Spiel gegen 96! Stuttgart führt! Zieler ohne Chance beim ersten Treffer der neuen Saison. Beste Chance für den VfB bisher! Fast eine Kopie von der Chance aus der 2.

Minute: Maina mit guter Übersicht und einem feinen Ball quer in den Strafraum, diesmal aber zu Weydandt. Der Stürmer hat leichte Probleme bei der Mitnahme und wird daher beim Schuss geblockt.

Diese spielt der VfB kurz, gefährlich wird es aber nicht. Bisher bekommt es Hannover aber mit einer engen Staffelung gut zugestellt. Auch Hannover probiert es hier mit dem flachen Spielaufbau.

Der VfB stellt früh und zu und probiert dadurch, schnell den Ball zu gewinnen. Bevor es aber brenzlig wird, befreien sich die Gäste mit dem hohen Ball.

Stuttgart mit der ersten längeren Ballbesitzphase auf der rechten Seite. Didavi wird freigespielt, kann sich aufdrehen und abziehen.

Sein Linksschuss zischt knapp am linken Pfosten vorbei. Weydant prallt mit Kempf zusammen. Der Stuttgarter bleibt kurz liegen, kann aber weitermachen.

Sehr aktiver Beginn der Gäste. Stuttgart versucht stets flach hinten raus zu spielen, Hannover presst früh. Jung im Doppelpass mit Prib. Bevor der Rechtsverteidiger den Ball wiederbekommt, stellt sich Castro in seinen Weg.

Der erste Hochkaräter! Maina mit einem Diagonalball auf Prib, der den Ball gut mit der Brust unter Kontrolle bringt und aus leicht spitzem Winkel abzieht.

Kobel taucht ab und kann im kurzen Eck parieren. Die Mannschaften stehen im Tunnel bereit. Schiedsrichter Felix Brych wird beide Teams gleich aufs Feld führen.

Begleitetet werden die Spieler von ehemaligen Akteuren des Vereins. Die Ränge füllen sich, die Eröffnungszeremonie zur neuen Saison läuft. Die 22 Mann auf dem Rasen sind heute hochsommerlichen Temperaturen ausgesetzt.

Den Anpfiff kaum erwarten kann Slomka, bei dem es laut eigener Aussage schon "kribbelt". Stichwort Zuschauer: Stand Mittwoch wurden bereits Über viele Tore dürfte sich auch Walter freuen - natürlich nur von seiner eigenen Truppe: "Die Jungs sind fit.

Wir wissen, dass wir laufen können, dass wir arbeiten können - und wir wissen auch, dass wir es am Freitagabend müssen.

VfB's Gauliga titles earned the team entry to the national playoff rounds, with their best result coming in when they advanced to the final where they lost 4—6 to defending champions Schalke 04 , the dominant side of the era.

After a third-place result at the national level in , Stuttgart was not able to advance out of the preliminary rounds in subsequent appearances.

VfB continued to play first division football in the Oberliga Süd , capturing titles in , , and They made regular appearances in the German championship rounds, emerging as national champions in and , finishing as runner-up in , and winning two DFB-Pokal titles in and The team which won four titles in eight years was led by Robert Schlienz who had lost his left arm in a car crash.

Stuttgart's consistently solid play through the s earned them a place among the 16 clubs that would make up the original Bundesliga.

As an amateur organisation, and due to proverbial Swabian austerity, the club hesitated to spend money, and some players continued to work in an everyday job.

Throughout the balance of the decade and until the mids, the club would generally earn mid-table results. One of the few stars of the time was Gilbert Gress from Strasbourg.

In , the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time and advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament where they were eliminated by eventual winners Feyenoord 1—2, 2—2.

VfB Stuttgart was in crisis in the mids, having missed new trends in football such as club sponsorship.

Attempts to catch up with new levels of professionalism by spending money failed. Towards the end of the —75 season , with the team in imminent danger of being relegated to Second Bundesliga , local politician Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder was elected as new president.

However, a draw in the final game of the season meant that VfB would be ranked 16th and lose its Bundesliga status. The first season in the second league, considered the worst in its history, ended with VfB being ranked 11th, having even lost a home game against local rival SSV Reutlingen in front of just 1, spectators.

