The 2026–27 season is the 134th season in the history of VfB Stuttgart, and the club's seventh consecutive campaign in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, Stuttgart is participating in the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League.

Players First-team squad

Out on loan

Transfers In Date Pos. Player From Type Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 MF Bilal El Khannouss Leicester City Transfer €15,000,000 1 July 2026 MF Grischa Prömel TSG Hoffenheim Transfer Free 1 July 2026 GK Marius Funk Energie Cottbus Transfer Free 1 July 2026 FW Tim van der Leij RKC Waalwijk Transfer €1,200,000 29 July 2026 FW Leo Sauer Feyenoord Transfer €12,500,000 10 August 2026 FW Dženan Pejčinović VfL Wolfsburg Transfer €25,000,000

Loans in Date Pos. Player From Type Fee Ref. No incoming loans confirmed as of 16 August 2026.

Out Date Pos. Player To Type Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 GK Alexander Nübel Bayern Munich End of loan 1 July 2026 DF Pascal Stenzel Unattached End of contract 10 August 2026 MF Christopher Olivier Brøndby IF Transfer €1,000,000 17 August 2026 FW Jovan Milošević Braga Transfer €8,000,000 1 September 2026 MF Chema Andrés Brighton & Hove Albion Transfer €23,000,000 1 September 2026 MF Lazar Jovanović Udinese Transfer €8,000,000

Loans out Date Pos. Player Loaned to Type Fee Ref. 1 July 2026 GK Florian Hellstern Greuther Fürth Loan Undisclosed 1 July 2026 MF Noah Darvich SV Elversberg Loan Undisclosed 1 July 2026 MF Yannik Keitel FC Augsburg Loan Undisclosed 16 August 2026 MF Laurin Ulrich SC Paderborn Loan €600,000 1 September 2026 FW Badredine Bouanani Rangers Loan Undisclosed 5 September 2026 FW Jeremy Arévalo Estrela da Amadora Loan Undisclosed

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overall record

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

UEFA Champions League

League phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 27 August 2026.

Statistics Appearances and goals As of 9 September 2026

! colspan=12 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Goalkeepers

! colspan=12 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Defenders

! colspan=12 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Midfielders

! colspan=12 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;" | Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Goalscorers PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalChampions LeagueTotal1FW9Ermedin Demirović10342FW17Dženan Pejčinović03033DF4Josha Vagnoman20024FW8Tiago Tomás01014FW11Bilal El Khannouss10014MF21Grischa Prömel10014DF7Maximilian Mittelstädt1001Own goals0000Totals64313

Assists The list is sorted by squad number when total assists are equal. PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalChampions LeagueTotal 1 26 FW Deniz Undav 0 2 2 4 4 DF Josha Vagnoman 1 1 0 2 2 8 FW Tiago Tomás 0 1 0 1 7 DF Maximilian Mittelstädt 1 0 0 1 29 DF Finn Jeltsch 1 0 0 1 6 MF Angelo Stiller 0 0 1 1Totals 3 4 3 10

References