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.

Season	League									German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer(s)		Notes
Season	Division (Level)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer(s)		Notes
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	Western German Cup	First Round	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
1964–65	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	32	22	6	4	75	25	50	1st	Did not qualify	Promotion playoffs	Winner	Eversberg	20
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
1969–70	Regionalliga West (II)	34	21	8	5	63	32	50	1st	Did not qualify	Promotion playoffs	Runners-up	Walitza	31
1970–71	Regionalliga West (II)	34	26	4	4	81	27	56	1st	Did not qualify	Western German Cup	Fourth Round	Walitza	28
1970–71	Regionalliga West (II)	34	26	4	4	81	27	56	1st	Did not qualify	Promotion playoffs	Winner	Walitza	28
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
1997–98	Bundesliga (I)	34	11	8	15	41	49	41	12th	Second Round	DFB-Ligapokal	First Round	Peschel	6
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
2004–05	Bundesliga (I)	34	9	8	17	47	68	35	16th	Second Round	DFB-Ligapokal	First Round	Lokvenc	10
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]

Season	League									German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer		Notes
Season	Division (Level)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	German Cup	Other competitions		League top scorer		Notes
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]}
2020–21	Regionalliga West (III)	5	5	0	0	25	3	15	2nd	Second Round	Promotion playoffs qualification	3rd	Radke	7	^{[note women 3]}^{[note women 4]}^{[note women 5]}
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
2023–24	Regionalliga West (III)	24	22	2	0	109	12	68	1st	Second Round	Promotion playoffs	Winner	Hoppius	31
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]

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Information	Club Reserve Women Players Seasons
Matches	1968 DFB-Pokal final 1988 DFB-Pokal final
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Categories	Managers Matches Players (Reserve, Women) Seasons
Seasons	1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

List of VfL Bochum seasons

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