| 2023–24 season | |
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| Chairman | Hans-Peter Villis | 
| Head coach | Thomas Letsch | 
| Stadium | Vonovia-Ruhrstadion | 
| Bundesliga | 14th | 
| DFB-Pokal | First round | 
| Top goalscorer | League: Takuma Asano (5) All: Takuma Asano (6) | 
| All statistics correct as of 20 December 2023. | |
The 2023–24 season is VfL Bochum's 86th season in existence and third consecutive season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 1 September 2023[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Matúš Bero |  Vitesse | Free | 1 July 2023 | [2] | 
| MF |  Lukas Daschner |  FC St. Pauli | Free | [3] | |
| MF |  Moritz Kwarteng |  1. FC Magdeburg | €1,100,000 | [4] | |
| DF | .svg.png.webp) Noah Loosli | .svg.png.webp) Grasshoppers | Free | [5] | |
| MF |  Felix Passlack |  Borussia Dortmund | Free | [6] | |
| GK |  Niclas Thiede |  SC Verl | Free | ||
| DF |  Bernardo |  RB Salzburg | €400,000 | 2 August 2023 | [7] | 
| DF |  Maximilian Wittek |  Vitesse | Undisclosed | 14 August 2023 | [8] | 
| DF |  Keven Schlotterbeck |  SC Freiburg | Loan | 22 August 2023 | [9] | 
| FW |  Gonçalo Paciência |  Celta Vigo | Loan | 1 September 2023 | [10] | 
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW |  Silvère Ganvoula | .svg.png.webp) BSC Young Boys | Free | 1 July 2023 | |
| GK |  Paul Grave |  Wuppertaler SV | Loan | ||
| DF |  Jannes Horn |  1. FC Nürnberg | Free | [11] | |
| DF |  Vasilios Lampropoulos | Free | |||
| DF |  Kostas Stafylidis | Free | |||
| FW |  Gerrit Holtmann |  Antalyaspor | Loan | 5 August 2023 | [12] | 
| MF |  Jacek Góralski | Free | 10 August 2023 | [13] | |
| FW |  Luis Hartwig | .svg.png.webp) K.V. Oostende | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 | [14] | 
| FW |  Simon Zoller |  FC St. Pauli | Undisclosed | [15] | |
| FW |  Lys Mousset | Free | 9 January 2024 | [16] | 
New contracts
| Position | Player | Until | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|
| GK |  Paul Grave | June 2025 | [17] | 
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| 11 July 2023 Friendly | Kickers Emden   | 2–9 |  VfL Bochum | Gevelsberg | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Report | 
 | Stadium: Stadion Stefansbachtal Attendance: 1,700 | 
| 15 July 2023 Friendly | SC Verl   | 3–1 |  VfL Bochum | Verl | 
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Sportclub Arena | 
| 21 July 2023 Friendly | Fortuna Düsseldorf   | 3–1 |  VfL Bochum | Düsseldorf | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 4,000 | 
| 26 July 2023 Friendly | Spezia   | 4–3 |  VfL Bochum | Brixen | 
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher | |||
| Note: Match was played in three periods of forty minutes each. | ||||
| 29 July 2023 Friendly | Parma   | 1–0 |  VfL Bochum | Brixen | 
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher | 
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | 2–1 |  Luton Town | Bochum | 
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Ruhrstadion | 
| 5 August 2023 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | 1–3 |  Luton Town | Bochum | 
| 16:15 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Stadium: Ruhrstadion | 
| 7 September 2023 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp) Sint-Truiden | Bochum | 
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Report | 
 | Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion | 
| 12 October 2023 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | 1–3 |  Hannover 96 | Bochum | 
| 13:30 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Report | 
 | Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Tobias Severins | 
| Note: Match was played in two periods of sixty minutes each. | ||||
| 15 November 2023 Friendly | De Graafschap   | 1–2 |  VfL Bochum | Doetinchem, Netherlands | 
| 14:00 CET (UTC+1) | 
 | Report | 
 | Attendance: 0 | 
| 6 January 2024 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | 2–1 |  Groningen | |
| 14:00 UTC+1 | 
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| 7 January 2024 Friendly | VfL Bochum   | v |  Vitesse | Bochum, Germany | 
| 14:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion | 
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2023 | 18 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 17.65 | |
| DFB-Pokal | 12 August 2023 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 16.67 | ||||
Last updated: 14 January 2024
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 18 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 17 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 17 | |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 14 | |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 
Last updated: 14 January 2024.
