2001–02 VfB Stuttgart season

VfB Stuttgart

2001–02 season
Manager	Felix Magath
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
Top goalscorer	Ionel Ganea (10)
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VfB Stuttgart had an average season in its first season under Felix Magath. It finished 8th in Bundesliga, qualifying for the Intertoto Cup. The season also saw Stuttgart breaking its transfer record, when the club signed Fernando Meira for € 7.5 million.

Squad at end of season^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Timo Hildebrand 2 DF  GER Andreas Hinkel 3 DF  GER Timo Wenzel 4 DF  ANG Rui Marques 5 DF  BRA Marcelo Bordon 6 DF  POR Fernando Meira 7 MF  GER Silvio Meißner 8 MF  GER Jens Todt 9 FW  ROU Ionel Ganea 10 MF  BUL Krasimir Balakov 12 DF  GER Heiko Gerber 13 MF  GER Christian Tiffert 14 MF  GER Thomas Schneider 15 MF  BLR Alexander Hleb 16 DF  RSA Bradley Carnell 17 DF  GER Jochen Seitz

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BRA Adhemar 20 DF  CRO Zvonimir Soldo 21 DF  GER Jochen Endreß 22 FW  GER Kevin Kurányi[notes 1] 24 GK  GER Thomas Ernst 25 DF  GER Fabio Morena 26 MF  GER Robert Vujević 29 DF  GER Steffen Dangelmayr 30 GK  BIH Adnan Masić 35 MF  GER Alessandro Caruso 36 FW  GER Sean Dundee[notes 2] 43 DF  GER Steffen Kocholl 44 DF  GER Michael Rundio — MF  GER Benjamin Adrion — FW  GER Marvin Braun — FW  GER Steffen Handschuh

• Stuttgart-Köln 0–0
• Hamburg-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Jörg Albertz 40'
• 2–0 Erik Meijer 49'
• Stuttgart-Werder Bremen 0–0
• Nürnberg-Stuttgart 2–4
• 0–1 Ionel Ganea 4'
• 1–1 Marek Nikl 38'
• 2–1 Marek Nikl 49'
• 2–2 Jens Todt 58'
• 2–3 Ionel Ganea 61'
• 2–4 Adhemar 88'
• Stuttgart-Hertha BSC 0–0
• Wolfsburg-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Jochen Seitz 7'
• 0–2 Krassimir Balakov 65' (pen.)
• Stuttgart-Hansa Rostock 2–1
• 0–1 Andreas Jakobsson 11'
• 1–1 Krassimir Balakov 55' (pen.)
• 2–1 Ionel Ganea 85'
• Bayern Munich-Stuttgart 4–0
• 1–0 Giovane Élber 10'
• 2–0 Giovane Élber 13'
• 3–0 Giovane Élber 61'
• 4–0 Paulo Sérgio 90'
• Stuttgart-Schalke 04 3–0
• 1–0 Marcelo Bordon 35'
• 2–0 Ionel Ganea 52'
• 3–0 Alexander Hleb 54'
• Bayer Leverkusen-Stuttgart 4–1
• 0–1 Ionel Ganea 10'
• 1–1 Zé Roberto 24'
• 2–1 Boris Živković 59'
• 3–1 Lúcio 63'
• 4–1 Dimitar Berbatov 86'
• Stuttgart-St. Pauli 2–0
• 1–0 Christian Tiffert 11'
• 2–0 Jochen Endress 89'
• Borussia Dortmund-Stuttgart 1–0
• 1–0 Lars Ricken 51'
• Stuttgart-Freiburg 3–0
• 1–0 Silvio Meißner 5'
• 2–0 Christian Tiffert 75'
• 3–0 Jochen Seitz 90'
• Energie Cottbus-Stuttgart 0–0
• Stuttgart-Mönchengladbach 1–1
• 1–0 Timo Wenzel 49'
• 1–1 Marco Kuntzel 90'
• Stuttgart-1860 Munich 0–1
• 0–1 Didier Dheedene 65'
• Kaiserslautern-Stuttgart 2–2
• 1–0 Ratinho 4'
• 1–1 Silvio Meißner 32'
• 2–1 Vratislav Lokvenc 63'
• 2–2 Kevin Kurányi 86'
• Köln-Stuttgart 0–0
• Stuttgart-Hamburg 3–0
• 1–0 Ionel Ganea 27'
• 2–0 Ingo Hertzsch 32' (o.g.)
• 3–0 Marcelo Bordon 77'
• Werder Bremen-Stuttgart 1–2
• 1–0 Marco Bode 39'
• 1–1 Ionel Ganea 62'
• 1–2 Christian Tiffert 84'
• Stuttgart-Nürnberg 2–3
• 0–1 Cacau 15'
• 1–1 Marcelo Bordon 24'
• 1–2 Cacau 26'
• 2–2 Ionel Ganea 59'
• 2–3 Tommy Svindal Larsen 77'
• Hertha BSC-Stuttgart 2–0
• 1–0 Marcelinho 16'
• 2–0 Marcelinho 36'
• Stuttgart-VfL Wolfsburg 2–1
• 1–0 Silvio Meißner 9'
• 2–0 Alexander Hleb 77'
• 2–1 Diego Klimowicz 87'
• Hansa Rostock-Stuttgart 1–1
• 1–0 René Rydlewicz 30' (pen.)
• 1–1 Fernando Meira 72'
• Stuttgart-Bayern Munich 0–2
• 0–1 Roque Santa Cruz 32'
• 0–2 Mehmet Scholl 39'
• Schalke 04-Stuttgart 2–1
• 1–0 Tomasz Wałdoch 59'
• 1–1 Adhemar 78'
• 2–1 Ebbe Sand 90'
• Stuttgart-Bayer Leverkusen 0–2
• 0–1 Thomas Brdarić 40'
• 0–2 Dimitar Berbatov 45'
• St. Pauli-Stuttgart 1–2
• 0–1 Krassimir Balakov 75'
• 0–2 Sean Dundee 81'
• 1–2 Matías Cenci 83'
• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 3–2
• 1–0 Sean Dundee 33'
• 2–0 Silvio Meißner 37'
• 2–1 Christian Wörns 51'
• 3–1 Ionel Ganea 64'
• 3–2 Jan Koller 78'
• Freiburg-Stuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Fernando Meira 79'
• 0–2 Steffen Handschuh 87'
• Stuttgart-Energie Cottbus 0–0
• Mönchengladbach-Stuttgart 2–2
• 0–1 Krassimir Balakov 44'
• 1–1 Peter Van Houdt 68'
• 2–1 Benjamin Auer 80'
• 2–2 Sean Dundee 84'
• 1860 Munich-Stuttgart 3–3
• 0–1 Sean Dundee 20'
• 0–2 Silvio Meißner 43'
• 1–2 Martin Max 53' (pen.)
• 2–2 Martin Max 60'
• 2–3 Silvio Meißner 63'
• 3–3 Daniel Borimirov 79'
• Stuttgart-Kaiserslautern 4–3
• 1–0 Silvio Meißner 42'
• 1–1 Lincoln 45'
• 2–1 Sean Dundee 46'
• 2–2 Marian Hristov 60'
• 3–2 Silvio Meißner 65'
• 3–3 Miroslav Klose 71'
• 4–3 Ionel Ganea 73'

• Ionel Ganea 10
• Silvio Meißner 7
• Sean Dundee 5

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