Position3of 18
Points64in 34
Won, drawn, lost19-7-8
Goals63for, 43 against
FormDWWWL
Results
2008-09Sat 23 May
FT
Sat 16 May
FT
Wed 13 May
FT
Sat 9 May
FT
Sat 2 May
FT
Sat 25 Apr
FT
Sat 18 Apr
FT
Sun 12 Apr
FT
Sat 4 Apr
FT
Sat 21 Mar
FT
Sun 15 Mar
FT
Sat 7 Mar
FT
Sun 1 Mar
FT
Sat 21 Feb
FT
Sat 14 Feb
FT
Sat 7 Feb
FT
Sat 31 Jan
FT
Sat 13 Dec
FT
Sat 6 Dec
FT
Sun 30 Nov
FT
Sat 22 Nov
FT
Sat 15 Nov
FT
Sun 9 Nov
FT
Sat 1 Nov
FT
Wed 29 Oct
FT
Sun 26 Oct
FT
Sat 18 Oct
FT
Sat 4 Oct
FT
Sat 27 Sep
FT
Sun 21 Sep
FT
Sat 13 Sep
FT
Sun 31 Aug
FT
Sat 23 Aug
FT
Sun 17 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 20thof 84 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 5wins in a row, the longest run of 2008-09
- 3clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2008-09
- 38%of the team's league goals scored by Mario Gomez
- 40%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–0Biggest win since 2001-02: VfB Stuttgart 7–0 Borussia M.Gladbach
- 0–6Heaviest defeat: Augsburg 6–0 VfB Stuttgart
In Europe
21 matches in the European cups since 2024-25Won, drawn, lost10-1-10
Goals36– 33
Vesta and VfB Stuttgart
276 league matches since 2017-18- 53%of VfB Stuttgart's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 76wins in 147 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 5%won with 5%: Bayern Munich 1–4 VfB Stuttgart
- 19%won with 19%: Borussia Dortmund 1–5 VfB Stuttgart
- 20%won with 20%: Augsburg 0–1 VfB Stuttgart
- 69%lost at 69%: VfB Stuttgart 0–1 FC Heidenheim
- 69%lost at 69%: VfB Stuttgart 1–2 Borussia M.Gladbach
- 66%lost at 66%: VfB Stuttgart 0–1 St. Pauli
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2008-09, 32 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| Against | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
- 7points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 1point thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 10points won after going behind
- 11points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes, for 32 of the 34 matches played. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2008-09Strength
Rating 1,585Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2008-09| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jens LehmannGoalkeeper | 34 | 3,060 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario GomezForward | 32 | 2,742 | 24 | 6 |
| Thomas HitzlspergerMidfielder | 32 | 2,656 | 5 | 4 |
| Serdar TasciCentre-back | 27 | 2,385 | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto HilbertRight-back | 31 | 2,361 | 3 | 5 |
| Sami KhediraMidfielder | 27 | 2,128 | 7 | 3 |
| Matthieu DelpierreCentre-back | 23 | 2,070 | 1 | 2 |
| CacauForward | 25 | 1,932 | 7 | 6 |
| Ludovic MagninCentre-back | 23 | 1,895 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin LanigDefensive midfielder | 26 | 1,664 | 4 | 4 |
| Khalid BoulahrouzCentre-back | 21 | 1,570 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian TräschRight-back | 19 | 1,519 | 1 | 2 |
| Ricardo OsorioCentre-back | 17 | 1,471 | 0 | 2 |
| Ciprian MaricaForward | 27 | 1,262 | 4 | 2 |
| Arthur BokaLeft-back | 18 | 1,235 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan SimakMidfielder | 20 | 922 | 2 | 2 |
| Pavel PardoMidfielder | 9 | 764 | 1 | 1 |
| Timo GebhartForward | 11 | 696 | 0 | 0 |
| Elson Falcão da Silva– | 17 | 646 | 2 | 3 |
| Georg NiedermeierCentre-back | 5 | 335 | 0 | 0 |
| Yildiray BasturkMidfielder | 4 | 172 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian SchieberForward | 12 | 168 | 0 | 0 |
| Georges Mandjeck– | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Danijel LjubojaForward | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian RudyMidfielder | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Fischer– | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Marijan Kovacevic– | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |

