2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season

The 2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 115th season in the club's football history. In 3. Liga the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. The club also plays in the DFB-Pokal, it is the club's first season back in the DFB-Pokal since 2006. The club also takes part in the 2014–15 edition of the Württemberg Cup.

Stuttgarter Kickers

2014–15 season
Chairman	Rainer Lorz
Manager	Horst Steffen
Stadium	Stadion an der Kreuzeiche, Reutlingen, BW Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart, BW
3. Liga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Württemberg Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Stein & Marchese (7) All: Stein, Marchese & Soriano (7)
Highest home attendance	8.650 vs. MSV Duisburg, 7 March 2015
Lowest home attendance	2.200 vs. SpVgg Unterhaching, 23 September 2014
Average home league attendance	4.420
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Background

Transfers & contracts

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK		Korbinian Müller	23	Yes	SpVgg Unterhaching	Released	Summer	2016	Free	[1]
4	DF		Hendrik Starostzik	23	Yes	VfL Bochum II	End of contract	Summer	2016	Free	[2]
18	MF		Marco Gaiser	21	Yes	Junior Team	Promoted	Summer	2016	n/a	[3]
20	MF		Besar Halimi	19	No	VfB Stuttgart II	End of contract	Summer	2015	Free	[4]
23	MF		Daniel Kaiser	23	Yes	Junior Team	Promoted	Summer	2015	n/a	[3]
32	GK		Tobias Trautner	19	Yes	Junior Team	Promoted	Summer	2015	n/a	[5]
14	MF		Umberto Tedesco	22	Yes	SC Freiburg II	End of contract	Summer	2015	Free	[6]
37	FW		Manuel Fischer	25	Yes	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Released	Winter	2015	Free	[7]
28	MF		Bentley Baxter Bahn	22	Yes	FC St. Pauli	Released	Winter	2017	Free	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK		Daniel Wagner	27	Yes	TSV Plattenhardt	End of contract	Summer	Free	[9]
3	DF		Patrick Auracher	24	Yes	Holstein Kiel	End of contract	Summer	Free	[10]
5	DF		Julian Leist	26	Yes	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Released	Summer	Free	[11]
7	MF		Marcel Ivanusa	27	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers II (Assistant coach)	Retired	Summer	n/a	[12]
11	FW		Karim Rouani	32	Yes		End of contract	Summer	Free
18	MF		Kevin Dicklhuber	25	Yes	FC Albstadt 07	End of contract	Summer	Free	[13]
19	DF		Kai-Bastian Evers	24	Yes	SV Rödinghausen	End of contract	Summer	Free	[14]
24	MF		Mahir Savranlıoğlu	27	No	SGV Freiberg	End of contract	Summer	Free	[15]
25	FW		Nermin Ibrahimović	24	No	VfR Mannheim	End of contract	Summer	Free	[16]
28	DF		Pascal Schmidt	21	Yes	Simon Fraser Clan	End of contract	Summer	Free
29	MF		Marcos Alvarez	22	Yes	VfL Osnabrück	End of contract	Summer	Free	[17]
31	MF		Patrick Milchraum	30	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers II	Degraded	Summer	n/a	[12]
38	GK		Markus Krauss	26	Yes	SV Waldhof Mannheim	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
33	FW		Shkemb Miftari	21	Yes	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Released	Winter	Free	[19]

