2023–24 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2023–24 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Thomas Letsch; (until 8 April); Heiko Butscher; (from 9 April)
Stadium	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	16th (play-off winners)
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Stöger (7); All: ; Kevin Stöger (8)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was 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 31 January 2024^[2]

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
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)
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência (on loan from Celta Vigo)
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster
11	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano
13	MF	GER	Lukas Daschner
14	DF	GER	Tim Oermann
15	DF	GER	Felix Passlack
16	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	MKD	Agon Elezi
19	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
21	GK	GER	Michael Esser
22	FW	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23	GK	GER	Niclas Thiede
25	DF	EGY	Mohammed Tolba
27	MF	GER	Moritz Kwarteng
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski
30	DF	GER	Moritz Römling
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

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 Darmstadt 98 until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	GHA	Jordi Osei-Tutu (at PAS Giannina until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	GER	Mats Pannewig (at SC Wiedenbrück until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Matúš Bero	Vitesse	Free	1 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Lukas Daschner	FC St. Pauli	Free		^[4]
MF	Moritz Kwarteng	1. FC Magdeburg	€1,100,000		^[5]
DF	Noah Loosli	Grasshoppers	Free		^[6]
MF	Felix Passlack	Borussia Dortmund	Free		^[7]
GK	Niclas Thiede	SC Verl	Free
DF	Bernardo	RB Salzburg	€400,000	2 August 2023	^[8]
DF	Maximilian Wittek	Vitesse	Undisclosed	14 August 2023	^[9]
DF	Keven Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg	Loan	22 August 2023	^[10]
FW	Gonçalo Paciência	Celta Vigo	Loan	1 September 2023	^[11]
GK	Andreas Luthe	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Undisclosed	29 January 2024	^[12]
MF	Agon Elezi	NK Varaždin	Undisclosed	30 January 2024	^[13]

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		^[14]
DF	Vasilios Lampropoulos		Free
DF	Kostas Stafylidis		Free
FW	Gerrit Holtmann	Antalyaspor	Loan	5 August 2023	^[15]
MF	Jacek Góralski		Free	10 August 2023	^[16]
FW	Luis Hartwig	K.V. Oostende	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	^[17]
FW	Simon Zoller	FC St. Pauli	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	^[18]
FW	Lys Mousset		Free	9 January 2024	^[19]
FW	Gerrit Holtmann	Darmstadt 98	Loan	21 January 2024	^[20]
DF	Jordi Osei-Tutu	PAS Giannina	Loan	22 January 2024	^[21]
MF	Mats Pannewig	SC Wiedenbrück	Loan	31 January 2024	^[22]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
GK	Paul Grave	June 2025	^[23]

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)	Sanca 53' Żurkowski 86' Römling 93' (o.g.) Pietra 103'		Daschner 25' Mašović 64' Hofmann 72'	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)	Begić 83'			Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher

5 August 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2–1	Luton Town	Bochum
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 9' Asano 51'	Report	Lockyer 38'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion

5 August 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–3	Luton Town	Bochum
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bero 17'		Berry 14', 76' Adebayo 70'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion

7 September 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Sint-Truiden	Bochum
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Loosli 87'	Report	Barnes 46'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia Ruhrstadion

12 October 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–3	Hannover 96	Bochum
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Broschinski 76'	Report	Voglsammer 50', 78' Momuluh 60+5'	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)	Schoppema 38'	Report	Broschinski 4' Hofmann 82'	Attendance: 0

6 January 2024 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2–1	Groningen
14:00 UTC+1	Kwarteng 62' Broschinski 84'		[[ ]] 2' Slor 82'

7 January 2024 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2–0	Vitesse	Bochum, Germany
14:00 UTC+1	Schlotterbeck 5', 78'			Stadium: 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	16th	34	7	12	15	42	74	−32	020.59
Bundesliga relegation play-offs	23 May 2024	27 May 2024	First leg	Winners	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Total					37	8	13	16	47	79	−32	021.62

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	7	13	14	56	67	−11	34
15	Union Berlin	34	9	6	19	33	58	−25	33
16	VfL Bochum (O)	34	7	12	15	42	74	−32	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Köln (R)	34	5	12	17	28	60	−32	27	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Darmstadt 98 (R)	34	3	8	23	30	86	−56	17	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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.^[24]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
34	7	12	15	42	74	−32	33	5	8	4	26	29	−3	2	4	11	16	45	−29

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L
Position	18	14	13	13	14	16	16	17	16	14	14	14	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	16

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[25]

