The 2019–20 VfB Stuttgart season was the 127th season in the football club's history and their third overall season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, having been relegated from the Bundesliga in the previous season. In addition to the 2. Bundesliga, VfB Stuttgart also participated in the DFB-Pokal. This was the 87th season for Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Season summary In May 2019, Stuttgart appointed Tim Walter as their new head coach. Despite a strong start to the season, with Stuttgart third at Christmas, Walter was sacked on 23 December 2019, with Stuttgart appointing Pellegrino Matarazzo as his replacement on 30 December 2019. However, in March 2020, the season was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, putting Stuttgart's promotion hopes in doubt.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 AM Mateo Klimowicz Instituto de Córdoba Undisclosed 1 July 2019 DM Atakan Karazor Holstein Kiel €800,000 1 July 2019 CM Philipp Klement SC Paderborn 07 Undisclosed 1 July 2019 GK Fabian Bredlow 1. FC Nürnberg Undisclosed 1 July 2019 CF Hamadi Al Ghaddioui Jahn Regensburg €300,000 2 July 2019 LW Tanguy Coulibaly Paris Saint-Germain Free 5 July 2019 CF Saša Kalajdžić Admira Wacker Undisclosed 5 July 2019 CB Maxime Awoudja Bayern Munich Undisclosed 13 August 2019 CF Silas Paris Undisclosed 29 August 2019 DM Nikolas Nartey 1. FC Köln Undisclosed 2 September 2019 AM Philipp Förster SV Sandhausen Undisclosed 13 January 2020 LW Darko Churlinov 1. FC Köln Undisclosed 31 January 2020 DM Clinton Mola Chelsea Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 7 June 2020 RB Pascal Stenzel SC Freiburg 30 June 2020 24 June 2019 GK Gregor Kobel FC Augsburg 30 June 2020 7 August 2019 CB Nathaniel Phillips Liverpool 1 January 2020 13 August 2019 DM Wataru Endo Sint-Truiden 30 June 2020 13 January 2020 CB Nathaniel Phillips Liverpool 30 June 2020
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2019 CB Benjamin Pavard Bayern Munich Undisclosed 1 July 2019 GK Ron-Robert Zieler Hannover 96 Undisclosed 1 July 2019 GK Alexander Meyer Jahn Regensburg Free 1 July 2019 CB Ozan Kabak FC Schalke 04 Undisclosed 5 July 2019 CM Christian Gentner 1. FC Union Berlin Free 16 July 2019 RW Leon Dajaku Bayern Munich Undisclosed 25 July 2019 CB Timo Baumgartl PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed 1 January 2020 DM Santiago Ascacíbar Hertha BSC Undisclosed 2 January 2020 LB Emiliano Insúa LA Galaxy Undisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2019 RB Pablo Maffeo Girona 30 June 2020 10 July 2019 LM Erik Thommy Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 June 2020 16 July 2019 AM David Kopacz Górnik Zabrze 30 June 2020 30 July 2019 RW Chadrac Akolo Amiens SC 30 June 2020 30 August 2019 DM Nikolas Nartey Hansa Rostock 30 June 2020 2 September 2019 CF Anastasios Donis Stade de Reims 30 June 2020
Competitions 2. Bundesliga League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
DFB-Pokal
Player statistics Appearances and goals
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