Contracts

No.	Player	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
20	Besar Halimi	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2015	[4]
4	Hendrik Starostzik	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2016	[2]
18	Marco Gaiser	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2016	[3]
23	Daniel Kaiser	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2015	[3]
1	Korbinian Müller	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2016	[1]
2	Maximilian Hoffmann	Extension	1 year	30 June 2015	[20]
14	Umberto Tedesco	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2015	[6]
20	Besar Halimi	Extension	2 years	30 June 2016	[21]
37	Manuel Fischer	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2016	[7]
28	Bentley Baxter Bahn	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[8]
27	Fabian Baumgärtel	Extension	1 year	30 June 2016	[22]
21	Marc Stein	Extension	2 years	30 June 2017	[22]
23	Daniel Kaiser	Extension	1 year	30 June 2016	[23]
9	Elia Soriano	Extension	1 year	30 June 2016	[24]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Date	Time^1	Stadium	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Source
							Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
Pre–season friendlies
21 June 2014	15:00	Appenbergsportplatz	Mönsheim, Germany	FC Augsburg II	3–0	200	Calamita  13' Soriano  29' Miftari  75'	—	[MR 1]
25 June 2014	18:30	Reinhold Fleckenstein Stadion	Nagold, Germany	VfL Nagold	4–1	600	Alonso  41' Badiane  45' Cekić  58' Miftari  77'	Schachtschneider  36' (pen.)	[MR 2]
29 June 2014	16:00	Rasenplatz Möhringen	Stuttgart, Germany	Würzburger Kickers	1–1	600	Stein  89'	Shapourzadeh  28'	[MR 3]
5 July 2014	17:00	Sportanlage Seefeld	Lachen, Switzerland	FC Zürich	1–2	923	Soriano  23'	Schönbächler  15' Rodríguez  80'	[MR 4]
6 July 2014	16:00	Sportgelände Im Gaiern	Weil im Schönbuch, Germany	SpVgg Weil im Schönbuch	9–0	500	Koch  12' Kaiser  19', 44' Gerster  33' Miftari  45' Vidovic  46', 85' Ivan  56' Edwini-Bonsu  71'	—	[MR 5]
8 July 2014	18:00	Sportanlage Güttingersreuti	Weinfelden, Switzerland	FC St. Gallen	1–3	600	Miftari  32'	Tréand  12' Čavušević  39' Karanović  86'	[MR 6]
12 July 2014	16:00	Appenbergsportplatz	Mönsheim, Germany	TSG Hoffenheim II	1–1		Soriano  36'	Schwadorf  86'	[MR 7]
19 July 2014	14:00	Rasenplatz Eppenbrunn	Eppenbrunn, Germany	SV Eintracht Trier	2–3		Stein  8' Soriano  74'	Püttmann  32' Garnier  76' Pozder  90'	[MR 8]
20 July 2014	11:00	Rasenplatz TV Zuffenhausen	Stuttgart, Germany	TV Zuffenhausen	7–0		Edwini-Bonsu  7' Miftari  13', 37', 54', 58' Stein  19' Badiane  69'	—	[MR 9]
Mid–season friendlies
10 September 2014	18:00	Ammerstadion	Herrenberg, Germany	Gäu Auswahl	3-0	1,400	Marchese  83' Soriano  85' Badiane  89'	—	[MR 10]
15 October 2014	18:30	Ernwiesenstadion	Mössingen, Germany	Stadtauswahl Mössingen	6-0	500	Baumgärtel  3' Halimi  10' Soriano  42' Miftari  70', 73' Kaiser  88'	—	[MR 11]
10 January 2015	14:00	Walter-Reinhard-Stadion	Sandhausen, Germany	SV Sandhausen	2-1	300	Calamita  14', 21'	Gartler  59'	[MR 12]
14 January 2015	14:00	ADM Sportpark	Stuttgart, Germany	VfR Aalen	3-2		Yarchuk  45' Fischer  77', 85'	Feick  14' Klauß  69'	[MR 13]
18 January 2015	18:00	Teneriffa Top Training T3	Adeje, Spain	UD Guargacho	12-0	100	Fischer  17' G. Müller  18', 31' Halimi  20' Baumgärtel  40' Bahn  42' Engelbrecht  63', 79', 82' Kaiser  74' Edwini-Bonsu  86' unknown  84' (o.g.)	—	[MR 14]
21 January 2015	19:00	Teneriffa Top Training T3	Adeje, Spain	CD San Isidro	8-1	63	Calamita  12' Halimi  13' Ivan  16', 48' Kaiser  39' Fischer  65', 81' G. Müller  86'	unknown  55'	[MR 15]
25 January 2015	14:00	Sportpark Heiningen	Heiningen, Germany	SSV Jahn Regensburg	4-2	300	Badiane  19' Halimi  25' Fischer  29' Engelbrecht  83'	Geipl  42' Öztürk  44'	[MR 16]
6 February 2015	18:00	Sportanlage Rheinau	Mannheim, Germany	SV Waldhof Mannheim	0–4		—	Mesfin-Mulugeta  54' Miftari  62' Förster  85' Tsoumou  88'	[MR 17]
27 March 2015	14:00	Stadion an der Jesinger Allee	Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	100	Engelbrecht  44'	Mayer  3' Janzer  50'	[MR 18]

• 1.^ Times in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time
• 2.^ Kickers goals listed first.

3. Liga

League fixtures and results

MD	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	26 July 14:00	A	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1-2	2.591	Fennell  8' 41' Baumgärtel  43'	Kotzke  38' Jänicke  50' Riemann  65'  67'	14	0	-1	[MR 19]
2	2 August 14:00	H	SSV Jahn Regensburg	3-1	2.765	Stein  26' Badiane  28' Braun  81' 90+1' Kaiser  84' Baumgärtel  85'	Aosman  10' 90+1' Kurz  24' Güntner  62' Steininger  67' Windmüller  68' Nachreiner  83'	9	+1	3	[MR 20]
3	5 August 19:00	A	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	1-1	6.415	Fennell  38' Soriano  41' Halimi  50'	Jüllich  10' Skarlatidis  28' Rizzi  45' Gehring  85' Rühle  89'	8	+1	4	[MR 21]
4	9 August 14:00	H	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	2-0	2.260	G. Müller  61' Edwini-Bonsu  80'	F. Müller  60'	6	+3	7	[MR 22]
5	23 August 14:00	A	Hallescher FC	2-1	5.390	G. Müller  9' 45' Braun  29' Marchese  47' (pen.) Soriano  80' K. Müller  87'	Pfeffer  6' 45' Mouaya  15' Kruse 19' Jansen  37'	4	+4	10	[MR 23]
6	27 August 19:00	H	Chemnitzer FC	2-0	3.420	Soriano  54' Marchese  86' (pen.)	Röseler  13' 79'  Stenzel 76' Conrad 85'	1	+6	13	[MR 24]
7	31 August 14:00	A	Arminia Bielefeld	2-4	10.322	Marchese  22' (pen.) Braun  32' Edwini-Bonsu  35' G. Müller  38' Gaiser  63' Soriano  63'	Klos  35' Hemlein  38' Schuppan  43' C. Müller  45+2', 47', 78' Börner  52' 70' Schütz 82'	2	+4	13	[MR 25]
8	6 September 14:00	H	SC Fortuna Köln	2-0	3.050	Fennell  40' Braun  43' Badiane  66'	Fink  41' Andersen  60' Marquet  68'	1	+6	16	[MR 26]
9	13 September 14:00	A	MSV Duisburg	0-2	11.533	Marchese  78' Halimi  82'	Gardawski  16' Hajri  44' Grote  48' Scheidhauer  78'	6	+4	16	[MR 27]
10	19 September 19:00	H	VfL Osnabrück	1-1	2.825	Fennell  24' G. Müller  36' Soriano  54' Gersterr  84'	Grassi  20' Willers  34' Iljutcenko  43' Menga  50' Kandziora  85'	5	+4	17	[MR 28]
11	23 September 19:00	H	SpVgg Unterhaching	3-0	2.200	Stein  30' 52' Edwini-Bonsu  35' Halimi  64'	Götze  38' Dittrich  52'	3	+7	20	[MR 29]
12	27 September 14:00	A	Borussia Dortmund II	1-1	432	Calamita  58' Marchese  69' (pen.)	Narey  26' Stanković  59' Sarr  68'  Zimmermann  73' Harder  83' (pen.) Kefkir  87'	5	+7	21	[MR 30]