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

27 October 2023 9	VfL Bochum	2–2	Mainz 05	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 21' (pen.) Bernardo 51' Schlotterbeck 82' Paciência 88' Losilla 90+5'	Report	Barreiro 15' Kohr 20' Schlotterbeck 59' (o.g.) Lee 71' Krauß 90+6'	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)	Nürnberger 43' Klarer 67' Holland 70' Skarke 90+4'	Report	Asano 25', 54' Losilla 42' Gamboa 67' Schlotterbeck 68' Kwarteng 87' Paciência 90+4'	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)	Daschner 25', 77' Hofmann 33' Mašović 40' Bernardo 90'	Report	Selke 54' Thielmann 89'	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)	Dinkçi 51' Schöppner 51' Beste 58' Traoré 77'	Report	Daschner 27' Schlotterbeck 65' Antwi-Adjei 90+3'	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)	Osterhage 19' Bero 36' Bernardo 39' Stöger 45+2' Asano 62' Gamboa 81' Wittek 86' Antwi-Adjei 87' Schlotterbeck 90+2'		Vranckx 21' Svanberg 45+1' Jenz 53'	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)	Mašović 32' (o.g.) Tohumcu 41' Kramarić 43', 51' Prömel 53' Bebou 76'	Report	Mašović 60' Riemann 63' Paciência 90'	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)	Osterhage 20' Asano 45+5' Paciência 54' Stöger 78' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Khedira 42' Roussillon 85'	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)	Schick 30' (pen.), 32', 45+1' Boniface 69'	Report	Mašović 39' Schlotterbeck 51'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Daniel Schlager

14 January 2024 17	VfL Bochum	1–1	Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gamboa 3' Stöger 25' Osterhage 64' Bero 72' Losilla 75' Riemann 90+4' Bernardo 90+5'	Report	Jung 25' Stage 35' Bittencourt 42' Stark 66', 90+3' Ducksch 82'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

20 January 2024 18	VfL Bochum	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bernardo 36' Antwi-Adjei 41' Förster 42' Bero 50' Wittek 90+5' Broschinski 90+6'	Report	Karazor 35' Massimo 90+1' Vagnoman 90+5'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

28 January 2024 19	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 7' (pen.), 72', 90+1' (pen.) Malen 56'	Report	Riemann 3' Schlotterbeck 45' (o.g.) Wittek 59' Gamboa 89'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Benjamin Brand

3 February 2024 20	VfL Bochum	1–1	FC Augsburg	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Broschinski 33', 44' Oermann 45+4' Osterhage 76'	Report	Jakić 70' Demirović 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

10 February 2024 21	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marmoush 14' Pacho 53' Koch 80'	Report	Broschinski 17' Oermann 35' Bero 90+2'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 57,500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

18 February 2024 22	VfL Bochum	3–2	Bayern Munich	Bochum
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Asano 38' Schlotterbeck 44' Bernardo 45' Losilla 45+6' Stöger 78' (pen.)	Report	Musiala 14' Upamecano 39' 77' Goretzka 50' Kim 59' Kane 87'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

24 February 2024 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngoumou 28' Weigl 35' (pen.) Lainer 45+2' Neuhaus 45+4' Reitz 72' Pefok 78' Honorat 90+6'	Report	Mašović 30' Riemann 45+4' Stöger 45+4' Schlotterbeck 64', 88' Hofmann 75'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,196 Referee: Sven Jablonski

2 March 2024 24	VfL Bochum	1–4	RB Leipzig	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wittek 7' Broschinski 38' Loosli 66' Ordets 77' Kwarteng 86'	Report	Olmo 30' Haidara 45+3' Openda 68' Ordets 71' (o.g.) Poulsen 72' Simakan 81'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Harm Osmers

10 March 2024 25	VfL Bochum	1–2	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bernardo 33' Mašović 45+4' Ordets 62' Losilla 82'	Report	Höfler 34' Eggestein 36', 42' Sallai 45+4' Gregoritsch 53' Gulde 59' Höler 74' Günter 83' Kübler 90+2'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,594 Referee: Marco Fritz

16 March 2024 26	Mainz 05	2–0	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kohr 1' Ajorque 8' Burkardt 45+3' (pen.), 71' Van den Berg 84' Amiri 88'	Report	Bernardo 33' Osterhage 47' Schlotterbeck 87'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

31 March 2024 27	VfL Bochum	2–2	Darmstadt 98	Bochum
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mašović 8' Hofmann 30', 48' Losilla 53'	Report	Klarer 53' Skarke 62' Vilhelmsson 76' Gjasula 85'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,023 Referee: Sven Jablonski

6 April 2024 28	1. FC Köln	2–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Martel 25' Selke 37' Thielmann 71' Tigges 90+1' Waldschmidt 90+2'	Report	Broschinski 35' Passlack 53' Asano 68' Losilla 89'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

13 April 2024 29	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Passlack 35' Bernardo 45' Losilla 52' Bero 58' Schlotterbeck 90'	Report	Kleindienst 60' Schlotterbeck 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,414 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

20 April 2024 30	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw 37' Wind 43' Tomás 53' Paredes 68' Vranckx 85'	Report	Osterhage 12' Antwi-Adjei 86' Stöger 90+5'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,327 Referee: Tobias Reichel

26 April 2024 31	VfL Bochum	3–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Losilla 31' Stöger 34', 64' Passlack 45+2'	Report	Tohumcu 33' Kramarić 73', 84'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,300 Referee: Tobias Stieler

