During the 2008–09

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season, the club was a genuine contender for the

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title, losing out only to

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and

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and finishing in third position. Striker

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scored 24 goals in the Bundesliga campaign, only to then make a shock switch to rivals Bayern for the highest-received transfer fee in the club's history.

Players

First-team squad

:''Squad at end of season''

Left club during season

VfB Stuttgart II

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were coached by Rainer Adrion and finished 11th in the

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Bundesliga

Classification

Results

Statistics

Top scorers

24 *

Cacau Claudemir Jerônimo Barreto (born 27 March 1981), known as Cacau (, ;), is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, he represented Germany at international level. Cacau received German citizenship in February ...

7 *

Thomas Hitzlsperger Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982) is a German football executive and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently board member at Serie A club Hellas Verona. In February 2019, he was appointed Head of Sport at VfB ...

5 *

Sami Khedira Sami Khedira (; ; born 4 April 1987) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a central midfielder. He began his career at VfB Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga in 2007, before moving to Real Madrid CF, Re ...

5 *

Ciprian Marica Ciprian Andrei Marica (; born 2 October 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He is a minority shareholder of Farul Constanța. Club career Dinamo București Marica's first professional club team w ...

Notes

References

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Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...