VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart
Full nameVerein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V.
Nickname(s)Die Roten (The Reds)
Die Schwaben (The Swabians)
Short nameVfB
Founded9 September 1893 (1893-09-09)
GroundMHPArena
Capacity60,058
PresidentDietmar Allgaier
ChairmanAlexander Wehrle
Head coachSebastian Hoeneß
LeagueBundesliga
2024–25Bundesliga, 9th of 18
Websitevfb.de

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (lit.'Association for Movement Games Stuttgart 1893'), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (German pronunciation: [faʊ̯ɛfˈbeː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] ), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07, the DFB-Pokal four times and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record two times. In the all-time Bundesliga table the club sits in fourth place.

The football team plays its home games at the MHPArena, in the Neckarpark which is located near the Cannstatter Wasen, where the city's fall beer festival takes place. Second team side VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the 3. Liga, which is the highest division allowed for a reserve team. The club's junior teams have won the national under 19 championships a record ten times and the national under 17 championships seven times.

A membership-based club with over 100,000 members, VfB is the largest sports club in Baden-Württemberg and the eighth-largest football club in Germany. It has departments for fistball, field hockey, track and field, table tennis, and football referees, all of which compete only at the amateur level. The club also maintains an esports department and a social department, the VfB-Garde.