Stuttgart, Stuttgart · Germany · Bundesliga

League titles
5
last 2007
Major cups
9
last 2025
Top-2 finishes
10
Top-4 finishes
23

Power-ranking history

Rank (1 = best)1519Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7079/8089/9099/0009/1019/20

Against expectation

Every German top-flight match this club has played in the Bundesliga, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 58 seasons from 1963-64 to 2024-25 it has beaten them by +18.6 match points.

1963-64 to 2024-25one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
2023-24 +26.1 league pts
73 points on 46.9 expected as VfB Stuttgart
Worst season against expectation
2005-06 −10.9 league pts
43 points on 53.9 expected as VfB Stuttgart

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1995-96 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

1991-92 table not final: source truncated on 1992-04-25, last 4 matchdays absent, 340 of 380.

Stuttgart against expectation →How this is measured →

Title chances

This side's chance in each title race we forecast, frozen and scored like every forecast here.

Season simulation · 30 Oct 2026

Who will win the Champions League?

1%VfB Stuttgart's chance

From 10,000 simulated seasons, updated daily. The frozen, scored forecast names the leading sides only.

Full odds tableTrack record

Full odds: Bundesliga · Champions League · every title race

What the squad was worth

Total market value of the squad, EUR millions, by month; the player count beside it is the size of the priced squad.

How this is measured

Drawn as a step, not a curve: Transfermarkt reprices every squad in December and June (marked with a small tick on the axis) and revalues continuously between, so the line only moves when a real valuation changed, never by interpolation.

A month renders no value at all once the priced squad falls below 15 players, so a thin squad is never shown as a cheap one. The series is floored at July 2012 on purpose: earlier Transfermarkt totals reflect which players happened to be priced yet rather than the squad’s real worth, and are excluded rather than shown misleadingly low.

Upstream (dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets) has been paused since July 2026, so the series ends where the source ends rather than where the season does.

Player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

What the squad was worth€404m
021843612-1314-1516-1718-1920-2122-2324-25

Peak
€404m in May 2026 · 30 players valued
Most recent
€404m in Jun 2026 · 30 players valued

Stuttgart on the rankings →

Who controls the club

The entity that holds control today, one per franchise; co-controllers and minority holders are listed, never summed.

How this is measured

Exactly one control entity is recorded per franchise, so a portfolio can never count a club twice. Co-controllers and minority holders are shown as published and carry no weight in any total.

The chip names the evidence. Sourced: a primary source is linked (league, club, filing or tier-one outlet). Cross-checked: matched against the ownership-change sweep. Contested: disputed or mid-sale. Rows are reviewed weekly.

Stakes are as published, often only “majority”, and are not pro-rated. A record of control is not a claim about anyone’s intent or conduct.

Who controls the clubVfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. (members' association, 100,000+ members)
VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. (members' association, 100,000+ members)members' association· Majority (50+1)
Sourcedas of 24 Sep 2026

Minority holders: Mercedes-Benz Group (10.4%), Porsche AG (10.4%), Jako AG (1.0%)

Professional football is run through a spun-off entity, but the e.V. retains majority voting control under Germany's 50+1 rule; the listed corporate stakes total only 21.8%.

VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V. (members' association, 100,000+ members) on the owners board →

The money ledger

Fees paid and received each season, and what the squad was worth once the trading is netted out.

How this is measured

Spent is the fees paid for players arriving, received the fees for players leaving, both in EUR millions by the July-to-June season of the move. A move with no fee on record (a free, a loan, an undisclosed sum) is counted, never priced: the small figure beside each total is the moves with a fee, plus those without (so 4+3 is four priced arrivals and three unpriced), and a quiet window is not mistaken for a cheap one. Wages are not here: they are estimates nobody licenses, and fees are documented.

Appreciation is the season’s change in squad value with the net spend taken out: buy 100m of players and finish 100m higher is zero; finish 120m higher and the club made 20m of players better, or the market repriced them. It needs a priced squad at both ends of the season (the same 15-player floor as the value chart), so it is blank rather than guessed for a season that lacks one.

The source has been paused since 6 July 2026, so the final row holds only the opening days of its window.

Transfer fees and player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

The money ledger+€164m
Spent
€330m
68 arrivals with a fee
Received
€494m
53 departures with a fee
Net
+€164m
205 moves with no fee
Appreciation
+€485m
14 seasons with a priced squad

Grown or bought: in 2026-27, trading −€15m and appreciation —. Over the last 5 seasons (2022-23–2026-27), trading +€96m and appreciation unpriced.

The director’s ledger: 80 arrivals graded since 2022-23, 86% EV-positive. €200m deployed for a 2.2× multiplier.

