VfL Bochum II

VfL Bochum II (also known as VfL Bochum Amateure, VfL Bochum U-21 or VfL Bochum U-23) is the reserve team of German football club VfL Bochum.

VfL Bochum 1848 FG e. V. II

Full name	Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft eingetragener Verein II
Founded	14 April 1938 / 1 July 2024
Dissolved	30 June 2015
Ground	Ruhrstadion
Capacity	26,000
2014–15	Regionalliga West (IV), 16th (withdrawn)
Website	www.vfl-bochum.de
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The team has made two appearances in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, in 1984–85 and 2005–06. Since 2008 the team has been playing in the tier four Regionalliga West. The team was intended to be the final step between Bochum's youth setup and the first team, and was usually made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 23, with a few veteran players drafted in to provide experience.

History

The team first made an appearance in the highest football league in Westphalia, the Verbandsliga Westfalen, in 1975 but failed to qualify for the new Oberliga Westfalen in 1978 and had to remain in the Verbandsliga Westfalen until 1982 when a league championship took it up to Oberliga level.^[1]

Between 1982 and 1999 the team predominantly played in the Oberliga, only interrupted by stints back in the Verbandsliga in 1988–89 and from 1993 to 1997. After its return to the Oberliga in 1997 the team was a much stronger side, winning the league in 1999 and moving up to the Regionalliga West/Südwest for a season. It played in the Oberliga again from 2001 to 2008, finishing runners-up on three occasions but not quite able to move back up to the Regionalliga again.^[1][2]

In 2008 a third place allowed the team qualification to the new Regionalliga West where it has played since, finishing fourteenth in five out of six seasons between 2008 and 2014.^[3]

The team also made two appearances in the German Cup, reaching the second round in 1984–85 when it lost to VfB Stuttgart and the first round in 2005–06, when it lost to Erzgebirge Aue.^[4][5]

In March 2015 the club announced that it would withdraw its reserve side from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season to concentrate on its youth teams instead.^[6]

The second team of VfL Bochum was reintegrated into the Oberliga Westfalen after the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association (FLVW) had decided to do so This affects the 2024/25 season. The decision was confirmed by the Association's Sports Court. The second team will now participate in regular season play.

Honours

The team's honours:

• Landesliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1975
• Verbandsliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1982
  • Runners-up: 1989, 1997
• Oberliga Westfalen
  • Champions: 1999
  • Runners-up: 2001, 2003, 2005
• Westphalia Cup
  • Runners-up: 2005