13	4 October 14:00	H	FC Hansa Rostock	3-0	4.060	Halimi  12' Soriano  27' Braun  28' Gaiser  86'	Ruprecht  18' Krauße  69' Schünemann  85'	2	+10	24	[MR 31]
14	18 October 14:00	A	VfB Stuttgart II	1-5	2.200	Sama  33' (o.g.) Fennell  34' Gaiser  76' Kaiser  86'	Ginczek  14' Wanitzek  42', 71' 59' Baumgartl  48' Rathgeb  73' Kiesewetter  74' Grüttner  87'	6	+6	24	[MR 32]
15	25 October 14:00	H	Energie Cottbus	2-2	3.925	Halimi  22' G. Müller 30' Badiane  52' Soriano  73'	Zeitz  22' Kaufmann  33' Möhrle  88' 58'	5	+6	25	[MR 33]
16	1 November 14:00	A	Dynamo Dresden	1-1	23.501	Badiane  5' Gaiser  51' Stein  90+2'	Erdmann  90' Tekerci  54' 90'	7	+6	26	[MR 34]
17	8 November 14:00	H	SC Preußen Münster	1-1	3.150	G. Müller  13' Gaiser  39' Baumgärtel  44' Halimi  54' Badiane  56' Leutenecker  73' Soriano  90+2'	Zenga  24' 55' Piossek  33' Schöneberg  45+2'	8	+6	27	[MR 35]
18	22 November 14:00	A	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1-1	4.171	Kaiser  43' 50'	Kammlott  61' Möckel  76' Tyrala  90'	9	+6	28	[MR 36]
19	29 November 14:00	H	Holstein Kiel	0-0	2.555	Braun  20' Kaiser  89'	Heider  41' Schäffler  54' Kohlmann  83'	9	+6	29	[MR 37]
20	6 December 14:00	H	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	2-1	2.155	Starostzik  24' Fennell  78' 79' Engelbrecht  90+2' 90+2'	Herzig  29' Vunguidica  64' R. Müller  76' Benyamina  81' (pen.)	5	+7	32	[MR 38]
21	13 December 14:00	A	SSV Jahn Regensburg	2-0	2.909	Baumgärtel  3' G. Müller  69' Stein  75' (pen.)	Herzel  33' Palionis  40' Aosman  69' Hein  76'	3	+9	35	[MR 39]
22	20 December 14:00	H	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	2-0	3.160	Braun  29' Engelbrecht  79'	Jüllich  66'  Rizzi  66'	3	+11	38	[MR 40]
23	1 February 14:00	A	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	3-2	991	Calamita  60' G. Müller  62' Leutenecker  88' Fischer  88'	Saller  23' Bouziane  52' Höler  54'	3	+12	41	[MR 41]
24	6 February 19:00	H	Hallescher FC	Postponed							[MR 42]
25	14 February 14:00	A	Chemnitzer FC	1-1	5.095	Leutenecker  72' Calamita  89'	Poggenberg  69' Löning  74' Danneberg  78' Conrad  89'	5	+12	42	[MR 43]
26	21 February 14:00	H	Arminia Bielefeld	0-2	8.250	Braun  72' Engelbrecht  82'	Salger  52' Schütz  62' Burmeister  65' Ulm  72' Dick  82'	7	+10	42	[MR 44]
