2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

VfB Stuttgart

2003–04 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	4th
Champions League	Last 16
DFB-Pokal	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Kevin Kurányi (11)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Timo Hildebrand
• Diego Benaglio
• Dirk Heinen

Defenders

• Andreas Hinkel
• Timo Wenzel
• Boris Živković
• Rui Marques
• Hakan Yakin
• Fernando Meira
• Heiko Gerber
• Philipp Lahm
• Steffen Dangelmayr
• Serge Branco
• Markus Husterer

Midfielders

• Silvio Meißner
• Marcelo Bordon
• Jurica Vranješ
• Christian Tiffert
• Emanuel Centurión
• Alexander Hleb
• Horst Heldt
• Zvonimir Soldo
• Michael Mutzel
• Ivan Stoyanov

Attackers

• Marco Streller
• Kevin Kurányi
• Ioannis Amanatidis
• Cacau
• Imre Szabics
• Mario Gómez

Bundesliga

Matches

• Hansa Rostock-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  75'
• 0–2 Imre Szabics  76'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 0–0
• Mönchengladbach-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Cacau  33'
• VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0
• 1–0 Cacau  8'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo  14'
• Schalke 04-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
• VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  67'
• 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 0–3
• 0–1 Zvonimir Soldo  12'
• 0–2 Fernando Meira  18' (pen.)
• 0–3 Alexander Hleb  50'
• VfB Stuttgart-1. FC Köln 0–0
• Werder Bremen-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  31'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi  34'
• 1–2 Angelos Charisteas  59'
• 1–3 Christian Tiffert  90'
• VfB Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg 1–0
• 1–0 Ioannis Amanatidis  73'
• VfB Stuttgart-SC Freiburg 4–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  34'
• 1–1 Soumaila Coulibaly  45' (pen.)
• 2–1 Christian Tiffert  62'
• 3–1 Alexander Hleb  64'
• 4–1 Kevin Kurányi  66'
• Eintracht Frankfurt-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Imre Szabics  8'
• 0–2 Kevin Kurányi  69'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hannover 96 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  29'
• 2–0 Silvio Meißner  78'
• 2–1 Thomas Brdarić  82'
• 3–1 Silvio Meißner  90'
• VfL Bochum-VfB Stuttgart 0–0
• VfB Stuttgart-Hamburger SV 0–0
• Bayern Munich-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Roy Makaay  74'
• VfB Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 2–3
• 0–1 Carsten Ramelow  23'
• 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov  44'
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi  56'
• 1–3 Dimitar Berbatov  62'
• 2–3 Zvonimir Soldo  68'
• VfB Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–0
• 1–0 Alexander Hleb  59'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi  75'
• Hertha BSC-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Fredi Bobic  87'
• VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  5'
• 1–1 Václav Svěrkoš  85'
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern-VfB Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 José Dominguez  4'
• VfB Stuttgart-Schalke 04 0–0
• Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Alexander Hleb  6'
• 0–2 Horst Heldt  81' (pen.)
• VfB Stuttgart-1860 München 2–0
• 1–0 Zvonimir Soldo  31'
• 2–0 Marco Streller  34'
• 1. FC Köln-VfB Stuttgart 2–2
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner  28'
• 1–1 Florian Kringe  45'
• 2–1 Markus Feulner  71'
• 2–2 Matthias Scherz  72' (o.g.)
• VfB Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 4–4
• 1–0 Marcelo Bordon  3'
• 1–1 Ivan Klasnić  14'
• 2–1 Marcelo Bordon  25'
• 2–2 Ivan Klasnić  35'
• 2–3 Aílton  43'
• 3–3 Marcelo Bordon  50'
• 4–3 Marco Streller  69'
• 4–4 Aílton  70'
• SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 1–5
• 0–1 Heiko Gerber  6'
• 0–2 Marco Streller  26'
• 1–2 Martin Petrov  30'
• 1–3 Philipp Lahm  43'
• 1–4 Kevin Kurányi  75'
• 1–5 Imre Szabics  86'
• SC Freiburg-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi  10'
• VfB Stuttgart-Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi  45'
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb  48'
• 3–0 Marcelo Bordon  79'
• 3–1 Alexander Schur  84'
• Hannover 96-VfB Stuttgart 0–1
• 0–1 Silvio Meißner  10'
• VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1–1
• 1–0 Cacau  33'
• 1–1 Marcelo Bordon  59' (o.g.)
• Hamburger SV-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Stefan Beinlich  38'
• 2–0 Nico-Jan Hoogma  47'
• 2–1 Cacau  86'
• VfB Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 3–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  19'
• 2–0 Imre Szabics  53'
• 3–0 Kevin Kurányi  55'
• 3–1 Claudio Pizarro  78'
• Bayer Leverkusen-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Dimitar Berbatov  63'
• 2–0 Bernd Schneider  85'

