2021–22 VfL Bochum season

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VfL Bochum
2021–22 season
ChairmanHans-Peter Villis
Head coachThomas Reis
StadiumVonovia Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga13th
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sebastian Polter (10)

All:
Sebastian Polter (11)
Biggest defeatBayern Munich 7–0 VfL Bochum

The 2021–22 season was the 84th season in the existence of VfL Bochum and the club's first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Bochum participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2022[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović
5 DF Switzerland SUI Saulo Decarli
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage
7 FW Germany GER Danny Blum
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla (captain)
9 FW Germany GER Simon Zoller
10 FW Japan JPN Takuma Asano
11 DF Uganda UGA Herbert Bockhorn
14 FW Germany GER Tom Weilandt
16 DF Greece GRE
Konstantinos Stafylidis (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim
)
17 FW Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Netherlands NED Jürgen Locadia
20 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser
22 FW Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23 MF Germany GER Robert Tesche
24 DF Greece GRE
Vasilis Lampropoulos
27 FW Serbia SRB Miloš Pantović
28 FW Germany GER Luis Hartwig
29 DF Germany GER Maxim Leitsch
32 FW Germany GER Tarsis Bonga
34 GK Germany GER Paul Grave
37 DF Germany GER Armel Bella-Kotchap
38 MF Germany GER Eduard Löwen (on loan from Hertha BSC)
40 FW Germany GER Sebastian Polter

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Republic of the Congo CGO
Silvère Ganvoula (at Cercle Brugge
until 30 June 2022)
DF Germany GER Moritz Römling (at Türkgücü München until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
6 MF Germany Patrick Osterhage Germany Borussia Dortmund II Free 1 July 2021
10 FW Japan Takuma Asano Serbia Partizan Free
21 GK Germany Michael Esser Germany Hannover 96 Free
22 MF Ghana Christopher Antwi-Adjei Germany SC Paderborn Free [2]
38 MF Germany Eduard Löwen Germany Hertha BSC Loan [3]
16 DF
Konstantinos Stafylidis
Germany 1899 Hoffenheim Loan 1 August 2021 [4]
20 MF Germany Elvis Rexhbeçaj Germany VfL Wolfsburg Loan 2 August 2021 [5]
40 FW Germany Sebastian Polter Netherlands Fortuna Sittard Free 13 August 2021 [6]
19 FW Netherlands Jürgen Locadia
Brighton & Hove Albion
Free 6 January 2022 [7]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
10 MF Germany Thomas Eisfeld Free 1 July 2021
25 GK Germany Patrick Drewes Germany SV Sandhausen Free
32 MF Austria Robert Žulj
Ittihad Kalba
€350,000 2 July 2021
26 MF Germany Lars Holtkamp Germany Bonner SC Free 30 July 2021 [8]
30 FW Azerbaijan Baris Ekincier Germany Waldhof Mannheim Undisclosed 31 August 2021 [9]
15 FW Hungary Soma Novothny Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Undisclosed 3 January 2022 [10]
35 FW
Silvère Ganvoula
Belgium Cercle Brugge Loan 25 January 2022 [11]
13 MF Ghana Raman Chibsah Greece Apollon Smyrnis Undisclosed 31 January 2022 [12]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 July 2021 Friendly SSVg Velbert Germany 0–9 Germany VfL Bochum Velbert, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Velbert
10 July 2021 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 3–3 Germany SC Verl Germany
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: four halves of 30 minutes.
14 July 2021 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 6–0 Germany Bonner SC Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
17 July 2021 Cup der Traditionen Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–3 Germany VfL Bochum Duisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Pasalic
    83'
Report
Stadium: MSV-Arena
Attendance: 10,395
Note: The match was extended from the initially planned 45 minutes to 90 minutes following MSV Duisburg's withdrawal from the tournament.
21 July 2021 Friendly Parma Italy 0–1 Germany VfL Bochum Parma, Italy
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Germany v Netherlands Vitesse
29 July 2021 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–2 Netherlands Vitesse Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
31 July 2021 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 0–2 Netherlands FC Utrecht Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Niklas Dardenne
27 January 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 0–2 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Bochum, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
25 March 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 2–0 Netherlands Heracles Almelo Bochum, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 14 August 2021 14 May 2022 Matchday 1 13th 34 12 6 16 38 52 −14 035.29
DFB-Pokal 7 August 2021 2 March 2022 First round Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 050.00
Total 38 14 7 17 46 58 −12 036.84

