stuttgart fcVfB Stuttgart From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search VfB Stuttgart logo Full name Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. Nickname(s) Die Roten Die Schwaben Founded 9 September 1893 Ground Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart (Capacity: 41,000) President Germany Erwin Staudt Director of sport Germany Fredi Bobic Germany Jochen Schneider Coach Switzerland Christian Gross League Bundesliga Website Club home page Home colours Away colours Third colours Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons. The team has won the national championship five times in total—most recently in the 2006–07 season—and the DFB-Pokal (German cup) three times. The football team plays its home games at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, situated in the Cannstatter Wasen sports complex. It is famous for its talented reserve team, VfB Stuttgart II, which currently plays in the 3rd Liga, two divisions below the first team, in the highest division allowed for a reserve team. VfB Stuttgart is a membership-based club and with 45.037 (as of: January 2009), VfB is the largest sports club in the state and the fifth largest in the country. In addition to the successes of the professional, amateur and youth football teams, athletes from the club's athletics department have won numerous titles and medals. The club also has departments for fistball, hockey, table-tennis and football referees. These five departments only compete at amateur level. The club also maintains a social department, the VfB-Garde. Contents [hide] * 1 History o 1.1 Foundation to WWII + 1.1.1 FV Stuttgart + 1.1.2 Kronen-Klub Cannstatt o 1.2 1933–1945 o 1.3 1950s championships o 1.4 1963 Bundesliga o 1.5 1975–2000 era of president MV o 1.6 2000–2007 The post-MV-era return to success + 1.6.1 Champions League 2003–04 + 1.6.2 Bundesliga champions 2006–07 + 1.6.3 Champions League 2007–08 + 1.6.4 2008-09 season + 1.6.5 2009-10 season: returning to the Champions League * 2 Stadium * 3 Rivalries, friendships and cooperations * 4 Honours o 4.1 National o 4.2 Regional o 4.3 International o 4.4 Youth * 5 Trivia * 6 Club management * 7 Players o 7.1 Current squad o 7.2 Players out on loan * 8 Coaches o 8.1 Current coaching staff o 8.2 Coaches since 1920 * 9 Bundesliga Position * 10 References * 11 External links [edit] History [edit] Foundation to WWII VfB Stuttgart 1912.png Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart was formed through the 2 April 1912 merger of predecessor sides Stuttgarter FV and Kronen-Club Cannstatt following a meeting in the Concordia hotel in Cannstatt. Each of these clubs was made up of school pupils with middle class roots [1] who learned new sports such as rugby union and football from English pioneers. [edit] FV Stuttgart Historical logos of predecessor sides Stuttgarter FV 93 and Kronen-Club Cannstatt. Stuttgarter Fußballverein was founded at the Zum Becher hotel in Cannstatt on 9 September 1893.[2] FV were initially a rugby club, playing games at Stöckach-Eisbahn before moving to Cannstatter Wasen in 1894. The rugby club established a football section in 1908. The team drew players primarily from local schools, under the direction of teacher Carl Kaufmann, and quickly achieved its first success; in 1909 they were runners-up to FSV 1897 Hannover in the national rugby final, losing 6-3.[3] Rugby was soon replaced by football within the club, as spectators found the game too complicated to follow. In 1909 FV joined the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (Southern Germany Football Association)[4], playing in the second tier B-Klasse. In their second season FV won a district final against future merger partner Kronen-Klub Cannstatt before being defeated by FV Zuffenhausen in the county championship that would have seen the side promoted. They eventually advanced to the senior Südkreis-Liga in 1912. [edit] Kronen-Klub Cannstatt Cannstatter Fußballklub was formed as a rugby club in 1890 and also quickly established a football team. This club was dissolved after just a few years of play and the former membership re-organized themselves as FC Krone Cannstatt in 1897 to compete as a football-only side.