VfB Stuttgart: The Revival of a German Giant

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

Everyone has been talking about Leverkeusen and the downfall of Bayern, I am glad someone is talking about VfB Stuttgart!

[@elundef]

I mean, yes, Leverkusen having a great season. So is Stuttgart, which I am fan of. But people are also forgetting about Heidenheim, which are not in the relegation places. Such a crazy season in Germany!

[@Leicester_Ansulrua]

Stuttgart could realistically claim 2nd place in front of bayern at this pace

[@gameshooterstarOG]

Bayern downfall is a stretch concidering that they are lowkey doing better than last season.

[@gamerlahrsi]

Kleines f!!!

[@dandrecollier800]

​@@gameshooterstarOGhow are they doing better then last season when they still won a title

[@DerZylinder]

Im gonna Cry in the Stadium, if we finish top 4 and qualify for the Champions League. Nach all der Scheiße, gehts auf die Reise, STUTTGART INTERNATIONAL. EUROPAPOKAL

[@haze1563]

Ist halt so, wir haben zu viel gelitten 😂

[@DerZylinder]

@@haze1563 ich bin das erste mal mit 10 Jahren ins Stadion, in der letzten Saison wo wir noch europapokal gespielt haben. Ich bin jetzt 20 und hab fast nichts außer scheiß Saison nach scheiß Saison gesehen 😂 ich war letzte Saison schon so gebrochen das ich dazu bereit war Freiburg denn neuen größten Verein in Baden-Württemberg zu nennen 😅😵‍💫

[@haze1563]

Ja ich bin auch 20 und vor diesen Saison war mein beste Fan Moment Endos Tor gegen Köln… Ich war zu der Zeit auch in Mercedes Benz 😂

[@StefanC123]

I already cry non-stop of what I witness. This season is the wildest I ever had and I am a VfB fans since my childhood days when I got a sign of Giovane Elber and he touched my head at a car seller in Filderstadt (I believe). 😂 This season is just something else. It is totally out of nowhere, it is more beautiful than anything I could've imagined and it just doesn't want to end. This season I had multiple of my most beautiful moments as a fan and I always thought: "This surely cannot be topped." and I was proven wrong every single time. And the season isn't over yet. So I gave up. We had 4 VfB players on the field against France at the same time or Mittelstädt scoring against Holland and listening to "Völlig losgelöst"... how tf could this possibly be topped again?... Well, we have a European Cup soon... This season, everything can happen. And Europe is booked, the only question is where we gonna travel to: Madrid, Manchester and Mailand or Helsinki, Marsaille and Braga. I don't care actually!🤣 Für immer VfB 🤍❤

[@paffpaff6375]

OOOHOOOO

[@mikeangel1685]

We won tonight in Dortmund and levelled up with Bayern 💪

[@StefanC123]

It is so weird to me that the story of Robert Schlienz is not that publicly well known. Imagine nowadays publicity if a disabled man kicks in the highest league and wins trophies left and right. This is outstanding and I think it is one of the biggest achievements humanly possible in football. Compared to him, Messi and Ronaldo look like little boys who try to be good football players on their school's playground.

[@jigglebiggle2799]

Stop overhyping bro, its a sport where youre literally not allowed to use your arms, if anything, he had a huge advantage. Dont ever undermine the goats ronaldo and messi jus cause some dude doesnt have an arm lmfaooooo

[@jigglebiggle2799]

I can guarantee you put dude in modern day football with his arm and he's a starter for 1860 Munich at best.

[@nacholino2231]

Missing an arm does come with other disadvantages such as less stability and speed

[@StefanC123]

@@jigglebiggle2799 So why aren't there any players without an arm who perform at the top level if it is such an advantage?

[@straeuble]

He is actually the only disabled player to ever play in the German national team.

[@Ashtrek_yt]

Glad, someone is talking about Stuttgart.

