VfB Stuttgart’s fourth cup victory in 2025 is nothing less than a football fairy tale. Certainly not as big as the first title in the club’s history of the still third division club Arminia Bielefeld would have been, but also a football fairy tale.
Because the recent history of the association for movement games from Stuttgart was also characterized by failures, with two descents to the second division as an absolute low. Stuttgart threatened a similar fate as Hertha BSC or Schalke 04 currently suffered or the Hamburger SV in the meantime suffered.
VfB lost 1-2 in Wehen-Wiesbaden almost exactly five years ago in the second division. Incidentally, the promotion succeeded, behind Bielefeld, but it did not go on successfully. Three years ago, VfB was only able to save itself through a goal on the very last match day in the very last minute of the game, almost exactly two years ago he was only able to hold the class after two relegation games. But everything has been different since then. And one is responsible for that.
Since Sebastian Hoeneß took over VfB Stuttgart on April 3, 2023 in the last place in the Bundesliga as a coach from the hapless Bruno Labbadia, it has been going up rapidly until the Champions League. He taught the team confident, modern ball possession football. He did almost all players better, eight were even appointed to the German national team under him, Nick Woltemade is only the latest example.
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Even the departures of the former captain Waldemar Anton and the European top scorer Serhou Guirassy cope with the team somewhat. VfB offers attractive, offensive football, which is also fun for neutral viewers, often successful, but not always, as the ninth place of the expired Bundesliga season shows.
In the meantime, Sebastian Hoeneß is celebrated in Stuttgart even after every season: relegation winner 2023; Vice champion 2024; And now the absolute crowning glory in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, a real title for the letterhead, cup winner 2025. If this is not a football fairy tale, at least one small one.
Source: Tagesspiegel
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