| Club: | VfB Stuttgart |
| Season: | 2005–06 |
| Manager: | Giovanni Trapattoni |
| Stadium: | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
| League: | Bundesliga |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| Cup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 32 |
| League Topscorer: | Jon Dahl Tomasson Danijel Ljuboja (8 each) |
| Season Topscorer: | Danijel Ljuboja (12 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 56,700 (vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, 22 April) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 28,000 (vs. Mainz 05, 19 February) |
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| Prevseason: | 2004–05 |
| Nextseason: | 2006–07 |
The 2005–06 VfB Stuttgart season was 41st season in the Bundesliga. The club competed in Bundesliga, UEFA CUP, and the DFB Cup. In the Bundesliga, Stuttgart ended up in ninth place. They were knocked out by Middlesbrough in the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup.
Giovanni Trapattoni came to the club in June 2005, replacing Matthias Sammer, who left the club after one season.[1]
The summer transfer window saw several changes to the squad. Important first-team players such as Kevin Kurányi, Alexander Hleb, and Philipp Lahm were replaced with Jon Dahl Tomasson, Thomas Hitzlsperger, and Ludovic Magnin.
During Trapattoni's 20 games at the helm, Stuttgart produced poor results (5 wins, 12 draws, and 3 losses). Denmark internationals Jon Dahl Tomasson and Jesper Grønkjær openly criticised their coach, claiming he was afraid to attack. Trapattoni immediately responded by dropping both players to the bench. With the atmosphere in the team worsening, he was sacked after just seven months, on 9 February 2006, reportedly for "not fulfilling the ambitions of the club".[2] He was replaced as manager by Armin Veh.[2] His first match was a 2–1 loss against Arminia Bielefeld on matchday 21 of the 2005–06 Bundesliga on 11 February 2006.[3] On 18 April 2006, his contract was extended until summer 2007.
Season squad[4]
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | Summer 2005 | ||||||||
| 10 |  AC Milan | Summer 2005 | CNN | |||||||
| 11 | Aston Villa | Free | Summer 2005 | BBC | ||||||
| 14 | Al Ittihad | Summer 2005 | UEFA | |||||||
| 21 | Werder Bremen | Free | Summer 2005 | Sky Sports | ||||||
| 22 |  Atletico Madrid | Summer 2005 | Irish Examiner | |||||||
| 38 |  Paris Saint-Germain | Summer 2005 | UEFA |
| scope=col | Player | Transferred to | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Werder Bremen | Free | Summer 2005 | Sky Sports | ||||||
| 10 | Arsenal | Summer 2005 | Guardian | |||||||
| 19 | Köln | Summer 2005 | UEFA | |||||||
| 21 | Bayern Munchen (Loan return) | N/A | Summer 2005 | UEFA | ||||||
| 22 | Schalke 04 | Summer 2005 | CNN | |||||||
| 3 |  Spartak Moscow | March 2006 | CNN | |||||||
| 4 | Köln (Loan) | Winter 2006 | ||||||||
| 9 | Köln (Loan) | Winter 2006 | ||||||||
| 15 |  Ponte Preta (Loan) | Winter 2006 | ||||||||
| 16 | Retired | Winter 2006 |
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See main article: 2005–06 Bundesliga.
See main article: 2005–06 DFB-Pokal.
See main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup.