# 2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2006–07 VfB Stuttgart season was 42nd season in the Bundesliga.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | GER | Timo Hildebrand |
| 2 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio |
| 5 | DF | GER | Markus Babbel |
| 6 | DF | POR | Fernando Meira (captain) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Daniel Bierofka |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Marco Streller |
| 11 | MF | GER | Thomas Hitzlsperger |
| 12 | DF | GER | Heiko Gerber |
| 13 | MF | MEX | Pável Pardo (vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Alexander Farnerud |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Arthur Boka |
| 16 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Cacau |
| 19 | MF | GER | Roberto Hilbert |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ludovic Magnin |
| 22 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner |
| 23 | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen |
| 23 | FW | GER | Manuel Fischer |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva |
| 26 | DF | GER | Tobias Feisthammel |
| 27 | MF | GER | Tobias Weis |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sami Khedira |
| 30 | MF | GER | José-Alex Ikeng |
| 33 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez |
| 35 | DF | GER | Serdar Tasci |
| 41 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Boris Živković (to Hajduk Split) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Silvio Meißner (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Jon Dahl Tomasson (on loan to Villarreal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | GER | Bernd Nehrig (on loan to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Alexander Stolz (on loan to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 38 | FW | SRB | Danijel Ljuboja (on loan to Hamburger SV) |

### Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Rainer Adrion. They finished 3rd 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 | GER | Denis Baum |
| — | GK | GER | Timo Hammel |
| — | GK | AUT | Michael Langer |
| — | GK | GER | Sven Ulreich |
| — | DF | GER | Andreas Beck |
| — | DF | GER | Steffen Dangelmayr |
| — | DF | GER | Marco Pischorn |
| — | DF | GER | David Pisot |
| — | DF | GER | Raphael Schaschko (to January) |
| — | DF | GER | Joachim Schwabe |
| — | DF | GER | Marcel Schuon |
| — | DF | GER | Justus Six |
| — | MF | GER | Martin Dausch |
| — | MF | GER | Sebastian Hofmann |
| — | MF | GER | Patrick Leschinski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | José-Alex Ikeng |
| — | MF | GER | Michael Klauß |
| — | MF | GER | Marijan Kovačević |
| — | MF | GER | Peter Perchtold |
| — | MF | GER | Christian Sauter |
| — | MF | GER | Julian Schuster |
| — | MF | GER | Tobias Weis |
| — | FW | GER | Manuel Fischer |
| — | FW | GER | Danny Galm |
| — | FW | GER | Martin Hess |
| — | FW | GER | Patrick Mayer |
| — | FW | POL | Matthias Morys |
| — | FW | GER | Bernd Nehrig (to January) |
| — | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Timo Hildebrand | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Alexander Stolz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | AUT | Michael Langer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Ricardo Osorio | 33 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Markus Babbel | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Fernando Meira | 24 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | GER | Heiko Gerber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Arthur Boka | 22 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre | 39 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | SUI | Ludovic Magnin | 27 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Tobias Feisthammel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Serdar Tasci | 31 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Silvio Meißner | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Daniel Bierofka | 15 | 1 | 5+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 35 | 10 | 25+5 | 7 | 4+1 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | MEX | Pável Pardo | 40 | 2 | 33+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Alexander Farnerud | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Roberto Hilbert | 39 | 9 | 31+3 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner | 16 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Antônio da Silva | 32 | 1 | 20+8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Tobias Weis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sami Khedira | 26 | 4 | 16+6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SUI | Marco Streller | 29 | 5 | 7+19 | 5 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 6 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Cacau | 38 | 18 | 31+1 | 13 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Bernd Nehrig | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez | 32 | 16 | 22+5 | 14 | 3+2 | 2 |

## Club
### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Armin Veh |
| Assistant manager | Alfons Higl |
Source: VfB.de

### Other information

| Chairman | Erwin Staudt |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (55,896 / ) |
Source: VfB.de

## Bundesliga
### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.