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 −4 42 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[a]
12 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 −11 42
13 VfL Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 −14 42
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 −17 38
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 −18 33
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.[13]
Notes:
  1. ^ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

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 12 6 16 38 52  −14 42 8 4 5 21 17  +4 4 2 11 17 35  −18

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWLLLDLWWLWLWWDLLWLDDWDLWLLWDLLWWL
Position1391113171717151414121313101012121111111111111111111211121213121113
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[14]

14 August 2021 1 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 VfL Bochum Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 8,536
Referee: Frank Willenborg
21 August 2021 2 VfL Bochum 2–0 Mainz 05 Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 12,548
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
28 August 2021 3 1. FC Köln 2–1 VfL Bochum Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
12 September 2021 4 VfL Bochum 1–3 Hertha BSC Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
18 September 2021 5 Bayern Munich 7–0 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Stafylidis
    Yellow card 35'
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
26 September 2021 6 VfL Bochum 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Christian Dingert
2 October 2021 7 RB Leipzig 3–0 VfL Bochum Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,598
Referee: Robert Hartmann
16 October 2021 8 Greuther Fürth 0–1 VfL Bochum Fürth
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof
Attendance: 10,586
Referee: Bastian Dankert
24 October 2021 9 VfL Bochum 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 19,510
Referee: Marco Fritz
31 October 2021 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 42,361
Referee: Tobias Reichel
6 November 2021 11 VfL Bochum 2–0 1899 Hoffenheim Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Frank Willenborg
20 November 2021 12 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 VfL Bochum Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,538
Referee: Daniel Schlager
27 November 2021 13 VfL Bochum 2–1 SC Freiburg Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 19,700
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
4 December 2021 14 FC Augsburg 2–3 VfL Bochum Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
11 December 2021 15 VfL Bochum 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,799
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
14 December 2021 16 Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 VfL Bochum Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 13,750
Referee: Benjamin Brand
18 December 2021 17 VfL Bochum 0–1 Union Berlin Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Tobias Reichel
9 January 2022 18 VfL Bochum 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
15 January 2022 19 Mainz 05 1–0 VfL Bochum Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium:
Opel Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
22 January 2022 20 VfL Bochum 2–2 1. FC Köln Bochum
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
4 February 2022 21 Hertha BSC 1–1 VfL Bochum Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
12 February 2022 22 VfL Bochum 4–2 Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Robert Schröder
19 February 2022 23 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 20,059
Referee: Harm Osmers
27 February 2022 24 VfL Bochum 0–1 RB Leipzig Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Felix Brych
5 March 2022 25 VfL Bochum 2–1 Greuther Fürth Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 19,800
Referee: Daniel Schlager
13 March 2022 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 VfL Bochum Frankfurt
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
18 March 2022 27 VfL Bochum 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was abandoned after 69 minutes and a score of 0–2 after an assistant referee was hit by a beer cup.[15] On 24 March, the DFB Sports Court awarded the match as a 2–0 win for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[16]
2 April 2022 28 1899 Hoffenheim 1–2 VfL Bochum Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 15,014
Referee: Daniel Siebert
10 April 2022 29 VfL Bochum 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 April 2022 30 SC Freiburg 3–0 VfL Bochum Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium:
Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
24 April 2022 31 VfL Bochum 0–2 FC Augsburg Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Bastian Dankert
30 April 2022 32 Borussia Dortmund 3–4 VfL Bochum Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Robert Hartmann
6 May 2022 33 VfL Bochum 2–1 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Robert Schröder
14 May 2022 34 Union Berlin 3–2 VfL Bochum Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 22,012
Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round Wuppertaler SV 1–2 (a.e.t.) VfL Bochum Wuppertal
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 4,490
Referee: Patrick Alt
27 October 2021 Second round VfL Bochum 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
FC Augsburg Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 15,220
Referee: Martin Petersen
Penalties
18 January 2022 Round of 16 VfL Bochum 3–1 Mainz 05 Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 750
Referee: Felix Brych
2 March 2022 Quarter-finals VfL Bochum 1–2 (a.e.t.) SC Freiburg Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Robert Schröder

