This is a list of the seasons played by VfB Stuttgart from 1909 when the club replaced the rugby club. In 1909 they joined the South German Football Association playing the second tier B-klasse. Because there is very little information about these leagues this list starts from 1912 when Stuttgart eventually advanced to the senior Südkreis-Liga. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold and were also top scorers of the division. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of German football:

Before 1945 the German league structure was changing rapidly. The end of World War II marks the end of this episode. From 1945–63 a German league structure without a nationwide league was maintained without greater changes. Since 1963 a nationwide league, the Bundesliga, exists.

VfB Stuttgart have won the German football championship five times; two before and three after the establishment of the Bundesliga. The club also won the DFB-Pokal three times and the DFL-Supercup once.

The club have been relegated three times from the Bundesliga, in 1975, 2016 and 2019. In 1977, 2017 and 2020, the club was promoted back to first division football.

Key

Key to league record: Pld – Matches played W – Matches won D – Matches drawn L – Matches lost GF – Goals for GA – Goals against Pts – Points Pos – Final position

+ Key to colours and symbols:SymbolMeaningW Winners RU Runners-up Promoted Relegated EC European Cup / Champions League EC UEFA Cup / Europa League ♦ Top league scorer in Vfb Stuttgart's division

Key to rounds: Prel. – Preliminary round QR1 – First qualifying round QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc. Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper) GS – Group stage 1R – First round 2R – Second round, etc. R64 – 1/32 Final R32 – 1/16 Final R16 – 1/8 Final QF – Quarter-finals SF – Semi-finals F – Final W – Winners DNE – Did not enter

BL – Bundesliga 2BL – 2. Bundesliga SGFC – South German Football Championship

Seasons until 1933

Results of league competitions by season.

+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosName(s)GoalsLeagueTop goalscorer(s)Goals in German football championship and South German football championship. 1912–13 N/A 1913–14 N/A 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1921–22 N/A 1922–23 N/A 1923–24 N/A 1924–25 N/A 1925–26 N/A 1926–27 South German Football Championship: 5th in Group N/A 1927–28 South German Football Championship: 3rd in Group of 2nd and 3rd places Südost N/A 1928–29 South German Football Championship: 5th in Group of 2nd and 3rd places Südost N/A 1929–30 South German Football Championship: 5th in Group of Champions N/A 1930–31 N/A 1931–32 South German Football Championship: 8th in Group Süd/Ost N/A 1932–33 N/A

Gauliga (1933–1945)

+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos DFB-PokalName(s)GoalsLeagueTop goalscorer(s)Goals in all competitions Gauliga or lower divisions and DFB-Pokal. 1933–34 N/A 1934–35 German Football Championship: 1st in Group 4, semi-final versus VfL Benrath 4–2, Final vs Schalke 04 4–6 N/A 1935–36 N/A 1936–37 German Football Championship: 1st in Group 3, semi- final vs Schalke 04 2–4, third place vs Hamburger SV 1–0 N/A 1937–38 German Football Championship: 3rd in Group 3 N/A 1938–39 N/A 1939–40 German Football Championship: 2nd in Group Württemberg Championship N/A 1940–41 N/A 1941–42 N/A 1942–43 N/A 1943–44 N/A 1944–45

1945–1963

+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos DFB-PokalCupResultPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueUEFA – FIFATop goalscorer(s)Goals in all competitions (Bundesliga or lower divisions, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup and European tournaments. 1945–46 No German Football Championship was played between 1944 and 1947 because of World War II - 1946–47 - 1947–48 - 1948–49 - 1949–50 Vfb Stuttgart ended 2nd in Oberliga Süd. For the German Football Championship they played 4 matches. Preliminary vs VfL Osnabrück 2–1, Intermediate vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5–2, semi-final versus SpVgg Greuther Fürth 4–1 and final vs Kickers Offenbach 2–1 - 1950–51 - 1951–52 German Football Championship 1st Group 2. Final vs 1. FC Saarbrücken 3–2 - 1952–53 Vfb Stuttgart ended 2nd in Oberliga Süd. German Football Championship 1st Group 2. Final vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–4 - 1953–54 German Football Championship 2nd Group 2. - 1954–55 - 1955–56 German Football Championship 3rd in Group 2. - 1956–57 - 1957–58 - 1958–59 - 1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 -

Since 1963 (foundation of Bundesliga)

+ Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos DFB-Pokal DFL-SupercupCupResultPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueUEFA – FIFATop goalscorer(s)Goals in all competitions (Bundesliga or lower divisions, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup and European tournaments. 1963–64 Dieter Höller 1964–65 Hartmut Weiß 1965–66 Hans-Otto Peters 1966–67 Hartmut Weiß 1967–68 Horst Köppel 1968–69 Manfred Weidmann 1969–70 Jan Olsson 1970–71 Hartmut Weiß 1971–72 Wolfgang Frank 1972–73 Karl-Heinz Handschuh 1973–74UCSF Hermann Ohlicher 1974–75 Hermann Ohlicher 1975–76 Dieter Höller 1976–77 Ottmar Hitzfeld 1977–78 Hansi Müller 1978–79UCR16 Dieter Hoeneß 1979–80UCSF Hermann Ohlicher 1980–81UCR16 1981–82UCR64 Dieter Müller 1982–83 Karl Allgöwer 1983–84UCR64 1984–85ECR32 Karl Allgöwer 1985–86 Karl Allgöwer 1986–87CWCR16 Jürgen Klinsmann 1987–88 Jürgen Klinsmann 1988–89UCRU 1989–90UCR16 Fritz Walter 1990–91 1991–92UCR32 Fritz Walter ♦ 1992–93UCLR32 Fritz Walter 1993–94 Fritz Walter 1994–95 Fredi Bobic 1995–96 Fredi Bobic ♦ 1996–97 Fredi Bobic 1997–98CWCRU Fredi Bobic 1998–99UCR32 Jonathan Akpoborie 1999–2000 2000–01UCR16 Ioan Ganea 2001–02 Ioan Ganea 2002–03UCR16 Kevin Kurányi 2003–04UCLR16 2004–05UCR32 2005–06UCR32 2006–07 2007–08UCLGS 2008–09UCR32 2009–10UCLR16 2010–11UELR32 2011–12 2012–13UELR16 2013–14UELPO 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Simon Terodde ♦ 2017–18 2018–19 2019–2017710624158 Nicolás González 2020–21 Saša Kalajdžić 2021–22 Saša Kalajdžić 2022–23 Serhou Guirassy 2023–24 Serhou Guirassy 2024–25UCLLP Ermedin Demirović 2025–26UELR16 Deniz Undav

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