[@cryptonic7259]

I’m German and a VFB fan and I cannot believe that an American gave me so much information of my club 😂. Fantastic work / research 👏👏👏

[@DagnalDiagonal]

Well I was the manager of VfB for a short bit

[@cryptonic7259]

@@DagnalDiagonal 😜

[@jorgkuhnapfel8012]

Really great job! A lot of work! Congratulations!

[@philipptebel8088]

moin mein lieber Schwabenfreund

[@vichitramanava4272]

Congratulations now your team is 2nd in Bundesliga 🥵🎉🎉

[@pr-pr9438]

With hoeneß and Alonso the bundesliga has 2 of the best upcoming coaches.

[@BndH2011]

Angelo stiller has been absolutely insane and is argubly one of the 3 most crucial players and is the best cdm in the devision...

[@Stego1819]

Leverkusen alone has 3 better cdms.

[@DagnalDiagonal]

The more I look into him, the more impressed I am. He seriously does not have a bad game

[@MrIkOgNiTo]

​@@Stego1819 I only count one in Xhaka (and it's debatable if Xhaka is even better)

[@BndH2011]

@@Stego1819 Who? Xhaka isnt playing as a 6. only Palacios is argubly a better player and then youve got robert andrich who simply isnt on the level of stiller, which doesent mean hes not having a great season. But stiller play with by far less technical gifted midfield partners.I watch stiller every week and hes just insane!

[@dnny1440]

@@DagnalDiagonal Our captain and CB Anton had to serve a yellow card ban against Dortmund at the weekend, and Hoeneß stuck Stiller in at CB, because he played it one time under him in Bayern's reserves. And he was... excellent lmao this dude is unreal

[@nicob.4607]

In my opinion (not biased because i'm a VfB fan) we play the most attractive football in the Bundesliga right now, we are even better to watch than Leverkusen. 😅

[@StefanC123]

We play prime Barca football and that feels even like a little understatement. I sometimes see myself wondering what I just witnessed again. Like the match vs. Heidenheim: The result was shit, but what kind of plays we did... Outstanding. I didn't know football can look so beautiful. Nur der VfB! 🤍❤

[@RafaelGromann]

Right now it could be more attractive than Leverkusens football, in the second half of the season Leverkusen only won 1 game with more than 2 goals and they're more interested on keeping the ball than shooting

[@dnny1440]

Great video, the fact that you mentioned Robert Schlienz makes you goated, he is an absolute Legend. A big reason we turned it around was also Sven Mislintat. He came in in 2020 and laid the groundwork for our current squad while keeping the club afloat through covid (Führich, Sosa, Endo, Mavropanos etc. were all his transfers).

[@F1faPlay3r]

your so underrated you get no views but your videos are top quality with good editing

[@bloodysking]

I'm a VfB Fan since 2015, i went through 2 relegations and was on the pitch when we made sure to stay in the Bundesliga in the last second against Köln, i'm just so happy to see my Club finally winning

[@keinplaninmathe]

Legendo i still love you! LFC and VfB

[@lapepe9046]

Nice seeing you talking about Stuttgart! I grew up as a Bayern München Fan and moved to Stuttgart a few years ago and developed a strong sympathy for them despite their relegation and bad form. Tbh they are (together with Leverkusen obviously) the most exciting team to watch this season as they developed a very dominant playing style under Hoeneß (who's the nephew of Uli Hoeneß from Bayern). Just watch at the first goal from their recent game against Heidenheim.

[@Lena_765_]

thank you for the note at the end. I was just about to google whether they are related haha

[@marcwun6347]

About schlienz: in 1950, Real Madrid Icon Alfredo di Stefano called him the Best He has ever seen on the pitch. He said that "the Things the guy with one arm did were unimaginable for me until now against a side as strong as our's" Since Real was the best Team of that time, this Shows how great of a Player schlienz was

[@merobo5066]

Guirassy isn't a 2023 summer transfer as implied here. He came in 2022 and scored in the relegation play-offs vs Hamburg

[@felixscoots2652]

True but he was a loan player in 22/23 season ;)

[@DagnalDiagonal]

Yes, my mistake. He was hurt for a long period, so he never played and i assumed he was new

[@Jonas-vx1mr]

Fun fact about the history of football in Stuttgart: While it is commonly believed (and even stated on Wikipedia) that teacher Konrad Koch founded german football in 1874, William Cail's 1892 book "Football - The Rugby Union Game" mentions English students playing rugby/soccer in Cannstatt since 1865, right next to where VFB Stuttgart's stadium is located today. This makes Stuttgart one of the oldest, if not the oldest, German football cities.