[5] The new team joined the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (SFV) as a second division club and won promotion in 1904. Cannstatt possessed their own ground, which still exists today as the home of TSV Münster. Following the 1912 merger of these two clubs, the combined side played at first in the Kreisliga Württemberg and then in the Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden, earning a number of top three finishes and claiming a title there in 1927. The club also made several appearances in the final rounds of the SFV in the late 20s and early 30s. [edit] 1933–1945 In 1933 German football was re-organized under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions called Gauligen. Stuttgart played in the Gauliga Württemberg and enjoyed considerable success there, winning division titles in 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, and 1943 before the Gauliga system collapsed part way through the 1944–45 season. The club had an intense rivalry with Stuttgarter Kickers throughout this period. VfB's Gauliga titles earned the team entry to the national playoff rounds, with their best result coming in 1935 when they advanced to the final where they lost 4–6 to defending champions Schalke 04. After a third place result at the national level in 1937, Stuttgart was not able in subsequent appearances to advance out of the preliminary rounds. [edit] 1950s championships After the war VfB continued to play first division football in the Oberliga Süd, capturing titles there in 1946, 1952, and 1954. The team also made regular appearances in the German championship rounds emerging as national champion in 1950 and 1952, and finishing as runner-up in 1953. In the 1950s, the club also twice won the German Cup (1954 and 1958). The team which won four titles in eight years was led by Robert Schlienz who had lost his left arm in a car crash. No player from Stuttgart had been selected for the team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup though. [edit] 1963 Bundesliga Due to international competition that led to disappointing results in the 1958 and 1962 World Cup, DFB introduced a single professional league in 1963. Stuttgart's consistently good play throughout the 1950s earned them a place among the sixteen clubs that would make up the original Bundesliga. The club, as an amateur organisation and due to proverbial Swabian austerity, hesitated to spend money, and some players continued to work in an everyday job. Throughout the balance of the decade and into the mid-70s the club would generally earn mid-table results. One of the few stars of the time was Gilbert Gress from Strasbourg. In 1972–1973 the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time and advanced to the semi-finals of the 1974 tournament where they were eliminated by eventual winners Feyenoord Rotterdam (1–2, 2–2). [edit] 1975–2000 era of president MV VfB Stuttgart was in crisis in the mid 1970s, having missed new trends like sponsorship. Attempts to catch up with new levels of professionalism by spending money failed. Towards the end of the 1974–75 season, with the team in imminent danger of being relegated to Second Bundesliga, local politician Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder was elected as new president. Yet, a tie in the final game meant that VfB would be ranked 16th and lose its Bundesliga status. The first season in second league, considered the worst in its history, ended with VfB being ranked 11th, having even lost a home game against local rival SSV Reutlingen in front of only 1200 spectators. With new coach Jürgen Sundermann and new talents like Karlheinz Förster and Hansi Müller, the team around Ottmar Hitzfeld scored hundred goals in 1976–77 and thus returned to top flight play after just two seasons. The young team was popular for offensive and high-scoring play, but suffered from lack of experience. At the end of 1977–78, the VfB was ranked 4th, but the average attendance of over 53,000 set the league record until the 1990s. They made another UEFA Cup semi-final appearance in 1980 and delivered a number of top four finishes on their way to