Statistics

As of 14 May 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann 35 0 31 0 3+1 0
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa 27 1 20+3 1 3+1 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares 34 0 30 0 3+1 0
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović 22 0 17+3 0 1+1 0
5 DF Switzerland SUI Saulo Decarli 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage 15 0 6+7 0 2 0
7 FW Germany GER Danny Blum 14 2 2+11 2 0+1 0
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla (captain) 37 2 33 2 4 0
9 FW Germany GER Simon Zoller 11 4 6+4 3 1 1
10 FW Japan JPN Takuma Asano 31 3 20+7 3 2+2 0
11 DF Uganda UGA Herbert Bockhorn 18 0 7+11 0 0 0
14 FW Germany GER Tom Weilandt 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Greece GRE
Konstantinos Stafylidis
26 0 15+9 0 2 0
17 FW Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann 34 5 24+6 5 4 0
19 FW Netherlands NED Jürgen Locadia 13 2 4+7 2 2 0
20 MF Germany GER Elvis Rexhbeçaj 36 0 30+2 0 4 0
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser 4 0 3 0 1 0
22 FW Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei 28 1 11+14 1 1+2 0
23 MF Germany GER Robert Tesche 12 1 5+6 0 1 1
24 DF Greece GRE
Vasilis Lampropoulos
15 0 13 0 0+2 0
27 FW Serbia SRB Miloš Pantović 32 8 18+10 4 2+2 4
28 FW Germany GER Luis Hartwig 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
29 DF Germany GER Maxim Leitsch 22 1 17+2 1 3 0
32 FW Germany GER Tarsis Bonga 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
34 GK Germany GER Paul Grave 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Republic of the Congo CGO
Silvère Ganvoula
10 0 0+9 0 0+1 0
37 DF Germany GER Armel Bella-Kotchap 26 0 20+2 0 4 0
38 MF Germany GER Eduard Löwen 28 3 15+11 2 0+2 1
40 FW Germany GER Sebastian Polter 36 11 27+6 10 1+2 1
MF Ghana GHA Raman Chibsah 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Azerbaijan AZE Baris Ekincier 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Hungary HUN Soma Novothny 6 1 0+6 1 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 14 May 2022

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 40 FW Germany Sebastian Polter 10 1 11
2 27 FW Serbia Miloš Pantović 4 4 8
3 17 FW Philippines Gerrit Holtmann 5 0 5
4 9 FW Germany Simon Zoller 3 1 4
5 10 FW Japan Takuma Asano 3 0 3
38 MF Germany Eduard Löwen 2 1 3
7 7 FW Germany Danny Blum 2 0 2
8 MF France Anthony Losilla 2 0 2
19 FW Netherlands Jürgen Locadia 2 0 2
11 2 DF Costa Rica Cristian Gamboa 1 0 1
15 FW Hungary Soma Novothny 1 0 1
22 FW Ghana Christopher Antwi-Adjei 1 0 1
23 MF Germany Robert Tesche 0 1 1
29 DF Germany Maxim Leitsch 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 38 8 46

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