VfB Stuttgart Colors, Facts and History

VfB Stuttgart history

The name means Association for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893, a nod to the founding year. VfB has been national champion five times, last in 2006-07, and has won the DFB-Pokal four times plus a record two UEFA Intertoto Cups. Across every Bundesliga season combined, only three clubs sit above VfB in the overall standings.

The stadium sits in the Neckarpark, close to the Cannstatter Wasen, where Stuttgart holds its fall beer festival. The reserve team, VfB Stuttgart II, competes in the 3. Liga, the highest level a second team is allowed to reach. Youth teams have been busy too, with a record ten national under 19 titles and seven under 17 crowns. More than 100,000 members make VfB the biggest sports club in its home state, and only seven German football clubs have more. Amateur departments cover table tennis, fistball, track and field, field hockey and even football referees, and there is an esports section plus a social arm, the VfB-Garde.

Did you know?

• VfB Stuttgart's youth sides have won a record ten national under 19 championships.
• Stuttgart's most recent German title came in 2006-07.
• VfB runs a fistball department alongside its football team.