2024–25 VfL Bochum season

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 (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	First round

The 2024–25 season was 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 participated in the DFB-Pokal.

VfL Bochum were relegated from the Bundesliga on 10 May, following a 4–1 home loss to Mainz 05. The relegation brought an end to the club's four-season spell in the top flight.^[1]

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	^[2]
GK	Patrick Drewes	Karlsruher SC	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Ibrahima Sissoko	Strasbourg	Free	1 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Dani de Wit	AZ	Free	3 July 2024	^[5]
GK	Timo Horn	Red Bull Salzburg	Free	2 August 2024	^[6]

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	^[7]
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	^[8]
FW	Takuma Asano	Mallorca	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[9]
GK	Michael Esser		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[9]
MF	Philipp Förster		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[9]
DF	Moritz Römling	Kapfenberger SV	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[9]
GK	Andreas Luthe		Retired	1 July 2024	^[9]
FW	Mohammad Mahmoud	SV Elversberg		1 July 2024
DF	Danilo Soares	1. FC Nürnberg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[10]

Friendlies

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

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

14 November 2024 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2–0	FC Den Bosch
14:00

5 January 2025 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6–2	Wuppertaler SV
12:00

5 January 2025 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–0	Heracles Almelo
15:00

20 March 2025 Friendly	VfL Bochum	4–2	SC Preußen Münster
14:00

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	18th	34	6	7	21	33	67	−34	017.65
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					35	6	7	22	33	68	−35	017.14

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	FC St. Pauli	34	8	8	18	28	41	−13	32
15	TSG Hoffenheim	34	7	11	16	46	68	−22	32
16	1. FC Heidenheim (O)	34	8	5	21	37	64	−27	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Holstein Kiel (R)	34	6	7	21	49	80	−31	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	VfL Bochum (R)	34	6	7	21	33	67	−34	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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.^[11]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(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	6	7	21	33	67	−34	25	3	4	10	16	33	−17	3	3	11	17	34	−17

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W
Position	15	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 09 March 2025. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[12]

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' Daschner 35'	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	Medić 38' Boadu 72'	Report	Tomás 21' Wind 37', 88' 38' Amoura 56'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,630 Referee: Max Burda

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+1)	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+1)	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

11 January 2024 16	Mainz 05	2–0	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Burkardt 23', 69'	Report	Hofmann 33' Sissoko 45+7'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

14 January 2024 17	VfL Bochum	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Holtmann 42' Hofmann 67'	Report	Smith 69' Irvine 72' Afolayan 79' Dźwigała 90+4'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

18 January 2024 18	VfL Bochum	3–3	RB Leipzig	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Bero 9' Passlack 20' Boadu 48', 56', 61' (pen.) Sissoko 69' Ordets 90+2'	Report	Orban 10' Nusa 13' Baumgartner 22'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,158 Referee: Robert Hartmann

25 January 2025 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Elvedi 26' Reitz 34' Hack 55' Kleindienst 86'	Report	Passlack 57' Holtmann 81' Holtmann 85' Hecking 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,042 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

01 February 2025 20	VfL Bochum	0–1	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Bero 42' Bernardo 63' Sissoko 84'	Report	Sildillia 34' Atubolu 74' Höfler 81'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,900 Referee: Tobias Welz

09 February 2025 21	Holstein Kiel	2–2	VfL Bochum	Kiel
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Skrzybski 3' (pen.) Zec 50', 90+5' Remberg 52'	Report	Boadu 37', 39' Wittek 54' Bero 68'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Felix Zwayer

15 February 2025 22	VfL Bochum	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Masouras 33', 35' Bernardo 49'	Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

22 February 2025 23	VFL Wolfsburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Svanberg 81' Wind 66' Bornauw 86'	Report	Masovic 50' Bero 7' Ordets 72' Wittek 90'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,772 Referee: Timo Gerach

1 March 2025 24	VfL Bochum	0–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)		Report	Stach 53' Hölzl 67' Bischof 72'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,120 Referee: Florian Badstübner

8 March 2025 25	Bayern Munich	2–3	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Guerreiro 14', 28' Palhinha 43'	Report	Medic 21', 31' Sissoko 51', 87' Bernardo 57' Bero 71' Wittek 73' Horn 80' Losilla 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

16 March 2025 26	VfL Bochum	1–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+1)	Krauß 24' Holtmann 73' Wittek 75' Bero 85' Sissoko 90+4'	Report	Kristensen 27' Bahoya 32', 62' Batshuayi 90+6'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

28 March 2025 27	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
20:30 CEST (UTC+1)	García 20' Boniface 60' Simion 70' Adli 87'	Report	Paslack 26' Boadu 87' Kruska 87'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Sven Jablonski

5 April 2025 28

VfL Bochum

0–4

VfB Stuttgart

Bochum

12 April 2025 29

VfL Bochum

1–2

FC Augsburg

Bochum

19 April 2025 30

Werder Bremen

1–0

Bochum

Bremen

27 April 2025 31

VfL Bochum

1–1

Union Berlin

Bochum

2 May 2025 32

1. FC Heidenheim

0–0

VfL Bochum

Heidenheim an der Brenz

10 May 2025 33

VfL Bochum

1–4

Mainz 05

Bochum

17 May 2025 34

St. Pauli

0–2

Bochum

Hamburg

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Regensburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ballas 70' Schönfelder 76'	Report	Loosli 41' Daschner 53' Hofmann 66' Boadu 84' Wittek 90+2' Bero 90+5'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 12,581 Referee: Florian Heft

References

^ Official | Bochum and Holstein Kiel relegated from the Bundesliga
^ "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] Official | Bochum and Holstein Kiel relegated from the Bundesliga

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

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

[4] "Ibrahima Sissoko wechselt zum VFL".

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

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

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

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

[auto-9] "VfL verabschiedet 10 Profis". VfL Bochum.

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

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

[12] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.

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