VfL Bochum
2023–24 season
ChairmanHans-Peter Villis
Head coachThomas Letsch
StadiumVonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann (vice-captain)
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović
5 DF Brazil BRA Bernardo
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage
7 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla (captain)
9 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Paciência (on loan from Celta Vigo)
10 MF Germany GER Philipp Förster
11 MF Japan JPN Takuma Asano
13 MF Germany GER Lukas Daschner
14 DF Germany GER Tim Oermann
15 DF Germany GER Felix Passlack
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Ghana GHA Jordi Osei-Tutu
19 MF Slovakia SVK Matúš Bero
20 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser
22 MF Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23 GK Germany GER Niclas Thiede
24 MF Germany GER Mats Pannewig
25 DF Germany GER Mohammed Tolba
27 MF Germany GER Moritz Kwarteng
29 FW Germany GER Moritz Broschinski
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg)
32 DF Germany GER Maximilian Wittek
33 FW Germany GER Philipp Hofmann
41 DF Switzerland SUI Noah Loosli

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Germany GER Paul Grave (at Wuppertaler SV until 30 June 2024)
FW Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Slovakia Matúš Bero Netherlands Vitesse Free 1 July 2023 [2]
MF Germany Lukas Daschner Germany FC St. Pauli Free [3]
MF Germany Moritz Kwarteng Germany 1. FC Magdeburg €1,100,000 [4]
DF Switzerland Noah Loosli Switzerland Grasshoppers Free [5]
MF Germany Felix Passlack Germany Borussia Dortmund Free [6]
GK Germany Niclas Thiede Germany SC Verl Free
DF Brazil Bernardo Austria RB Salzburg €400,000 2 August 2023 [7]
DF Germany Maximilian Wittek Netherlands Vitesse Undisclosed 14 August 2023 [8]
DF Germany Keven Schlotterbeck Germany SC Freiburg Loan 22 August 2023 [9]
FW Portugal Gonçalo Paciência Spain Celta Vigo Loan 1 September 2023 [10]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Republic of the Congo Silvère Ganvoula Switzerland BSC Young Boys Free 1 July 2023
GK Germany Paul Grave Germany Wuppertaler SV Loan
DF Germany Jannes Horn Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Free [11]
DF Greece Vasilios Lampropoulos Free
DF Greece Kostas Stafylidis Free
FW Philippines Gerrit Holtmann Turkey Antalyaspor Loan 5 August 2023 [12]
MF Poland Jacek Góralski Free 10 August 2023 [13]
FW Germany Luis Hartwig Belgium K.V. Oostende Undisclosed 1 September 2023 [14]
FW Germany Simon Zoller Germany FC St. Pauli Undisclosed [15]
FW France Lys Mousset Free 9 January 2024 [16]

New contracts

PositionPlayerUntilRef.
GKGermany Paul GraveJune 2025[17]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly Kickers Emden Germany 2–9 Germany VfL Bochum Gevelsberg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Eilerts 39'
  • Steffen 43'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Stefansbachtal
Attendance: 1,700
15 July 2023 Friendly SC Verl Germany 3–1 Germany VfL Bochum Verl
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportclub Arena
21 July 2023 Friendly Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany 3–1 Germany VfL Bochum Düsseldorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
26 July 2023 Friendly Spezia Italy 4–3 Germany 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 Italy 1–0 Germany VfL Bochum Brixen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher
5 August 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 2–1 England Luton Town Bochum
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
5 August 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–3 England Luton Town Bochum
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
7 September 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–1 Belgium Sint-Truiden Bochum
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion
12 October 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–3 Germany 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 Netherlands 1–2 Germany VfL Bochum Doetinchem, Netherlands
14:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Schoppema 38'
Report Attendance: 0
6 January 2024 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 2–1 Netherlands Groningen
14:00 UTC+1
7 January 2024 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany v Netherlands 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 −15 017.65
DFB-Pokal 12 August 2023 First round First round 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Total 18 3 9 6 21 36 −15 016.67

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
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[18]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHH
ResultLDDDLLDLDWDDWLWLD
Position1814131314161617161414141214131414
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: DFB
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 TotalBundesligaDFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann 18017010
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser 000000
23 GK Germany GER Niclas Thiede 000000
Defenders
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa 15011+300+10
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares 503+2000
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović 16013+2010
5 DF Brazil BRA Bernardo 18117110
14 DF Germany GER Tim Oermann 601+5000
15 DF Germany GER Felix Passlack 806+1010
18 DF Ghana GHA Jordi Osei-Tutu 000000
20 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Ordets 1009010
25 DF Germany GER Mohammed Tolba 000000
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck 12110+2100
32 DF Germany GER Maximilian Wittek 907+2000
41 DF Switzerland SUI Noah Loosli 700+7000
Midfielders
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage 1329+320+10
7 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger 17416410
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla 17116110
10 MF Germany GER Philipp Förster 801+7000
11 MF Japan JPN Takuma Asano 17616511
13 MF Germany GER Lukas Daschner 1212+9110
19 MF Slovakia SVK Matúš Bero 1109+100+10
24 MF Germany GER Mats Pannewig 000000
27 MF Germany GER Moritz Kwarteng 601+5000
Forwards
9 FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Paciência 1236+6300
22 FW Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei 1616+9110
29 FW Germany GER Moritz Broschinski 1102+800+10
33 FW Germany GER Philipp Hofmann 15010+4010
Players transferred out during the season
9 FW Germany GER Simon Zoller 210+100+11

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 Japan Takuma Asano 5 1 6
2 7 MF Austria Kevin Stöger 4 0 4
3 9 FW Portugal Gonçalo Paciência 3 0 3
4 8 MF France Anthony Losilla 1 0 1
9 FW Germany Simon Zoller 0 1 1
31 DF Germany Keven Schlotterbeck 1 0 1
8 MF Germany Lukas Daschner 1 0 1
6 MF Germany Patrick Osterhage 1 0 1
5 DF Brazil Bernardo 1 0 1
22 FW Germany Christopher Antwi-Adjei 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 18 2 20

References

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