Successes through the 1950s[edit source | editbeta]
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After the war, VfB continued to play first division football in the Oberliga Süd, capturing titles in 1946, 1952, and 1954. They made regular appearances in the German championship rounds, emerging as national champions in 1950 and 1952, finishing as runner-up in 1953, and winning two German Cups in 1954 and 1958.
The team which won four titles in eight years was led by Robert Schlienz who had lost his left arm in a car crash.
Despite these successes, no player from the Stuttgart roster had a place on the team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup.