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The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart season is the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is Stuttgart's thirty-sixth consecutive season in this league, since having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1977.

Season
The club takes part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where Stuttgart have reached the quarter-finals, and will face 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum.

In Europe the club qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Europa League, where Stuttgart played Steaua Bucureşti, Molde FK and FC København in Group E of the group stage, having previously knocked out Dynamo Moscow in the Play-off stage. The club moved on to the knock-out phase, where they face Belgian side K.R.C. Genk.

Group E fixtures and results
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 * date              = {{Start date|2012|10|04|df=y}}
 * time              = 21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)
 * round             = Round 2
 * team1             = Molde FK
 * score             = 2–0
 * report            = Report
 * team2             = VfB Stuttgart
 * goals1            = Berget {{goal|58}} Forren {{yel|71}} Chima {{goal|88}}
 * goals2            = Niedermeier {{yel|65}} Harnik {{yel|77}}
 * stadium           = Aker Stadion
 * location          = Molde
 * attendance        = 5,940
 * referee           = Kristo Tohver {Estonia)
 * result            = L

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 * date              = {{Start date|2012|11|08|df=y}}
 * time              = 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
 * round             = Round 4
 * team1             = F.C. Copenhagen
 * score             = 0–2
 * report            = Report {{in lang|de}}
 * team2             = VfB Stuttgart
 * goals1            = Cornelius {{yel|29}}
 * goals2            = Niedermeier {{yel|29}} Molinaro {{yel|32}} Ibišević {{goal|76}} Harnik {{goal|90+2}}
 * stadium           = Parken Stadium
 * location          = Copenhagen
 * attendance        = 24,681
 * referee           = Craig Thomson {Scotland)
 * result            = W
 * date              = {{Start date|2012|11|22|df=y}}
 * time              = 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)
 * round             = Round 5
 * team1             = FC Steaua București
 * score             = 1–5
 * report            = Report {{in lang|de}}
 * team2             = VfB Stuttgart
 * goals1            = Bourceanu {{yel|45+2}} Prepeliță {{yel|68}} Chipciu {{yel|78}} Costea {{goal|83}}
 * goals2            = Tasci {{goal|5}} Harnik {{goal|18}} Sakai {{goal|23}} Okazaki {{goal|31}} {{goal|55}} Kuzmanović {{yel|37}} Kvist {{yel|60}} Ibišević {{yel|90+1}}
 * stadium           = Arena Națională
 * location          = Bucharest
 * attendance        = 55,000
 * referee           = Michael Koukoulakis {Greece)
 * result            = W
 * date              = December 6, 2012
 * time              = 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
 * round             = Round 6
 * team1             = VfB Stuttgart
 * score             = 0–1
 * report            = Report {{in lang|de}}
 * team2             = Molde FK
 * goals1            =
 * goals2            = Angan ⚽ 45+1' Forren yellow: 64'
 * stadium           = Mercedes-Benz Arena
 * location          = Stuttgart
 * attendance        = 15,550
 * referee           = Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
 * result            = L

Final Group E table
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Appearances and goals
! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders

! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Strikers


 * }

VfB Stuttgart II
The 2012–13 VfB Stuttgart II season Pertains to the reserve team for VfB Stuttgart. The season began on 21 July 2012 and will end on 18 May 2013. They are participating in the 3. Liga.