List of VfB Stuttgart seasons

This is a list of the seasons played by VfB Stuttgart from 1909 when the club replaced the rugby club. In 1909 they joined the South German Football Association playing the second tier B-klasse. Because there is very little information about these leagues this list starts from 1912 when Stuttgart eventually advanced to the senior Südkreis-Liga. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold and coloured background were also top scorers of the division. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of German football:

• Before 1945 the German league structure was changing rapidly. The end of World War II marks the end of this episode.
• From 1945–63 a German league structure without a nationwide league was maintained without greater changes.
• Since 1963 a nationwide league, the Bundesliga, exists.

VfB Stuttgart have won the German football championship five times; two before and three after the establishment of the Bundesliga. The club also won the DFB-Pokal three times and the DFL-Supercup once.

The club have been relegated three times from the Bundesliga, in 1975, 2016 and 2019. In 1977, 2017 and 2020, the club was promoted back to first division football.

Key

Key to league record: Pld – Matches played W – Matches won D – Matches drawn L – Matches lost GF – Goals for GA – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position Key to colours and symbols: Symbol Meaning W Winners RU Runners-up ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated EC European Cup / Champions League EC UEFA Cup / Europa League ♦ Top league scorer in Vfb Stuttgart's division

Key to rounds: Prel. – Preliminary round QR1 – First qualifying round QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc. Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper) GS – Group stage 1R – First round 2R – Second round, etc. R64 – 1/32 Final R32 – 1/16 Final R16 – 1/8 Final QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals F – Final W – Winners DNE – Did not enter

BL – Bundesliga 2BL – 2. Bundesliga SGFC – South German Football Championship

Seasons until 1933

Results of league competitions by season.

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Name(s)	Goals
	League									Top goalscorer(s) [1]
1912–13	SGFC Südkreis	14	5	2	7	23	32	12	6th	N/A	-
1913–14		14	3	2	9	18	33	8	7th	N/A	-
1914–15	World War I
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1921–22	SGFC Kreis Württemberg II	14	9	4	1	29	13	22	2nd	N/A	-
1922–23	SGFC Kreis Württemberg	14	5	4	5	19	17	14	6th↓	N/A	-
1923–24	N/A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-↑	N/A	-
1924–25	SGFC Bezirk Württemberg/Baden	14	5	3	6	19	25	13	5th	N/A	-
1925–26		14	7	3	4	34	19	17	2nd	N/A	-
1926–27		18	14	3	1	49	20	31	1st [2]	N/A	-
1927–28	SGFC Bezirk Württemberg	16	10	1	5	52	24	21	3rd [3]	N/A	-
1928–29		14	7	4	3	31	19	18	3rd [4]	N/A	-
1929–30		14	10	0	4	36	21	20	1st [5]	N/A	-
1930–31		14	8	3	3	35	16	19	2nd	N/A	-
1931–32		18	8	6	4	42	28	22	2nd [6]	N/A	-
1932–33		18	10	6	2	46	27	26	3rd	N/A	-

Gauliga (1933–1945)

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	Name(s)	Goals
	League										Top goalscorer(s) [7]
1933–34	Gauliga Württemberg	16	6	5	5	45	35	17	3rd	Not played	N/A	-
1934–35		18	11	3	4	53	31	25	1st [8]	R64	N/A	-
1935–36		18	8	5	5	48	33	21	3rd	R16	N/A	-
1936–37		18	12	3	3	50	27	27	1st [9]	QF	N/A	-
1937–38		18	14	3	1	58	14	31	1st [10]	QR1	N/A	-
1938–39		18	10	4	4	38	30	24	2nd	DNE	N/A	-
1939–40		10	9	1	0	43	12	19	1st [11]	R64	N/A	-
1940–41		22	16	5	1	88	28	37	2nd	DNE	N/A	-
1941–42		18	14	1	3	58	24	29	2nd	R16	N/A	-
1942–43		18	15	0	3	67	25	30	1st	DNE	N/A	-
1943–44		18	8	3	7	39	35	19	4th	Not played	N/A	-
1944–45	World War II

