List of VfL Bochum seasons

This is a list of seasons played by VfL Bochum in German and European football, from 1938 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Seasons

Men

Season	League									German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer(s)		Notes
	Division (Level)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
1938–39	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	18	9	6	3	39	13	24	2nd	Second Preliminary Round			Philipp	11
1939–40	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	18	10	1	7	54	50	21	3rd	First Preliminary Round			Paßgang, Rudzinski	12
1940–41	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	22	8	5	9	51	54	21	8th	Second Preliminary Round			Marzelewski	15
1941–42	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	18	9	2	7	30	27	20	3rd	Third Preliminary Round			Paßgang	11
1942–43	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	18	8	3	7	47	50	19	4th	Second Preliminary Round			Sandkühler	11
1943–44	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	18	6	3	9	26	42	15	6th	Did not qualify	Gaupokal Westfalen	First Round	Hecht	4	[note 1] [note 2]
1944–45	Gauliga Westfalen (I)	3	2	0	1	12	6	4	3rd	—	Gaupokal Westfalen	Semi-finals	Pawlowski	5	[note 1] [note 3]
1945–46	Landesliga Westfalen (I)	16	6	1	9	34	39	13	7th	—
1946–47	Landesliga Westfalen (I)	18	4	3	11	20	35	11	7th	—
1947–48	Landesliga Westfalen (II)	22	8	4	10	35	36	20	6th	—					[note 4]
1948–49	Landesliga Westfalen (II)	26	14	6	6	50	36	34	3rd	—
1949–50	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	10	5	15	57	55	25	12th	—	Western German Cup	Third Round	Kalinka	20	[note 5]
1950–51	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	15	3	12	54	52	33	7th	—	Western German Cup	First Round	Koch	12
1951–52	2. Oberliga West (II)	32	16	3	13	66	53	35	5th	—	Western German Cup	First Round	Ocker	17
1952–53	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	20	5	5	73	26	45	1st	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Koch	18
1953–54	Oberliga West (I)	30	13	5	12	50	58	31	8th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Kleina	12
1954–55	Oberliga West (I)	30	6	11	13	36	46	23	16th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	First Round	Bühner	10
1955–56	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	21	4	5	78	33	46	1st	Did not qualify			Schirrmacher	19
1956–57	Oberliga West (I)	30	9	11	10	54	54	29	10th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Third Round	Hohmann	12
1957–58	Oberliga West (I)	30	8	8	14	39	62	24	14th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	First Round	Bergmeier, Hohmann	8
1958–59	Oberliga West (I)	30	14	8	8	61	43	36	4th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Bergmeier	11
1959–60	Oberliga West (I)	30	8	11	11	46	49	27	11th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Backhaus	12
1960–61	Oberliga West (I)	30	9	5	16	45	62	23	16th	First Round	Western German Cup	German Cup qualification	Pawlak	12
1961–62	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	15	5	10	58	40	35	3rd	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Kurtenbach	13
1962–63	2. Oberliga West (II)	30	12	3	15	54	53	27	14th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Jablonski	16
1963–64	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	30	15	8	7	60	32	38	2nd	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	First Round	Wagener	15
