2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season

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| club =VfB Stuttgart

| season =2011–12

| stadium =

| manager =Bruno Labbadia

| league =Bundesliga

| league result =6th

| cup1 =DFB-Pokal

| cup1 result =Quarter-finals

| league topscorer =Martin Harnik (17)

| season topscorer =Martin Harnik (17)

| highest attendance =

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The 2011–12 VfB Stuttgart season was the 119th season in the club's football history. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, in which they finished 6th as well as competing in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. It was Stuttgart's 35th consecutive season in the league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

Season summary

Stuttgart finished 6th in Bundesliga, and as a result, qualified for the Europa League. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal by Bayern Munich.

Players

=First-team squad=

:Squad at end of season{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2011-2012/bundes/stuttg.htm|title=FootballSquads - VfB Stuttgart - 2011/12|work=footballsquads.co.uk|access-date=14 June 2020}}

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Sven Ulreich}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Gōtoku SakaiSakai was born in New York City, New York, United States, but was raised in Japan from the age of 2 and represented them at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Japan in September 2012.|other=on loan from Albirex Niigata}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Cristian Molinaro}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=William Kvist}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Serdar Tasci|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Georg Niedermeier}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=AUT|pos=MF|name=Martin HarnikHarnik was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Austria internationally through his father and represented them at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Austria in August 2007.}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SER|pos=MF|name=Zdravko KuzmanovićKuzmanović was born in Thun, Switzerland, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Serbia in March 2007.}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=BIH|pos=FW|name=Vedad Ibišević}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Johan Audel}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Timo Gebhart}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=MEX|pos=DF|name=Francisco Javier Rodríguez}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=Arthur Boka}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=GUI|pos=MF|name=Ibrahima TraoréTraoré was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally and made his international debut for Guinea in August 2010.}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Matthieu Delpierre}}

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{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=CacauCacau was born in Santo André, Brazil, but acquired German citizenship through residency in 2009 and made his international debut for Germany in May 2009.}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Christian Gentner}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Khalid Boulahrouz}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Marc Ziegler}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Julian Schieber}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=GUI|pos=MF|name=Mamadou Bah}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=AUT|pos=MF|name=Raphael Holzhauser}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Stefano Celozzi}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=HUN|pos=MF|name=Tamás Hajnal}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Antonio Rüdiger}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=Shinji Okazaki}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Patrick Bauer}}

{{Fs player|no=35|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=André Weis}}

{{Fs player|no=36|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Christoph Hemlein}}

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=Left club during season=

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{{Fs player|no=29|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Pavel Pogrebnyak|other=to Fulham}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Bernd Leno|other=to Bayer Leverkusen}}

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{{Fs player|no=38|nat=BIH|pos=DF|name=Ermin Bičakčić|other=to Eintracht Braunschweig}}

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Competitions

=Overview=

{{Fb overview2

|c=2

|c1=Bundesliga |fm1=6 August 2011 |lm1=5 May 2012 |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1=8th |w1=15 |d1=8 |l1=11 |f1=63 |a1=46

|c2=DFB-Pokal |fm2=29 July 2011 |lm2=8 February 2012 |sr2=First round |fp2=Quarter-finals |w2=3 |d2=0 |l2=1 |f2=7 |a2=4

|u=complete

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=Bundesliga=

==League table==

{{:2011–12 Bundesliga|showteam=VFB}}

=DFB-Pokal=

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|date = {{Start date|2011|07|29|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CEST

|round = First round

|score = 1–2

|report = https://www.kicker.de/1140236/spielbericht/sv-wehen-wiesbaden-122/vfb-stuttgart-11

|team1 = Wehen Wiesbaden

|goals1 = Janjić {{goal|28|pen.}}

|team2 = VfB Stuttgart

|goals2 = {{goal|6}} Bičakčić
{{goal|50}} Kuzmanović

|stadium = BRITA-Arena

|location = Wiesbaden

|attendance = 11,600

|referee = Robert Hartmann

|format = 1

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2011|10|26|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CEST

|round = Second round

|score = 3–0

|report = https://www.kicker.de/1260357/analyse/vfb-stuttgart-11/fsv-frankfurt-1295

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Hemlein {{goal|4}}
Cacau {{goal|38}}
Traoré {{goal|89}}

|team2 = FSV Frankfurt

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mercedes-Benz Arena

|location = Stuttgart

|attendance = 18,270

|referee = Christian Leicher

|format = 1

|result = W

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2011|12|21|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CET

|round = Round of 16

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart-gegen-hsv-2011-dfb-pokal-1418086/analyse Report]

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Cacau {{goal|23||62}}

|team2 = Hamburger SV

|goals2 = {{goal|54|o.g.}} Kvist

|stadium = Mercedes-Benz Arena

|location = Stuttgart

|attendance = 38,600

|referee = Peter Gagelmann

|format = 1

|result = W

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2012|02|08|df=y}}

|time = 20:30 CET

|round = Quarter-finals

|score = 0–2

|report = https://www.kicker.de/1421365/analyse/vfb-stuttgart-11/bayern-muenchen-14

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 =

|team2 = Bayern Munich

|goals2 = {{goal|30}} Ribéry
{{goal|46}} Gómez

|stadium = Mercedes-Benz Arena

|location = Stuttgart

|attendance = 57,500

|referee = Florian Meyer

|format = 1

|result = L

}}

Sources

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Notes

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{{2011–12 in German football}}

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