The 2025–26 season was the 133rd season in the history of VfB Stuttgart, and the club's sixth consecutive campaign in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, Stuttgart competed in the DFB-Pokal, the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup and the UEFA Europa League, having qualified for the latter two competitions by winning the 2024–25 DFB-Pokal.
On 16 August 2025, Stuttgart hosted the newly-renamed Franz Beckenbauer Supercup at the MHPArena, losing 2–1 to Bayern Munich.
Players First-team squad
Out on loan
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource DF Lorenz Assignon Rennes€12.0m6 June 2025 MF Noah Darvich Barcelona€2.1m1 July 2025 DF Luca Jaquez Luzern€4.7m3 February 2025 DF Finn Jeltsch 1. FC Nürnberg€5.2m3 February 2025 FW Lazar Jovanović Red Star Belgrade€2.1m8 July 2025 MF Chema Andrés Real Madrid€0.81m27 July 2025 FW Tiago Tomás VfL Wolfsburg€15.0m17 August 2025 MF Badredine Bouanani Nice€11.0m31 August 2025 MF Bilal El Khannouss Leicester CityLoan1 September 2025 FW Jeremy Arévalo Racing Santander€1.8m2 January 2026
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource ST Luca Pfeiffer SV Elversberg€0.63m28 May 2025 AM Woo-Yeong Jeong Union Berlin€4.2m28 May 2025 LM Luca Raimund Fortuna Düsseldorf€0.41m26 June 2025 RM Benjamin Boakye Arminia Bielefeld€0.51m1 July 2025 ST Juan José Perea Zürich€1.5m26 July 2025 ST Jacob Bruun Larsen Burnley€5.3m12 July 2025 ST Wahid Faghir VejleFree transfer13 July 2025 CB Anrie Chase Red Bull Salzburg€3.1m1 August 2025 AM Enzo Millot Al-Ahli€44.2m9 August 2025 ST Nick Woltemade Newcastle United€37.0m30 August 2025 RW Silas Mainz 05€3.1m6 January 2026
Friendlies Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions Overall record
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
Franz Beckenbauer Supercup
UEFA Europa League
Stuttgart qualified for the league phase as 2024–25 DFB-Pokal winners.
League phase
The draw for the league phase was held on 29 August 2025.
Knockout phase
Knockout phase play-offs The draw for the knockout phase play-offs was held on 30 January 2026.
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 February 2026.
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Goalscorers PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalFranz Beckenbauer SupercupEuropa LeagueTotal1FW26Deniz Undav19303252FW9Ermedin Demirović12201153FW18Jamie Leweling7013114MF11Bilal El Khannouss400595FW8Tiago Tomás51028FW10Chris Führich710087DF7Maximilian Mittelstädt600178MF28Nikolas Nartey40004MF30Chema Andrés3001410DF4Josha Vagnoman10012MF6Angelo Stiller20002MF16Atakan Karazor02002MF27Badredine Bouanani0002214FW11Nick Woltemade01001DF14Luca Jaquez01001DF22Lorenz Assignon00011Own goals12003Totals7113120105
Assists The list is sorted by squad number when total assists are equal. PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalFranz Beckenbauer SupercupEuropa LeagueTotal126 FW Deniz Undav620614218FW Jamie Leweling92011236MF Angelo Stiller5102810FW Chris Führich70018511MF Bilal El Khannouss5200767DF Maximilian Mittelstädt4101679FW Ermedin Demirović3100483DF Ramon Hendriks300034DF Josha Vagnoman300038FW Tiago Tomás3000322DF Lorenz Assignon0003328MF Nikolas Nartey300031333GK Alexander Nübel100121414DF Luca Jaquez1000116MF Atakan Karazor1000125FW Jeremy Arévalo1000127MF Badredine Bouanani0100129DF Finn Jeltsch1000130MF Chema Andrés00101Totals561011582
Notes President Dietmar Allgaier was confirmed by member vote on 22 March 2025 (91.5%).
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