[@Anonymous44625]

I am Stuttgart fan and I’m so happy someone is talking about us. Not all the time about Leverkusen and Bayern. Thank you bro you made a wonderful video 🤍❤️

[@lucubrator4283]

What has been financially crucial lately is that they made it back to the Bundesliga the next year after relegation. In the 2010's, you had a race to the bottom with other historical clubs like Hamburg, Schalke, Bremen or Hertha who's going to be the biggest shitshow that season and fire more managers/coaches. When Hamburg were relegated the first time in their history, everyone finally got their chance to point and laugh. But they've been stuck in the 2nd league since 2018 and it's not funny anymore, they're missed. Coming back to the video: after 10-15 most years that range from disappointing to heartbreaking and depressing, this season is nothing but joy for us Stuttgart fans. Thanks for the great video!

[@mariomelms7902]

I´m a VfB- Fan for ~45 years and it was a rollercoaster, especially the last 10 years. I hope what they did this season is sustainable but it`s gonna be hard.

[@DonMattoncino]

So cool that you are covering my favorite club VfB Stuttgart! You did a great job with this video! Chapeau! I was one of the 250000 people who celebrated the league title in 2007 and since then some years truly have been a nightmare. No wonder I’m still in disbelief about this season 😅 However, it’s definitely the manager’s work that helped propel the club into this wonderful new time!

[@alexw.7702]

Ich war auch dabei 2007😊

[@schlummdurum7821]

Love it, good work! Some small mistakes e.g. Guirassy came already in the season before, contracted by former sport director sven mislintat, being then injured a long time. But despite that it is a really good and informative video about the club i love, thanks for that!!! Hope we will play champions league next season.

[@DagnalDiagonal]

Thank you for the info, I appreciate it! I was gonna say, I thought I remembered him last season, but like you said he was hurt so he never really played

[@jorgkuhnapfel8012]

You really did a great job! 126 years of VfB-club-history in 21 minutes! Awesome! Thank's a lot!

[@tharealnose]

14:14 "especially when they should have been relegated the past two seasons" Typical misconception of their last season. They had more xG than Union Berlin, and Union finished in the top 4. The only reason Stuttgart was part of the relegation battle was bad luck/finishing. As a Hamburg supporter I knew there would be no chance for us winning the relegation matches against them, they should have never ended upt there in the first place. It's definitely surprising how good they are this season, but it was pretty clear that they would not end up battling for relegation again.

[@RagingGoblin]

xG isn't all there is to it.

[@maxosauros]

@@RagingGoblin Paying attention to us last season would have made it clear that our play was not deserving of our finish.

[@DagnalDiagonal]

Rather than the play, it was more so the fact they came out of a crazy situation, regardless if they deserved to be there or not

[@RagingGoblin]

@@maxosauros I never claimed otherwise. I'm just not onboard with the entire xG spiel.

[@memyselfandeye1]

I totally agree with your observation.

[@HugoOutside]

Great to see such a video after being a relegation battling team for 10+ years, makes me emotional

[@ilmagodin.8898]

Very nicely done, informative and funny. Thank you!

[@haze1563]

Amazing vid, as a Brit living here in the city going to uni here, speaking German (among others) and being a big fan of this club… I loved this vid! Btw if you ever need help with pronunciations just ask 👍

[@ChrisHustle]

Cheers from a lifelong Stuttgart fan! Really enjoyed this and already shared it with some of my english speaking mates. Very well put together from the historic parts til the awesome current season we can really enjoy. Again 👍 and greetings from Southern Germany 🙂

[@DariusBVB]

As a Stuttgart fan who loves this club since 2010 [since i can think] i have a smile on my face while watching this, no one expected us to be that good. many people thought we whould even get relegated...

