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2003–04 VfB Stuttgart season

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VfB Stuttgart
2003–04 season
ManagerFelix Magath
Bundesliga4th
Champions LeagueRound of 16
DFB-PokalLast 16
Top goalscorerKevin Kurányi (11)

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.

Players

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[1]

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 Germany GER Timo Hildebrand
2 DF Germany GER Andreas Hinkel
3 DF Croatia CRO Boris Živković[notes 1]
4 DF Angola ANG Rui Marques
5 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo Bordon
6 DF Portugal POR Fernando Meira
7 MF Germany GER Silvio Meißner
8 MF Croatia CRO Jurica Vranješ
9 FW Switzerland SUI Marco Streller
11 MF Switzerland SUI Hakan Yakin
12 DF Germany GER Heiko Gerber
13 MF Germany GER Christian Tiffert
14 MF Argentina ARG Emanuel Centurión
15 MF Belarus BLR Alexander Hleb
16 MF Germany GER Horst Heldt
18 FW Brazil BRA Cacau[notes 2]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Hungary HUN Imre Szabics
20 DF Croatia CRO Zvonimir Soldo
21 DF Germany GER Philipp Lahm (on loan from Bayern Munich)
22 FW Germany GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 3]
23 GK Germany GER Dirk Heinen
25 MF Germany GER Michael Mutzel
28 DF Germany GER Michael Fink
29 DF Germany GER Steffen Dangelmayr
30 MF Austria AUT Denis Berger
31 GK Switzerland SUI Diego Benaglio
33 DF Cameroon CMR Serge Branco
35 DF Germany GER Markus Husterer (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
37 MF Bulgaria BUL Ivan Stoyanov
38 MF Germany GER Tobias Rathgeb
45 FW Germany GER Mario Gómez

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Germany GER Timo Wenzel (to Kaiserslautern)
11 FW Greece GRE Ioannis Amanatidis (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Germany GER Michael Rundio (to Greuther Fürth)

Results

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Bundesliga

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Top scorers

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Champions League

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Group stage

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Last 16

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Reserve team

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

Sources

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Results & Fixtures for Stuttgart – Soocerbase.com Archived 2005-04-26 at the Wayback Machine

References

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - VFB Stuttgart - 2003/04".

Notes

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  1. ^ Živković was born in Živinice, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally and made his debut for Croatia in 1999.
  2. ^ Cacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally after gaining citizenship in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.
  3. ^ Kurányi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally through his father and Panama through his mother and represented Germany at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Germany in March 2003.