their first Bundesliga title – the club's third national title – in 1984, now under coach Helmut Benthaus. In 1986, VfB lost the German Cup final 2–5 to Bayern Munich. In the 1989 UEFA Cup Final, with Jürgen Klinsmann in their ranks, they lost out to Napoli (1–2, 3–3) where Diego Maradona was playing at the time. In 1991–92, the club clinched its fourth title, in one of the closest races in Bundesliga history, finishing ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. Internationally, they had been eliminated from UEFA Cup play that season (1991–92) after losing their second round match to Spanish side Osasuna (2–3). As national champions, the club qualified to play in the UEFA Champions League in 1992–93, but was eliminated in the first round by Leeds United after a tie-breaking third match in Barcelona which was required due to coach Christoph Daum having substituted a fourth non-German player in game two. VfB did not qualify for any European competition again until 1997, by way of their third German Cup win, with coach Joachim Löw. They enjoyed a measure of success on their return, advancing to the 1998 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Stockholm, where they lost to Chelsea in what was the penultimate year of the competition. Only one player of the magic triangle, captain Krassimir Balakov, remained after Giovane Elber and Fredi Bobic left. Löw's contract was not renewed, he was replaced by Winfried Schäfer who in turn was sacked after one season. However, Stuttgart's performance fell off after this as the club earned just mid-table results over the next two seasons despite spending money on the transfer market and for veterans like Balakov. [edit] 2000–2007 The post-MV-era return to success Due to high debts and the lack of results, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder finally resigned from VfB in 2000 to take over offices at German Football Association, UEFA and FIFA. New president Manfred Haas had to renegotiate expensive contracts with players that seldom appeared on the field anyway. As in 1976, when MV had taken over, the team had to be rebuilt by relying on talents from the youth teams. The VfB has Germany's most successful program in the de:Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft (Fußball). Coach Ralf Rangnick had started a restructuring of the team that won the UI Cup, but the resulting extra strain of the UEFA cup participation ended in barely escaping from relegation in 2001 by clinching 15th spot. Rangnick was replaced by Felix Magath. With players like Andreas Hinkel, Kevin Kurányi, Timo Hildebrand or Alexander Hleb earning themselves the nickname the young and wild, the club soon re-bounded and finished as Bundesliga runners-up in the 2002–03 season. [edit] Champions League 2003–04 Thus, VfB qualified for their second Champions League appearance and, beating Manchester United and Rangers once and Panathinaikos twice, they advanced out of group play to the first knock out round where they were eliminated by their old nemesis Chelsea (0–1 and 0–0) (see also UEFA Champions League 2003-04). They continued to play as one of the top teams in the country, earning fourth and fifth place Bundesliga finishes, and again taking part in the UEFA Cup, but without great success. In addition, coach Magath and several players left for stronger clubs: Kevin Kurányi for Schalke 04, Philipp Lahm for Bayern Munich and Aliaksandr Hleb for Arsenal. Halfway through the disappointing 2005–06 season, Giovanni Trapattoni was sacked and replaced by Armin Veh. The new coach was designated as a stop-gap due to having resigned from Hansa Rostock in 2003 to focus on his family and having no football job since 2004 except coaching his home team Augsburg for a season. Supported by new manager Horst Heldt, Veh could establish himself and his concept of focusing on promising inexpensive players rather than established stars. Team captain Zvonimir Soldo retired, and other veterans left the team that slipped to ninth place and did not qualify for European competition for the first time in four years. [edit] Bundesliga champions 2006–07 Despite early-season losses and ensuing criticism in 