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VfL Bochum
2024–25 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Peter Zeidler; (until 20 October); Dieter Hecking; (from 4 November)
Stadium	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	18th
DFB-Pokal	First round
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 87th season in the history of VfL Bochum, and the club's fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Paul Grave	Wuppertaler SV	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Samuel Bamba	Borussia Dortmund	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
GK	Patrick Drewes	Karlsruher SC	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Ibrahima Sissoko	Strasbourg	Free	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Dani de Wit	AZ	Free	3 July 2024	^[4]
GK	Timo Horn	Red Bull Salzburg	Free	2 August 2024	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ivan Ordets	Dynamo Moscow	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Gonçalo Paciência	Celta Vigo	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[6]
MF	Keven Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Patrick Osterhage	SC Freiburg		1 July 2024
MF	Kevin Stöger	Borussia Mönchengladbach	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[7]
FW	Takuma Asano	Mallorca	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
GK	Michael Esser		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
MF	Philipp Förster		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
DF	Moritz Römling	Kapfenberger SV	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[8]
GK	Andreas Luthe		Retired	1 July 2024	^[8]
FW	Mohammad Mahmoud	SV Elversberg		1 July 2024
DF	Danilo Soares	1. FC Nürnberg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[9]

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 July 2024 Friendly	Rot Weiss Ahlen	1–3	VfL Bochum	Ahlen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sezer 83'	Report	Elezi 27' (pen.) Osei-Tutu 87' Broschinski 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 3,078

10 July 2024 Friendly	SSVg Velbert	1–5	VfL Bochum	Velbert
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De Stefano 33'	Report	Pannewig 35' Loosli 50' Sissoko 70' Elezi 72' Hofmann 76'	Stadium: IMS Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Robin Braun

12 July 2024 Friendly	Alemannia Aachen	0–1	VfL Bochum	Aachen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	De Wit 38' Mašović 83' Pannewig 87' Bamba 90'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Nico Fuchs

20 July 2024 Friendly	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Magdeburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaars 30'	Report	Broschinski 7'	Stadium: Avnet Arena Attendance: 5,554 Referee: Eric Weisbach

30 July 2024 Friendly	Spezia	3–1	VfL Bochum	Brixen, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Serio 11' Esposito 82' Sissoko 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Bernardo 14'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Daniele Perenzoni (Italy)

3 August 2024 Friendly	Südtirol	2–0	VfL Bochum	Bolzano, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Martini 14' Crespi 59'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Druso Referee: David Kovacevic (Italy)
Note: The match was played in two periods of thirty minutes each.

3 August 2024 Friendly	VfL Bochum	4–0	Bologna	Bolzano, Italy
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 6' Broschinski 9', 49' De Wit 54'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Druso Referee: Andrea Copelli (Italy)
Note: The match was played in two periods of thirty minutes each.

10 August 2024 Friendly	Le Havre	0–6	VfL Bochum
18:00

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–1	Rot-Weiss Essen
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

10 October 2024 Friendly	1. FC Köln	2–2	VfL Bochum
13:00

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	24 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1		15	1	3	11	13	35	−22	006.67
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					16	1	3	12	13	36	−23	006.25

Last updated: 22 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC St. Pauli	15	4	2	9	12	19	−7	14
15	TSG Hoffenheim	15	3	5	7	20	28	−8	14
16	1. FC Heidenheim	15	3	1	11	18	33	−15	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Holstein Kiel	15	2	2	11	19	38	−19	8	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	VfL Bochum	15	1	3	11	13	35	−22	6	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[10]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
15	1	3	11	13	35	−22	6	1	2	4	6	14	−8	0	1	7	7	21	−14

Last updated: 22 December 2024.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	15	17	16	16	17	18

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[11]

24 August 2024 1	RB Leipzig	1–0	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
15:30	Simons 35' Nusa 59' Orbán 85'	Report	Bero 15' Wittek 23' Sissoko 81'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,611 Referee: Benjamin Brand

31 August 2024 2	VfL Bochum	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30 CEST	Pannewig 89'	Report	Kleindienst 67' Honorat 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Sören Storks

14 September 2024 3	SC Freiburg	2–1	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Adamu 58', 61'	Report	Boadu 45' Balde 81' Kwarteng 82' Wittek 90+5'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,100 Referee: Daniel Siebert

21 September 2024 4	VfL Bochum	2–2	Holstein Kiel	Bochum
15:30	Bero 22', 39', Dani de Wit 48' Hofmann 76' Passlack 78' Dasch	Report	Pichler 15' Machino 89' Knudsen 90+4' [[]] {{\|}}	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26.000 Referee: Martin Petersen