Source: DFB
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[19]
| 19 August 2023 1 | VfB Stuttgart | 5–0 | VfL Bochum | Stuttgart | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert | 
| 26 August 2023 2 | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Robert Schröder | 
| 2 September 2023 3 | FC Augsburg | 2–2 | VfL Bochum | Augsburg | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 27,424 Referee: Martin Petersen | 
| 16 September 2023 4 | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bochum | 
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand | 
| 23 September 2023 5 | Bayern Munich | 7–0 | VfL Bochum | Munich | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann | 
| 30 September 2023 6 | VfL Bochum | 1–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Felix Brych | 
| 7 October 2023 7 | RB Leipzig | 0–0 | VfL Bochum | Munich | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | 
 | Report | 
 | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,269 Referee: Timo Gerach | 
| 21 October 2023 8 | SC Freiburg | 2–1 | VfL Bochum | Freiburg | 
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,900 Referee: Tobias Reichel | 
| 27 October 2023 9 | VfL Bochum | 2–2 | Mainz 05 | Bochum | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich | 
| 3 November 2023 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 1–2 | VfL Bochum | Darmstadt | 
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | 
 | Report | Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Marco Fritz | 
| 11 November 2023 11 | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Bochum | 
| 18:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck | 
| 26 November 2023 12 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–0 | VfL Bochum | Heidenheim | 
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer | 
| 2 December 2023 13 | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | 
 | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,350 Referee: Robert Schröder | 
| 8 December 2023 14 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | VfL Bochum | Sinsheim | 
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 16,023 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck | 
| 16 December 2023 15 | VfL Bochum | 3–0 | Union Berlin | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,300 Referee: Sven Jablonski | 
| 20 December 2023 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4–0 | VfL Bochum | Leverkusen | 
| 20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | 
 | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Daniel Schlager | 
| 14 January 2024 17 | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | Wreder Bremen | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | 
 | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Tobias Stieler | 
| 20 January 2024 18 | VfL Bochum | v | VfB Stuttgart | Bochum | 
| 15:30 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion | 
DFB-Pokal
| 12 August 2023 First round | Arminia Bielefeld | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | VfL Bochum | Bielefeld | 
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Sven Jablonski | ||
| Penalties | ||||
Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  GER | Manuel Riemann | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | GK |  GER | Michael Esser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | GK |  GER | Niclas Thiede | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF |  CRC | Cristian Gamboa | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF |  BRA | Danilo Soares | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF |  SRB | Erhan Mašović | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF |  BRA | Bernardo | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | DF |  GER | Tim Oermann | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | DF |  GER | Felix Passlack | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | DF |  GHA | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | DF |  UKR | Ivan Ordets | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | DF |  GER | Mohammed Tolba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | DF |  GER | Keven Schlotterbeck | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | DF |  GER | Maximilian Wittek | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 41 | DF | .svg.png.webp) SUI | Noah Loosli | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF |  GER | Patrick Osterhage | 13 | 2 | 9+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | MF |  AUT | Kevin Stöger | 17 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | MF |  FRA | Anthony Losilla | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | MF |  GER | Philipp Förster | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | MF |  JPN | Takuma Asano | 17 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | MF |  GER | Lukas Daschner | 12 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF |  SVK | Matúš Bero | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | MF |  GER | Mats Pannewig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | MF |  GER | Moritz Kwarteng | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW |  POR | Gonçalo Paciência | 12 | 3 | 6+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | FW |  GHA | Christopher Antwi-Adjei | 16 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | FW |  GER | Moritz Broschinski | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | FW |  GER | Philipp Hofmann | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW |  GER | Simon Zoller | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | ||||
Last updated: 14 January 2024
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
- As of 16 December 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | MF |  | Takuma Asano | 5 | 1 | 6 | 
| 2 | 7 | MF |  | Kevin Stöger | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 3 | 9 | FW |  | Gonçalo Paciência | 3 | 0 | 3 | 
| 4 | 8 | MF |  | Anthony Losilla | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 | FW |  | Simon Zoller | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | DF |  | Keven Schlotterbeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF |  | Lukas Daschner | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | MF |  | Patrick Osterhage | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF |  | Bernardo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | FW |  | Christopher Antwi-Adjei | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 18 | 2 | 20 | ||||
References
- ↑ "VfL Bochum – Kader" [VfL Bochum – Squad] (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ "VfL nimmt Matúš Bero unter Vertrag" (in German). VfL Bochum. 27 June 2023.
- ↑ "FC St. Pauli verliert Lukas Daschner! Stürmer wechselt nach Bochum". bild.de. June 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Moritz Broni Kwarteng wechselt zum VfL" (Press release) (in German). VfL Bochum. 5 July 2023.
- ↑ "VfL nimmt Noah Loosli unter Vertrag" (in German). Grasshoppers. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ↑ "VfL verpflichtet Felix Passlack" (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ↑ "Bernardo wechselt zum VfL" (in German). VfL Bochum. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ↑ "VfL commits Maximilian Wittek". VfL Bochum. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ↑ "KEVEN SCHLOTTERBECK JOINS BOCHUM ON LOAN". SC Freiburg. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "El delantero Gonçalo Paciência, cedido esta temporada al VfL Bochum" [Forward Gonçalo Paciência, loaned this season to VfL Bochum] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ↑ "Jannes Horn is back" (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ↑ "Avrupa'nın En Hızlı Kanat Oyuncularından Biri Gerrit Holtmann Antalyaspor'umuzda" [One of Europe's Fastest Wingers Gerrit Holtmann is in our Antalyaspor.] (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ↑ "Vertrag mit Jacek Góralski aufgehoben" (in German). VfL Bochum. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "Luis Hartwig schließt sich dem KV Oostende an" (in German). VfL Bochum. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ "Simon Zoller wechselt nach Hamburg" (in German). VfL Bochum. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ "Vertrag von Lys Mousset aufgelöst" (in German). VfL Bochum. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "VfL Bochum 1848". www.vfl-bochum.de.
- ↑ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ↑ "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.
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