Verein fur Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. The club is commonly referred to by the name VfB Stuttgart (German pronunciation: [faUef'be, 'StUtgaRt) is one of the German sports club located within Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg. The club's football team currently part of Germany's premier division, which is the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart is one of Germany's top clubs. The club has been crowned the champion of Germany five times, the most recent in 2006-07 as well as in 2006-07, the DFB-Pokal three times, and three times the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times.
The football team plays home matches on the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in the Neckarpark that is situated near the Cannstatter Wasen, where the autumn beer festival of the city is held. Second team VfB Stuttgart II currently plays in the Regionalliga Sudwest, which is the second-highest division that is allowed for reserve teams. The team's junior teams have won national U19 championship a record number of times, and in the Under 17 Bundesliga six times.
A club based on membership with more than 72,000 members. VfB is the biggest sport club within Baden-Wurttemberg and is the eighth largest football team in Germany. There are departments for football field hockey, fistball track and field, table tennis and football referees all of which compete at an amateur level. It also has an active social section, called the VfB-Garde.
