bundesliga, 1st

VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. With 31,082 members (14 December 2006), VfB is the seventh largest sports club in Germany and the largest in Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons, and has won the national championship five times in total.

The football team plays its home games at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, situated in the Cannstatter Wasen sports complex.

In addition to the successes of the professional, amateur and youth football teams, athletes from the club's athletics department have won numerous titles and medals. The club also has departments for fistball, hockey, table-tennis and football referees. These five departments only compete at amateur level. The club also maintains a social department, the VfB-Garde.

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Squad 2007/08/ As of June 14th, 2007

No. Position Player

1 GK Raphael Schäfer
2 DF Andreas Beck
3 DF Ricardo Osorio :mexican:
4 DF Gledson
5 DF Serdar Taşçı (Also holds Turkish citizenship )
6 DF Fernando Meira (captain)
7 MF Silvio Meißner
10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk (Also holds German citizenship )
11 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger
12 GK Michael Langer
13 MF Pavel Pardo :mexican:
14 MF Alexander Farnerud
15 DF Arthur Boka
17 DF Matthieu Delpierre
18 FW Cacau
19 MF Roberto Hilbert
21 DF Ludovic Magnin
22 MF Christian Gentner
25 MF Antônio da Silva
28 MF Sami Khedira
30 MF José-Alex Ikeng
33 FW Mario Gomez
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Transfers 2007/08

In

No. Position Player

1 GK Raphael Schäfer (signed from 1. FC Nürnberg)
4 DF Gledson (signed from F.C. Hansa Rostock)
7 MF Silvio Meißner (was loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk (signed from Hertha BSC Berlin)


Out

No. Position Player

1 GK Timo Hildebrand (to Valencia)
5 DF Markus Babbel (career end)
8 MF Daniel Bierofka (to TSV 1860 München)
9 FW Marco Streller (to FC Basel)
12 DF Heiko Gerber (to FC Ingolstadt 04)
16 FW Benjamin Lauth (was loan from Hamburger SV)
23 GK Dirk Heinen (career end)
27 FW Tobias Weis (to TSG Hoffenheim)

 

[Deisler]

Hah thanks to the Scicanos Shtutgart has a thread finally

Good luck in the CL .

O and also to one true legend. Marcus Babel thank for everything

 

[Emte]

good luck VfB. Stuttgart made me happy when won the title instead of Bayern and Schalke.

 

[1966+2006]

great drama last season

 

[jimorrizon]

yeah lets see if they can keep it up and show what they are made up of in Champions League this upcoming season....

 

[1966+2006]

Do you think they'll do well in the CL?

 

[jimorrizon]

i think they can if they get in rythm and make a few more interesting signings....

 

[Hendrik]

Do you think they'll do well in the CL?

Depends on the group. They will be in the third pot so they need a bit of luck, there are some doable teams in the second pot.

Looks like they will bring Ewerthon back to Germany.

 

[Mauricio]

Pardo and Osorio are fags, they should have played Copa America, good luck for them though, both great players. They need to have a really good season to justify their descision of quiting the NT

 

[1966+2006]

I loved how last season everyone was talking about Bremen and later on Schalke all the time until just before you won it . I hardly heard Stuttgart mentioned till they were top when Schalke slipped and Bremen were out of the title race.

 

[Back Door Skip]

Pardo and Osorio are fags, they should have played Copa America, good luck for them though, both great players. They need to have a really good season to justify their descision of quiting the NT

Honestly I don't see that big a deal with them skipping Copa America. Looking at it in a positive perspective, it gives Mexico some room to check out new talent. And shows some depth that we have, but is never really tested because the same players keep getting called up. I mean, I think Torrado and Correa have done great in the midfield. Castro was decent, I don't think he wowed anyone, but he was solid. Also the Gold Cup was more priority because it's a CONCACAF cup, while in Copa America, Mexico is just a guest.

Anyway, those are just my two cents. And best of luck to them, they're great players, they should do well in the Champions League. Good to see Mexicans succeeding in Europe. Hopefully their success will pave the way for more players being able to show their talent in the old continent.

 

[jimorrizon]

Official Team Photo: missing Pavel Pardo and Ricardo Osorio....

 

[Schweinsteiger]

Great signing of Ewerthon, sure to do well with your already fine-attack

 

[$teauA]

There's news all over the Romanian sports press that you guys are very interested in Shakhtar's Romanian striker Ciprian Marica. Have you heard anything? He's a great striker and young as well.

 

[Hendrik]

There's news all over the Romanian sports press that you guys are very interested in Shakhtar's Romanian striker Ciprian Marica. Have you heard anything? He's a great striker and young as well.

Shaktar confirmed the deal, 8 million euros.

Gomez, Cacau, Ewerthon, Marica - that's a very solid strikeforce, definitely the second best in the league.

 

[Deisler]

definitely the second best in the league.

 

[jimorrizon]

Bayern 2

Stuttgart 0

FINAL: Stuttgart's starting line up only had 5 starters, the rest were given rest or are injured....

 

[Deisler]

BayerN you mean.

Up yours champs

 

[jimorrizon]

Gomez voted Germany's footballer of the year

link: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-germanygomez&prov=reuters&type=lgns

 

[Deisler]

Undeserved. Diego was the best by far.