[@shafta2010]

I hope VfB can win the title after xabi leaves it would be fucking funny.

[@quandale-gayming]

He won't leave tho

[@Obiwankeonabi]

After​@@quandale-gayming

[@chrishimmelmann]

Very interesting for me, having watched VfB for more than five decades. There‘s little you miss out on mentioning, but one major thing: You should’ve said that the second year of the Magic Triangle (96/97) was managed by Joachim Löw in his first ever year as manager. He finished fourth twice, the best placements in the 90s apart from the surprise championship in 1992, which wasn’t enough for Mayer-Vorfelder. He sacked Löw for Winnie Schäfer, which ended in disappointment.

[@markut1s]

thank god i started supporting them last year when they got like 16 or 17 then had to play relegation/ promotion playoffs

[@Zipthechronicallystupidmf]

16th is the playoffs 17th is relegation

[@GrossDerKarle]

@@Zipthechronicallystupidmf the funny thing is: we call the playoffs "Relegationsspiele" (relegation matches) and the relegation "Abstieg" (descent).

[@tommytwoshot192]

Free my man Anastasios Donis at 13:14 he is a career mode legend

[@fabzi987]

My guy talking facts

[@BrasilianFury]

INCOMING BANGER, LET'S FUCKING GET IT!!!!

[@DagnalDiagonal]

My Brasilian GOAT

[@markusborchert9804]

You had done such a great research thumbs up 👍! I didn’t see you on KZbin before but this will change now for me! Thank you very much for such good quality video! Grüße aus dem wunderschönen Schwabenländle

[@luwefri]

Awesome video! I didn't even know some of the historical facts and I've been a die-hard VfB fan for 20 years, thank you!

[@Marc01893]

STUTTGART international! Thanks for the great Video, greetings from Germany ✌️

[@Maxi_94]

So my Club is Hansa Rostock but my stepdad happens to be a VfB Stuttgart member so I watch quite a few of their matches. What was always striking to me last season was that no matter how low they were in the table they always looked like a functioning team. They did not look or play like a relegation contender to me at any point, it was more like watching lower ranked European clubs like Freiburg or Frankfurt on one of their more unlucky matchdays. I think they kinda have the same thing going on as Leverkusen: They had a decent but under-performing core, transfers that absolutely clicked (Boniface and Grimaldo vs Undav and Mittelstädt for example) and have probably the two best managers in the league. - If Frank Schmidt gets Heidenheim into European football he takes the crown though 😅

[@DerEchteBold]

The argument about players being sold for small value isn't a valid one, because in almost all these cases a relatively low transfer clause was the only way to have them stay for one more season, these sales weren't really a part of the mismanagement, quite the opposite actually.

[@EmileGrande]

Fantastic video! Highly enjoyed it!

[@blahblahblah898]

amazing history well explained !

[@Gapb_TheRealOneTho]

Guirassy last season was already pretty decent, scoring every 2nd game. But the moment Stuttgart said "You know what, that loan was good, we'll buy him" He just decided nows the time to go insane (after like 12-13 games he had a 50% goal rate on his shots, how was that even possible???)

[@PI-lz6fc]

Can’t believe Karazor replaces Endo 😂 Hoenes and the Staff levelled every player up. That’s awesome. Look at Tuchel he levelled every player down.

[@peterhassmann2286]

Very nice report, thanks from Stuttgart.

[@Fabi.s17]

18:07 The guy on the left. Fabian Wohlgemuth who Manages the transfers was After the coach one of the Most Important guys we got because his Transfers are absolutely Fire with for example a Maxi Mittelstädt who came for 500k and is now worth sth. Like 14/15 Million i think

[@peglegsam4657]

your pronunciation is just perfect!

[@einfachfred5005]

As a big VfB fan I really enjoyed this video big thank you

[@stephanw.9998]

Love this video! ❤

[@1teikz]

Such a great video and finally someone is talking about stuttgart!

