VfB Stuttgart II

VfB Stuttgart II

Nickname(s)	Der kleine VfB (The Little VfB)
Short name	VfB II
Founded	1893
Ground	WIRmachenDRUCK Arena, Aspach
Capacity	10,001
President	Dietmar Allgaier
Head coach	Markus Fiedler
League	3. Liga
2023–24	Regionalliga Südwest, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Active departments of VfB Stuttgart
Football (Men's) Football II (Men's) Football (Women's) Athletics Field hockey Fistball Table tennis Esports Referees Garde (Sociability)

VfB Stuttgart II is a German football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3. Liga. They are the reserve team of VfB Stuttgart. Until 2005 the team played under the name of VfB Stuttgart Amateure.

VfB Stuttgart Amateure first made an appearance at the highest level of local amateur football, the third division Amateurliga Württemberg, in 1959–60, winning the league. The league was split into two regional divisions and the team was grouped in the Amateurliga Nordwürttemberg where it became a dominating side from 1962 to 1967, winning four league titles in five seasons but being barred from promotion to the professional leagues above. The team stayed in this league until 1978, winning one more title in 1971 and generally achieving top of the table finishes but failing to qualify for the new Oberliga Baden-Württemberg by a point when it came sixth and a top five finish was required.^[1]

The team's league championships in the Amateurliga and Amateur-Oberliga entitled it to take part in the German amateur football championship, which it won in 1963 and 1980, beating VfL Wolfsburg and FC Augsburg in the finals, while it finished runners-up in 1971 when it lost to SC Jülich 1910.^[2]

The team came second in the new Verbandsliga Württemberg in 1979 and was promoted to the Oberliga. It won a championship in this league in its first season there but was again barred from promotion. It came second the season after but suffered relegation in 1988. After two seasons in the Verbandsliga it returned to the Oberliga in 1990. it failed to qualify when the Regionalliga Süd was introduced as the third tier of league football in 1994 but won promotion to this league in 1998 after an Oberliga championship. It dropped back to Oberliga level in 2002 but won another Oberliga title in 2003 and spend the next five seasons in the Regionalliga again. In 2008 the club qualified for the 3. Liga, the new third tier of league football in Germany, where itplayed for the next eight seasons, generally as a mid- and lower table side. At the end of the 2015–16 season the club was relegated to the tier four Regionalliga Südwest after coming last in the 3. Liga.^[1]

The team has also qualified for the first round of the German Cup through the Württemberg Cup and has been, at times, quite successful. In their first participation in 1974–75 it reached the quarter finals before going out to Borussia Dortmund. It was knocked out in the first round in 1975–76 and 1980–81 and in the second round in 1981–82. It made another first round exit the year after when it lost to local rival Stuttgarter Kickers. In 2000–01 it defeated Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 in the first round before being drawn against its own first team in the second round and losing 3–0. The following season it made another first round exit and, since 2008, is, like all reserve teams in Germany, barred from the competition.^[3]

VfB Stuttgart II serves as Stuttgart's reserve team. The team's backbone consists of recent graduates from Stuttgart's youth teams and several established, older players who are not good enough for Stuttgart's first team. Players that are particularly impressive at Stuttgart II are often called up to become permanent members of the first-team. For example, Sami Khedira made 9 league appearances for Stuttgart II in the 2006–07 season, his final one coming on 24 September 2006, before he was called up the first-team; he made his Bundesliga debut on 1 October 2006.

The Robert-Schlienz-Stadion, offering 5000 places, all standing, was home for the VfB II until 2008 and from 2016 to 2024. It currently hosts the home games of VfB's A and B youth teams. Initially known as the "Amateur-Stadion" (German for amateur stadium), the Robert-Schlienz Stadium got its name in honour of the well-known VfB player Robert Schlienz, after his death in June 1995. The first game played here was in the 2nd round of the youth championship, on 25 June 1995, between the VfB's B youth team and Eintracht Frankfurt's.

As the Robert-Schlienz-Stadion did not meet the requirements for the 3. Liga, VfB Stuttgart II moved to the larger Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau after promotion in 2008. Following relegation to the Regionalliga Südwest, home matches were once again played at the Robert-Schlienz-Stadion from 2016 onwards. Due to the return to the 3. Liga for the 2024–25 season, the team had to move again and will play its home games in the WIRmachenDRUCK Arena in Aspach, which has a capacity of 10,001 spectators.

The club's honours:

The recent head coaches of the team:^[4]

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[1][5]

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

As of 2 October 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Kaden Amaniampong 3 DF  GER Frederik Schumann 4 DF  AUT Michael Glück 5 DF  JPN Anrie Chase 6 MF  GER Alexander Groiß 8 MF  GER Samuele Di Benedetto 11 FW  GER Benjamin Boakye 12 MF  SWE Colin Farnerud 13 MF  GER Leonhard Münst 14 DF  TUR Semih Kara 15 MF  KOS Luan Simnica 16 DF  SUI Leny Meyer 17 FW  GER Maurice Boakye 18 MF  GER Lukas Laupheimer 19 DF  GER Jakov Suver 20 DF  GER Leon Reichardt

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  GER Paulo Fritschi 23 FW  KOS Elton Krasniqi 24 MF  AUT Christopher Olivier 25 FW  GER David Tritschler 27 MF  GER Jarzinho Malanga 28 GK  GER Dominik Draband 29 DF  GER Dominik Nothnagel (captain) 30 MF  GER Nicolás Sessa 32 DF  GER Tom Barth 33 GK  GER Finn Böhmker 35 MF  GER Luca Mack 36 FW  GER Tino Kaufmann 37 DF  GER Maximilian Herwerth 39 DF  GER Alexandre Azevedo 40 DF  GER Peter Reinhardt 42 MF  JPN Rinto Hanashiro

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  GER Karlo Kuranyi (at FC 08 Villingen until 30 June 2025)

• Official site
• Fussbaldaten profile (in German)
• VfB Stuttgart II at Weltfussball.de
• Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables (in German)