27 September 2024 5	Borussia Dortmund	4–2	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 44', 75' Couto 58' Can 62' (pen.) Groß 70' Nmecha 81'	Report	Bero 16' De Wit 21'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Felix Brych

6 September 2024 6	VfL Bochum	1–3	VFL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

19 October 2024 7	TSG Hoffenheim	3–1	VfL Bochum	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić 11' Bülter 64', 82' Tabaković 90+3'	Report	Mašović 55' Gamboa 76' Daschner 89'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 19,281 Referee: Sören Storks

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 8	VfL Bochum	0–5	Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30 CET	Passlack 12'	Report	Olise 16' Musiala 26', 45+1' Kane 57' Sané 65' Coman 71'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Florian Exner

2 November 2024 (2024-11-02) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	7–2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ekitike 9', 69' Marmoush 18' Knauff 20', 50' Brown 32' Dahoud 61' Uzun 66'	Report	De Wit 35' Ordets 38' Hofmann 51', 77'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

9 November 2024 10	VfL Bochum	1–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Miyoshi 89'	Report	Schick 18', 77'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 November 2024 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chabot 6' Führich 53' Millot 71' Diehl 78'	Report	Sissoko 28' Hofmann 72' Bero 90'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

30 November 2024 12	FC Augsburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Claude-Maurice 17' Wolf 26' Tietz 38' (pen.) Mounié 82'	Report	Wittek 68' Ordets 72' Bernardo 83'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 29,556 Referee: Tobias Reichel

7 December 2024 13	VfL Bochum	0–1	Werder Bremen	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wittek 29'	Report	Lynen 27' Stage 56'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Felix Brych

14 December 2024 14	Union Berlin	1–1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
20:30	Hollerbach 37', 37' Vogt 67'	Report	Miyoshi 13' Sissoko 23' Broschinski 50' Drewes 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Martin Petersen

22 December 2024 15	VfL Bochum	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Broschinski 6' Bernardo 22' Bero 38', 54'	Report	Schöppner 30' Wanner 35' Pieringer 46' Keller 50' Kerber 73' Siersleben 75' Conteh 82'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,328 Referee: Sven Jablonski

1 March 2025 24	VfL Bochum	v	TSG Hoffenheim	Bochum
				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

8 March 2025 25	Bayern Munich	v	VfL Bochum	Munich
				Stadium: Allianz Arena

14–16 March 2025 (2025-03) 26	VfL Bochum	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
				Stadium: Ruhrstadion

29 March 2025 27	Bayer Leverkusen	v	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
				Stadium: BayArena

19 April 2025 30	Werder Bremen	v	VfL Bochum	Bremen
				Stadium: Weserstadion

10 May 2025 33	VfL Bochum	v	Mainz 05	Bochum
				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

17 May 2025 34	FC St. Pauli	v	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Regensburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ballas 70'	Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 12,581 Referee: Florian Heft

References

^ "Bochum sign youngster from Dortmund". Bulinews. 12 June 2024.
^ "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews. 27 June 2024.
^ "Ibrahima Sissoko wechselt zum VFL".
^ "AZ Alkmaar suffer huge blow as Dani de Wit departs for Bundesliga side VFL Bochum". 3 July 2024.
^ "Timo Horn verstärkt VFL-Torwartteam".
^ "Paciência, una salida que puede costarle dinero al Celta". OneFootball (in Spanish). 20 June 2024.
^ "Borussia sign Kevin Stöger from VfL Bochum". Borussia Mönchengladbach.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "VfL verabschiedet 10 Profis". VfL Bochum.
^ "Nürnberg pick up Bochum's Soares on a free". Bulinews. 29 May 2024.
^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

[1] "Bochum sign youngster from Dortmund". Bulinews. 12 June 2024.

[2] "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews. 27 June 2024.

[3] "Ibrahima Sissoko wechselt zum VFL".

[4] "AZ Alkmaar suffer huge blow as Dani de Wit departs for Bundesliga side VFL Bochum". 3 July 2024.

[5] "Timo Horn verstärkt VFL-Torwartteam".

[6] "Paciência, una salida que puede costarle dinero al Celta". OneFootball (in Spanish). 20 June 2024.

[7] "Borussia sign Kevin Stöger from VfL Bochum". Borussia Mönchengladbach.

[auto-8] "VfL verabschiedet 10 Profis". VfL Bochum.

[9] "Nürnberg pick up Bochum's Soares on a free". Bulinews. 29 May 2024.

[10] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[11] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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