With new coach Jürgen Sundermann and new talents like Karlheinz Förster and Hansi Müller , the team built around Ottmar Hitzfeld scored one hundred goals in —77 and thus returned to the top-flight after just two seasons.

The young team was popular for offensive and high-scoring play, but suffered from lack of experience. At the end of —78 , VfB was ranked fourth, but the average attendance of over 53, set the league record until the s.

They made another UEFA Cup semi-final appearance in and delivered a number of top four finishes on their way to their first Bundesliga title — the club's third national title — in , now under coach Helmut Benthaus.

In —92 , Stuttgart clinched its fourth title, in one of the closest races in Bundesliga history, finishing ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference.

Internationally, they had been eliminated from UEFA Cup play that season —92 after losing their second round match to Spanish side Osasuna 2—3.

As national champions, the club qualified to play in the UEFA Champions League in —93 , but were eliminated in the first round by Leeds United after a tie-breaking third match in Barcelona which was required due to coach Christoph Daum having substituted a fourth non-German player in the tie's second leg.

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

They enjoyed a measure of success on their return, advancing to the European Cup Winners' Cup final in Stockholm , where they lost to Chelsea in what was the penultimate year of the competition.

Löw's contract was not renewed and he was replaced by Winfried Schäfer , who in turn was sacked after one season. Stuttgart's performance, however, 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.

New president Manfred Haas had to renegotiate expensive contracts with players who seldom appeared on the field anyway.

As in , when Mayer-Vorfelder had taken over, the team had to be rebuilt by relying on talents from the youth teams.

Coach Ralf Rangnick had started a restructuring of the team that won the Intertoto Cup, but the resulting extra strain of the UEFA Cup participation ended in narrowly escaping from relegation in by clinching the 15th spot in the league table.

Rangnick was replaced by Felix Magath. In July , Erwin Staudt became the new president of the club. VfB qualified for their second Champions League appearance for —04 , beating Manchester United and Rangers once and Panathinaikos twice to advance from the group stage as runners-up to Manchester United.

They were then matched against Chelsea in the round of 16 , falling 0—1 and 0—0 over two legs. Stuttgart continued to play as one of the top teams in the country, earning fourth and fifth place Bundesliga finishes in —04 and —05 respectively, and again taking part in the UEFA Cup , but without great success.

Halfway through the disappointing —06 season , Giovanni Trapattoni was sacked and replaced by Armin Veh. The new coach was designated as a stop-gap due to having resigned from Hansa Rostock in to focus on his family and having no football job since , save for coaching his home team FC Augsburg for one season.

Supported by new manager Horst Heldt , Veh could establish himself and his concept of focusing on promising inexpensive players rather than established stars.

Team captain, Zvonimir Soldo , retired, and other veterans left the team that slipped to ninth place and did not qualify for European competition for the first time in four years.

Despite early-season losses and ensuing criticism in —07 , including a 3—0 loss at home to 1. Stuttgart established themselves among the top five and delivered a strong challenge for the Bundesliga title by winning their final eight games.

In the penultimate week on 12 May , Stuttgart beat VfL Bochum 3—2 away from home, taking the Bundesliga lead from Schalke 04 and at minimum securing a spot in the —08 Champions League.

After trailing 0—1 in the final match of the season against Energie Cottbus , Stuttgart came back to win 2—1 and claim their first Bundesliga title in 15 years.

In addition, VfB had their first ever chance to win the double as they also reached the final of the German Cup for the first time since their victory there ten years former.

Their opponents in the cup final in Berlin were 1. FC Nürnberg, a team that had beaten them twice by three goals in regular season, 3—0 and 4—1, and had last won the cup in With the game level at 1—1 in the first half, Stuttgart's scorer Cacau was sent off.

Nürnberg gained a 2—1 lead early in the second half, but the ten men of VfB managed to fight back and equalize. In the second half of extra time, however, with both teams suffering from exhaustion and the humid conditions, Nürnberg scored the winning goal.

It ended in a 2—1 defeat. The second match at home against Barcelona was likewise lost, 0—2, as well as the third match, against Lyon at home, with the visitors coming out 2—0 winners from two-second-half strikes.

Five defeats and just one win over Rangers meant the early exit on the European stage. In the league, they managed to finish in sixth place after a poor start.

