# 2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2013–14 VfB Stuttgart season was the 121st season in club history.

## Fixtures and results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 36 | |
| 14 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 32 | |
| 16 | Hamburger SV (O) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 75 | −24 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Nürnberg (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 70 | −33 | 26 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2014. Source:

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Play-off round
## Team statistics

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Sources |
| Bundesliga | 9–11 August 2013 | 10 May 2014 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 023.53 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 4 August 2013 | 25 September 2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| Europa League | 1 August 2013 | 29 August 2013 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 022.50 | — |
| Updated: 11 May 2014 ||||||||||||

## Player information
### Squad

The club's current squad:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Sven Ulreich |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Gōtoku Sakai |
| 3 | DF | GER | Daniel Schwaab |
| 4 | MF | DEN | William Kvist |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Karim Haggui |
| 6 | DF | GER | Georg Niedermeier |
| 7 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik |
| 8 | MF | GER | Moritz Leitner (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 12 | DF | GER | Benedikt Röcker |
| 13 | MF | GER | Patrick Funk |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Marco Rojas |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Arthur Boka |
| 16 | MF | GUI | Ibrahima Traoré |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun |
| 18 | FW | GER | Cacau |
| 19 | FW | GER | Timo Werner |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner (captain) |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Cristian Molinaro |
| 22 | GK | GER | Thorsten Kirschbaum |
| 23 | MF | TUR | Sercan Sararer |
| 24 | DF | GER | Antonio Rüdiger |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| 28 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira |
| 31 | GK | GRE | Odisseas Vlachodimos |
| 34 | DF | GER | Konstantin Rausch |
| 36 | GK | GER | Kevin Müller |
| 44 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Maxim |

### Squad statistics
#### Bookings

| No. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League |
| | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: ||||||||||||||
| Last updated: 14 June 2013 ||||||||||||||

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| | MF | Sercan Sararer | 23 | No | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | |
| | GK | Thorsten Kirschbaum | 26 | Yes | Energie Cottbus | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 25 | FW | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 27 | No | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| | | Patrick Funk | | | FC St. Pauli | Loan return | Summer | — | — |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| FW | Federico Macheda | | Yes | Manchester United | Loan return | Summer | — |
| | Felipe Lopes | | No | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan return | Summer | — |
| | Tim Hoogland | | Yes | Schalke 04 | Loan return | Summer | — |
| | Marc Ziegler | 37 | Yes | — | Retired | Summer | — |
| | Mamadou Bah | 25 | No | | Released | Summer | Free |