2022–23 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2022–23 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Thomas Reis; (until 12 September); Heiko Butscher; (caretaker, 12–22 September); Thomas Letsch; (from 22 September)
Stadium	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Philipp Hofmann (8); All: ; Philipp Hofmann (9)
Biggest win	Viktoria Berlin 0–3 VfL Bochum; VfL Bochum 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt; VfL Bochum 5–2 1899 Hoffenheim; VfL Bochum 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Biggest defeat	VfL Bochum 0–7 Bayern Munich
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 85th season in the history of VfL Bochum and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Manuel Riemann (vice-captain)
2	DF	CRC	Cristian Gamboa
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović
5	MF	POL	Jacek Góralski
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage
7	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla (captain)
9	FW	GER	Simon Zoller
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster
11	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano
16	DF	GRE	Kostas Stafylidis
17	FW	PHI	Gerrit Holtmann
18	DF	ENG	Jordi Osei-Tutu
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
21	GK	GER	Michael Esser


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23	DF	GAM	Saidy Janko (on loan from Real Valladolid)
24	DF	GRE	Vasilios Lampropoulos
25	DF	GER	Mohammed Tolba
26	GK	SWE	Marko Johansson (on loan from Hamburger SV)
28	MF	CMR	Pierre Kunde (on loan from Olympiacos)
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski
30	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz (on loan from Union Berlin)
31	DF	GER	Keven Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg)
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann
34	GK	GER	Paul Grave
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GER	Luis Hartwig (at St. Pölten until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	GER	Jannes Horn (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	FRA	Lys Mousset (at Nîmes Olympique until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	GER	Tim Oermann (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	GER	Moritz Römling (at RW Essen until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
5	MF	Jacek Góralski	Kairat	Free	1 July 2022	^[2]
7	MF	Kevin Stöger	Mainz 05	Free		^[3]
10	MF	Philipp Förster	VfB Stuttgart	€500,000		^[4]
18	DF	Jordi Osei-Tutu	Arsenal	Free		^[5]
23	DF	Saidy Janko	Real Valladolid	Loan		^[6]
33	FW	Philipp Hofmann	Karlsruher SC	Free		^[7]
16	DF	Kostas Stafylidis	1899 Hoffenheim	€250,000	6 July 2022	^[8]
20	DF	Ivan Ordets	Dynamo Moscow	Loan	10 July 2022	^[9]
38	DF	Jannes Horn	1. FC Köln	Free	25 July 2022	^[10]
30	DF	Dominique Heintz	Union Berlin	Loan	11 August 2022	^[11]
39	FW	Lys Mousset	Sheffield United	Free	15 August 2022	^[12]
26	GK	Marko Johansson	Hamburger SV	Loan	1 September 2022	^[13]
31	DF	Keven Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg	Loan	2 January 2023	^[14]
28	MF	Pierre Kunde	Olympiacos	Loan	6 January 2023	^[15]
29	FW	Moritz Broschinski	Borussia Dortmund II	Undisclosed	22 January 2023	^[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Saulo Decarli	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	1 July 2022	^[17]
7	FW	Danny Blum		Free
11	DF	Herbert Bockhorn		Free
14	MF	Tom Weilandt	Greifswalder FC	Free
19	FW	Jürgen Locadia	Persepolis	Free
23	MF	Robert Tesche	VfL Osnabrück	Free
27	FW	Miloš Pantović	Union Berlin	Free		^[18]
29	DF	Maxim Leitsch	Mainz 05	€3,500,000
37	DF	Armel Bella-Kotchap	Southampton	€10,000,000		^[19]
40	FW	Sebastian Polter	Schalke 04	€1,500,000		^[20]
28	FW	Luis Hartwig	St. Pölten	Loan	14 July 2022	^[21]
30	DF	Moritz Römling	RW Essen	Loan	15 July 2022	^[22]
38	DF	Jannes Horn	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	7 January 2023	^[23]
14	DF	Tim Oermann	Wolfsberger AC	Loan	24 January 2023	^[24]
32	FW	Tarsis Bonga	Eintracht Braunschweig	Undisclosed	24 January 2023	^[25]
39	FW	Lys Mousset	Nîmes Olympique	Loan	31 January 2023	^[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly	Wuppertaler SV	0–2	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Hofmann 4' Ganvoula 88'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo

29 June 2022 Friendly	1. FC Monheim	1–1	VfL Bochum	Monheim, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kussunga 13'	Report	Ganvoula 25'	Stadium: Rheinstadion

2 July 2022 Friendly	FC Bocholt	1–3	VfL Bochum	Bocholt, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fakhro 43'	Report	Osei-Tutu 57' Ganvoula 73', 75'	Stadium: Gigaset Arena

6 July 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Sittard	1–1	VfL Bochum	Nederweert-Eind, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Noslin 23'	Report	Stöger 77'	Stadium: Sportpark Op de Hooven

8 July 2022 Friendly	SC Paderborn	2–0	VfL Bochum	Paderborn, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Muslija 40' (pen.) Heuer 58'	Report		Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena

13 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–2	Lecce	Brixen, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 33' Holtmann 42' Ganvoula 64'	Report	Colombo 14', 17'	Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher

16 July 2022 Friendly	Spezia	1–2	VfL Bochum	Brixen, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Agudelo 84'	Report	Asano 63' Losilla 66'	Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher

21 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–4	Athletic Bilbao	Gütersloh, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zoller 58'	Report	Vesga 38' R. García 65' Villalibre 82', 88' I. Williams 84'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Referee: Florian Exner (Germany)

23 July 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6–2	Antalyaspor	Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ordets 41' Zoller 45' Asano 56', 58' Osei-Tutu 75' Holtmann 77'		Ghacha 16' Wright 68'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 6,472 Referee: Arne Aarnink (Germany)

22 September 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	Cancelled	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The game was cancelled due to a shortage of players at Fortuna Düsseldorf.^[27]

7 December 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–3	PEC Zwolle	Bochum, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Holtmann 8'	Report	van Polen 21' (pen.) Lagsir 37' Thy 69'

10 December 2022 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Bochum, Germany
13:15 CET (UTC+1)	Hofmann 82'	Report	O'Shaughnessy 23' Cueto 71'	Stadium: Nebenplatz Ruhrstadion

16 December 2022 Friendly	SC Paderborn	1–1	VfL Bochum	Paderborn, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Trainings- und Nachwuchsleistungszentrum Platz 1

10 January 2023 Friendly	Grasshoppers	1–1	VfL Bochum	Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo

13 January 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	0–3	Diósgyőr	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
11:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

13 January 2023 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Luzern	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
15:15 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

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	6 August 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	14th	34	10	5	19	40	72	−32	029.41
DFB-Pokal	30 July 2022	8 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	066.67
Total					37	12	5	20	45	74	−29	032.43

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	1899 Hoffenheim	34	10	6	18	48	57	−9	36
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	6	18	51	64	−13	36
14	VfL Bochum	34	10	5	19	40	72	−32	35
15	FC Augsburg	34	9	7	18	42	63	−21	34
16	VfB Stuttgart (O)	34	7	12	15	45	57	−12	33	Qualification to relegation play-offs

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.^[28]
(O) Play-off winners

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	10	5	19	40	72	−32	35	8	2	7	28	32	−4	2	3	12	12	40	−28

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W
Position	12	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	14	16	16	15	15	16	17	18	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	15	16	14

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[29]

6 August 2022 1	VfL Bochum	1–2	Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stafylidis 13' Stöger 39' Ganvoula 90+3'	Report	Onisiwo 26', 77' Stach 33' Bell 64' Burgzorg 84'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,110 Referee: Felix Zwayer

13 August 2022 2	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2	VfL Bochum	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baumgartner 14' Kabak 23' Kramarić 59' Akpoguma 67' Dabbur 88'	Report	Zoller 10', 13' Losilla 58'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 17,005 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

21 August 2022 3	VfL Bochum	0–7	Bayern Munich	Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Janko 46'	Report	Sané 4' de Ligt 25' Coman 33' Mané 42', 60' (pen.) Gamboa 69' (o.g.) Gnabry 76'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

