2022–23 VfL Bochum season

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.

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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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		[25]
39	FW	Lys Mousset	Nîmes Olympique	Loan	31 January 2023	[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Wuppertaler SV v VfL Bochum

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

1. FC Monheim v VfL Bochum

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

FC Bocholt v VfL Bochum

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

Fortuna Sittard v VfL Bochum

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

SC Paderborn v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Lecce

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

Spezia v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Athletic Bilbao

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)

VfL Bochum v Antalyaspor

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)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

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]

VfL Bochum v PEC Zwolle

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'

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

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

SC Paderborn v VfL Bochum

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

Grasshoppers v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Diósgyőr

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

VfL Bochum v Luzern

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
					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

Main article: 2022–23 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 for the 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]

VfL Bochum v Mainz 05

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

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich

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

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Werder Bremen

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

Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

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

RB Leipzig v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Union Berlin

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

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

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

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

FC Augsburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

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

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

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

Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v 1899 Hoffenheim

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

Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v SC Freiburg

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

Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Schalke 04

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

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v RB Leipzig

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

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

Union Berlin v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

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

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v FC Augsburg

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

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

Viktoria Berlin v VfL Bochum

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

SV Elversberg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

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
				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.	Nat.	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
	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