| 2024–25 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Hans-Peter Villis |
| Head coach | Peter Zeidler |
| Stadium | Vonovia-Ruhrstadion |
| Bundesliga | Pre-season |
| DFB-Pokal | First round |
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
[edit]In
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]| 6 July 2024 Friendly | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 1–3 | VfL Bochum | Ahlen |
| 14:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 3,078 |
| 10 July 2024 Friendly | SSVg Velbert | 1–5 | VfL Bochum | Velbert |
| 18:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
|
Report | 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 | 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) |
|
Report |
|
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) | Report |
|
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Referee: Daniele Perenzoni (Italy) |
| 3 August 2024 Friendly | Südtirol | 2–0 | VfL Bochum | Bolzano, Italy |
| 17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | 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) |
|
Report | Stadium: Stadio Druso Referee: Andrea Copelli (Italy) | |
| Note: The match was played in two periods of thirty minutes each. | ||||
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Bundesliga | 24 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2024 | First round | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Source: Soccerway
Bundesliga
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League league phase |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | VfL Bochum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
First match(es) will be played: 23 August 2024. 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.[10]
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]
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: DFB
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.[11]
DFB-Pokal
[edit]| 18 August 2024 First round | Jahn Regensburg | v | VfL Bochum | Regensburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bochum sign youngster from Dortmund". Bulinews. 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Bochum complete Drewes capture". Bulinews. 27 June 2024.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". Bundesliga. 7 June 2024.