The VfB Stuttgart Gazette
Match10 Oct 2026
Chastening afternoon for VfB Stuttgart
A 0‑3 beating by Bayer Leverkusen was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Fabian Bredlow
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at VfB Stuttgart
Jamie Leweling was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Chris Führich
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
8 VfB Stuttgart players away with their countries
The training ground goes quiet for a fortnight. 8 men have gone off to be somebody else’s players, and the manager is left with the ones nobody has called.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Patrick Schuster joins the VfB Stuttgart first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Schuster is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A late step up for Stefan Drljača
At 27 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom12 Oct 2026
Doors closed at VfB Stuttgart
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
David Köhler: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Luca Jaquez
- Market Maximilian Mittelstädt linked with a move away
- The dugout Dženan Pejčinović knocks on the manager’s door