2006–07, including a 3–0 loss at home to Nuremberg, Veh managed to turn the collection of new players like Mexicans Pável Pardo, and Ricardo Osorio, and Brazilian Antônio da Silva and fresh local talents, including Mario Gómez, Serdar Tasci and Sami Khedira, into a strong contender that led the league on 12 November 2006 for the first time in two years. Stuttgart established themselves among the top five and delivered a strong challenge for the Bundesliga title by winning their final eight games. In the penultimate week on 12 May 2007, Stuttgart beat VfL Bochum 3–2 away from home, took the Bundesliga lead from Schalke 04 and secured a spot in the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. After trailing 0–1 in the final match of the season against Energie Cottbus, Stuttgart came back to win 2–1 and claim their first Bundesliga title in 15 years. The victory celebrations in Stuttgart (250,000 people) even topped those of Germany's third place win over Portugal in the 2006 World Cup. In addition, VfB had their first ever chance to win the double as they also reached the final of the German Cup for the first time since their victory there ten years former. Their opponents in the cup final in Berlin were Nuremberg, a team that had beaten them twice by 3 goals in regular season, 3–0 and 4–1, but last had won the cup in 1962. With the game level at 1–1 in the first half, Stuttgart's scorer Cacau was sent off. Nuremberg gained a 2–1 lead early in the second half, but the ten men of VfB managed to fight back and equalize. In the second half of extra time, with both teams suffering from exhaustion and the humid conditions, Nuremberg scored the winning goal. [edit] Champions League 2007–08 The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League draw on August 30, 2007 paired the German champions with Spanish giants Barcelona, French champions Lyon and Scottish Old Firm side Rangers. Like in the 2003–04 Champions League season, Stuttgart's 2007–08 European campaign started with a match at Glasgow's Ibrox Park against Rangers. It ended in a 2–1 defeat. The second match at home against Barcelona was lost, too, 0–2, as well as the 3rd match, against Lyon at home, with the visitors coming out 2–0 winners from 2nd half strikes. Five defeats and just one win (over Rangers) meant the early exit on the European stage. In the league they managed to become 6th after a poor start. New Germany star Mario Gómez scored 19 goals. Subsequently, UEFA Cup qualification was ensured in the summer by succeeding in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008. [edit] 2008-09 season The 2008-09 season, like the one before it, came off to a bad start. After matchday 14 in November, VfB was only 11th in the table. As a result, Armin Veh was sacked and replaced by Markus Babbel. After exiting the German FA Cup after a thrashing 1-5 defeat to FC Bayern Munich in January, things improved considerably and the team ended up third, with 2nd place just being missed after a loss to Bayern Munich on the last matchday. That meant the chance of making the Champions League again. Internationally, VfB mastered the group stages of the UEFA Cup 2008-09, but lost to Cup defenders FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in the round of the last 32 in February. [edit] 2009-10 season: returning to the Champions League VfB went into the season with Mario Gomez gone, but Pavel Pogrebnyak arriving from FC Zenit and Aliaksandr Hleb returning (on loan from FC Barcelona). On the European level, VfB started the season with a huge success by qualifying for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2009-10. VfB entered that competition for the third time in six years (after 2003 and 2007) by defeating Romanian side FC Timisoara in the UCL qualification "play-off round" on August 18 and 26, 2009. VfB were drawn into Group G against Spanish side Sevilla, Scottish champions Rangers, against whom they had also been drawn against in their previous two Champions League Group Stage appearances, and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni. With two wins (one each against Rangers and Unirea), three draws (one each against all opponents) and a