Society, economy & sport

Founding of VfB Stuttgart

1893

VfB Stuttgart is a German football club from Stuttgart in Baden-Wurttemberg. It traces its origins to the Cannstatter Fussball-Club, founded in the 1890s in Bad Cannstatt, and took its present form in 1912 after a merger with the Kronen-Club Cannstatt. The team has won the German championship five times, in 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992 and 2007, and it has won the German Cup several times. It also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 1989 and the 1998 Cup Winners' Cup final. Its youth academy is among the best in Germany and has produced many national team players. It plays at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, and it came second in the Bundesliga in 2023-24.

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