Top scorers

• Kevin Kurányi 11
• Imre Szabics 9
• Alexander Hleb 5
• Cacau 4
• Zvonimir Soldo 4

Champions League

Group Stage

• Rangers-VfB Stuttgart 2–1
• 0–1 Kevin Kurányi  45'
• 1–1 Christian Nerlinger  74'
• 2–1 Peter Løvenkrands  79'
• VfB Stuttgart-Manchester United 2–1
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  50'
• 2–0 Kevin Kurányi  51'
• 2–1 Ruud van Nistelrooy  67' (pen.)
• VfB Stuttgart-Panathinaikos 2–0
• 1–0 Imre Szabics  12'
• 2–0 Zvonimir Soldo  25'
• Panathinaikos-VfB Stuttgart 1–3
• 1–0 Michalis Konstantinou  60'
• 1–1 Takis Fyssas  68' (o.g.)
• 1–2 Kevin Kurányi  75'
• 1–3 Andreas Hinkel  76'
• VfB Stuttgart-Rangers 1–0
• 1–0 Timo Wenzel  45'
• Manchester United-VfB Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Ruud van Nistelrooy  45'
• 2–0 Ryan Giggs  58'

Last 16

• Stuttgart-Chelsea 0–1
• 0–1 Fernando Meira  12' (o.g.)
• Chelsea-VfB Stuttgart 0–0

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SUI	Diego Benaglio
—	GK	GER	Julien Jourdan
—	GK	GER	Milan Jurkovic
—	GK	GER	Adnan Masic
—	DF	GER	Daniel Alabi
—	DF	GER	Heiko Butscher
—	DF	GER	Steffen Dangelmayr
—	DF	GER	Michael Fink
—	DF	GER	Markus Husterer (from August)
—	DF	GER	Steffen Kocholl
—	DF	GER	Florian Lechner
—	DF	GER	Marcel Schuon
—	MF	ITA	Marco Caligiuri
—	MF	AUT	Denis Berger
—	MF	CMR	Serge Branco
—	MF	GER	Marco di Biccari
—	MF	GER	Christopher Krause
—	MF	ESP	José Macias

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	RUS	Yuri Mamayev
—	MF	GER	Jens Rasiejewski
—	MF	GER	Tobias Rathgeb
—	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Ricciardi
—	MF	GER	Michael Rundio (from January)
—	MF	CRO	Zdravko Tuzlak
—	MF	CRO	Robert Vujević
—	MF	GER	Christian Walter
—	FW	NGA	Stephen Famewo
—	FW	GER	Mario Gómez
—	FW	LTU	Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January)
—	FW	GER	Steffen Handschuh
—	FW	BLR	Vyacheslav Hleb (to January)
—	FW	GER	Felix Luz (to January)
—	FW	GER	Gerrit Müller
—	FW	GER	Gustav Schulz
—	FW	GER	Tobias Weis

Sources

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com