27	28 February 14:00	A	SC Fortuna Köln	2-0	1.568	Marchese  19' (pen.) Edwini-Bonsu  33' Starostzik  62'	Fink  19' Kraus  54' Flottmann  66' Biada  69' Aydogmus  84'	6	+12	45	[MR 45]
28	7 March 14:00	H	MSV Duisburg	4-2	8.650	Badiane  18' Braun  27' Calamita  54' Stein  57' Marchese  82'	Bajić  55' Dausch  60', 77' 65' Janjić  63' Scheidhauer  84'	4	+14	48	[MR 46]
28	10 March 19:00	H	Hallescher FC	1-1	5.220	Braun  88'  Fischer  90+1'	Gogia  31' Bertram  44' Banović  50' Franke  56' Aydemir  88' Furuholm  89' 90+2'	3	+14	49	[MR 47]
29	14 March 14:00	A	VfL Osnabrück	1-4	8.053	Baumgärtel  50' Bahn  52'	Willers  6' Iljutcenko  10' Odenthal  20' Alvarez  44'	5	+11	49	[MR 48]
30	21 March 14:00	A	SpVgg Unterhaching	2-1	2.000	Baumgärtel  7' Halimi  9' Stein  21' 82' Calamita  88'	Köpke  4' Gaska  15' Schwarz  63' Erb  90'	4	+12	52	[MR 49]
31	4 April 14:00	H	Borussia Dortmund II	2-0	5.500	Bahn  39' 86' Marchese  67' (pen.)	Solga  41' Narey  52' Bonmann  69' Amini  90'	3	+14	55	[MR 50]
32	11 April 14:00	A	FC Hansa Rostock	0-1	10.600	Leutenecker  37' Marchese  61'	Kofler  43' Weidlich  61' 79'	4	+13	55	[MR 51]
33	18 April 14:00	H	VfB Stuttgart II	2-1	8.100	Starostzik  14' Marchese  34' 65' Fischer  84' 88'	Berko  4' Grüttner  66'	4	+14	58	[MR 52]
34	25 April 14:00	A	Energie Cottbus	0-2	5.426	Bahn  61' Fennell  84'	Kaufmann  25' 73' Kleindienst  37' 54' Ledgerwood  55' Mimbala  88'	4	+12	58	[MR 53]
35	2 May 14:00	H	Dynamo Dresden	3-4	8.000	Engelbrecht  26' Stein  33'  83' Fennell  63' Baumgärtel  63' Edwini-Bonsu  75'	Kreuzer  14' Stefaniak  29' Hefele  34' Fennell  57' (o.g.) Hartmann  67'  90+2' Dürholtz  84'	4	+11	58	[MR 54]
36	9 May 14:00	A	SC Preußen Münster	3-2	6.069	Engelbrecht  24' Halimi  59' G. Müller  64' Edwini-Bonsu  74' Braun  85' Ivan  86' Fischer  81', 90+2'	Kara  17' Truckenbrod  25' Hoffmann  39' Scherder  57'	4	+12	61	[MR 55]
37	16 May 13:30	H	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0-0	4.730	Leutenecker  55' Bahn  72'	Czichos  36' Judt  38' Palacios Martínez  66' Baumgarten  76'	4	+13	62	[MR 56]
38	23 May 13:30	A	Holstein Kiel	2-0	9.167	Edwini-Bonsu  40' Bahn  49' Halimi  73'	Herrmann  57' Kazior  73'	4	+15	65	[MR 57]