loss (to Sevilla) they managed 2nd spot in the group, thus qualifying for the round of the last 16, where they had to face title holders FC Barcelona in late winter. After a superb home game against Barca which VfB, however, did not manage to win (1-1), they were eliminated in a 4-0 rout at the Camp Nou. In the 2009-10 German Cup, they didn't proceed further than the last 16 either, losing to second-tier side Greuther Fürth. That defeat came in the course of a disappointing first half of the 2009-10 Bundesliga season. As a consequence of slipping to 16th spot in December, young coach Markus Babbel was fired after matchday 15 and replaced by the more experienced Swiss Christian Gross. Under his tenure, VfB improved their situation domestically as well as internationally before the winter break. During that break, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jan Simak and Ludovic Magnin left the club; Cristian Molinaro was loaned out from Juventus Turin. In the later half of the season, the team - as in 2008-09 - had a fantastic, almost unbroken, winning streak. As the best team of that second (return) round of the Bundesliga, the Swabians under Christian Gross climbed into the upper half of the table and, after a sensational rally, eventually managed to qualify for European football next season (i.e. the UEFA Europa League 2010-11). [edit] Stadium The home ground of VfB Stuttgart is the Mercedes-Benz Arena which was originally built in 1933. It lies close to the River Neckar on Bad Cannstatt's Mercedes-Straße near the new Mercedes-Benz Museum and Mercedes-Benz factory. After being renovated several times, the stadium can hold a maximum capacity of 55,896 spectators (50,000 for international matches). Unlike most other Bundesliga stadiums, the former Neckarstadion retains the traditional athletic track around the playing field despite intentions to convert it into a football-only stadium. As for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion was one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, hosting five preliminary round matches, a First Knockout Round match (England vs. Ecuador) and the third place play-off (Germany vs. Portugal). Since the 2008–09 season, the stadium was named the Mercedes-Benz-Arena, starting with a pre-season friendly against Arsenal on July 30, 2008.[6] The stadium is currently undergoing extensive restructuring and rebuilding as it is being converted into a pure football arena. As building work continues, the capacity is reduced to around 41,000, while the final capacity will reach 60,000 at the end of 2011 (projected). [edit] Rivalries, friendships and cooperations This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2010) The longest rivalry of VfB is the city rivalry with Stuttgarter Kickers (Die Roten/Reds against Die Blauen/Blues). However, the respective first teams of the two clubs haven't played each other since Kickers were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga in 1992. Thus, this derby has increasingly been overtaken in importance by the Baden-Württemberg-Derby between VfB and Karlsruher SC, KSC, for short. In this derby, old Badenian-Württembergian animosities are played out. The rivalry with Bavarian side FC Bayern München (Süd-/South Derby) is mainly one-sided, as VfB fans are angry at Bayern for buying some of Stuttgart's best players and coaches in recent years, such as Giovane Elber, Felix Magath and Mario Gómez. A fan friendship has developed in recent years with Energie Cottbus, which went as far as the two fan groups celebrating VfB's German Championship 2007 together after Stuttgart's win over Cottbus on the last matchday. Regional friendships exist between VfB and the South Württemberg side SSV Reutlingen (little brother of VfB) as well as with North Württembergers SpVgg Ludwigsburg. In 2005, a cooperation treaty between VfB and Swiss Super League side FC St. Gallen was signed, especially with regard to the youth sectors of both clubs. [edit] Honours [edit] National * German championship: o Winners (5): 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992, 2007 o Runners-up (4): 1935, 1953, 1979, 2003 * German Cup: o Winners (3): 1954, 