1964–65	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	32	22	6	4	75	25	50	1st	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Second Round	Eversberg	20
											Promotion playoffs	Winner
1965–66	Regionalliga West (II)	34	12	6	16	46	66	30	12th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Third Round	Eversberg	12
1966–67	Regionalliga West (II)	34	18	9	7	67	42	45	4th	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	First Round	Eversberg	20
1967–68	Regionalliga West (II)	34	18	6	10	65	32	42	5th	Runners-up	Western German Cup	German Cup qualification	Eversberg	15
1968–69	Regionalliga West (II)	34	23	5	6	86	36	51	2nd	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Third Round	Balte	20
1969–70	Regionalliga West (II)	34	21	8	5	63	32	50	1st	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Fourth Round	Walitza	31
											Promotion playoffs	Runners-up
1970–71	Regionalliga West (II)	34	26	4	4	81	27	56	1st	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Fourth Round	Walitza	28
											Promotion playoffs	Winner
1971–72	Bundesliga (I)	34	14	6	14	59	69	34	9th	Second Round			Walitza	22
1972–73	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	9	14	50	68	31	12th	Second Round	DFB-Ligapokal	Group stage	Walitza	18
1973–74	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	12	13	45	57	30	14th	First Round			Walitza	13
1974–75	Bundesliga (I)	34	14	5	15	53	53	33	11th	Fourth Round			Balte	14
1975–76	Bundesliga (I)	34	12	6	16	49	62	30	14th	Third Round			Kaczor	12
1976–77	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	7	16	47	62	29	15th	Third Round			Kaczor	21
1977–78	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	9	14	49	51	31	14th	Fourth Round			Abel	15
1978–79	Bundesliga (I)	34	10	13	11	47	46	33	8th	Fourth Round	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Abel	11
1979–80	Bundesliga (I)	34	13	6	15	41	44	32	10th	Third Round			Abel	13
1980–81	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	15	10	53	45	33	9th	Fourth Round	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Pinkall	17
1981–82	Bundesliga (I)	34	12	8	14	52	51	32	10th	Semi-finals			Patzke	13
1982–83	Bundesliga (I)	34	8	12	14	43	49	28	13th	Quarter-finals			Patzke, Schreier	8
1983–84	Bundesliga (I)	34	10	8	16	58	70	28	15th	First Round			Schreier	18
1984–85	Bundesliga (I)	34	12	10	12	52	54	34	9th	Second Round			Fischer	16
1985–86	Bundesliga (I)	34	14	4	16	55	57	32	9th	Third Round			Kuntz	22
1986–87	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	14	11	52	44	32	11th	First Round			Schulz	11
1987–88	Bundesliga (I)	34	10	10	14	47	51	30	12th	Runners-up	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Leifeld	13
1988–89	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	8	17	37	57	26	15th	Second Round			Leifeld	13
1989–90	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	7	16	44	53	29	16th	Second Round	Relegation playoff	Winner	Leifeld	10
1990–91	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	11	14	50	52	29	14th	First Round	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Kohn	11
1991–92	Bundesliga (I)	38	10	13	15	38	55	33	15th	Second Round			Wegmann	11
1992–93	Bundesliga (I)	34	8	10	16	45	52	26	16th	Second Round	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Wegmann	13
