Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart facts

Slovan Bratislava's last home game in this season's UEFA Champions League pits them against Stuttgart with the Slovakian champions looking for their first points on Matchday 7.

Slovan have lost all six games, their elimination confirmed by a 3-1 loss at Atlético de Madrid last time out, and are one of three teams still without a point. Stuttgart, meanwhile, have seven points and recorded their second win of the league phase on Matchday 6, 5-1 at home to Young Boys, two of their three defeats coming away from home.

Previous meetings

2010/11 UEFA Europa League qualifying play-offs
Slovan 0-1 Stuttgart
Stuttgart 2-2 Slovan
Martin Harnik's 88th-minute strike settled the first leg in Bratislava but Slovan looked set for a famous comeback thanks to second-leg goals from Martin Dobrotka (9) and Jakub Sylvestr (53). Michal Breznaník's 55th-minute dismissal was followed a minute later by Timo Gebhart halving the Stuttgart deficit, however, and Christian Gentner finished off Slovan's hope's with an equaliser in the 64th minute.

Form guide

Slovan Bratislava

Record vs German clubs: W2 D1 L3 F6 A11
Home record vs German clubs: W2 D0 L1

Slovan's last games against a team from Germany were those fixtures against Stuttgart.

The Slovakian club lost to Borussia Dortmund in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup second round (2-1 h, 0-3 a) and Kaiserslautern in the first round of the same competition the following season (2-1 h, 0-3 a).

This is the first time Slovan have featured in the Champions League proper. Indeed, they are only the fourth Slovakian club to appear, after Košice (1997/98), Petržalka (2005/06) and Žilina (2010/11).

Slovan made their 12th appearance in Champions League qualifying – and a sixth in succession – this season, coming through four qualifying rounds. They beat Struga in the first (4-2 h, 2-1 a), Celje in the second (1-1 a, 5-0 h) and APOEL in the third (2-0 h, 0-0 a). That set up a play-off against Midtjylland, and after a 1-1 first-leg draw in Denmark, Slovan triumphed 3-2 in Bratislava thanks to late goals from Marko Tolić (82) and Tigran Barseghyan (86).

Slovan are one of five clubs to be making their Champions League debuts in 2024/25, along with Aston Villa, Brest, Bologna and Girona.

In 2023/24, the Bratislava side came through two qualifying rounds before losing to Maccabi Haifa in the third (2-5 aggregate) to move into the Europa League qualifying play-offs, where they went out 4-7 on aggregate against Aris Limassol. That sent them into the UEFA Europa Conference League, where they eventually lost to Sturm Graz in the knockout round play-offs (1-5 agg).

Slovan won their first four home European matches this season – scoring 14 goals – as many as in their previous 13 games (D6 L3), before losing to Manchester City (0-4), GNK Dinamo Zagreb (1-4) and AC Milan (2-3) in the league phase.

The Sky Blues claimed their 30th league title in 2023/24.

Stuttgart

Record vs Slovakian clubs: W4 D2 L0 F12 A6
Away record vs Slovakian clubs: W2 D 1L0

Stuttgart have not played a Slovakian team since their 2010 games against Slovan.

That extended their unbeaten record against clubs from Slovakia; they beat Tatran Prešov 8-4 on aggregate in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup second round (3-1 h, 5-3 a) and Spartak Trnava 1-0 in the 1986/87 European Cup Winners' Cup first round (1-0 h, 0-0 a).

This is Stuttgart's fourth appearance in the Champions League proper and a first since 2009/10.

In that most recent appearance 15 seasons ago, Stuttgart were second in their section behind Sevilla to reach the round of 16, where they were eliminated by holders Barcelona (1-1 h, 0-4 a).

Stuttgart have won three of their 14 away games in the Champions League proper, including 1-0 at Juventus on Matchday 3. They have lost eight, going down 1-3 at Real Madrid and, on Matchday 5, 1-5 at Crvena Zvezda this season.

The German club are taking part in European competition for the first time since 2013/14, when their Europa League campaign lasted two ties. They beat Botev Plovdiv on away goals in the third qualifying round (1-1 a, 0-0 h) but then lost out to Rijeka in the qualifying play-offs (1-2 a, 2-2 h).

Sebastian Hoeneß guided Stuttgart to second place in the 2023/24 Bundesliga – his first full season in charge having taken over in April 2023. It was the Swabians' highest finish since winning the last of their five league titles in 2006/07.

Links and trivia

Have played in Germany:
Kevin Wimmer (Köln 2012–15, Hannover 2018/19 loan, Karlsruher 2021 loan)
Róbert Mak (Nürnberg 2010–14)

Latest news

Slovan Bratislava

This is Slovan's first competitive game of 2025.

Slovan have won 14 of their 18 league games in 2024/25 (D2 L2) including seven of the last nine, beating DAC Dunajská Streda 2-1 in the most recent on 14 December.

David Strelec has scored in Slovan's last two games and three of the last four.

Strelec was also on target in a 3-1 friendly win against Al-Shahania of Qatar on 14 January, Róbert Mak and Guram Kashia also finding the net.

Slovan were 2-1 friendly winners against Al-Gharafa on 16 January thanks to goals from Kenan Bajrić and Július Szöke.

Matúš Vojtko started against Al-Shahania having not played since 4 December due to a shin injury.

Juraj Kucka underwent knee surgery on 11 January having suffered an injury at the start of Slovan's winter training camp and is expected to be sidelined for at least two months.

Stuttgart

Stuttgart equalled their biggest Bundesliga win of the season on Saturday with a 4-0 success at home to Freiburg.

The Swabians have won seven of the last eight games, losing the other 0-1 against St. Pauli on 21 December – the first time they had failed to score at home in the Bundesliga under Sebastian Hoeneß in the 29th fixture.

Six days earlier they had prevailed 3-1 in Heidenheim and have won all three league games in 2025: 1-0 in Augsburg on 12 January and 2-1 against Leipzig three days later before Saturday's success.

Substitute Deniz Undav, who made his comeback after suffering a muscle injury in training on 20 November, was the match-winner in Augsburg and also scored against Freiburg.

Jacob Bruun Larsen returned to Stuttgart – where he played on loan in 2018 – on a permanent deal on 8 January and scored against Leipzig on his first start since his return.

Maximilian Mittelstädt missed the Leipzig game because of muscular problems and was an unused substitute on Saturday.

Luca Raimund has been sidelined since 8 January with a thigh injury that needed surgery.

El Bilal Touré has been out since 19 November because of a broken metatarsal that also required an operation.

Dan-Axel Zagadou, who was sidelined by a knee problem between 27 January and 14 September, suffered another knee injury on 25 September and has undergone surgery.

On 17 December Stuttgart announced that Jamie Leweling signed a contract extension until 2029.