[@rennnnsemml]

Great Video. Love your analytical skills!

[@Zidanullneun]

I didn't know you before this Video. I looked at your Channel and this is very different from your usual Content. Please continue making These Videos I really enjoyed it

[@nabblschnur]

Really good video summarizing the Ups and Downs of VfB Stuttgart. What I have wished would be an Outlook on what's to come for them. They will probably qualify for the champions league, but they have lots of players only on loan (Undav/Nübel/Leweling), or players with relatively low buy-out clauses (Guirassy/Führich). Since VfB Stuttgart is still financially struggeling and doesn't have a good "Vereinsführung" (supervisory board/president) the future is more than uncertain. They need to find a good balance between selling players, extending contracts and finding new players on the market which should not be too expensive. You could say the next transfer period and season are much more important than this one. I can easily see Stuttgart struggeling for relegation next season again, despite having one of the best coaches of the Bundesliga

[@yeeeeeeeeee9905]

stuttgart finished above bayern... (2nd)

[@AlmanPanzr]

the giant made an player that an whole country loved MARIO GOMEZ TURKEY❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sehu1291]

The 2007 champion team was insane. With Khedira, Gomez, Hitzlsperger, Hildebrand (all players who won a World Cup bronze medal (and a world cup in Khediras case, Hitz won also euro silver, only gomez won just euro silver) and so on. Gomez and Khedira won also the CL. Also Cacau in the team who won also WC bronze. In the last season they would have won the Bundesliga

[@senseidorsch3504]

8:39 Imagine Messi would score like that. The Internet and the Press would go Insane hahaha. Amazing Goal.

[@user-ve7hn2dh8h]

Giovane Elber is soooo underrated and was over his whole career (at least internationally). I watched him in the 90s and he scored the most outrageous goals. This guy had everything

[@KirTyun]

This comment section is now property of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland! Joke aside, really good Video! Its nice to see that VfB gets some acknowledgement internationally. But I fear this will be the only season where the VfB plays so good. The issue is, that Guirassy and Undav both are very expensive. We cant keep both and as it seems Brighton wants their Undav back. And Guirassy will go to England most likely. I doubt the next season will be as successful as this one is. But as a VfB Fan since 2005 I am very happy and enjoying this season as long as it lasts.

[@sfi9806]

Wow, thanks for this wondervoll video for a Vfb fan. 😊

[@rokker333]

Thanks for covering the VfB :)

[@bennykosubek4065]

My Heart forever belongs to my Club… VfB ❤❤❤

[@Dorian217]

As a Stuttgart fan I still cant beliebe what is Happening Right now. I was scared that Stuttgart would end Like schalke or hsv but this is hillarious.

[@klinsmeier]

VFB/ Peter Griffin - I like your work! You also could have mentioned the manager of the "magisches Dreieck" and DFB Winner of ´97: it was Jogi Löw (he also won an important title in 2014).

[@lennoxcartey]

Great! to see Stuttgart back where they belong. As a Man City Fan, i hope we can meet in C.L.

[@esp0lf]

Great research about the club. Greetings from Germany :)

[@UGotSerbed]

As someone who has loosely followed the Bundesliga since 92: Nature is healing. Stuttgard just belongs.

[@paikutin]

You forgot leweling tho. Even tho you think he doesn’t make an impact in the game and he didn’t do it at the start of the season. But he got better and better throughout the season. And now he is a very good player who maybe not shoots many goals or doesn’t do assists but he can make a difference. He is very fast and also strong in dribbling what helps him get past the defenders easily and helps the team to create chances

[@trkr3674]

I would suggest taking a look at 1. FC Heidenheim, with their unbreakable team spirit. Especially since they have just won against Bayern München recently. Anyhow, great Video, really enjoyed it!

