VfB Stuttgart — 2016/17 season (around)

Club: VfB Stuttgart

Head Coach: Hannes Wolf

• Country: Germany
• Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
• Club colours: White and red

Context — 2016/17 season

• VfB Stuttgart competed in the 2. Bundesliga in 2016/17 after being relegated from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2015/16 season.
• Hannes Wolf served as head coach beginning in February 2016 as an interim and then moved into roles with VfB’s youth and later with the first team; for the 2016/17 campaign the club was managed by different coaches across the period (VfB employed multiple coaches around relegation/rebuilding), with Hannes Wolf prominently involved in the club’s coaching setup and youth development shortly thereafter.
• Stuttgart’s objective in 2016/17 was immediate promotion back to the Bundesliga and to rebuild the squad after relegation.

Notable players (around 2016/17)

• Gonzalo Castro (midfielder)
• Christian Gentner (midfielder)
• Daniel Ginczek (forward) — on loan earlier, returned later
• Emiliano Insúa (defender) — prior seasons
• Young talents from Stuttgart’s academy continued to be important as the club reorganized.

Quick summary: VfB Stuttgart is a historic German club based in Stuttgart that spent 2016/17 regrouping after relegation from the Bundesliga. Hannes Wolf was a key coaching figure within the club’s coaching and youth structure around this period as Stuttgart aimed to return to top-flight football.