1993–94	2. Bundesliga (II)	38	19	10	9	56	34	48	1st	Second Round	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Wegmann	22
1994–95	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	4	21	43	67	22	16th	Second Round			Wegmann	11
1995–96	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	21	6	7	68	30	69	1st	First Round			Közle, Peschel	11	[note 6]
1996–97	Bundesliga (I)	34	14	11	9	54	51	53	5th	Quarter-finals			Donkov	10
1997–98	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	8	15	41	49	41	12th	Second Round	UEFA Cup	Third Round	Peschel	6
											DFB-Ligapokal	First Round
1998–99	Bundesliga (I)	34	7	8	19	40	65	29	17th	Third Round			Kuntz	6
1999–00	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	18	7	9	67	48	61	2nd	Quarter-finals			Weber	19
2000–01	Bundesliga (I)	34	7	6	21	30	67	27	18th	Quarter-finals			Marić	8
2001–02	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	19	8	7	69	49	65	3rd	Second Round			Christiansen	17
2002–03	Bundesliga (I)	34	12	9	13	55	56	45	9th	Quarter-finals			Christiansen	21
2003–04	Bundesliga (I)	34	15	11	8	57	39	56	5th	First Round	DFB-Ligapokal	First Round	Hashemian	16
2004–05	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	8	17	47	68	35	16th	Second Round	UEFA Cup	First Round	Lokvenc	10
											DFB-Ligapokal	First Round
2005–06	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	19	9	6	55	26	66	1st	Second Round			Edu	12
2006–07	Bundesliga (I)	34	13	6	15	49	50	45	8th	Third Round			Gekas	20
2007–08	Bundesliga (I)	34	10	11	13	48	54	41	12th	Second Round			Šesták	13
2008–09	Bundesliga (I)	34	7	11	16	39	55	32	14th	Second Round			Šesták	9
2009–10	Bundesliga (I)	34	6	10	18	33	64	28	17th	Second Round			Šesták	6
2010–11	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	20	5	9	49	35	65	3rd	First Round	Promotion playoff	Runners-up	Chŏng	10
2011–12	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	10	7	17	41	55	37	11th	Third Round			Inui	7
2012–13	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	10	8	16	40	52	38	14th	Quarter-finals			Dedič	8
2013–14	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	11	7	16	30	43	40	15th	Second Round			Sukuta-Pasu	6
2014–15	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	9	15	10	53	55	42	11th	Second Round			Terodde	16
2015–16	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	13	12	9	56	40	51	5th	Quarter-finals			Terodde	25
2016–17	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	10	14	10	42	47	44	9th	First Round			Mlapa, Wurtz	8
2017–18	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	13	9	12	37	40	48	6th	Second Round			Hinterseer	14
2018–19	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	11	11	12	49	50	44	11th	First Round			Hinterseer	18
2019–20	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	11	13	10	53	51	46	8th	Second Round			Ganvoula	13
2020–21	2. Bundesliga (II)	34	21	4	9	66	39	67	1st	Third Round			Zoller, Žulj	15
2021–22	Bundesliga (I)	34	12	6	16	38	52	42	13th	Quarter-finals			Polter	10
2022–23	Bundesliga (I)	34	10	5	19	40	72	35	14th	Round of 16			Hofmann	8
2023–24	Bundesliga (I)	34	7	12	15	42	74	33	16th	First Round	Relegation playoff	Winner	Stöger	7
2024–25	Bundesliga (I)	34	6	7	21	33	67	25	18th	First Round			Boadu	9
Total		2,731	1,037	653	1020	4,286	4,178	3,142	As of 24 May 2025 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes

