VfL Bochum
- Location: Bochum, Germany
- Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
- Coach: Thomas Letsch
- Bundesliga Titles: 0
Current Squad / Roster
- Manuel Riemann
- Michael Esser
- Marko Johansson
- Paul Grave
- Cristian Gamboa
- Danilo Soares
- Tim Oermann
- Stafylidis
- Jordi Osei-Tutu
- Ivan Ordets
- Saidy Janko
- Lampropoulos
- Mohammed Tolba
- Dominique Heintz
- Jannes Horn
- Erhan Masovic
- Jacek Góralski
- Patrick Osterhage
- Kevin Stöger
- Anthony Losilla
- Philipp Förster
- Simon Zoller
- Takuma Asano
- Gerrit Holtmann
- Antwi-Adjei
- Tarsis Bonga
- Philipp Hofmann
- Silvére Ganvoula
- Lys Mousset
Champions League Statistics
Championships:
Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2020–21.
Regionalliga West Champions: 1969–70, 1970–71.
After the bad start in season 2021-22, Bochum managed to finish in 13th place and stay in Bundesliga. Only two teams are going into relegations and this was their first season after coming back from 2. Bundesliga.
You can consider them as a lower bracket team when you look at VfL Bochum stats but that’s expected from a club that came from the second German league. Bundesliga bettings odds are always high when you bet on the team, and they were able to win 12 games in 34 matches last season.
Bochum General Info
The club comes from the city of Bochum in Germany and they have a long history in Bundesliga being there for 35 seasons. Even if they aren’t a big club like Dortmund or Bayern Munich, they are always among the Bundesliga standings.
Vonovia-Ruhrstadion is the name of their stadium that has a capacity of 28 000 which is an average for lower bracket clubs. They are currently awaiting the Bundesliga schedule where their first opponent will be Mainz.
Bochum History
There is evidence that the organization was founded back in 1848 which would make them the oldest in Germany but that’s only for the organization not for football. When it comes to the football squad, they made a team in 1911. They merged with another club in the past but a lot has changed after the war.
VfL Bochum Records
When it comes to breaking records in the most goal scored or the number of titles, VfL Bochum betting odds are no way near Bayern but they stand out from others when it comes to relegations. They were relegated to Bundesliga 7 times in history while playing in the league for 35 seasons.
Another interesting fact is that they had multiple top goal scorers for Bundesliga. The last one was Theofanis Gekas in 2006 who scored 20 goals.
What are the VfL Bochum 2022-23 Transfers?
They didn’t buy too many players, but a lot of them were free transfers. The only two they invested in are Philipp Förster for 500K euros and Konstantinos Stafylidis for 250K euros which might increase their Bundesliga odds.
The more interesting fact is that they made 10 million euros from selling Armel Bella-Kotchap to Southampton. They also sold Maxim Leitsch for 3.5 million euros and Sebastian Polter for 1.5 million euros.
Who are the VfL Bochum Best Coaches?
Peter Neururer is a well-known coach in Bundesliga because he trained a lot of teams from the league including Schalke, Hannover, Kold, Hertha, and many more. But, his biggest accomplishment in Bochum was in 2003, when they qualified for the UEFA Cup. Their current manager is Thomas Reis and he has a plan for the club but it takes a couple of years to get from the bottom to the top.
