# 2021–22 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2021–22 season was the 129th season in the existence of VfB Stuttgart and the club's second consecutive season 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 25 January 2022
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 | Florian Müller |
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endō (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Enzo Millot |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi |
| 11 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel |
| 16 | DF | GER | Atakan Karazor |
| 17 | FW | EGY | Omar Marmoush (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 18 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Wahid Faghir |
| 20 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster |
| 22 | MF | GER | Chris Führich |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey |
| 30 | MF | GER | Roberto Massimo |
| 31 | MF | GER | Mateo Klimowicz |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow |
| 34 | MF | TUR | Ömer Faruk Beyaz |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Itō (on loan from Júbilo Iwata) |
| 42 | GK | GER | Florian Schock |
| 44 | FW | NED | Mohamed Sankoh |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis (at Dynamo Dresden until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja (at WSG Tirol until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GUI | Momo Cissé (at Wisła Kraków until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Philipp Klement (at SC Paderborn until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | CRO | Matej Maglica (at St. Gallen until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Pablo Maffeo (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Florian Müller | Mainz 05 | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Arsenal | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 32 | MF | Naouirou Ahamada | Juventus U-23 | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 34 | MF | Ömer Beyaz | Fenerbahçe | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| | FW | Alou Kuol | Central Coast Mariners | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 22 | FW | Chris Führich | SC Paderborn | €3,000,000 | 19 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Enzo Millot | AS Monaco | €1,500,000 | 14 August 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Omar Marmoush | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Wahid Faghir | Vejle BK | €4,500,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Tiago Tomás | Sporting CP | Loan | 30 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Gregor Kobel | Borussia Dortmund | €15,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Gonzalo Castro | | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Maxime Awoudja | WSG Tirol | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 22 | FW | Nicolás González | Fiorentina | €23,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 35 | DF | Marcin Kamiński | Schalke 04 | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 26 | DF | Antonis Aidonis | Dynamo Dresden | Loan | 5 July 2021 |
| 7 | DF | Pablo Maffeo | RCD Mallorca | Loan | 7 July 2021 |
| 13 | GK | Jens Grahl | Eintracht Frankfurt | €250,000 | 19 July 2021 |
| 36 | DF | Luca Mack | Újpest | Undisclosed | 6 August 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Darko Churlinov | Schalke 04 | Loan | 18 August 2021 |
| 48 | DF | Matej Maglica | St. Gallen | Loan | 3 January 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Philipp Klement | SC Paderborn | Loan | 13 January 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | Pafos FC | Undisclosed | 14 January 2022 |
| 29 | MF | Momo Cissé | Wisła Kraków | Loan | 16 January 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Marc-Oliver Kempf | Hertha BSC | €500,000 | 25 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 14 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 020.59 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 27 October 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 022.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 42 | |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (O) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | 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 |
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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

### 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 | GER | Florian Müller | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | GER | Fabian Schock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 33 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel | 17 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Atakan Karazor | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 30 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Itō | 31 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endō | 34 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly | 22 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Enzo Millot | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Daniel Didavi | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Erik Thommy | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster | 21 | 2 | 11+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Chris Führich | 26 | 3 | 21+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Orel Mangala | 29 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Roberto Massimo | 20 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Mateo Klimowicz | 17 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | TUR | Ömer Faruk Beyaz | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić | 15 | 6 | 13+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | EGY | Omar Marmoush | 21 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás | 14 | 4 | 13+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Wahid Faghir | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | NED | Mohamed Sankoh | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 50 | FW | FRA | Alexis Tibidi | 13 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 14 | 3 | 10+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | 13 | 3 | 7+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GUI | Momo Cissé | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | CRO | Matej Maglica | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Saša Kalajdžić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | DF | 5 | | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 3 | | Wataru Endō | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | | Tiago Tomás | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | | Omar Marmoush | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | | Chris Führich | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | | Waldemar Anton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | | Philipp Förster | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 24 | | Borna Sosa | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 30 | | Roberto Massimo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 19 | | Darko Churlinov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 19 | | Wahid Faghir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 21 | | Philipp Klement | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 23 | | Orel Mangala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 31 | | Mateo Klimowicz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 37 | | Hiroki Itō | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 44 | | Mohamed Sankoh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 6 | 47 |