Table

League table

Further information: 2014–15 3. Liga § League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	MSV Duisburg (P)	38	20	11	7	63	40	+23	71	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
3	Holstein Kiel	38	18	13	7	53	30	+23	67	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	18	11	9	61	47	+14	65
5	Chemnitzer FC	38	17	8	13	44	36	+8	59
6	Dynamo Dresden	38	16	8	14	52	48	+4	56

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted.

Summary table

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	11	9	61	47	+14	65	11	6	2	35	16	+19	7	5	7	26	31	−5

DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rd	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
Round 1	16 August 15:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	1-4	37,000	Edwini-Bonsu  60'	Mkhitaryan  30' 75' Aubameyang  55', 78' Ramos  84' 89'	[MR 58]

Württemberg Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rd	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	3 September 17:45	A	SV Böblingen	2-0	1,128	Marchese  45' Badiane Leutenecker  67' Gaiser  68' Miftari  78'	Knoll  70' Vargas Müller  80'	[MR 59][MR 60]
R16	11 October 15:30	A	TuS Metzingen	1-0	700	Soriano  39' Badiane  77'	Plangger  33' Frick  47' Dieze  87'	[MR 61]
QF	15 November 13:30	A	FV Ravensburg	0-1	1,500	Braun Soriano  90+1'	Jatta  17' Toprak  36' Zimmermann 86' Wohlfarth  90+1'	[MR 62]

Team statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	26 July	23 May	Matchday 1	4th	38	18	11	9	61	47	+14	047.37
DFB-Pokal	16 August		Round 1		1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Württemberg Cup	3 September	15 November	Round 3	Quarterfinal	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	066.67
Total					42	20	11	11	65	52	+13	047.62

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2014–15
No.	Player	Nat.	Birthdate	at Kickers since	previous club	3. Liga		DFB-Pokal		WFV-Pokal
						App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	Korbinian Müller		6 February 1991	2014	SpVgg Unterhaching	35	0	0	0	1	0
30	Mark Redl		6 January 1993	2013	TSG Hoffenheim Junior Team	3	0	1	0	2	0
32	Tobias Trautner		5 March 1995	2011	Junior Team	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Maximilian Hoffmann		12 February 1992	2014	SV Germania Schöneiche	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hendrik Starostzik		28 March 1991	2014	VfL Bochum II	25	0	0	0	2	0
16	Fabio Leutenecker		15 March 1988	2006	Junior Team	37	1	1	0	2	0
17	Fabian Gerster		29 December 1986	2009	SC Pfullendorf	14	0	0	0	3	0
21	Marc Stein		7 July 1986	2013	Kickers Offenbach	36	7	1	0	2	0
26	Royal-Dominique Fennell		5 June 1989	2007	Junior Team	26	3	1	0	2	0
27	Fabian Baumgärtel		7 July 1989	2013	Alemannia Aachen	32	3	1	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	Sandrino Braun (vice-captain)		4 July 1988	2012	SC Pfullendorf	31	4	1	0	3	0
7	Marco Calamita		22 March 1983	2013	VfR Aalen	23	3	1	0	2	0
8	Gerrit Müller		26 April 1984	2013	1. FC Heidenheim	33	4	1	0	2	0
10	Vincenzo Marchese (captain)		19 May 1983	2009	SSV Ulm 1846	29	7	1	0	1	0
12	Andreas Ivan		10 January 1995	2012	Junior Team	4	0	0	0	1	0
14	Umberto Tedesco		9 June 1992	2012	SC Freiburg II	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Marco Gaiser		11 January 1993	2011	Junior Team	13	0	0	0	2	0
20	Besar Halimi		12 December 1994	2014	VfB Stuttgart II	37	2	1	0	2	0
22	Athanasios Raptis		13 May 1995	2013	Junior Team	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Daniel Kaiser		18 October 1990	1994	Junior Team	9	1	0	0	2	0
24	Amar Cekic		21 December 1992	2014	Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	Bentley Baxter Bahn		28 August 1992	2015	FC St. Pauli	9	2	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	Daniel Lang		17 May 1992	2014	Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Elia Soriano		26 June 1989	2013	Karlsruher SC	20	6	1	0	3	1
11	Lhadji Badiane		16 April 1987	2013	Stade Lavallois	31	5	1	0	3	1
13	Randy Edwini-Bonsu		20 April 1990	2014	Eintracht Braunschweig	35	5	1	1	1	0
19	Daniel Engelbrecht		5 November 1990	2013	VfL Bochum	19	3	0	0	1	0
37	Manuel Fischer		19 September 1989	2015	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	13	4	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
33	Shkemb Miftari		1 August 1993	2013	VfL Wolfsburg II	8	0	0	0	2	1