1945–1963

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	Cup	Result	Player(s)	Goals
	League										UEFA – FIFA		Top goalscorer(s) [12]
1945–46	Oberliga Süd	30	21	4	5	91	34	46	1st [13]	Not played			-	-
1946–47		38	17	9	12	64	58	43	6th				-	-
1947–48		38	21	3	14	96	60	45	5th				-	-
1948–49		30	13	5	12	56	51	31	6th				-	-
1949–50		30	15	8	7	50	39	38	W [14]				-	-
1950–51		34	19	5	10	82	55	43	4th				-	-
1951–52		30	17	10	3	60	24	44	W [15]				-	-
1952–53		30	15	8	7	69	33	38	RU [16]	R32			-	-
1953–54		30	18	7	5	64	39	43	1st [17]	W			-	-
1954–55		30	11	4	15	58	60	26	13th	QF			-	-
1955–56		30	14	10	6	52	29	38	2nd [18]	DNE			-	-
1956–57		30	17	5	8	69	44	39	4th	DNE			-	-
1957–58		30	11	6	13	55	46	28	9th	W			-	-
1958–59		30	11	8	11	61	49	30	5th	DNE			-	-
1959–60		30	13	7	10	66	57	33	7th	DNE			-	-
1960–61		30	14	2	14	57	53	30	7th	QF			-	-
1961–62		30	13	8	9	66	53	34	5th	DNE			-	-
1962–63		30	12	8	10	49	40	32	6th	DNE			-	-

Since 1963 (foundation of Bundesliga)

