# 2018–19 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2018–19 VfB Stuttgart season was the 126th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and 53rd 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 participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 86th season for Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 25 January 2019
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 | Ron-Robert Zieler |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Emiliano Insúa |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf |
| 5 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Pablo Maffeo |
| 8 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro |
| 9 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber (on loan from Hoffenheim) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl |
| 14 | FW | GER | Alexander Esswein (on loan from Hertha Berlin) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Ozan Kabak |
| 19 | MF | COD | Chadrac Akolo |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner (captain) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Pavard |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González |
| 23 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa |
| 25 | FW | GER | Leon Dajaku |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Meyer |
| 27 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez (vice-captain) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Holger Badstuber |
| 29 | MF | POL | David Kopacz |
| 32 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck (3rd captain) |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 26 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 020.59 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 23 May 2018 | 27 May 2018 | First leg | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2018 | 18 August 2018 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 020.00 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 33 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 32 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Nürnberg (R) | 34 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 68 | −42 | 19 | 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: 25 May 2019. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Relegation play-offs
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Meyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Emiliano Insúa | 29 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo | 17 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 24 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Timo Baumgartl | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Pablo Maffeo | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | TUR | Ozan Kabak | 17 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Pavard | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Holger Badstuber | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Andreas Beck | 24 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Gonzalo Castro | 29 | 2 | 20+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber | 15 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi | 23 | 2 | 8+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein | 18 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy | 20 | 1 | 6+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | COD | Chadrac Akolo | 24 | 0 | 5+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Christian Gentner | 32 | 1 | 24+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | POL | David Kopacz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Donis | 27 | 5 | 11+13 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARG | Nicolás González | 33 | 2 | 23+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GER | Leon Dajaku | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Mario Gómez | 34 | 8 | 25+6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 31 | MF | TUR | Berkay Özcan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GHA | Hans Nunoo Sarpei | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2019 Source: Competitions