Seasons since 1958–59

The season-by-season performance of the team:^{[1][7][8][9][10]}

Season	League									German Cup	League top scorer		Notes
	Division (Level)	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1957–58	Kreisliga Westfalen (VI)								1st↑	DNQ
1958–59	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	19	4	7	65	37	42	2nd	DNQ
1959–60	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	16	3	11	73	46	35	4th	DNQ
1960–61	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	21	6	3	76	27	48	1st↑	DNQ
1961–62	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	26	6	11	9	43	53	23	11th	DNQ
1962–63	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	28	10	9	9	34	39	29	7th	DNQ
1963–64	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	30	11	6	13	54	50	28	12th	DNQ
1964–65	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	30	15	0	15	56	44	30	8th	DNQ
1965–66	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	28	11	5	12	59	48	27	10th	DNQ
1966–67	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	30	10	6	14	46	52	26	14th↓	DNQ
1967–68	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	28	11	3	14	67	52	25	12th	DNQ
1968–69	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	19	4	7	77	38	42	2nd	DNQ
1969–70	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	14	6	10	71	47	34	5th	DNQ
1970–71	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	28	16	5	7	48	32	37	2nd	DNQ
1971–72	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	17	7	6	73	32	41	2nd	DNQ
1972–73	Bezirksliga Westfalen (V)	30	24	5	1	87	11	53	1st↑	DNQ
1973–74	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	32	12	8	12	53	46	32	7th	DNQ
1974–75	Landesliga Westfalen (IV)	30	18	9	3	80	28	45	1st↑	DNQ
1975–76	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	34	11	8	15	38	49	30	12th	DNQ
1976–77	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	34	9	13	12	43	42	31	12th	DNQ
1977–78	Verbandsliga Westfalen (III)	34	10	11	13	52	57	31	12th	DNQ
1978–79	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	30	7	14	9	32	33	28	10th	DNQ			[note 1]
1979–80	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	30	14	8	8	51	29	36	3rd	DNQ
1980–81	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	30	14	5	11	53	43	33	6th	DNQ
1981–82	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	32	23	6	3	85	29	52	1st↑	DNQ
1982–83	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	34	12	8	14	53	55	32	13th	DNQ
1983–84	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	34	14	4	16	61	54	32	11th	DNQ	Riemann	14
1984–85	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	34	14	5	15	45	53	33	7th	R2
1985–86	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	32	10	9	13	52	47	29	11th	DNQ	Will	10
1986–87	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	10	6	14	41	55	26	13th	DNQ
1987–88	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	8	9	13	34	48	25	14th↓	DNQ
1988–89	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	30	17	10	3	60	25	44	2nd↑	DNQ
1989–90	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	9	10	11	45	43	28	9th	DNQ	Jürgens, Kovacec	10
1990–91	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	10	12	8	46	41	32	7th	DNQ
1991–92	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	7	7	16	39	56	21	13th	DNQ
1992–93	Oberliga Westfalen (III)	30	3	11	20	23	60	17	18th↓	DNQ	Gebker	6
1993–94	Verbandsliga Westfalen (IV)	30	12	8	10	43	33	32	7th	DNQ
1994–95	Verbandsliga Westfalen (V)	30	14	9	7	58	36	37	3rd	DNQ			[note 2]
1995–96	Verbandsliga Westfalen (V)	30	13	11	6	53	30	50	5th	DNQ			[note 3]
1996–97	Verbandsliga Westfalen (V)	30	17	8	5	62	28	59	2nd↑	DNQ
1997–98	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	28	13	9	6	44	26	48	4th	DNQ
1998–99	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	30	18	7	5	64	25	61	1st↑	DNQ	Grad	17
1999–00	Regionalliga West/Südwest (III)	36	11	7	18	57	69	40	15th↓	DNQ	Majewski	13
2000–01	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	36	23	7	6	87	39	76	2nd	DNQ	Siebert	22
2001–02	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	16	11	7	58	42	59	5th	DNQ	Joppe, Velardi	8
2002–03	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	24	5	5	79	35	77	2nd	DNQ	Velardi	17
2003–04	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	17	8	9	63	39	59	3rd	DNQ	Velardi	17
2004–05	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	22	4	8	78	39	70	2nd	DNQ	Velardi	17
2005–06	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	15	6	13	61	52	51	6th	R1	Hille	18
2006–07	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	13	5	16	61	49	44	10th	DNQ	Hille	18
2007–08	Oberliga Westfalen (IV)	34	19	9	6	61	30	66	3rd↑	DNQ	El-Nounou	26
2008–09	Regionalliga West (IV)	34	11	7	16	51	59	40	14th	DNQ	Prokoph	12	[note 4]
2009–10	Regionalliga West (IV)	34	16	9	9	50	32	57	3rd	DNQ	Aydın	14
2010–11	Regionalliga West (IV)	34	8	10	16	49	64	34	14th	DNQ	Freiberger	9
2011–12	Regionalliga West (IV)	36	11	8	17	42	64	41	14th	DNQ	Freiberger, Wassinger	12
2012–13	Regionalliga West (IV)	38	11	13	14	47	42	46	14th	DNQ	Kreyer	12
2013–14	Regionalliga West (IV)	36	8	9	19	34	53	33	14th	DNQ	Kreyer	14
2014–15	Regionalliga West (IV)	34	8	6	20	46	58	30	16th	DNQ	Kurt	9	[note 5]

Notes

1. The Oberliga Westfalen was introduced (1978–79), which moved the Verbandsliga Westfalen down one level on the West German league pyramid.
2. The Regionalligas were reintroduced (1994–95), which moved the Verbandsliga Westfalen down one level on the German league pyramid.
3. Starting with the 1995–96 season the German Football Association introduced three points for a win.
4. The 3. Liga was introduced (2008–09), which moved the Regionalliga West down one level on the German league pyramid.
5. The VfL Bochum decided to withdraw the reserve team after the 2014–15 Regionalliga season.

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

Players

See also: Category:VfL Bochum II players

Coaches

Head coaches since 1994–95

1994-07-01	2001-06-30	Bernard Dietz
2001-07-01	2006-04-06	Manfred Wölpper
2006-04-07	2006-06-30	Jürgen Heipertz
2006-07-01	2006-12-31	Sascha Lewandowski
2007-01-01	2011-06-30	Nicolas Michaty
2011-07-01	2013-06-30	Iraklis Metaxas
2013-07-01	2014-01-27	Dariusz Wosz
2014-01-27	2015-01-06	Thomas Reis
2015-01-06	2015-06-30	Dimitrios Grammozis
2015-06-30	2024-06-30	inactive
2024-07-01		Heiko Butscher