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| Full name | Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Die Roten (The Reds) Die Schwaben (The Swabians)[1] | |||
| Short name | VfB | |||
| Founded | 9 September 1893 | |||
| Ground | MHPArena | |||
| Capacity | 60,058[2] | |||
| President | Dietmar Allgaier | |||
| Chairman | Alexander Wehrle | |||
| Head coach | Sebastian Hoeneß | |||
| League | Bundesliga | |||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga, 2nd of 18 | |||
| Website | vfb.de | |||
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Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (lit. 'Association for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893'), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (German pronunciation: [faʊ̯ɛfˈbeː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] ), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07, the DFB-Pokal three times and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record two times. In the all-time Bundesliga table the team sits in fourth place.
The football team plays its home games at the MHPArena, in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen, where the city's fall beer festival takes place. Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the 3. Liga, which is the highest division allowed for a reserve team. The club's junior teams have won the national under 19 championships a record ten times and the national under 17 championships seven times.
A membership-based club with over 100,000 members,[3] VfB is the largest sports club in Baden-Württemberg and the eighth-largest football club in Germany. It has departments for fistball, field hockey, track and field, table tennis, and football referees, all of which compete only at the amateur level. The club also maintains an esports department and a social department, the VfB-Garde.
- ^ "The German soccer dictionary: Meanings, definitions, translations..." bundesliga.com. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Extensive refurbishment work completed: MHP Arena Stuttgart shines in new splendor" (PDF). mhp.com. MHP Management- und IT-Beratung. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Over 100,000 members!". vfb.de. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.