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Round 1

  1. VfB Stuttgart was formed in 1912 when FV Stuttgart 1893 merged with which club?
  2. In 1935 Stuttgart reached the German championship final but lost 6-4 to which club?
  3. Stuttgart won their first German championship in 1950. Which club did they beat 2-1 in the final in Berlin?
  4. Stuttgart were relegated from the Bundesliga in 1975. Which coach led them back up as 2. Bundesliga Süd champions in 1977?
  5. Who coached Stuttgart to the 1983-84 Bundesliga title?
  6. Jürgen Klinsmann joined Stuttgart in 1984 from which club?
  7. Stuttgart lost the 1989 UEFA Cup final over two legs to which club?
  8. Stuttgart clinched the 1991-92 Bundesliga title with a 2-1 win on the final day away at which club?
  9. Who scored the late header that won Stuttgart's final-day match at Leverkusen and sealed the 1991-92 Bundesliga title?
  10. Stuttgart's 1992-93 Champions League first-round tie went to a play-off at Camp Nou after coach Christoph Daum fielded one foreign player too many. Which club won that play-off?
Answers — round 1
  1. Kronen-Club Cannstatt — The 1912 merger of FV Stuttgart 1893 and Kronen-Club Cannstatt created the Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart.
  2. Schalke 04 — Schalke, in the middle of their great 1930s era, beat Stuttgart 6-4 in the 1935 final in Cologne.
  3. Kickers Offenbach — Stuttgart beat Kickers Offenbach 2-1 at the Olympiastadion in June 1950 for their first national title.
  4. Jürgen Sundermann — Jürgen Sundermann, nicknamed 'Wundermann', took Stuttgart up in 1977 with a side that scored 100 league goals.
  5. Helmut Benthaus — Swiss coach Helmut Benthaus, formerly of FC Basel, delivered the 1984 title with the Förster brothers and Asgeir Sigurvinsson.
  6. Stuttgarter Kickers — Klinsmann crossed the city from Stuttgarter Kickers in 1984 and later left VfB for Inter in 1989.
  7. Napoli — Maradona's Napoli won 2-1 in Naples and drew 3-3 in Stuttgart to take the 1989 UEFA Cup.
  8. Bayer Leverkusen — Stuttgart won 2-1 at Leverkusen while Eintracht Frankfurt lost at Hansa Rostock, handing VfB the title on goal difference.
  9. Guido Buchwald — Defender Guido Buchwald headed the 86th-minute winner in Leverkusen to make Stuttgart champions in 1992.
  10. Leeds United — UEFA awarded the second leg 3-0 to Leeds, forcing a play-off at the Camp Nou that Leeds won 2-1.

Round 2

  1. Who finished as the Bundesliga's top scorer in 1995-96 with 17 goals for Stuttgart?
  2. Krassimir Balakov formed Stuttgart's mid-1990s 'magic triangle' with a German striker and which Brazilian forward?
  3. Which club did Stuttgart beat 2-0 in the 1997 DFB-Pokal final in Berlin?
  4. Who was Stuttgart's coach when they won the 1997 DFB-Pokal?
  5. Which club beat Stuttgart 1-0 in the 1998 Cup Winners' Cup final in Stockholm?
  6. Kevin Kuranyi, one of Stuttgart's 'Junge Wilde', left the club in 2005 for which club?
  7. A week after winning the 2006-07 Bundesliga, Stuttgart lost the 2007 DFB-Pokal final 3-2 after extra time to which club?
  8. Stuttgart were relegated in 2019 after losing a promotion/relegation play-off on away goals to which club?
  9. Which club finished runner-up to VfB Stuttgart in the 2006-07 Bundesliga?
  10. Mario Gomez returned to VfB Stuttgart in January 2018. Which club did he rejoin them from?
Answers — round 2
  1. Fredi Bobic — Fredi Bobic topped the 1995-96 scoring chart with 17, one more than his strike partner Élber.
  2. Giovane Élber — Balakov, his German strike partner and Giovane Élber were the 'magisches Dreieck' until Élber left for Bayern in 1997.
  3. Energie Cottbus — Stuttgart beat third-tier Energie Cottbus 2-0 in Berlin to win the 1997 cup.
  4. Joachim Löw — Joachim Löw took over from Rolf Fringer in 1996 and won the cup in his first season in charge.
  5. Chelsea — Gianfranco Zola came off the bench to score the winner for Chelsea in Stockholm in May 1998.
  6. Schalke 04 — Kuranyi moved to Schalke in summer 2005 and scored regularly for them for five seasons.
  7. 1. FC Nürnberg — Jan Kristiansen's extra-time strike won the 2007 cup for Nürnberg in Berlin, denying Stuttgart the double.
  8. Union Berlin — After a 2-2 draw in Stuttgart and 0-0 in Berlin, Union Berlin went up on away goals and Stuttgart went down.
  9. Schalke 04 — Armin Veh's Stuttgart won the 2006-07 title by two points. Werder Bremen were third and Bayern fourth.
  10. VfL Wolfsburg — Gomez came back in January 2018, having also played for Bayern, Fiorentina and Besiktas since he first left.