The —09 season , like the one before it, got off to a bad start. After exiting the German Cup after a 1—5 thrashing from Bayern Munich in January, prospects improved considerably and the team ended third in the table, with second place just being missed after a loss to Bayern on the last matchday.

That meant the chance of making the Champions League again. VfB were then drawn into Group G against Spanish side Sevilla , Scottish champions Rangers, against whom they had also been drawn against in their previous two Champions League Group stage appearances, and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni.

With two wins one each against Rangers and Unirea , three draws one each against all opponents and a loss to Sevilla they managed second spot in the group, thus qualifying for the round of the last 16, where they had to face title holders Barcelona in late winter.

That defeat came in the course of a disappointing first half of the —10 Bundesliga. As a consequence of slipping to 16th spot in December, young coach Markus Babbel was fired after matchday 15 and replaced by the more experienced Swiss Christian Gross.

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

In the later half of the season, the team — as in the —09 season — had a fantastic, almost unbroken, winning streak. As the best team of that second return round of the Bundesliga, the Swabians under Gross climbed into the upper half of the table and, after a sensational rally, eventually managed to secure European football for the following season by qualifying for the Europa League.

The —11 season was a mediocre one—after again spending the first half of the season almost always in the relegation zone 17th and 18th spot , with Christian Gross being fired and interim coach Jens Keller taking over for the rest of the first leg, Bruno Labbadia was hired as new coach in January and managed to save VfB from relegation.

Eventually, the team finished 12th after a decent second-half performance. Mäuser was elected as president. In the following —12 season, they managed to constantly climb up the table; this was especially thanks to a long unbeaten streak in the spring.

With effect from 3 June , Gerd E. Mäuser announced his resignation as president of VfB Stuttgart. After barely avoiding relegation from the Bundesliga in the —15 season , Stuttgart were relegated to the 2.

Bundesliga in the —16 season after finishing in 17th place, having been unable to lift themselves out of the bottom three positions until the end of the season.

After Stuttgart were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga , Wahler resigned as president on 15 May Weydandt mit links Der Stürmer wird tief geschickt.

Aus 17 Metern zieht der Angreifer schnell ab, sein Flachschuss stellt allerdings kein Problem für Kobel dar.

Erster Ballkontakt Kobel kommt heraus, der Innenverteidiger will klären, schiebt den Ball aber am Keeper vorbei ins Tor zum Zieler kommt noch mit der rechten Hand noch an den Ball, kann ihn aber nicht mehr entscheidend ablenken.

Daniel Didavi TOR! Das Spiel läuft wieder Kaminski, der mit Kobel zusammengerauscht war, kommt nach kurzer Behandlung zurück aufs Feld. Gomez drückt ihn rein Sosa flankt von der rechten Seite in den Strafraum.

Gomez eilt am zweiten Pfosten herbei und nimmt die Kugel mit rechts direkt aus der Luft. Das Spielgerät schlägt in der rechten oberen Ecke ein, für Zieler ist hier nichts zu halten.

Sein Flachschuss kommt auf die rechte Ecke, Zieler ist jedoch da und kann zur Ecke klären. Vor allem Franke zeigt gut lange Bälle, sucht und findet immer wieder Muslija.

Beim VfB hat nur Didavi einen Schuss abgefeuert. Stuttgart hat mehr vom Spiel Die Hausherren geben nun den Ton an, haben mehr Ballbesitz und versuchen, sich dem Tor der Gäste anzunähern.

Zu einem gefährlichen Abschluss kam es allerdings noch nicht. Hohes Pressing Die Stuttgarter setzen die Hannoveraner früh bei deren Spielaufbau unter Druck und laufen aggressiv an.

Didavi verzieht Der Spielmacher der Hausherren dribbelt von rechts ins Zentrum und versucht es einfach mal aus dem Rückraum.

Sein Linksschuss geht allerdings einige Meter links am Kasten von Zieler, seinem alten Mannschaftskameraden, vorbei.

Viel Rotation Die Schwaben zeigen sich in den Anfangsminuten sehr variabel beim Spielaufbau, tauschen immer wieder Positionen. Die Stuttgarter wollen alles spielerisch lösen, selbst vom aggressiven Pressing der Hannoveraner lässt sich der VfB nicht beeindrucken.

Insgesamt war es aber ein vielversprechender Auftritt der Jungs aus Cannstatt. Verantwortung tragen. Organe des VfB e.

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