About VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart's return to the top of German football has been one of the Bundesliga's best recent stories. Relegated in 2019, promoted in 2022, and suddenly competing for Champions League places by 2024 — the trajectory has been steep and largely unexpected. The MHPArena (formerly Mercedes-Benz Arena) in Bad Cannstatt holds 60,000 and generates a matchday atmosphere that rivals Dortmund's when full. Stuttgart's football under Sebastian Hoeness has been direct, high-pressing, and built on a core of young players developed internally or recruited cheaply. The Schwabian club has five Bundesliga titles in its history, all from the pre-Bayern dominance era, and the current project feels like the most realistic shot at challenging the established order in years.
Legends
Jurgen Klinsmann scored goals everywhere he went but started at Stuttgart, where his pace and finishing announced him to the world. Karl Allgower spent thirteen years at the club, scoring free kicks that predated the dead-ball obsession by decades. Fredi Bobic led the line during the 1992 title win. Sami Khedira came through the academy before joining Real Madrid and winning the World Cup, but Stuttgart was where the discipline was built.