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	DFB-Pokal	DFL-Supercup	Cup	Result	Player(s)	Goals
	League											UEFA – FIFA		Top goalscorer(s) [19]
1963–64	Bundesliga	30	13	7	10	48	40	33	5th	R16				Dieter Höller	17
1964–65		30	9	8	13	46	50	26	12th	QF				Hartmut Weiß	12
1965–66		30	13	6	15	42	48	32	11th	R32				Hans-Otto Peters	7
1966–67		30	10	13	11	48	54	33	12th	R16				Hartmut Weiß	10
1967–68		30	14	7	13	65	54	35	8th	R16				Horst Köppel	18
1968–69		30	14	8	12	60	54	36	5th	R16				Manfred Weidmann	11
1969–70		30	14	7	13	59	62	35	7th	R32				Jan Olsson	13
1970–71		34	11	8	15	49	49	30	12th	R32				Hartmut Weiß	16
1971–72		34	13	9	12	52	56	35	8th	R16				Wolfgang Frank	13
1972–73		34	17	3	14	71	65	37	6th	R16				Karl-Heinz Handschuh	13
1973–74		34	12	7	15	58	57	31	9th	R32		UC	SF	Hermann Ohlicher	26
1974–75		34	8	8	118	50	79	24	16th↓	R128				Hermann Ohlicher	17
1975–76	2. Bundesliga Süd	38	16	4	18	67	60	36	11th	R64				Dieter Höller	18
1976–77		38	24	9	5	100	36	57	1st↑	R32				Ottmar Hitzfeld	24
1977–78	Bundesliga	34	17	5	12	58	40	39	4th	R64				Hansi Müller	15
1978–79		34	20	8	6	73	34	48	2nd	R64		UC	R16	Dieter Hoeneß	26
1979–80		34	17	7	10	75	53	41	3rd	QF		UC	SF	Hermann Ohlicher	19
1980–81		34	19	8	7	70	44	46	3rd	QF		UC	R16	Hansi Müller Karl Allgöwer	17
1981–82		34	13	9	12	62	55	35	9th	R32		UC	R64	Dieter Müller	20
1982–83		34	20	8	6	80	47	48	3rd	SF				Karl Allgöwer	24
1983–84		34	19	10	5	79	33	48	W	QF		UC	R64	Karl Allgöwer Peter Reichert	15
1984–85		34	14	5	15	79	59	33	10th	R16		EC	R32	Karl Allgöwer	22
1985–86		34	17	7	10	69	45	41	5th	RU				Karl Allgöwer	29
1986–87		34	13	6	15	55	49	32	12th	R64		CWC	R16	Jürgen Klinsmann	19
1987–88		34	16	8	10	69	49	40	4th	R64				Jürgen Klinsmann	19
1988–89		34	16	7	11	58	49	39	5th	SF		UC	RU	Karl Allgöwer Jürgen Klinsmann Fritz Walter	19
1989–90		34	15	6	13	53	47	36	6th	QF		UC	R16	Fritz Walter	17
1990–91		34	14	10	10	57	44	38	6th	QF				Matthias Sammer Fritz Walter	12
1991–92		34	21	10	7	62	32	52	W	QF		UC	R32	Fritz Walter ♦	31
1992–93		34	12	12	10	56	50	36	7th	R64	W	UCL	R32	Fritz Walter	15
1993–94		34	13	11	10	51	43	37	7th	R64				Fritz Walter	13
1994–95		34	10	10	14	52	66	30	12th	R16				Fredi Bobic	13
1995–96		34	10	13	11	59	62	43	10th	R64				Fredi Bobic ♦	18
1996–97		34	18	7	9	78	40	61	4th	W				Fredi Bobic	21
1997–98		34	14	10	10	55	49	52	4th	SF		CWC	RU	Fredi Bobic	22
1998–99		34	9	12	13	41	48	39	11th	QF		UC	R32	Jonathan Akpoborie	14
1999–2000		34	14	6	14	44	47	48	8th	QF				Sean Dundee Ioan Ganea	9
2000–01		34	9	11	14	42	49	38	15th	SF		UC	R16	Ioan Ganea	15
2001–02		34	13	11	10	47	43	50	8th	R16				Ioan Ganea	11
2002–03		34	17	8	9	59	39	59	2nd	R32		UC	R16	Kevin Kurányi	22
2003–04		34	18	10	6	52	24	64	4th	R16		UCL	R16	Kevin Kurányi Imre Szabics	15
2004–05		34	17	7	10	54	40	58	5th	R16		UC	R32	Cacau	23
2005–06		34	9	16	9	37	39	43	9th	R32		UC	R32	Danijel Ljuboja	13
2006–07		34	21	7	6	61	37	70	W	RU				Cacau	18
2007–08		34	16	4	14	57	57	55	6th	QF		UCL	GS	Mario Gómez	28
2008–09		34	19	7	8	63	43	64	3rd	R16		UC	R32	Mario Gómez	35
2009–10		34	15	10	9	51	41	55	6th	R16		UCL	R16	Cacau	16
2010–11		34	12	6	16	60	59	42	12th	R16		UEL	R32	Martin Harnik	17
2011–12		34	15	8	11	63	46	53	6th	QF				Martin Harnik	17
2012–13		34	12	7	15	37	55	43	12th	RU		UEL	R16	Vedad Ibišević	24
2013–14		34	8	8	18	49	62	32	15th	R32		UEL	PO	Vedad Ibišević	15
2014–15		34	9	9	16	42	60	36	14th	R64				Martin Harnik	9
2015–16		34	9	6	19	50	75	33	17th↓	QF				Daniel Didavi	14
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	34	21	6	7	63	37	69	1st↑	R32				Simon Terodde ♦	25
2017–18	Bundesliga	34	15	6	13	36	36	51	7th	R16				Daniel Ginczek Mario Gómez	8
2018–19		34	7	7	20	32	70	28	16th↓	R64				Mario Gómez	8
2019–20	2. Bundesliga	34	17	7	10	62	41	58	2nd↑	R16				Nicolás González	15
2020–21	Bundesliga	34	12	9	13	56	55	45	9th	R16				Saša Kalajdžić	17
2021–22		34	7	12	15	41	59	33	15th	R32				Saša Kalajdžić	6
2022–23		34	7	12	15	45	57	33	16th	SF				Serhou Guirassy	14
2023–24		34	23	4	7	78	39	73	2nd	QF				Serhou Guirassy	30

Literature

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