26 August 2022 4	SC Freiburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grifo 48', 48' Sallai 77' Höfler 83'	Report	Stafylidis 42' Riemann 48'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Marco Fritz

3 September 2022 5	VfL Bochum	0–2	Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiser 33' Pieper 69'	Report	Zoller 39' Füllkrug 86', 90+2' (pen.) Lampropoulos 90'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Robert Schröder

10 September 2022 6	Schalke 04	3–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Drexler 38' Mašović 73' (o.g.) Schwolow 85' Flick 86' Polter 90+6'	Report	Zoller 9' Losilla 29' Hofmann 51' Soares 82'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,041 Referee: Felix Zwayer

18 September 2022 7	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Schmitz 9' (o.g.)	Report	Hübers 68' Maina 88'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,800 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1 October 2022 8	RB Leipzig	4–0	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Werner 15', 53' Nkunku 23' (pen.), 85', 64'	Report	Soares 23' Horn 22'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,403 Referee: Florian Badstübner

8 October 2022 9	VfL Bochum	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zoller 40' Ordets 54' Hofmann 71' Ndicka 87' (o.g.) Förster 90+1'	Report	Dina Ebimbe 57'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,850 Referee: Martin Petersen

15 October 2022 10	VfB Stuttgart	4–1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Silas 3' (pen.), 64' Ahamada 22' Endo 71'	Report	Förster 16' Zoller 29' Gamboa 71' Stöger 72'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,400 Referee: Christian Dingert

23 October 2022 11	VfL Bochum	2–1	Union Berlin	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ordets 17' Hofmann 43' Holtmann 71'	Report	Jaeckel 35' Ryerson 70' Pantović 78', 90+3' Skarke 78'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,460 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

29 October 2022 12	VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bornauw 24' F. Nmecha 27', 58' Baku 35' Wind 80'	Report	Heintz 57'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 24,037 Referee: Robert Hartmann

5 November 2022 13	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Moukoko 8', 45+2' Reyna 12' (pen.) Özcan 79'	Report	Gamboa 54'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Tobias Stieler

8 November 2022 14	VfL Bochum	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 7' Antwi-Adjei 12' Losilla 78'	Report	Friedrich 2' Pléa 44' 62' Kramer 55'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,900 Referee: Daniel Schlager

12 November 2022 15	FC Augsburg	0–1	VfL Bochum	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Berisha 61', 90+1'	Report	Antwi-Adjei 58' Osei-Tutu 90+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,011 Referee: Felix Brych

21 January 2023 16	VfL Bochum	3–1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hofmann 22', 56' Soares 41' Schlotterbeck 44'	Report	Kempf 39' Serdar 87'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

25 January 2023 17	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Tapsoba 8' (pen.) Diaby 39' Andrich 45' Hložek 53'	Report	Soares 51' Mašović 61' Osei-Tutu 71' Lampropoulos 81'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,820 Referee: Timo Gerach

28 January 2023 18	Mainz 05	5–2	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lee Jae-sung 1' Widmer 17' Onisiwo 28', 57', 87'	Report	Kunde 70' Mašović 72' Schlotterbeck 81'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

4 February 2023 19	VfL Bochum	5–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hofmann 22', 54' Förster 30', 59' Asano 40' Mašović 69' Broschinski 83'	Report	Baumgartner 49', 56' Rudy 56' Dabbur 77', 90'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Bastian Dankert

11 February 2023 20	Bayern Munich	3–0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 41' Coman 64' Gnabry 74' (pen.) Tel 79'	Report	Ordets 89'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

18 February 2023 21	VfL Bochum	0–2	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zoller 34' Losilla 63' Broschinski 79' Osei-Tutu 90+5'	Report	Gregoritsch 39' Lienhart 43' Höler 51' Günter 62' Schlotterbeck 76'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Felix Zwayer

25 February 2023 22	Werder Bremen	3–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Füllkrug 29' Schmidt 43' Friedl 45+1' Pieper 47' Ducksch 59' Jung 80'	Report	Schlotterbeck 45+1' Hofmann 51'	Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Florian Badstübner