• Amar Cekic and Daniel Lang had no professional contract, they usually played at Stuttgarter Kickers II.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Position	3. Liga	DFB-Pokal	WFV-Pokal	Total
1	Marc Stein	DF	7	0	0	7
	Vincenzo Marchese	MF	7	0	0	7
	Elia Soriano	FW	6	0	1	7
4	Lhadji Badiane	FW	5	0	1	6
	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	FW	5	1	0	6
6	Sandrino Braun	MF	4	0	0	4
	Gerrit Müller	MF	4	0	0	4
	Manuel Fischer	FW	4	0	0	4
9	Marco Calamita	MF	3	0	0	3
	Daniel Engelbrecht	FW	3	0	0	3
	Fabian Baumgärtel	DF	3	0	0	3
	Royal-Dominique Fennell	DF	3	0	0	3
13	Besar Halimi	MF	2	0	0	2
	Bentley Baxter Bahn	MF	2	0	0	2
15	Daniel Kaiser	MF	1	0	0	1
	Shkemb Miftari	FW	1	0	0	1
	Fabio Leutenecker	DF	1	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	1
Total			61	1	3	65

Penalties

All competitions Player Penalties Vincenzo Marchese 7 (1) Marc Stein 1 (0)	3. Liga Player Penalties Vincenzo Marchese 7 (1) Marc Stein 1 (0)
()* = Penalties saved
Last updated: 18 May 2015

Clean sheets

Goalkeeper	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Korbinian Müller	9 August	3. Liga	FSV Mainz 05 II	2–0
Korbinian Müller	27 August	3. Liga	Chemnitzer FC	2–0
Mark Redl	3 September	Württemberg Cup	SV Böblingen	2–0
Korbinian Müller	6 September	3. Liga	SC Fortuna Köln	2–0
Korbinian Müller	23 September	3. Liga	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–0
Korbinian Müller	5 October	3. Liga	FC Hansa Rostock	3–0
Korbinian Müller	11 October	Württemberg Cup	TuS Metzingen	1–0
Korbinian Müller	29 November	3. Liga	Holstein Kiel	0–0
Korbinian Müller	13 December	3. Liga	SSV Jahn Regensburg	2–0
Korbinian Müller	20 December	3. Liga	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	2–0
Korbinian Müller	28 February	3. Liga	SC Fortuna Köln	2–0
Korbinian Müller	4 April	3. Liga	Borussia Dortmund II	2–0
Mark Redl	16 May	3. Liga	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–0
Korbinian Müller	23 May	3. Liga	Holstein Kiel	2–0

Multi–goal matches

Goalscorer	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Manuel Fischer	9 May	3. Liga	SC Preußen Münster	3–2

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	3. Liga	DFB-Pokal	Württemberg Cup
Most appearances	Leutenecker (40)	Halimi & Leutenecker (37)	13 players^3 (1)	Baumgärtel, Gerster, Braun, Soriano & Badiane (3)
Most starts	Leutenecker (40)	Halimi & Leutenecker (36)	11 players^7 (1)	Baumgärtel, Gerster, Braun, Soriano & Badiane (3)
Most substitute appearances	Edwini-Bonsu (19)	Edwini-Bonsu (19)	Calamita & Badiane (1)	Miftari (2)
Top goalscorer	Soriano, Stein & Marchese (7)	Stein & Marchese (7)	Edwini-Bonsu (1)	Badiane, Miftari & Soriano (1)

Discipline

Cards

Player	Total			3. Liga			DFB-Pokal			Württemberg Cup
Sandrino Braun	8	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Royal-Dominique Fennell	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Besar Halimi	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marco Gaiser	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gerrit Müller	5	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabio Leutenecker	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Vincenzo Marchese	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bentley Baxter Bahn	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Kaiser	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hendrik Starostzik	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Engelbrecht	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Stein	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elia Soriano	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fabian Baumgärtel	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marco Calamita	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Edwini-Bonsu	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Fischer	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lhadji Badiane	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Korbinian Müller	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Gerster	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andreas Ivan	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	75	2	3	69	2	3	0	0	0	6	0	0
Last updated: 18 May 2015

