# 2004–05 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2004–05 season was the 112th in the history of VfB Stuttgart and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Timo Hildebrand |
| — | GK | GER | Dirk Heinen |
| — | GK | SUI | Diego Benaglio |
| — | DF | GER | Andreas Hinkel |
| — | DF | GER | Martin Stranzl |
| — | DF | CRO | Boris Živković |
| — | DF | GER | Markus Babbel |
| — | DF | POR | Fernando Meira |
| — | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre |
| — | DF | GER | Philipp Lahm |
| — | DF | GER | Steffen Dangelmayr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Marco Streller |
| — | FW | BRA | Cacau |
| — | FW | HUN | Imre Szabics |
| — | FW | GER | Kevin Kurányi |
| — | FW | GER | Mario Gomez |

## 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 | 8 August 2004 | 21 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2004 | 10 November 2004 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004 | 24 February 2005 | First round | Round of 32 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 053.33 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 55 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
* ↑ Since DFB Cup winners Bayern Munich and finalists Schalke 04 both qualified for the Champions League, the UEFA Cup place for the cup-winners was given to 6th placed Bayer Leverkusen.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |