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VfL Bochum: fixtures, results & squad in 2. Bundesliga. 27 players in the squad.
In the 2026/27 2. Bundesliga table, VfL Bochum rank 12 of 18 teams with 7 points from 7 matches. That comes from 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats, with 5 goals scored, 7 goals conceded and a goal difference of -2. In the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal, the side has 1 match with a result: 1 win, 0 draws, 0 defeats, goals 2-1.
In the same data, goals credited to players of VfL Bochum: 7 goals, from 4 players.
On the register of VfL Bochum we hold 27 players: 3 goalkeepers, 9 defenders, 9 midfielders and 6 forwards. Ages among the registered players run from 18 to 32, with a median of 25.0. Karol Mets is the oldest registered player, aged 32; Alessandro Crimaldi is the youngest, aged 18. The registered players cover 10 nationalities; the largest groups are Germany (12), Austria (2) and Denmark (2).
Figures for the 2026/27 2. Bundesliga on this page, from the table to the scorers and the squad, are as of 14 October 2026.
From 2011/12 to 2026/27, we hold 210 matches of VfL Bochum over 16 seasons and 3 competitions. The 182 matches with a final result break down into 56 wins, 36 draws and 90 defeats for the side: 31% won. They scored 229 goals and conceded 328 goals in those matches, 1.3 and 1.8 per match. Matches with a result and no goal conceded by the side: 18%; with no goal scored: 32%. No win in our data is wider than 5-0 against Salmrohr, in the DFB-Pokal on 9 August 2015. No defeat in our data is heavier than 0-7 against Bayern, in the Bundesliga on 18 September 2021. Away from home, the side has 28 wins, 16 draws and 54 defeats; at home the figures are 28 wins, 20 draws and 36 defeats. The busiest year for the side in the record is 2023: 37 matches. Between 18 January 2022 and 19 February 2022, the side was unbeaten in 5 matches, a record in our data. Longest winning run: 3 matches, matched 4 times. Over 4 seasons of the Bundesliga with a final table in our data, VfL Bochum finished as high as position 13 (2021/22) and as low as position 18 (2024/25). Over 4 seasons of the Bundesliga, the side has 35 wins, 31 draws and 72 defeats in 138 matches with a result, goals 155-269. Over 16 seasons of the DFB-Pokal, the side has 19 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats in 37 matches with a result, goals 69-52. Over 1 season of the 2. Bundesliga, the side has 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in 7 matches with a result, goals 5-7. The club’s first match in our data is Hansa Rostock 4-4 VfL Bochum, DFB-Pokal, on 30 July 2011.
The most frequent opponents of VfL Bochum in our data are Stuttgart and Bayern, with 11 times each. The side has 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats against Stuttgart, with goals 7-23. The latest match against Stuttgart was VfL Bochum 0-2 Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal on 3 December 2025. The side has 3 wins, 0 draws and 8 defeats against Bayern, with goals 12-42. The club has also met Augsburg 10 times, with 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The club has also met Mainz 10 times, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.