[@svenbalu-r1s]

Thx for this Video❤❤❤❤

[@JuliusBriggs]

thing is I wouldn't say they're back just yet they're playing one very good season right now and might snag international places at the end of it they got some decent players and a coach that knows what they want to do but they were also almost relegated in the past two seasons the bundesliga is a very weird league and they could very well be anywhere from top to bottom or mid table irrelevancy again in the coming years

[@ViktorGyökeresSCP]

This is like the situation with Rangers but different… We got relegated to the 3rd division of Scottish football and all our good players left but we came back up and won a title and maybe another this season!

[@MissElaineDumont]

As for the year Stuttgart was founded... we chant: "Hey, Hey 1893", not "Hey, Hey 1912". Even though there was a merger, the original club was founded in 1893 and that tradition is very important to us.

[@fraseranderson9706]

Markus is proud

[@chrishimmelmann]

13:23 The second relegation (3rd altogether) in that period happened in 2019, not in 2020.

[@Venezuelanmapper]

Underrated FR

[@mario-k.]

The manager, hoeneß, was with brighton & hove for a short period of time for further training education and you can see it in stuttgarts play style

[@johanstebi8678]

13:18 why is Trey catching L’s 😂😂

[@georgedinoboy]

Utd Trey the goat at jinxing

[@pxsucksatrl]

please make a video about Hamburg keep up the good work love your videos

[@playa711]

Great Video!

[@DMV_KLVN]

Big fan of the content bro 🫶

[@niclassmt2915]

It’s 1893☺️

[@rokker333]

Achtzehnhundert-dreiund-neunzig -- hey -- hey

[@JStocks]

Another Dagnal Diagonal banger

[@paffpaff6375]

iam from stuttgart. We are one of the richest regions in the world and we have a big fan community. Iam very angry because oure team was so bad the last years. 11:34 i was there as a child

[@owenmoorfield6988]

no i way i cassually find this peak video this morning

[@Ned-Ryerson]

I CARE about that missed decade, as we had just moved to the Frankfurt area, and SGE were sooo good, but then managed to shoot themselves in the foot on the last day of the season. Bloody Hansa Rostock! And VfB just happened to be there to pick up the pieces, as they had a slightly better goal differential than BVB.

[@rotexVfB]

Great Video !!!!!!

[@niko5855]

That goal at 8:38min

[@PuppyGirlSerenity]

The music choice. Gotta

[@dadoxhdking4292]

Forza VfB❤

[@mankid-l3t]

Everyone talking about Leverkusen but nobody talking about how Stuttgart

[@stefko7491]

Stuttgart is back❤

[@DerEineDude]

Guirassy plays a very big role in this in my opinion. And Hoeneß obviously.

[@LS23]

1:48 Trying not to be called a Dummkopf an then telling VfB exists since 1912. Stuttgart fans will hate that, as a Fan of Hoffenheim who is very often at away games in Stuttgart I‘m very familiar witz there chant „1893 hey oh hey“

[@LoganMega]

My favorite part of this video was when he mentioned lewangoalskis grand father

[@kid_korrith]

in my opinion hertha bsc (founded 1892) is the oldest professional club in germany. the latest fusion with the "berliner sport club" was 1923, but the original club "bfc hertha 92" from 1892 was already a football club. even with the same name "hertha" weird that in the graphic at 1:17 hertha is missing :/

[@maluuntheboon]

actually it is a magic square because Leweling starts scoring more and more :D

[@alexw.7702]

VfB forever❤

[@Fabi.s17]

Finally sb is Talking abt our Club 😂. But i think you wouldn‘t get any hate if you say They were founded in 1893. but really Good vid

[@hintziboylp206]

Nach all der Scheiße geht’s auf die Reise Stuttgart international , Europapokaaalll

[@SinnITmitEmotionPforzheim]

Ja man. Wir werden vielleicht auch net jedes Jahr Meister, wollen wir auch gar net, können wir auch gar net. We go our way - the way we love - > the Stuttgart way. Amen

[@felixderhehl8435]

1893 Hey Hey

[@mortezz1268]

Nearly cried

[@bennnni.web3]

VfB Stuttgart ❤🎉