Krassimir Balakov

Date of birth29 March 1966
Place of birthTarnovo
NationalityBulgarian
Weight74 kg
Height1.76 m
PositionMidfielder

Bulgarian International.

Club history

Team Joined Left Loan / Trialist
VfB Stuttgart 01 Jul 1995

Club stats

Season Team Competition Apps Subs Goals Y R
2000-01 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 27
1
6
3
1
2000-01 VfB Stuttgart UEFA Cup 6
2
2001-02 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 30
4
1
2002-03 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 27
1
2
5
2002-03 VfB Stuttgart UEFA Cup 7
1
1
2002-03 VfB Stuttgart UEFA Intertoto Cup 2
1
1


Please note: Career stats are based on performances in the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.

Club matches

Date Match Result Competition Round
12 Aug 2000 SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart L 4-0 Bundesliga 1
19 Aug 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen W 4-1 Bundesliga 2
05 Sep 2000 1.FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart L 1-0 Bundesliga 3
09 Sep 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Bayern München W 2-1 Bundesliga 4
14 Sep 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Heart of Midlothian W 1-0 UEFA Cup 1st round 1st leg
17 Sep 2000 Hertha BSC Berlin v VfB Stuttgart L 2-0 Bundesliga 5
23 Sep 2000 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum D 1-1 Bundesliga 6
28 Sep 2000 Heart of Midlothian v VfB Stuttgart L 3-2
Agg: 3-3
UEFA Cup 1st round 2nd leg
01 Oct 2000 VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart D 2-2 Bundesliga 7
14 Oct 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV D 3-3 Bundesliga 8
21 Oct 2000 VfB Stuttgart v SpVgg Unterhaching D 2-2 Bundesliga 9
26 Oct 2000 FC Tirol Milch Innsbruck v VfB Stuttgart L 1-0 UEFA Cup 2nd round 1st leg
09 Nov 2000 VfB Stuttgart v FC Tirol Milch Innsbruck W 3-1
Agg: 3-2
UEFA Cup 2nd round 2nd leg
12 Nov 2000 Energie Cottbus v VfB Stuttgart L 2-1 Bundesliga 12
17 Nov 2000 VfB Stuttgart v TSV 1860 München D 2-2 Bundesliga 13
02 Dec 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund L 0-2 Bundesliga 15
05 Dec 2000 VfB Stuttgart v Feyenoord W 2-1
Agg: 4-3
UEFA Cup 3rd round 2nd leg
09 Dec 2000 Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart L 2-1 Bundesliga 16
16 Dec 2000 VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg D 0-0 Bundesliga 18
28 Jan 2001 Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart L 4-0 Bundesliga 19
10 Feb 2001 Bayern München v VfB Stuttgart L 1-0 Bundesliga 21
15 Feb 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Celta Vigo D 0-0 UEFA Cup 4th round 1st leg
25 Feb 2001 VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 Bundesliga 23
03 Mar 2001 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg W 2-1 Bundesliga 24
11 Mar 2001 Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart D 2-2 Bundesliga 25
18 Mar 2001 SpVgg Unterhaching v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 Bundesliga 26
31 Mar 2001 VfB Stuttgart v 1.FC Köln L 0-3 Bundesliga 27
08 Apr 2001 Hansa Rostock v VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 Bundesliga 28
12 Apr 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Energie Cottbus W 1-0 Bundesliga 29
22 Apr 2001 TSV 1860 München v VfB Stuttgart L 2-1 Bundesliga 30
28 Apr 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen W 2-1 Bundesliga 31
04 May 2001 Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 Bundesliga 32
12 May 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04 W 1-0 Bundesliga 33
19 May 2001 Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart L 2-1 Bundesliga 34
28 Jul 2001 VfB Stuttgart v 1.FC Köln D 0-0 Bundesliga 1
04 Aug 2001 Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart L 2-0 Bundesliga 2
11 Aug 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen D 0-0 Bundesliga 3
18 Aug 2001 1.FC Nürnberg v VfB Stuttgart W 2-4 Bundesliga 4
08 Sep 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin D 0-0 Bundesliga 5
15 Sep 2001 VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart W 0-2 Bundesliga 6
22 Sep 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Hansa Rostock W 2-1 Bundesliga 7
30 Sep 2001 Bayern München v VfB Stuttgart L 4-0 Bundesliga 8
13 Oct 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04 W 3-0 Bundesliga 9
20 Oct 2001 Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart L 4-1 Bundesliga 10
03 Nov 2001 Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart L 1-0 Bundesliga 12
17 Nov 2001 VfB Stuttgart v SC Freiburg W 3-0 Bundesliga 13
24 Nov 2001 Energie Cottbus v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 Bundesliga 14
01 Dec 2001 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach D 1-1 Bundesliga 15
08 Dec 2001 VfB Stuttgart v TSV 1860 München L 0-1 Bundesliga 16
16 Dec 2001 1.FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart D 2-2 Bundesliga 17
19 Dec 2001 1.FC Köln v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 Bundesliga 18
26 Jan 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV W 3-0 Bundesliga 19
02 Feb 2002 Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart W 1-2 Bundesliga 20
05 Feb 2002 VfB Stuttgart v 1.FC Nürnberg L 2-3 Bundesliga 21
09 Feb 2002 Hertha Berlin v VfB Stuttgart L 2-0 Bundesliga 22
16 Feb 2002 Hansa Rostock v VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 Bundesliga 24
16 Feb 2002 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg W 2-1 Bundesliga 23
02 Mar 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Bayern München L 0-2 Bundesliga 25
16 Mar 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen L 0-2 Bundesliga 27
23 Mar 2002 FC St Pauli v VfB Stuttgart W 1-2 Bundesliga 28
07 Apr 2002 SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart W 0-2 Bundesliga 30
14 Apr 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Energie Cottbus D 0-0 Bundesliga 31
21 Apr 2002 Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart D 2-2 Bundesliga 32
27 Apr 2002 TSV 1860 München v VfB Stuttgart D 3-3 Bundesliga 33
10 Aug 2002 VfB Stuttgart v 1.FC Kaiserslautern D 1-1 Bundesliga 1
13 Aug 2002 Lille v VfB Stuttgart L 1-0 Intertoto Cup Final 1st leg
17 Aug 2002 Hertha Berlin v VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 Bundesliga 2
27 Aug 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Lille W 2-0
Agg: 2-1
Intertoto Cup Final 2nd leg
11 Sep 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04 D 1-1 Bundesliga 4
14 Sep 2002 Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 Bundesliga 5
19 Sep 2002 VfB Stuttgart v FK Ventspils D 0-0 UEFA Cup 1st round 1st leg
22 Sep 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Arminia Bielefeld W 3-0 Bundesliga 6
28 Sep 2002 Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart L 3-2 Bundesliga 7
06 Oct 2002 VfB Stuttgart v TSV 1860 München W 4-1 Bundesliga 8
31 Oct 2002 Ferencváros v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 UEFA Cup 2nd round 1st leg
02 Nov 2002 Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart W 0-1 Bundesliga 11
09 Nov 2002 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum W 3-2 Bundesliga 12
12 Nov 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Ferencváros D 0-0
Agg: 0-0
UEFA Cup 2nd round 2nd leg
16 Nov 2002 Hansa Rostock v VfB Stuttgart D 1-1 Bundesliga 13
23 Nov 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96 W 3-0 Bundesliga 14
28 Nov 2002 Club Brugge v VfB Stuttgart D 0-0 UEFA Cup 3rd round 1st leg
01 Dec 2002 Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart L 3-1 Bundesliga 15
07 Dec 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Bayern München L 0-3 Bundesliga 16
12 Dec 2002 VfB Stuttgart v Club Brugge D 0-0
Agg: 0-0
UEFA Cup 3rd round 2nd leg
15 Dec 2002 VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart W 1-2 Bundesliga 17
25 Jan 2003 1.FC Kaiserslautern v VfB Stuttgart W 1-2 Bundesliga 18
01 Feb 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin W 3-1 Bundesliga 19
09 Feb 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund W 1-0 Bundesliga 20
15 Feb 2003 Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart L 2-0 Bundesliga 21
20 Feb 2003 Celtic v VfB Stuttgart L 3-1 UEFA Cup 4th round 1st leg
23 Feb 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach W 4-0 Bundesliga 22
27 Feb 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Celtic W 3-2
Agg: 4-5
UEFA Cup 4th round 2nd leg
16 Mar 2003 TSV 1860 München v VfB Stuttgart W 0-1 Bundesliga 25
23 Mar 2003 VfB Stuttgart v 1.FC Nürnberg L 0-2 Bundesliga 26
12 Apr 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen W 3-0 Bundesliga 28
20 Apr 2003 VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart L 3-1 Bundesliga 29
26 Apr 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Hansa Rostock D 1-1 Bundesliga 30
03 May 2003 Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart W 1-2 Bundesliga 31
10 May 2003 VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen L 0-1 Bundesliga 32
17 May 2003 Bayern München v VfB Stuttgart L 2-1 Bundesliga 33
24 May 2003 VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg W 2-0 Bundesliga 34


Please note: Match history is complete for the Premier and Football Leagues and (in most cases all) internationals.