2023–24 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

2023–24 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Thomas Letsch (until 8 April)[1] 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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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		[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

Kickers Emden v VfL Bochum

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

SC Verl v VfL Bochum

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

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

Spezia v VfL Bochum

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.

Parma v VfL Bochum

29 July 2023 Friendly	Parma	1–0	VfL Bochum	Brixen
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Begić 83'			Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher

VfL Bochum v Luton Town

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

VfL Bochum v Luton Town

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

VfL Bochum v Sint-Truiden

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

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

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.

De Graafschap v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Groningen

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

VfL Bochum v Vitesse

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
					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

Main article: 2023–24 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

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]

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

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

FC Augsburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

RB Leipzig v VfL Bochum

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

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Mainz 05

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

Darmstadt 98 v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

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

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

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

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Union Berlin

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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Werder Bremen

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

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

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

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v FC Augsburg

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v RB Leipzig

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

VfL Bochum v SC Freiburg

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

Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Darmstadt 98

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

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Heidenheim

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

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

Union Berlin v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

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

Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

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
				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.	Nat.	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
	31	DF		Keven Schlotterbeck	3	0	3
5	6	MF		Patrick Osterhage	2	0	2
	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

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External links

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