4 March 2023 23	VfL Bochum	0–2	Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Osterhage 59' Förster 85'	Report	Krauß 51' Riemann 45' (o.g.) Bülter 79'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Felix Brych

10 March 2023 24	1. FC Köln	0–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hector 66' Schmitz 82'	Report	Stöger 9' (pen.) Hofmann 29' Asano 49' Mašović 76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

18 March 2023 25	VfL Bochum	1–0	RB Leipzig	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mašović 14', 48' Soares 44'	Report	Laimer 11' Olmo 75' Kampl 86'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,400 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

31 March 2023 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sow 4' Kolo Muani 22' (pen.) Borré 71' Jakić 81'	Report	Losilla 6' Asano 14' Ordets 21'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Harm Osmers

9 April 2023 27	VfL Bochum	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Antwi-Adjei 36' Stöger 58' (pen.) Hofmann 85' Losilla 90+5' Riemann 90+7'	Report	Ito 14' Guirassy 37', 60' Vagnoman 63' Mavropanos 90+5' Bredlow 90+7'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

16 April 2023 28	Union Berlin	1–1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Juranović 45+2' Jaeckel 50' 61'	Report	Osterhage 28' Stöger 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

22 April 2023 29	VfL Bochum	1–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stöger 21' Mašović 31' Antwi-Adjei 37' Broschinski 69'	Report	Svanberg 10', 56' Kamiński 21' Wimmer 24', 33' Wind 77' Waldschmidt 77' Guilavogui 80' Van de Ven 84'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,834 Referee: Felix Brych

28 April 2023 30	VfL Bochum	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Losilla 5' Soares 30'	Report	Adeyemi 7', 43' Haller 43'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

6 May 2023 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hofmann 35' Pléa 57' Stindl 90+1'	Report	Hofmann 41' Stafylidis 85'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,797 Referee: Robert Schröder

13 May 2023 32	VfL Bochum	3–2	FC Augsburg	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Antwi-Adjei 2' Stafylidis 4' Hofmann 50' Gouweleeuw 59' (o.g.) Losilla 62' Riemann 90+3'	Report	Meier 29' Bauer 32' Gumny 76' Yeboah 85'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,453 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

20 May 2023 33	Hertha BSC	1–1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tousart 63' Mittelstädt 82'	Report	Losilla 37' Schlotterbeck 90+4'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,692 Referee: Felix Brych

27 May 2023 34	VfL Bochum	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Förster 19', 28' Stöger 21', 86' Asano 34' Hofmann 73' Osterhage 84' Zoller 89'	Report	Adli 8' Tapsoba 63' Wirtz 66' Bakker 69' Diaby 71' Palacios 89'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

30 July 2022 First round	Viktoria Berlin	0–3	VfL Bochum	Berlin
13:01 CEST (UTC+2)	Inaler 67' Günay 85'	Report	Lampropoulos 12' Zoller 18' Asano 22' Hofmann 65' Förster 66'	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 5,573 Referee: Patrick Alt

18 October 2022 Second round	SV Elversberg	0–1	VfL Bochum	Spiesen-Elversberg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rochelt 55' Tekerci 84' Jacobsen 87'	Report	Antwi-Adjei 29' Gamboa 43' Losilla 85'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 6,911 Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

8 February 2023 Round of 16	VfL Bochum	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Janko 39' Stöger 44', 64' (pen.) Antwi-Adjei 76' Riemann 90+7'	Report	Can 45' Reus 70'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

