# 2017–18 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2017–18 VfB Stuttgart season is the 125th season in the football club's history and 52nd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 85th season for Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 25 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Emiliano Insúa |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo |
| 5 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl |
| 14 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis |
| 15 | MF | POR | Carlos Mané (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 16 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler |
| 17 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy |
| 19 | MF | COD | Chadrac Akolo |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Pavard |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dženis Burnić (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Matthias Zimmermann |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Meyer |
| 27 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez |
| 28 | DF | GER | Holger Badstuber |
| 31 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan |
| 32 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck |
| 33 | FW | GER | Daniel Ginczek |
| 34 | FW | DEN | Jacob Bruun Larsen (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 35 | DF | POL | Marcin Kamiński |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 3 | DF | Dennis Aogo | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Santiago Ascacibar | Estudiantes La Plata | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | €8,000,000 |
| 14 | FW | Anastasios Donis | Juventus | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €4,200,000 |
| 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | Leicester City | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €4,000,000 |
| 19 | FW | Chadrac Akolo | Sion | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €6,000,000 |
| 23 | MF | Orel Mangala | Anderlecht | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €1,800,000 |
| 24 | MF | Dženis Burnić | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 26 | GK | Alexander Meyer | Energie Cottbus | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €400,000 |
| 28 | DF | Holger Badstuber | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 29 | DF | Ailton | Fluminense | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | €1,000,000 |
| 32 | DF | Andreas Beck | Beşiktaş | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €2,000,000 |
| — | DF | Toni Šunjić | Palermo | Loan Return | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| — | FW | Borys Tashchy | Zbrojovka Brno | Loan Return | Summer | 2017 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 1 | GK | Mitchell Langerak | Levante | Transfer | Summer | €800,000 |
| 4 | DF | Jérôme Onguéné | RB Salzburg | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 6 | DF | Jean Zimmer | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Alexandru Maxim | Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 |
| 16 | DF | Florian Klein | Austria Wien | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Werner | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 32 | GK | Benjamin Uphoff | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 37 | MF | Julian Green | Greuther Fürth | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | DF | Toni Šunjić | Dynamo Moscow | Transfer | Summer | €700,000 |
| — | FW | Borys Tashchy | MSV Duisburg | Transfer | Summer | Free |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | +0 | 044.12 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2017 | 19 December 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 42 | +0 | 043.24 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 51 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 47 | |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 |