VfB Stuttgart

Foundation to WWII

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart was formed through a 2 April 1912 merger of predecessor sides Stuttgarter FV and FC Krone Cannstatt following a meeting in the Concordia hotel in Cannstatt. Each of these clubs was made up of school pupils with middle-class roots who learned new sports such as rugby union and football from English expatriates such as William Cail who introduced rugby in 1865.

FV Stuttgart

Stuttgarter Fußballverein was founded at the Zum Becher hotel in Stuttgart on 9 September 1893. 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. Rugby was soon replaced by association football within the club, as spectators found the game too complicated to follow. In 1909, FV joined the Süddeutschen Fußballverband (South German Football Association), 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.

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National

German Championship/Bundesliga Champions: 1950, 1952, 1983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07 Runners-up: 1935, 1953, 1978–79, 2002–03, 2023–24 2. Bundesliga Winners: 1976–77, 2016–17 Runners-up: 2019–20 DFB-Pokal Winners: 1953–54, 1957–58, 1996–97, 2024–25 Runners-up: 1985–86, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2025–26 DFB/DFL-Supercup Winners: 1992 Runners-up: 2024, 2025 DFL-Ligapokal Runners-up: 1997, 1998, 2005

International

UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Runners-up: 1997–98 UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners: 2000, 2002 (shared record)

Pre-season

Fuji-Cup Winners: 1989 Uhrencup Winners: 2010

Regional

Oberliga Süd Winners: 1945–46, 1951–52, 1953–54 2nd Bundesliga Süd Winners: 1977 Bezirksliga Württemberg-Baden Winners: 1926–27, 1929–30 Gauliga Württemberg Winners: 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1942–43

Reserve team

German amateur champions: 1962–63, 1979–80

Youth

German Under 19 championship Champions: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2002–03, 2004–05 (record) Runners-up: 1971–72, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2018–19 Under 19 Bundesliga Division South/Southwest Champions: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2018–19 Under 19 Juniors DFB-Pokal Winners: 1996–97, 2000–01, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2025–26 Runners-up: 2001–02 German Under 17 championship Champions: 1985–86, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2025–26 Runners-up: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2011–12,…