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VfB Stuttgart

2023–24 season
President	Claus Vogt
Chairman	Alexander Wehrle
Head coach	Sebastian Hoeneß
Stadium	MHPArena
Bundesliga	2nd
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Serhou Guirassy (28) All: Serhou Guirassy (30)
Highest home attendance	60,000
Average home league attendance	55,118
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2023–24 season was VfB Stuttgart's 131st season in existence and fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

The club enjoyed a highly successful season under coach Sebastian Hoeneß, culminating in securing a UEFA Champions League spot for the first time since their last participation in 2009–10. In addition, five players were named in the Germany national team preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2024 including Alexander Nübel, Chris Führich, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Waldemar Anton and Deniz Undav, the highest number of players ever selected from the club in any major tournament. Despite spending most of the season in third place, the club secured second place on the final matchday, marking their best finish since winning the title in 2007.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 March 2024

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 Fabian Bredlow 2 DF  GER Waldemar Anton (captain) 4 DF  GER Josha Vagnoman 5 MF  SYR Mahmoud Dahoud (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 6 MF  GER Angelo Stiller 7 DF  GER Maximilian Mittelstädt 8 MF  FRA Enzo Millot 9 FW  GUI Serhou Guirassy 10 MF  KOR Jeong Woo-yeong 14 FW  COD Silas 15 DF  GER Pascal Stenzel 16 MF  GER Atakan Karazor 17 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi 18 FW  GER Jamie Leweling (on loan from Union Berlin)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SUI Leonidas Stergiou (on loan from St. Gallen) 21 DF  JPN Hiroki Ito 23 DF  FRA Dan-Axel Zagadou 25 MF  GER Lilian Egloff 26 FW  GER Deniz Undav (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 27 MF  GER Chris Führich 28 MF  DEN Nikolas Nartey 29 DF  FRA Anthony Rouault 32 MF  GER Roberto Massimo 33 GK  GER Alexander Nübel (on loan from Bayern Munich) 36 MF  GER Laurin Ulrich 41 GK  GER Dennis Seimen 42 GK  GER Florian Schock

Out on loan

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 — FW  COL Juan José Perea (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Ömer Faruk Beyaz (at Hatayspor until 30 June 2024) — MF  POR Gil Dias (at Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2024) — FW  NED Mohamed Sankoh (at Heracles Almelo until 30 June 2024) — DF  CRO Matej Maglica (at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  DEN Wahid Faghir (at SV Elversberg until 30 June 2024) — FW  GER Thomas Kastanaras (at SSV Ulm until 30 June 2024) — FW  SRB Jovan Milošević (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2024) — FW  GER Luca Pfeiffer (at Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Serhou Guirassy	Rennes	€9,000,000	1 July 2023
FW	Jovan Milošević	Vojvodina	€1,200,000
DF	Maximilian Mittelstädt	Hertha BSC	€500,000
DF	Matej Maglica	St. Gallen	€450,000	2 July 2023
MF	Jeong Woo-yeong	SC Freiburg	€3,000,000	11 July 2023
MF	Jamie Leweling	Union Berlin	Loan	13 July 2023
GK	Alexander Nübel	Bayern Munich	Loan	25 July 2023
FW	Deniz Undav	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	2 August 2023
DF	Leonidas Stergiou	St. Gallen	Loan	22 August 2023
MF	Angelo Stiller	1899 Hoffenheim	€5,500,000	25 August 2023
DF	Anthony Rouault	Toulouse	Loan	1 September 2023
MF	Mahmoud Dahoud	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	1 February 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Antonis Aidonis	Aris	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Tanguy Coulibaly	Montpellier	Free
GK	Florian Müller	SC Freiburg	€1,500,000
DF	Matej Maglica	Darmstadt 98	Loan	2 July 2023
FW	Alou Kuol	Central Coast Mariners	Undisclosed	10 July 2023
FW	Wahid Faghir	SV Elversberg	Loan	19 July 2023
MF	Ömer Faruk Beyaz	Hatayspor	Loan	1 August 2023
FW	Juan José Perea	Hansa Rostock	Loan	4 August 2023
FW	Luca Pfeiffer	Darmstadt 98	Loan	17 August 2023
MF	Wataru Endō	Liverpool	€19,000,000	18 August 2023
DF	Konstantinos Mavropanos	West Ham United	€20,000,000	22 August 2023
DF	Clinton Mola	Reading	Free	26 August 2023
FW	Mohamed Sankoh	Heracles Almelo	Loan	1 September 2023
DF	Borna Sosa	Ajax	€8,000,000
FW	Gil Dias	Legia Warsaw	Loan	4 September 2023
MF	Mateo Klimowicz	Atlético San Luis	€750,000	1 January 2024
FW	Thomas Kastanaras	SSV Ulm	Loan	2 January 2024
FW	Jovan Milošević	St. Gallen	Loan	14 February 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 July 2023 Friendly	Schwäbisch Hall	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Schwäbisch Hall
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sankoh 77', 84' Dias 81'	Stadium: Optima Sportpark Attendance: 4,180