1. In the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons the VfL competed as Kriegsspielgemeinschaft VfL 1848/Preußen Bochum together with Vereinigte Preußen Bochum .
2. Due to World War II the format of the German Cup changed in 1943: the preliminary rounds were replaced by regional cups. Only the regional cup winners qualified for the national competition.
3. Due to World War II the 1944–45 Gauliga Westfalen season was abandoned in fall of 1944, with only a few matches played. The German Cup tournament was not held, though the regional qualification cups had concluded in the summer of 1944.
4. The Oberliga West was introduced (1947–48), which moved the Landesliga Westfalen down one level on the West German league pyramid.
5. The 2. Oberliga West was introduced (1949–50), which moved the Landesliga Westfalen down one level on the West German league pyramid.
6. Starting with the 1995–96 season the German Football Association introduced three points for a win.

Women

Season	League									German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer		Notes
	Division (Level)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos
2010–11	Regionalliga West (III)	26	19	3	4	68	17	60	2nd	First Round	Westphalian Cup	Winner	Ekamp	11
2011–12	Regionalliga West (III)	24	17	4	3	59	15	55	2nd	First Round	Westphalian Cup	Second Round	Hinkerode	15
2012–13	Regionalliga West (III)	24	19	2	3	80	30	56	1st	Did not qualify	Westphalian Cup	Winner	Hoppius	16
2013–14	2. Bundesliga South (II)	22	10	3	9	37	29	33	6th	Third Round			Grünheid	10
2014–15	2. Bundesliga North (II)	22	8	7	7	40	44	31	7th	Second Round			Grünheid	13	[note women 1]
2015–16	Regionalliga West (III)	26	13	5	8	56	48	44	4th	First Round	Westphalian Cup	Quarter-finals	Kalamanda	14
2016–17	Regionalliga West (III)	26	11	6	9	63	40	39	6th	Did not qualify	Westphalian Cup	Winner	Kalamanda	15
2017–18	Regionalliga West (III)	26	16	4	6	79	37	42	2nd	First Round	Westphalian Cup	Second Round	Wilhelm	15
2018–19	Regionalliga West (III)	26	12	4	10	79	50	40	5th	Did not qualify	Westphalian Cup	Second Round	Kilic	22
2019–20	Regionalliga West (III)	16	8	4	4	44	24	28	4th	Did not qualify	Westphalian Cup	Semi-finals	Demirönal	10	[note women 2]
2020–21	Regionalliga West (III)	5	5	0	0	25	3	15	2nd	Second Round	Westphalian Cup	Not held	Radke	7	[note women 3] [note women 4] [note women 5]
											Promotion playoffs qualification	3rd
2021–22	Regionalliga West (III)	28	20	6	2	88	19	66	2nd	Did not qualify	Westphalian Cup	Runners-up	Radke	17
2022–23	Regionalliga West (III)	24	13	5	6	57	35	44	2nd	Second Round	Westphalian Cup	Runners-up	Streller	16
2023–24	Regionalliga West (III)	24	22	2	0	109	12	68	1st	Second Round	Westphalian Cup	Third Round	Hoppius	31
											Promotion playoffs	Winner
2024–25	2. Bundesliga (II)								TBD	TBD
Total		319	193	55	71	884	403	621	As of 20 July 2024 [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Notes

1. The VfL Bochum did not apply for a license to play in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga season, thus the team was relegated to the Regionalliga West.
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2019–20 Frauen-Regionalliga West season was abandoned after the 16th matchday.
3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020–21 Frauen-Regionalliga West season was abandoned after the 6th matchday.
4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020–21 Westphalian Cup season was abandoned, only two matches of the First Round were played.
5. To determine the Regionalliga West representative in the 2020–21 Regionalliga promotion playoffs, a qualification round was head between the four clubs who had applied for a license to play in the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga season (Sportfreunde Siegen, 1. FC Köln II, VfL Bochum and 1. FFC Recklinghausen).

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

References

1. Pfeiffer, Achim. "Vereinsbilanz VfL Bochum" (PDF). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.
2. Keppel, Raphael (1988). Die deutsche Fußball-Oberliga 1946-1963 (in German). Sport- und Spielverlag. ISBN   3-98021-723-X.
3. Formann, Heinz; Homann, Ulrich; Pohl, Günther; Rövekamp, Georg (1994). Tief im Westen: Das Phänomen VfL Bochum (in German). Klartext. ISBN   3-88474-177-2.
4. Franz, Markus (2005). Die Jungs von der Castroper Straße (in German). Die Werkstatt. pp. 318–338. ISBN   3-89533-506-1.
5. Vilbusch, Friedhelm (2011). Fußball in Westdeutschland 1945-1952 (in German). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken.
6. Vilbusch, Friedhelm (2012). Fußball in Westdeutschland 1952-1958 (in German). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken.
7. Vilbusch, Friedhelm (2013). Fußball in Westdeutschland 1958-1963 (in German). Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken.
8. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2010/11" (in German). German Football Association.
9. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2011/12" (in German). German Football Association.
10. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2012/13" (in German). German Football Association.
11. "Frauen 2.Bundesliga Süd 2013/14" (in German). German Football Association.
12. "Frauen 2.Bundesliga Süd 2014/15" (in German). German Football Association.
13. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2015/16" (in German). German Football Association.
14. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2016/17" (in German). German Football Association.
15. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2017/18" (in German). German Football Association.
16. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2018/19" (in German). German Football Association.
17. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2019/20" (in German). German Football Association.
18. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2020/21" (in German). German Football Association.
19. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2021/22" (in German). German Football Association.
20. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2022/23" (in German). German Football Association.
21. "Frauen-Regionalliga West 2023/24" (in German). German Football Association.

External links

• Das deutsche Fussballarchiv 1900-heute (in German)
• VfL Bochum at fussballdaten.de (in German)