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	27	0	24	0	3	0
21	GK	GER	Michael Esser	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	SWE	Marko Johansson	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	GER	Paul Grave	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CRC	Cristian Gamboa	17	0	15	0	2	0
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares	19	0	17	0	2	0
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović	22	3	13+6	3	2+1	0
16	DF	GRE	Kostas Stafylidis	13	0	7+6	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jordi Osei-Tutu	20	0	6+12	0	0+2	0
20	DF	UKR	Ivan Ordets	23	0	18+2	0	3	0
23	DF	GAM	Saidy Janko	18	0	9+6	0	1+2	0
24	DF	GRE	Vasilios Lampropoulos	12	0	7+4	0	1	0
25	DF	GER	Mohammed Tolba	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	GER	Dominique Heintz	6	0	4+1	0	0+1	0
31	DF	GER	Keven Schlotterbeck	7	1	6+1	1	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	POL	Jacek Góralski	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage	18	0	5+11	0	0+2	0
7	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	27	3	22+2	2	3	1
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla	24	1	21	0	3	1
10	MF	GER	Philipp Förster	22	2	12+7	2	2+1	0
22	MF	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	21	2	12+7	2	2	0
28	MF	CMR	Pierre Kunde	8	1	3+4	1	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	GER	Simon Zoller	20	4	17+2	3	1	1
11	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano	17	2	12+3	1	2	1
17	FW	PHI	Gerrit Holtmann	20	1	8+9	1	2+1	0
29	FW	GER	Moritz Broschinski	6	1	0+5	1	0+1	0
33	FW	GER	Philipp Hofmann	27	8	21+3	7	3	1
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula	15	0	0+15	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
14	DF	GER	Tim Oermann	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
32	FW	GER	Tarsis Bonga	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF	GER	Jannes Horn	3	0	1+1	0	1	0
39	FW	FRA	Lys Mousset	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 March 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of 10 March 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	33	FW	Philipp Hofmann	7	1	8
2	9	FW	Simon Zoller	3	1	4
3	4	DF	Erhan Mašović	3	0	3
3	7	MF	Kevin Stöger	2	1	3
5	10	MF	Philipp Förster	2	0	2
	11	FW	Takuma Asano	1	1	2
	22	MF	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	2	0	2
8	8	MF	Anthony Losilla	0	1	1
	17	FW	Gerrit Holtmann	1	0	1
	28	MF	Pierre Kunde	1	0	1
	29	FW	Moritz Broschinski	1	0	1
	31	DF	Keven Schlotterbeck	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Totals				26	5	31

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[2] "VfL verpflichtet Jacek Góralski". www.vfl-bochum.de/ (in German). VfL Bochum. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[3] "Kevin Stöger zurück "anne Castroper"" (Press release) (in German). Bochum. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[4] "Philipp Förster strengthens VfL". VfL Bochum. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[5] "Jordi Osei-Tutu kehrt zum VfL zurück" (in German). VfL Bochum. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[6] "Saidy Janko joins VfL". vfl-bochum.de. VfL Bochum. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[7] "Philipp Hofmann joins VfL". e.V VfL Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[8] "Stafylidis remains at VfL". VfL Bochum. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[9] "Dank Sonderregel: VfL holt Ordets" (in German). VfL Bochum. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[10] "VfL sign Jannes Horn". VfL Bochum. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[11] "Dominique Heintz joins VfL on loan". VfL Bochum. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[12] "VfL sign Lys Mousset". VfL Bochum. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[13] "VfL sign Marko Johansson on loan". VfL Bochum. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[14] "SCHLOTTERBECK JOINS BOCHUM ON LOAN". SC Freiburg. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[15] "On loan: VfL sign Kunde Malong". VfL Bochum. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[16] "VfL verpflichtet Moritz Broschinski" [VfL signs Moritz Broschinski]. www.vfl-bochum.de (in German). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[17] "Saulo Decarli kehrt zu den Löwen zurück" (in German). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[18] "Milos Pantovic wird Unioner". 1.FC Union Berlin (in German). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[19] "Bella-Kotchap becomes a Saint". Southampton FC. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[20] "FC Schalke 04 sign Sebastian Polter". Schalke 04. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[21] "Hartwig loaned out to St. Pölten". VfL Bochum. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[22] "Römling: Contract extension and loan move". VfL Bochum. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[23] "Jannes Horn nach Nürnberg verliehen" (in German). VfL Bochum. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[24] "Oermann wird an Wolfsberg ausgeliehen" (in German). VfL Bochum. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[25] "Bonga wechselt nach Braunschweig" (in German). VfL Bochum. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[26] "Lys Mousset wird verliehen" (in German). VfL Bochum. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[27] "VFL Bochum: Testspiel gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf abgesagt".

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

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