15 July 2023 Friendly	SSV Reutlingen	0–4	VfB Stuttgart	Reutlingen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Silas 22' Führich 28' Egloff 49' Pfeiffer 51'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche

22 July 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Vitesse	Zell am See, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karazor 27' Perea 78'	Report	Manhoef 47'	Stadium: Alois Latini Stadion

5 August 2023 Friendly	Sheffield United	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Sheffield, England
13:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Guirassy 9', 14', 59'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 10,732

8 September 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	8–3	St. Gallen	Stuttgart
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leweling 20', 50' Millot 27' Egloff 44' Stiller 56' Paula 66' Kastanaras 72', 77' (pen.)	Report	Van Moos 13' Krasniqi 62' Karlen 87'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0

12 October 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	Wehen Wiesbaden	Stuttgart
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Massimo 27', 30' Undav 51' Haraguchi 62' Raimund 78'	Report	Iredale 54'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 0

16 November 2023 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haraguchi 48' Egloff 56'	Report		Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 700

6 January 2024 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	6–1	Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Millot 20' Führich 29', 46' Leweling 58' Milošević 99', 111'	Report	Srbeny 98'	Stadium: VfB-Clubzentrum Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played in two periods of 60 minutes.

21 March 2024 Friendly	VfB Stuttgart	Cancelled	SV Elversberg	Stuttgart
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: VfB-Clubzentrum
Note: The match was cancelled due to change of plans.

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

1. The Bundesliga gained an additional Champions League place as a result of Germany finishing as one of the two associations with the highest UEFA coefficient points in 2023–24.

Results summary

Source: DFB

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.

DFB-Pokal

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Fabian Bredlow	3	0	3	0	0	0
33	GK	GER	Alexander Nübel	32	0	28	0	4	0
41	GK	GER	Dennis Seimen	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK	GER	Fabian Schock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton	35	1	30+1	0	4	1
4	DF	GER	Josha Vagnoman	20	2	12+6	2	2	0
7	DF	GER	Maximilian Mittelstädt	32	2	21+8	2	2+1	0
15	DF	GER	Pascal Stenzel	24	0	14+8	0	2	0
20	DF	SUI	Leonidas Stergiou	17	1	5+9	1	0+3	0
21	DF	JPN	Hiroki Itō	27	0	23+1	0	3	0
23	DF	FRA	Dan-Axel Zagadou	22	1	16+3	1	3	0
29	DF	FRA	Anthony Rouault	22	0	11+9	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	SYR	Mahmoud Dahoud	14	1	1+12	1	0+1	0
6	MF	GER	Angelo Stiller	32	1	28+1	1	3	0
8	MF	FRA	Enzo Millot	33	6	25+4	5	3+1	1
10	MF	KOR	Jeong Woo-yeong	27	1	5+19	1	1+2	0
16	MF	GER	Atakan Karazor	35	0	30+1	0	4	0
17	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	MF	GER	Lilian Egloff	6	0	1+4	0	0+1	0
27	MF	GER	Chris Führich	35	9	31+1	8	3	1
28	MF	DEN	Nikolas Nartey	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	Roberto Massimo	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
36	MF	GER	Laurin Ulrich	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Luca Raimund	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
46	MF	GER	Samuele Di Benedetto	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	GUI	Serhou Guirassy	28	27	23+3	25	2	2
14	FW	COD	Silas	28	6	8+17	4	1+2	2
18	FW	GER	Jamie Leweling	36	4	15+17	4	1+3	0
26	FW	GER	Deniz Undav	31	19	21+7	18	3	1
Players transferred out during the season
3	MF	JPN	Wataru Endō	1	1	0	0	1	1
5	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Mavropanos	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SRB	Jovan Milošević	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
20	FW	GER	Luca Pfeiffer	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	GER	Thomas Kastanaras	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	CRO	Borna Sosa	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
31	FW	POR	Gil Dias	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	ENG	Clinton Mola	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	NED	Mohamed Sankoh	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	9		Serhou Guirassy	28	2	30
2	FW	26		Deniz Undav	18	1	19
3	MF	27		Chris Führich	8	1	9
4	FW	14		Silas	5	2	7
5	MF	8		Enzo Millot	5	1	6
6	FW	18		Jamie Leweling	4	0	4
7	DF	4		Josha Vagnoman	2	0	2
	DF	7		Maximilian Mittelstädt	2	0	2
	MF	10		Jeong Woo-yeong	2	0	2
10	DF	2		Waldemar Anton	0	1	1
	MF	3		Wataru Endō	0	1	1
	MF	5		Mahmoud Dahoud	1	0	1
	MF	6		Angelo Stiller	1	0	1
	DF	20		Leonidas Stergiou	1	0	1
	DF	23		Dan-Axel Zagadou	1	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0
Totals					78	9	87

References

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External links

• Official website

• VfB Stuttgart seasons
• German football clubs 2023–24 season