Suspensions

No.	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition served in	Date served	Opponent(s)	Source
8	Gerrit Müller	2	Red card vs. Arminia Bielefeld	3. Liga	6 September	SC Fortuna Köln	[25]
					13 September	MSV Duisburg
27	Fabian Baumgärtel	3	Red card vs. SC Preußen Münster.	3. Liga	22 November	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	[26]
					29 November	Holstein Kiel
					6 December	SV Wehen Wiesbaden
18	Marco Gaiser	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	22 November	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
6	Sandrino Braun	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	6 December	SV Wehen Wiesbaden
23	Daniel Kaiser	1	Yellow-red card vs. Holstein Kiel	3. Liga	6 December	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	[27]
26	Royal-Dominique Fennell	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	13 December	SSV Jahn Regensburg	[28]
8	Gerrit Müller	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	20 December	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	[29]
6	Sandrino Braun	1	Yellow-red card vs. Hallescher FC	3. Liga	14 March	VfL Osnabrück
20	Besar Halimi	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	4 April	Borussia Dortmund II
27	Fabian Baumgärtel	3	Red card vs. Dynamo Dresden.	3. Liga	9 May	SC Preußen Münster	[30]
					16 May	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
					23 May	Holstein Kiel

Team kit

Home

Home Alt.

Home Alt. 2

Away

Third

Third Alt.

Third Alt. 2

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / info
Home	Blue	Blue	Blue
Home Alt.	Blue	Blue	White	3. Liga, Match 9, 13 September against MSV Duisburg
Home Alt. 2	Blue	White	White	3. Liga, Match 30, 21 March against SpVgg Unterhaching
Away	Black	Black	Black
Third	Yellow	White	White	Württemberg Cup, Round of 16, 4 September against TuS Metzingen
Third Alt.	Yellow	White	Black	3. Liga, Match 7, 31 August against Arminia Bielefeld
Third Alt. 2	Yellow	Black	White	3. Liga, Match 29, 14 March against VfL Osnabrück

Reserve team

Kickers' reserve team played in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the coach was Jürgen Hartmann.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Alexander Loch 2 DF  GER Tim Roos 3 MF  GER Marco Koch 4 DF  GER Marc-Alan Sauer 5 DF  GER Dustin Kappus 6 MF  ITA Antonio Di Matteo 7 MF  TUR Volkan Celiktas 8 DF  GER Kai Mäckle 9 FW  GER Daniel Lang 10 MF  ITA Davide Pumilia 13 MF  CRO Zvonimir Kovac 14 MF  GER Denis Gudzevic

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  GER Tobias Heim 16 MF  GER Amar Cekic 17 DF  GRE Theodoros Liakas 18 FW  ITA Marcel Montagnese 19 MF  CRO Ivan Vidovic 20 MF  NED Anthony Coppola 21 GK  GER Tobias Trautner 22 FW  GER Karl-Luis Dees 23 DF  ITA Marco Romano 24 DF  TUR Abdullah Sener 31 DF  GER Christoph Bauer — GK  GER Max Wohlfahrt

Technical staff

Position	Held by
President	Rainer Lorz
Sporting director	Michael Zeyer
Manager	Horst Steffen
Personal assistant	Sreto Ristić
Assistant coach	Timm Fahrion
Goalkeeping coach	Tobias Linse
Fitness coach	Marc Rösgen

Notes

• 3.^ Redl, Leutenecker, Fennell, Stein, Baumgärtel, Halimi, Marchese, Braun, G. Müller, Soriano, Edwini-Bonsu, Badiane, Calamita
• 7.^ Redl, Leutenecker, Fennell, Stein, Baumgärtel, Halimi, Marchese, Braun, G. Müller, Soriano, Edwini-Bonsu

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External links

• 2014-15 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Kickersarchiv.de (in German)
• 2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)