# 2020–21 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2020–21 season was the 128th season in the existence of VfB Stuttgart and the club's first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | SUI | Gregor Kobel |
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endo (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly |
| 8 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro (captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 11 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel |
| 16 | MF | GER | Atakan Karazor |
| 18 | FW | GER | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov |
| 20 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster |
| 21 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff |
| 26 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis |
| 29 | FW | GUI | Momo Cissé |
| 30 | FW | GER | Roberto Massimo |
| 31 | MF | GER | Mateo Klimowicz |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada (on loan from Juventus) |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow |
| 35 | DF | POL | Marcin Kamiński |
| 36 | DF | GER | Luca Mack |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja (at Türkgücü München until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | ESP | Pablo Maffeo (at SD Huesca until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey (at SV Sandhausen until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 3 | MF | Wataru Endo | Sint-Truiden | €1,700,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 15 | DF | Pascal Stenzel | SC Freiburg | €1,300,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Arsenal | Loan | 16 July 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Gregor Kobel | TSG Hoffenheim | €4,000,000 | 28 July 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Waldemar Anton | Hannover 96 | €4,000,000 | 28 July 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Momo Cissé | Le Havre B | Free | 17 August 2020 |
| 32 | MF | Naouirou Ahamada | Juventus U23 | Loan | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Anastasios Donis | Stade de Reims | €4,000,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Chadrac Akolo | Amiens SC | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 27 | FW | Mario Gómez | Retired | | 1 July 2020 |
| | MF | Nikolas Nartey | SV Sandhausen | Loan | 31 July 2020 |
| 29 | MF | David Kopacz | Würzburger Kickers | Undisclosed | 31 July 2020 |
| 7 | DF | Pablo Maffeo | SD Huesca | Loan | 8 September 2020 |
| 17 | DF | Maxime Awoudja | Türkgücü München | Loan | 31 January 2021 |
| 39 | DF | Ailton | FC Midtjylland | Free | 1 February 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 035.29 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 September 2020 | 3 February 2021 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 037.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 45 | |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 45 | |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 43 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### DFB-Pokal
## 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 | SUI | Gregor Kobel | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 35 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 28 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | POL | Marcin Kamiński | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Luca Mack | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endo | 36 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro | 28 | 4 | 23+3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi | 26 | 4 | 10+13 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Atakan Karazor | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov | 16 | 0 | 0+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster | 27 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement | 19 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ARG | Mateo Klimowicz | 27 | 1 | 12+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly | 34 | 2 | 17+14 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić | 36 | 17 | 23+10 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas | 27 | 13 | 24+1 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González | 17 | 6 | 10+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Momo Cissé | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | GER | Roberto Massimo | 20 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | NED | Mohamed Sankoh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 17 | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BRA | Ailton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Saša Kalajdžić | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | | Silas | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 22 | | Nicolás González | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | | Gonzalo Castro | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | | Daniel Didavi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 3 | | Wataru Endo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | | Philipp Förster | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 7 | | Tanguy Coulibaly | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 21 | | Philipp Klement | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 23 | | Orel Mangala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 31 | | Mateo Klimowicz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 3 | 59 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021