Nevertheless, a attract in the final sport on the period intended that VfB can be rated 16th and shed its Bundesliga position. The main season in the next league, deemed the worst in its record,[In line with whom?] ended with VfB remaining rated eleventh, owning even missing a house recreation in opposition to local rival SSV Reutlingen in front of

VfB didn't qualify for virtually any European Opposition again until 1997, by way of their 3rd German Cup acquire, with mentor Joachim Löw. They savored[tone] a measure of success[vague] on their return, advancing towards the 1998 European Cup Winners' Cup remaining in Stockholm, where by they misplaced to Chelsea in what was the penultimate yr of