5 May 2024 32	Union Berlin	3–4	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vertessen 59' Bedia 48' Hollerbach 74'	Report	Wittek 16', 31' Schlotterbeck 37' Hofmann 70' Gamboa 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Marco Fritz

12 May 2024 33	VfL Bochum	0–5	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Passlack 15' Schlotterbeck 45+1' Ordets 63'	Report	Tella 27' Schick 41' Boniface 45+2' (pen.) Adli 76' Stanišić 86' Grimaldo 90+3'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

18 May 2024 34	Werder Bremen	4–1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Griedl 6' Lynen 36' Jung 78' Stage 80' Schmid 87'	Report	Wittek 37' Antwi-Adjei 85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Martin Petersen

Relegation play-offs

23 May 2024 First leg	VfL Bochum	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bernardo 71' Losilla 90+3'	Report	Hofmann 13' (o.g.) Klaus 64' Engelhardt 72'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

27 May 2024 Second leg	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (5–6 p)	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Engelhardt 103'	Report	Hofmann 5', 18', 66' Oermann 8' Wittek 39' Stöger 70' (pen.) Mašović 106'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin
	Penalties
	Hofmann Jóhannesson Engelhardt Oberdorf Tzolis Niemiec Uchino		Paciência Bero Mašović Asano Stöger Schlotterbeck Wittek

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	24	0	23	0	1	0
16	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe	1	0	1	0	0	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	18	0	12+5	0	0+1	0
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović	21	0	18+2	0	1	0
5	DF	BRA	Bernardo	24	1	23	1	1	0
14	DF	GER	Tim Oermann	11	0	6+5	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Felix Passlack	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets	17	0	15+1	0	1	0
25	DF	EGY	Mohammed Tolba	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Keven Schlotterbeck	17	3	14+3	3	0	0
32	DF	GER	Maximilian Wittek	13	1	9+4	1	0	0
41	DF	SUI	Noah Loosli	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage	17	2	13+3	2	0+1	0
7	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	23	5	22	5	1	0
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla	23	1	22	1	1	0
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster	11	0	2+9	0	0	0
11	MF	JPN	Takuma Asano	21	7	20	6	1	1
13	MF	GER	Lukas Daschner	13	1	2+10	1	1	0
19	MF	SVK	Matúš Bero	17	1	15+1	1	0+1	0
27	MF	GER	Moritz Kwarteng	11	0	2+9	0	0	0
	MF	MKD	Agon Elezi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência	16	3	7+9	3	0	0
22	FW	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	21	1	10+10	1	1	0
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski	18	2	8+9	2	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann	20	1	10+9	1	1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	GER	Simon Zoller	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1
18	DF	GHA	Jordi Osei-Tutu	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	GER	Mats Pannewig	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 March 2024
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 3 March 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	11	MF	Takuma Asano	6	1	7
2	7	MF	Kevin Stöger	5	0	5
3	9	FW	Gonçalo Paciência	3	0	3
3	31	DF	Keven Schlotterbeck	3	0	3
5	6	MF	Patrick Osterhage	2	0	2
5	29	FW	Moritz Broschinski	2	0	2
6	8	MF	Anthony Losilla	1	0	1
	9	FW	Simon Zoller	0	1	1
	8	MF	Lukas Daschner	1	0	1
	5	DF	Bernardo	1	0	1
	22	FW	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	1	0	1
	19	MF	Matúš Bero	1	0	1
	33	FW	Philipp Hofmann	1	0	1
	32	DF	Maximilian Wittek	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0
Totals				29	2	31

References

^ "VfL stellt Thomas Letsch mit sofortiger Wirkung frei" (in German). VfL Bochum 1848. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Andreas Luthe kehrt zum VfL zurück" (in German). VfL Bochum. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "VfL nimmt Agon Elezi unter Vertrag" [VfL signs Agon Elezi] (in German). VfL Bochum. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Holtmann kommt per Leihe aus Bochum" [Holtmann comes on loan from Bochum] (in German). Darmstadt. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Jordi Osei-Tutu wird verliehen" [Jordi Osei-Tutu is loaned] (in German). VfL Bochum. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Mats Pannewig wird an den SC Wiedenbrück verliehen" (in German). VfL Bochum. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 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.

External links

Official website

[1] "VfL stellt Thomas Letsch mit sofortiger Wirkung frei" (in German). VfL Bochum 1848. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[11] "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.

[12] "Andreas Luthe kehrt zum VfL zurück" (in German). VfL Bochum. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[13] "VfL nimmt Agon Elezi unter Vertrag" [VfL signs Agon Elezi] (in German). VfL Bochum. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

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

[15] "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.

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

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

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

[19] "Vertrag von Lys Mousset aufgelöst" (in German). VfL Bochum. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[20] "Holtmann kommt per Leihe aus Bochum" [Holtmann comes on loan from Bochum] (in German). Darmstadt. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[21] "Jordi Osei-Tutu wird verliehen" [Jordi Osei-Tutu is loaned] (in German). VfL Bochum. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

[22] "Mats Pannewig wird an den SC Wiedenbrück verliehen" (in German). VfL Bochum. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

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

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

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

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