1958, 1997 o Runners-up (2): 1986, 2007 * German Super Cup: o Winners (1): 1992 * German League Cup: o Runners-up (3): 1997, 1998, 2005 [edit] Regional * Oberliga Süd I: o Winners (3): 1945-46, 1951–52, 1953–54 o Runners-up (3): 1949-50, 1952–53, 1955–56 * 2nd Bundesliga Süd II: o Winners (1): 1977 * Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden: o Winners (2): 1926-27, 1929–30 o Runners-up (1): 1925-26 * Gauliga Württemberg: o Winners (4): 1934-35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1942–43 o Runners-up (4): 1938-39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42 [edit] International * UEFA Cup: o Runners-up (1): 1988-89 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: o Runners-up (1): 1997–98 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: o Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2008 * Uhrencup: o Winners (1): 2010 [edit] Youth * German Under 19 championship o Champions: 1973, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2003, 2005 o Runners-up: 1972, 1977, 1982, 1999, 2002 * German Under 17 championship o Champions: 1986, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 o Runners-up: 1988, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2003 * Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest o Champions: 2005, 2008 [edit] Trivia Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (March 2010) This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2010) * The merger that created VfB was held in the Concordia hotel in Bad Cannstatt, a district of the city of Stuttgart. * VfB are nicknamed "the Reds" for their team colours, featuring a red chest ring on white jerseys. Local rivals Stuttgarter Kickers, wearing blue and white, are "the Blues". [edit] Club management * Dieter Hundt, chairman, entrepreneur * Erwin Staudt, CEO & president since 26 June 2003 * Fredi Bobic, director of sport since 27 July 2010 * Jochen Schneider, director of sport [edit] Players As of August 23, 2010. For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2010, and List of German football transfers winter 2009–10. [edit] Current squad Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 Germany GK Sven Ulreich 2 Switzerland DF Philipp Degen (on loan from Liverpool) 3 Italy DF Cristian Molinaro 5 Germany DF Serdar Tasci 6 Germany DF Georg Niedermeier 7 Austria FW Martin Harnik 8 Serbia MF Zdravko Kuzmanović 9 Romania FW Ciprian Marica 11 France MF Johan Audel 12 Germany GK Alexander Stolz 13 Germany MF Timo Gebhart 14 Germany MF Patrick Funk 15 Côte d'Ivoire DF Arthur Boka No. Position Player 16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi 17 France DF Matthieu Delpierre (captain) 18 Germany FW Cacau (vice-captain) 20 Germany MF Christian Gentner 21 Netherlands DF Khalid Boulahrouz 23 Germany GK Marc Ziegler 24 Guinea MF Mamadou Bah 25 Brazil MF Élson 26 Germany MF Daniel Didavi 27 Germany DF Stefano Celozzi 29 Russia FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 35 Germany MF Christian Träsch [edit] Players out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 39 Germany FW Julian Schieber (at Nuremberg until June 2011) [edit] Coaches [edit] Current coaching staff Switzerland Christian Gross Head coach Germany Jens Keller Assistant coach Germany Eberhard Trautner Goalkeeping coach France Laurent Hagist Fitness coach Germany Christian Kolodziej Fitness coach [edit] Coaches since 1920 Name Period Honors Germany Grünwald 1920 England Edward Tom Hanney (1889–1964) July 1, 1924 - January 1927 Württemberg/Baden champions 1927 Hungary Lajos Kovács (b. 1894) September 1927 - December 31, 1929 Württemberg champions 1929/30 Germany Emil Friz (1904–1966) January 1, 1930 - June 15, 1930 Germany Karl Preuß June 15, 1930–1933 Germany Willi Rutz (1907–1993) July 1933 - 1934 Germany Emil Gröner (b. 1892) 1934–1935 Germany Fritz Teufel (b. 1910) 1935 - June 30, 1936 German championship runners-up 1935, Gauliga Württemberg champions 1935 Germany Leonhard "Lony" Seiderer (1895–1940) July 1, 1936 - June 30, 1939 Gauliga Württemberg champions 1937, 1938 Germany Karl Becker (1902–1942) March 1939 - April 1939 Germany Josef Pöttinger (1903–1970) May 1, 1939 - October 1939 