Never before have VfB Stuttgart been better represented on the biggest stage in world football. In Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco), Luca Jaquez (Switzerland), Jeremy Arevalo (Ecuador), Alexander Nübel, Jamie Leweling, Angelo Stiller and Deniz Undav (all Germany), the Cannstatt club have eight players preparing to head to North America, where the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets under way on Thursday 11 June.
The VfB septet still have their final pre-tournament friendlies to look forward to before the action gets under way in Canada, Mexico and the USA.
| Alexander Nübel / Germany | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 20:45 CEST: Germany - Finland (Mainz) | 4-0 (unused substitute) 6 June 2026, 20:30 CEST: USA – Germany (Chigago, USA) World Cup | Group stage 14 June 2026, 19:00 CEST: Germany – Curacao (Houston, USA) 20 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Germany – Côte d'Ivoire (Toronto (Canada) 25 Juni 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Germany (New York (USA) |
| Angelo Stiller / Germany | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 20:45 CEST: Germany - Finland (Mainz) | 4-0 (unused substitute) 6 June 2026, 20:30 CEST: USA – Germany (Chigago, USA) World Cup | Group stage 14 June 2026, 19:00 CEST: Germany – Curacao (Houston,USA) 20 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Germany – Côte d'Ivoire (Toronto, Canada) 25 Juni 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Germany New York (USA) |
| Jamie Leweling / Germany | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 20:45 CEST: Germany - Finland (Mainz) | 4-0 (unused substitute) 6 June 2026, 20:30 CEST: USA – Germany (Chigago, USA) World Cup | Group stage 14 June 2026, 19:00 CEST: Germany – Curacao (Houston, USA) 20 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Germany – Côte d'Ivoire (Toronto, Canada) 25 Juni 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Germany (New York, USA) |
| Deniz Undav / Germany | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 20:45 CEST: Germany - Finland (Mainz) | 4-0 (61 minutes, 2 goals, 1 assist) 6 June 2026, 20:30 CEST: USA – Germany (Chigago, USA) World Cup | Group stage 14 June 2026, 19:00 CEST: Germany – Curacao (Houston, USA) 20 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Germany – Côte d'Ivoire (Toronto, Canada) 25 Juni 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Germany (New York, USA) |
| Ermedin Demirovic / Bosnia and Herzegovina | Friendlies 29 May 2026, 20:30 CEST: Bosnia and Herzegovina – North Macedonia (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 0-0 (45 minutes) 06 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Panama – Bosnia and Herzegovina (iSt. Louis, USA) World Cup | Group stage 12 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Canada – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Toronto, Canada) 18 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Switzerland – Bosnia and Herzegovina (Los Angeles, USA) 24 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Katar (Seattle, USA) |
| Bilal El Khannouss / Morocco | Friendly 2 June 2026, 19:00 CEST: Morocco - Madagascar (Rabat, Morocco) 4-0 (45 minutes, 1 assist) 7 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Morocco – Norway (Harrison, USA) World Cup | Group stage 14 June 2026, 00:00 CEST: Brazil – Morocco (New Jersey, USA) 20 June 2026, 00:00 CEST: Scotland – Morocco Massachusetts (USA) 25 June 2026, 00:00 CEST: Morocco – Haiti (Atlanta, USA), |
| Luca Jaquez / Switzerland | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 15:00 CEST: Switzerland – Jordan (St. Gallen, Szwitzerland) | (4-1, 45 minutes) 6 Juni 2026, 21:00 CEST: Switzerland – Australia (San Diego, USA) World Cup | Group stage 13 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Qatar – Switzerland Santa Clara (USA) 18 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Switzerland – Bosnia and Herzegovina Los Angeles (USA) 24 June 2026, 21:00 CEST: Switzerland – Canada (Vancouver, Canada) |
| Jeremy Arévalo / Ecuador | Friendlies 31 May 2026, 01:30 CEST: Ecuador – Saudi Arabia (Harrison, USA) | (2-1, unused substitute) 7 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Guatemala (Columbus, USA) World Cup | Group stage 15 June 2026, 01:00 CEST: Côte d'Ivoire – Ecuador (Philadelphia, USA) 21 June 2026, 02:00 CEST: Ecuador – Curacao (Kansas City, USA) 25 June 2026, 22:00 CEST: Ecuador – Germany (New York, USA) |