Round 3

  1. In the 2003-04 Champions League group stage, VfB Stuttgart won 2-1 at home against which English club?
  2. Who managed VfB Stuttgart's 'Junge Wilde' side to second place in the 2002-03 Bundesliga?
  3. Aliaksandr Hleb left VfB Stuttgart in 2005. Which club did he join?
  4. Goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand left VfB Stuttgart after their 2007 title win. Which club did he join?
  5. After the 2010 World Cup, Sami Khedira left VfB Stuttgart for which club?
  6. VfB Stuttgart were relegated from the Bundesliga in 2015-16. Which club went down automatically with them?
  7. Who managed VfB Stuttgart to the 2. Bundesliga title in 2016-17?
  8. VfB Stuttgart were promoted as 2. Bundesliga runners-up in 2019-20. Which club won the title that season?
  9. Which club knocked VfB Stuttgart out in the round of 16 of the 2009-10 Champions League?
  10. Who replaced Markus Babbel as VfB Stuttgart manager in December 2009?
Answers — round 3
  1. Manchester United — The young Stuttgart side won 2-1 in October 2003. Rangers and Panathinaikos were the other teams in the group.
  2. Felix Magath — Felix Magath took his young side to runner-up behind Bayern in 2002-03, which earned Stuttgart a Champions League place.
  3. Arsenal — Hleb joined Arsène Wenger's Arsenal in 2005 and moved on to Spain in 2008.
  4. Valencia — Hildebrand moved to Valencia on a free transfer in 2007. He came back to the Bundesliga with Hoffenheim and later played for Schalke.
  5. Real Madrid — Khedira joined José Mourinho's Real Madrid in 2010 and won the Champions League there in 2014. He joined Juventus in 2015.
  6. Hannover 96 — Hannover 96 finished bottom and Stuttgart 17th. Eintracht Frankfurt stayed up by beating Nürnberg in the relegation play-off.
  7. Hannes Wolf — Hannes Wolf took over in September 2016 after Jos Luhukay resigned, and he led Stuttgart straight back up as champions.
  8. Arminia Bielefeld — Arminia Bielefeld won the 2019-20 2. Bundesliga, with Pellegrino Matarazzo's Stuttgart second. Heidenheim finished third and lost the play-off to Werder Bremen.
  9. Barcelona — Barcelona drew 1-1 in Stuttgart and then won 4-0 at the Camp Nou. Sevilla had been in Stuttgart's group.
  10. Christian Gross — The Swiss coach Christian Gross took over in December 2009 and led Stuttgart's recovery that season. Jens Keller and then Bruno Labbadia followed him in 2010.

Round 4

  1. VfB Stuttgart reached the 2013 DFB-Pokal final under Bruno Labbadia. Who beat them 3-2?
  2. Christian Gentner left VfB Stuttgart in 2007 and won the Bundesliga elsewhere before returning in 2010. Which club did he win it with?
  3. After VfB Stuttgart's 2016 relegation, Timo Werner was sold to which club?
Answers — round 4
  1. Bayern Munich — Bayern won 3-2 in Berlin to complete their 2013 treble, with Mario Gomez scoring twice against his old club.
  2. VfL Wolfsburg — Gentner was part of that club's 2008-09 title team and returned to Stuttgart in 2010.
  3. RB Leipzig — Werner joined newly promoted RB Leipzig in summer 2016 and moved to England in 2020.

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