The VfB Stuttgart Gazette
Squad28 Aug 2028
Matheo Raab breaks a bone — 21 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Sander Tangvik keeps VfB Stuttgart in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market28 Aug 2028
Maximilian Mittelstädt wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad28 Aug 2028
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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Words at VfB Stuttgart training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bilal El Khannouss is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at VfB Stuttgart
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match26 Aug 2028
VfB Stuttgart come up short against Mainz 05
Mainz 05 left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market28 Aug 2028
VfB Stuttgart promote Alexander Schubert from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Schubert has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market28 Aug 2028
VfB Stuttgart promote Jürgen Ziegler from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jürgen Ziegler has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market VfB Stuttgart promote Lukas Schmid from within
- Player ratings Rômulo in the eights
- Boardroom Doors closed at VfB Stuttgart