2023–24 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2023–24 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Thomas Letsch
Stadium	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	17th
DFB-Pokal	First round
	All statistics correct as of 21 October 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	GER	Manuel Riemann (vice-captain)
2	DF	CRC	Cristian Gamboa
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović
5	DF	BRA	Bernardo
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage
7	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla (captain)
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster
11	MF	JPN	Takuma Asano
13	MF	GER	Lukas Daschner
14	DF	GER	Tim Oermann
15	DF	GER	Felix Passlack


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	GHA	Jordi Osei-Tutu
19	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
21	GK	GER	Michael Esser
22	MF	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23	GK	GER	Niclas Thiede
24	MF	GER	Mats Pannewig
25	DF	GER	Mohammed Tolba
27	MF	GER	Moritz Kwarteng
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski
31	DF	GER	Keven Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg)
32	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann
41	DF	SUI	Noah Loosli
—	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência (on loan from Celta Vigo)

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	GER	Paul Grave (at Wuppertaler SV until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	PHI	Gerrit Holtmann (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2024)

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	Noah Loosli	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	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	K.V. Oostende	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[14]
FW	Simon Zoller	FC St. Pauli	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[15]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Paul Grave	June 2025	[16]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

11 July 2023 Friendly	Kickers Emden	2–9	VfL Bochum	Gevelsberg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Eilerts 39' Steffen 43'	Report	Zoller 11' Broschinski 21' Oermann 49' Hofmann 50', 58' Stöger 56' (pen.) Holtmann 80' Osei-Tutu 82' Antwi-Adjei 84'	Stadium: Stadion Stefansbachtal Attendance: 1,700

15 July 2023 Friendly	SC Verl	3–1	VfL Bochum	Verl
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wolfram 39' Friedrich 81' Pernot 89'	Report	Ordets 4'	Stadium: Sportclub Arena

21 July 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Iyoha 7' Siebert 29' De Wijs 49' Appelkamp 83'	Report	Broschinski 79'	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

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)				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	Sint-Truiden	Bochum
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1		8	0	4	4	6	21	−15	000.00
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023		First round	First round	0	0	0	0	2	2	+0	!—
Total					8	0	4	4	8	23	−15	000.00

Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Werder Bremen	8	2	0	6	12	18	−6	6
15	Union Berlin	8	2	0	6	11	17	−6	6
16	1. FC Köln	8	1	1	6	7	15	−8	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	VfL Bochum	8	0	4	4	6	21	−15	4	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Mainz 05	8	0	2	6	7	22	−15	2	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. 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.[17]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	0	4	4	6	21	−15	4	0	2	1	3	5	−2	0	2	3	3	16	−13

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L
Position	18	14	13	13	14	16	16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.[18]

19 August 2023 1	VfB Stuttgart	5–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 18', 77' Zagadou 38', 45+4' Silas 59', 67'	Report	Antwi-Adjei 45+1'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 August 2023 2	VfL Bochum	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 13', 66' Bero 71'	Report	Malen 56' Can 75'	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)	Beljo 35' Valentin 38' Rexhbeçaj 44' Demirović 62'	Report	Asano 45+3', 64' Bero 46' Passlack 48'	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)	Stöger 70', 74' (pen.) Ordets 80' Mašović 90+4'	Report	Dina Ebimbe 55' Marmoush 73' Götze 76'	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)	Choupo-Moting 4' Kane 13', 54' (pen.), 88' De Ligt 29' Sané 38' Tel 81'	Report	Losilla 26'	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)	Bernardo 52' Losilla 68' Gamboa 90+10'	Report	Neuhaus 27' Pléa 37', 45+3' Itakura 45+1' Kramer 81' Čvančara 90+10'	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)	Simons 27', 69' Baumgartner 47' Forsberg 61'	Report	Osterhage 42' Ordets 55' Stöger 60' Schlotterbeck 87'	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)	Gulde 23' Dōan 26' Grifo 29', 45+2' (pen.) Eggestein 90+2'	Report	Paciência 15' Antwi-Adjei 31' Schlotterbeck 52' Gamboa 63' Riemann 65'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,900 Referee: Tobias Reichel

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	Arminia Bielefeld	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
18:00	Shipnoski 25' Biankadi 29' Yildirim 33' Belkahia 56' Schreck 90+4' Kersken 115' Boujellab 120+1'	Report	Asano 45+2' Mašović 82' Zoller 90+1' 115' Bero 108'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 21,452 Referee: Sven Jablonski
	Penalties
	Klos Gohlke Wintzheimer Mizuta		Hofmann Stöger Mašović

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Manuel Riemann	9	0	8	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	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
5	DF	BRA	Bernardo	9	0	8	0	1	0
14	DF	GER	Tim Oermann	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Felix Passlack	7	0	6	0	1	0
18	DF	GHA	Jordi Osei-Tutu	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets	9	0	8	0	1	0
25	DF	GER	Mohammed Tolba	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Keven Schlotterbeck	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
32	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek	7	0	6+1	0	0	0
41	DF	SUI	Noah Loosli	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
7	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	9	2	8	2	1	0
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla	9	1	8	1	1	0
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
11	MF	JPN	Takuma Asano	9	3	8	2	1	1
13	MF	GER	Lukas Daschner	7	0	0+6	0	1	0
19	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero	6	0	5	0	0+1	0
24	MF	GER	Mats Pannewig	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Moritz Kwarteng	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência	5	1	3+2	1	0	0
22	FW	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	9	0	3+5	0	1	0
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann	8	0	5+2	0	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	GER	Simon Zoller	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1

Last updated: 21 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 21 October 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	11	MF	Takuma Asano	2	1	3
2	7	MF	Kevin Stöger	2	0	2
3	8	MF	Anthony Losilla	1	0	1
	9	FW	Gonçalo Paciência	1	0	1
	9	FW	Simon Zoller	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				6	2	8

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.
"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.

External links

Official website

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[1] "VfL Bochum – Kader" [VfL Bochum – Squad] (in German). VfL Bochum. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[2] "VfL nimmt Matúš Bero unter Vertrag" (in German). VfL Bochum. 27 June 2023.

[3] "FC St. Pauli verliert Lukas Daschner! Stürmer wechselt nach Bochum". bild.de. June 1, 2023.

[4] "Moritz Broni Kwarteng wechselt zum VfL" (Press release) (in German). VfL Bochum. 5 July 2023.

[5] "VfL nimmt Noah Loosli unter Vertrag" (in German). Grasshoppers. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[6] "VfL verpflichtet Felix Passlack" (in German). VfL Bochum. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[7] "Bernardo wechselt zum VfL" (in German). VfL Bochum. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[8] "VfL commits Maximilian Wittek". VfL Bochum. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[9] "KEVEN SCHLOTTERBECK JOINS BOCHUM ON LOAN". SC Freiburg. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[10] "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.

[11] "Jannes Horn is back" (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[12] "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.

[13] "Vertrag mit Jacek Góralski aufgehoben" (in German). VfL Bochum. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.

[14] "Luis Hartwig schließt sich dem KV Oostende an" (in German). VfL Bochum. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[15] "Simon Zoller wechselt nach Hamburg" (in German). VfL Bochum. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[16] "VfL Bochum 1848". www.vfl-bochum.de.

[17] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[18] "DFL: Das ist der neue Bundesliga-Spielplan". Bild (in German). 30 June 2023.

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