2026-27 spent €15m received —to 6 July 2026
in: Bilal El Khannouss €15m
—
unpriced
2025-26 spent €57m received €116m
in: Badredine Bouanani €15m
+€120m
squad gain
2024-25 spent €92m received €78m
in: Deniz Undav €27m
+€26m
squad gain
2023-24 spent €20m received €50m
in: Serhou Guirassy €9m
+€210m
squad gain
2022-23 spent €15m received €53m
in: Josha Vagnoman €5m
−€7m
squad gain
2021-22 spent €17m received €43m
in: Florian Müller €5m
+€3m
squad gain
2020-21 spent €14m received €4m
in: Gregor Kobel €7m
+€111m
squad gain
2019-20 spent €18m received €75m
in: Silas €8m
−€12m
squad gain

Money against football

Every priced club-season in the six leagues: points against expectation across, squad value gained beyond the net spend up. This club’s seasons are joined.

● the frontier: no other club-season beat it on both axes · ● this club, season by season, the largest dot the latest

Every club’s return on the transfer window →

Greatest games

VfB Stuttgart's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

1
1984-05-26 · Bundesliga
82.0
game score
2
1984-05-19 · Bundesliga
80.3
game score
3
1986-04-26 · Bundesliga
76.7
game score
4
1989-05-17 · UEFA Cup · Finals · 2nd leg, agg 4-5
76.0
game score
5
1980-12-10 · UEFA Cup · Third Round · 2nd leg, agg 4-5
75.0
game score
6
2007-05-26 · DFB-Pokal · Final
73.8
game score
7
1989-05-03 · UEFA Cup · Finals · 1st leg
73.1
game score
8
1980-04-22 · UEFA Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 2-3
72.2
game score
9
1980-04-09 · UEFA Cup · Semifinals · 1st leg
72.0
game score
10
2009-05-23 · Bundesliga
71.4
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
60
Pre-Bundesliga national playoff appearances
9
First season
1935
Most recent season
2026

The Heartbreak Index7.9 · #269

The Tortured · League title, 2007

7.9
Heartbreak
#269
of 1,138 clubs
#165
in Football
7.9
agony
The clocks
  • League title since 20070.4
  • Major trophy since 20250.1
Heaviest wounds

league runner-up, 2024 · relegated from the top flight, 2016 · relegated from the top flight, 2019 · lost the national cup final, 2026

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Bundesliga only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
Bundesliga (1) · P11● live
8 P · 3-0-5 · 14:15 · -1
9
pts
2026
Bundesliga (1) · P4
34 P · 18-8-8 · 71:49 · +22
62
pts
PokalELCL
2025
Bundesliga (1) · P9
34 P · 14-8-12 · 64:53 · +11
50
pts
PokalCLEL
2024
Bundesliga (1) · P2
34 P · 23-4-7 · 78:39 · +39
73
pts
CL
2023
Bundesliga (1) · P16PO
34 P · 7-12-15 · 45:57 · -12
33
pts
2022
Bundesliga (1) · P15
34 P · 7-12-15 · 41:59 · -18
33
pts
2021
Bundesliga (1) · P9
34 P · 12-9-13 · 56:55 · +1
45
pts
2019
Bundesliga (1) · P16↓
34 P · 7-7-20 · 32:70 · -38
28
pts
2018
Bundesliga (1) · P7
34 P · 15-6-13 · 36:36 · 0
51
pts
2016
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 9-6-19 · 50:75 · -25
33
pts
2015
Bundesliga (1) · P14
34 P · 9-9-16 · 42:60 · -18
36
pts
2014
Bundesliga (1) · P15
34 P · 8-8-18 · 49:62 · -13
32
pts
EL
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

2026
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
2025
DFB-Pokal
Won
2025
DFL-Supercup
Runner-up
2024
DFL-Supercup
Runner-up
2013
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
2007
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
2005
DFB-Ligapokal
Runner-up
1998
DFB-Ligapokal
Runner-up
1997
DFB-Pokal
Won
1997
DFB-Ligapokal
Runner-up
1992
DFL-Supercup
Won
1986
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

2025-26
Europa League(EL)
Round of 16
2024-25
Champions League(CL)
Round of 32 / qualifying
2013-14
Europa League(EL)
Qualifying
2012-13
Europa League(EL)
Round of 16
2010-11
Europa League(EL)
Group stage
2009-10
Champions League(CL)
Round of 16
2008-09
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
2007-08
Champions League(CL)
Group stage
2005-06
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
2004-05
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
2003-04
Champions League(CL)
Round of 16
2002-03
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 16