2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2003–04 season
Manager Felix Magath
Bundesliga 4th
Champions League Last 16
DFB-Pokal Last 16
Top goalscorer Kevin Kurányi (11)
Home colours
Away colours

VfB Stuttgart debuted in the modern-era 32-team Champions League with a progression from the group stage and a somewhat surprising victory with 2–1 against English champions Manchester United. Ultimately, the tournament ended with a narrow defeat to Chelsea. Kevin Kurányi, Philipp Lahm and Alexander Hleb were key players in a side that only just failed to finish in the top three for the second season in succession. Following an initial eight clean sheets, the attack suffered from only Kurányi being able to score, despite goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand keeping 18 clean sheets.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Bundesliga

Matches

Top scorers

Champions League

Group Stage

Last 16

Reserve team

VfB Stuttgart II were coached by Reinhold Fanz and finished 11th in the Regionalliga Süd.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Switzerland GK Diego Benaglio
Germany GK Julien Jourdan
Germany GK Milan Jurkovic
Germany GK Adnan Masic
Germany DF Daniel Alabi
Germany DF Heiko Butscher
Germany DF Steffen Dangelmayr
Germany DF Michael Fink
Germany DF Markus Husterer (from August)
Germany DF Steffen Kocholl
Germany DF Florian Lechner
Germany DF Marcel Schuon
Italy MF Marco Caligiuri
Austria MF Denis Berger
Cameroon MF Serge Branco
Germany MF Marco di Biccari
Germany MF Christopher Krause
Spain MF José Macias
No. Position Player
Russia MF Yuri Mamayev
Germany MF Jens Rasiejewski
Germany MF Tobias Rathgeb
Italy MF Giuseppe Ricciardi
Germany MF Michael Rundio (from January)
Croatia MF Zdravko Tuzlak
Croatia MF Robert Vujević
Germany MF Christian Walter
Nigeria FW Stephen Famewo
Germany FW Mario Gómez
Lithuania FW Dmitrijus Guščinas (from January)
Germany FW Steffen Handschuh
Belarus FW Vyacheslav Hleb (to January)
Germany FW Felix Luz (to January)
Germany FW Gerrit Müller
Germany FW Gustav Schulz
Germany FW Tobias Weis

Sources

Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com