Germany Fritz Teufel July 1, 1945 - June 30, 1947 Oberliga Süd champions 1946 Germany Georg Wurzer (1907–1982) July 1, 1947 - April 30, 1960 German champions 1950, 1952, Runners-up 1953, Oberliga Süd champions 1952, 1954, German Cup 1954, 1958 Germany Kurt Baluses (1914–1972) May 1, 1960 - February 24, 1965 Germany Franz Seybold (1912–1978) February 25, 1965 - March 7, 1965 Germany Rudi Gutendorf (b. 1926) March 8, 1965 - December 6, 1966 Germany Albert Sing (1917-2008) December 7, 1966 - June 30, 1967 Germany Gunther Baumann (1921–1998) July 1, 1967 - June 30, 1969 Germany Franz Seybold Juli 1, 1969 - June 30, 1970 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Zebec (1929–1988) July 1, 1970 - April 18, 1972 Germany Karl Bögelein (b. 1927) April 19, 1972 - June 30, 1972 Germany Hermann Eppenhoff (1919–1992) July 1, 1972 - December 1, 1974 Germany Fritz Millinger December 2, 1974 - December 13, 1974 Germany Albert Sing December 14, 1974 - June 30, 1975 Hungary István Sztani (b. 1937) July 1, 1975 - March 31, 1976 Germany Karl Bögelein April 1, 1976 - June 30, 1976 Germany Hans-Jürgen Sundermann (b. 1940) July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1979 Bundesliga runners-up 1979 Germany Lothar Buchmann (b. 1936) July 1, 1979 - June 30, 1980 Germany Hans-Jürgen Sundermann July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1982 Germany Helmut Benthaus (b. 1935) July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1985 German champions 1984 Croatia Otto Barić (b. 1932) July 1, 1985 - March 4, 1986 Germany Willi Entenmann (b. 1943) March 5, 1986 - June 30, 1986 German Cup runners-up 1986 Germany Egon Coordes (b. 1944) July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987 Netherlands Arie Haan (b. 1948) July 1, 1987 - March 26, 1990 UEFA Cup runners-up 1989 Germany Willi Entenmann March 27, 1990 - November 19, 1990 Germany Christoph Daum (b. 1953) November 20, 1990 - December 10, 1993 German champions 1992 Germany Jürgen Röber (b. 1953) Dezember 15, 1993 - April 25, 1995 Germany Jürgen Sundermann April 26, 1995 - June 30, 1995 Austria Rolf Fringer (b. 1957) July 1, 1995 - August 13, 1996 Germany Joachim Löw (b. 1960) August 14, 1996 - June 30, 1998 German Cup 1997, Cup Winners' Cup runners up 1998 Germany Winfried Schäfer (b. 1950) July 1, 1998 - December 4, 1998 Germany Wolfgang Rolff (b. 1959) December 5, 1998 - Dezember 31, 1998 Germany Rainer Adrion (b. 1953) January 1, 1999 - May 2, 1999 Germany Ralf Rangnick (b. 1958) May 3, 1999 - February 23, 2001 Germany Felix Magath (b. 1953) February 24, 2001 - June 30, 2004 Bundesliga runners-up 2003 Germany Matthias Sammer (b. 1967) July 1, 2004 - June 3, 2005 Italy Giovanni Trapattoni (b. 1939) June 17, 2005 - February 9, 2006 Germany Armin Veh (b. 1961) February 10, 2006 - November 23, 2008 German champions 2007, German Cup runners-up 2007 Germany Markus Babbel (b. 1972) November 23, 2008 - December 6, 2009 Switzerland Christian Gross (b. 1954) December 6, 2009 - incumbent [edit] Bundesliga Position * 1963/64 - 5th place * 1964/65 - 12th place * 1965/66 - 11th place * 1966/67 - 12th place * 1967/68 - 8th place * 1968/69 - 5th place * 1969/70 - 7th place * 1970/71 - 12th place * 1971/72 - 8th place * 1972/73 - 6th place * 1973/74 - 9th place * 1974/75 - 16th place (relegated to the 2. Bundesliga) * 1975/76 - 2. Bundesliga, 11th place * 1976/77 - 2. Bundesliga, 1st place (promoted to the 1. Bundesliga) * 1977/78 - 4th place * 1978/79 - 2nd place * 1979/80 - 3rd place * 1980/81 - 3rd place * 1981/82 - 9th place * 1982/83 - 3rd place * 1983/84 - 1st (German champions) * 1984/85 - 10th place * 1985/86 - 5th place * 1986/87 - 12th place * 1987/88 - 4th place * 1988/89 - 5th place * 1989/90 - 6th place * 1990/91 - 6th place * 1991/92 - 1st (German champions) * 1992/93 - 7th place * 1993/94 - 7th place * 1994/95 - 12th place * 1995/96 - 10th place * 1996/97 - 4th place * 1997/98 - 4th place * 1998/99 - 11th place * 1999/00 - 8th place * 2000/01 - 15th place * 2001/02 - 8th place * 2002/03 - 2nd place * 2003/04 - 4th place * 2004/05 - 5th place * 2005/06 - 9th place * 2006/07 - 1st (German champions) * 2007/08 - 6th place * 2008/09 - 3rd place * 2009/10 - 6th place