The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season was the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club contested the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was Stuttgart's 36th consecutive season in the league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

Review and events The club finished in sixth place in the 2011–12 season. Therefore, the club participates in the 2012–13 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and also participates in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Match results

Legend

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

Table

League table

Summary table

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Group E fixtures and results

Group E table

Final Group E table Team Steaua București632199011 Stuttgart 622296+38 Copenhagen622256−18 Molde620468−26

Group E summary table

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Round of 16

Notes

Note: The Lazio v Stuttgart match was played behind closed doors due to the punishment handed to Lazio by UEFA following incidents at their round of 32 match second leg against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 21 February 2013.

Overall record

Competition First match Last matchRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 25 August 2012 18 May 2013 DFB-Pokal 18 August 2012 1 June 2013 Europa League 22 August 2012 14 March 2013 Total

Squad

Appearances and goals

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Strikers

Transfers

In #PositionPlayerTransferred fromFeeDateContract expiresTeamReference17 Hertha BSCFree transferFirst-team44 Pandurii Târgu Jiu€1.5MFirst-team

Out #PositionPlayerTransferred toFeeDateReference17 1899 HoffenheimFree transfer10 1. FC Nürnberg€1M27 Eintracht FrankfurtFree transfer21 Sporting CPFree transfer23 Borussia Dortmund€5.5M América€2M Internazionale€1.2M

Loan in #PositionPlayerLoaned fromDateLoan expiresTeamReference3 VfL WolfsburgFirst-team14 Manchester UnitedFirst-team23 Schalke 04First-team

Kits

VfB Stuttgart II

The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart II season pertains to the reserve team for VfB Stuttgart. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 18 May 2013. They are participating in the 3. Liga.

References

External links 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at Weltfussball.de 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at kicker.de 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season at Fussballdaten.de