13 Facts About VfB Stuttgart

In 1933, VfB Stuttgart moved to Neckar Stadium, the site of its current ground.

VfB Stuttgart was in crisis in the mid-1970s, having missed new trends in football such as club sponsorship.

However, a draw in the final game of the season meant that VfB Stuttgart would be ranked 16th and lose its Bundesliga status.

VfB Stuttgart did not qualify for any European competition again until 1997, by way of their third German Cup win, with coach Joachim Low.

VfB Stuttgart's performance fell off after this as the club earned just mid-table results over the next two seasons despite spending money on the transfer market and having veterans like Balakov.

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The VfB Stuttgart has Germany's most successful program in the German youth Championship.

VfB Stuttgart established themselves among the top five and delivered a strong challenge for the Bundesliga title by winning their final eight games.

VfB Stuttgart entered that competition for the third time in six years by defeating Romanian side Politehnica Timisoara in the Champions League play-off round on 18 and 26 August 2009.

VfB Stuttgart were then drawn into Group G against Spanish side Sevilla, Scottish champions Rangers, against whom they had been drawn against in their previous two Champions League Group stage appearances, and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni.

Under his tenure, VfB Stuttgart improved their situation domestically as well as internationally before the winter break.

In July 2019, VfB Stuttgart was relegated to the second division, and started to rebuild the team.

Home ground of VfB Stuttgart is the Mercedes-Benz Arena which was originally built in 1933.

The rivalry with Bavarian side Bayern Munich is mainly one-sided, as VfB fans are angry at Bayern for buying some of Stuttgart's best players and coaches in recent years, such as Giovane Elber, Felix Magath, Mario Gomez, and Benjamin Pavard.