2021–22 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2021–22 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Thomas Reis
Stadium	Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
	All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is 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 are participating in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 August 2021[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	GER	Manuel Riemann
2	DF	CRC	Cristian Gamboa
3	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares
4	DF	SRB	Erhan Mašović
5	DF	SUI	Saulo Decarli
6	MF	GER	Patrick Osterhage
7	FW	GER	Danny Blum
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla (captain)
9	FW	GER	Simon Zoller
10	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano
11	DF	UGA	Herbert Bockhorn
13	MF	GHA	Raman Chibsah
14	FW	GER	Tom Weilandt
15	FW	HUN	Soma Novothny
16	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Stafylidis (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim)
17	FW	PHI	Gerrit Holtmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	GER	Elvis Rexhbeçaj (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
21	GK	GER	Michael Esser
22	FW	GHA	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23	MF	GER	Robert Tesche
24	DF	GRE	Vasilis Lampropoulos
27	FW	SRB	Miloš Pantović
28	FW	GER	Luis Hartwig
29	DF	GER	Maxim Leitsch
32	FW	GER	Tarsis Bonga
34	GK	GER	Paul Grave
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula
37	DF	GER	Armel Bella-Kotchap
38	MF	GER	Eduard Löwen (on loan from Hertha BSC)
40	FW	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
—	DF	GER	Moritz Römling (at Türkgücü München until 30 June 2022)

Transfers

In

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

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
10	MF	Thomas Eisfeld		Free	1 July 2021
25	GK	Patrick Drewes	SV Sandhausen	Free	1 July 2021
32	MF	Robert Žulj	Ittihad Kalba	€350,000	2 July 2021
26	MF	Lars Holtkamp	Bonner SC	Undisclosed	30 July 2021	[7]
30	FW	Baris Ekincier	Waldhof Mannheim	Undisclosed	31 August 2021	[8]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2021 Friendly	SSVg Velbert	0–9	VfL Bochum	Velbert, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Velbert

10 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–3	SC Verl	Germany
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: four halves of 30 minutes.

14 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6–0	Bonner SC	Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)

17 July 2021 Cup der Traditionen	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	VfL Bochum	Duisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pasalic 83'	Report	Novothny 66' Ganvoula 68' Bockhorn 78'	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	VfL Bochum	1–0	Parma	Germany
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

24 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Bochum	Cancelled	Torino	Germany
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

29 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–2	Vitesse	Germany
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)

31 July 2021 Friendly	VfL Bochum	0–2	FC Utrecht	Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Soares		Boussaid Ramselaar 44', 69'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Niklas Dardenne

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	14 August 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1	15	6	2	7	16	23	−7	040.00
DFB-Pokal	7 August 2021		First round	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Total				17	7	3	7	20	26	−6	041.18

Last updated: 11 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	1. FC Köln	16	5	7	4	26	27	−1	22
11	VfL Wolfsburg	16	6	2	8	17	25	−8	20
12	VfL Bochum	16	6	2	8	16	25	−9	20
13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	16	5	3	8	21	31	−10	18
14	Hertha BSC	16	5	3	8	17	33	−16	18

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[9]

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
15	6	2	7	16	23	−7	20	4	2	1	10	5	+5	2	0	6	6	18	−12

Last updated: 11 December 2021.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D
Position	13	9	11	13	17	17	17	15	14	14	12	13	13	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[10]

14 August 2021 1	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weghorst 5', 22'	Report	Tesche 4' Leitsch 29' Rexhbeçaj 88'	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)	Holtmann 21' Rexhbeçaj 54' Polter 56' Riemann 87' Asano 90+3' Zoller 90+4'	Report	Boëtius 56' Barreiro 67' Kohr 89'	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)	Schaub 82' Lemperle 90+1'	Report	Zoller 55', 90+4'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

12 September 2021 4	VfL Bochum	1–3	Hertha BSC	Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zoller 59'	Report	Serdar 37', 43' Tousart 47' Mittelstädt 54' Zeefuik 75' Maolida 78'	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)	Sané 17' Kimmich 27', 65' Gnabry 32' Lampropoulos 43' (o.g.) Stanišić 52' Lewandowski 61' Choupo-Moting 79'	Report	Stafylidis 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)	Bella-Kotchap 38' Mašović 75'	Report	Sosa 14' Klimowicz 19' Al Ghaddioui 43' Endo 58' Coulibaly 63'	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)	Angeliño 58' Silva 69' Nkunku 73', 78'	Report	Tesche 80'	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)	Seguin 30' Itten 67'	Report	Riemann 54' Losilla 60', 80' Mašović 65' Lampropoulos 75'	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)	Blum 3' Polter 90+2'	Report	Paciência 11' Sow 45+1' Kostić 73'	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)	Pléa 12' Hofmann 40' Wolf 85'	Report	Mašović 51' Blum 86'	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)	Stafylidis 53' Novothny 66' Riemann 75' Pantović 90+7'	Report	Posch 29' Vogt 38' Grillitsch 73' Kramarić 75' Rudy 78'	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)	Adli 4', 87' Frimpong 30' Diaby 49'	Report	Mašović 63' Soares 90+1'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,538 Referee: Daniel Schlager

27 November 2021 13	VfL Bochum	2–1	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Losilla 32' Polter 54' Pantović 82' Antwi-Adjei 90+1'	Report	Lienhart 51' Kübler 58'	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)	Gregoritsch 58' Caligiuri 86' (pen.)	Report	Polter 23', 45+2' Soares 36' Holtmann 40' Rexhbeçaj 87'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

11 December 2021 15	VfL Bochum	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Polter 40' (pen.)	Report	Schulz 57' Hummels 58' Brandt 85' Zagadou 90'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

14 December 2021 16	Arminia Bielefeld	v	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

DFB-Pokal

7 August 2021 First round	Wuppertaler SV	1–2 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Šarić 23' Rodrigues-Pires 73' 120' Salau 100'	Report	Tesche 44', 111' Zoller 53' Leitsch 71' Pantović 118'	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)	Pantović 12', 53' Polter 105'	Report	Strobl 48' Oxford 56' Hahn 57' Vargas 58' Zeqiri 65' Gregoritsch 92'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,220 Referee: Martin Petersen
	Penalties
	Rexhbeçaj Mašović Blum Polter Riemann		Gouweleeuw Finnbogason Strobl Gregoritsch Maier

18 January 2022 Round of 16	VfL Bochum	v	Mainz 05	Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

Statistics

As of 14 December 2021

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

Goalscorers

As of 4 December 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	40	FW	Sebastian Polter	6	0	6
2	27	FW	Miloš Pantović	2	2	4
3	9	FW	Simon Zoller	2	1	3
4	7	FW	Danny Blum	2	0	2
4	17	FW	Gerrit Holtmann	2	0	2
6	8	MF	Anthony Losilla	1	0	1
	15	FW	Soma Novothny	1	0	1
	23	MF	Robert Tesche	0	1	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Totals				16	4	20

References

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"Meister VfL Bochum holt Sprinter Christopher Antwi-Adjei aus Paderborn". kicker (in German). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
"LOAN OF LIONS TO BOCHUM". Hertha BSC. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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"Season-long loan for Rexhbecaj". VfL Wolfsburg. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
"Sebastian Polter joins VfL". VfL Bochum. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
"Holtkamp moves to Bonner SC". VfL Bochum. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
"BARIS EKINCIER WECHSELT ZUM SV WALDHOF MANNHEIM" (in German). SV Waldhof Mannheim. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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"Bayern-Auftakt in Gladbach - Kracher im Dezember! Der Spielplan 21/22". Sky Sport (in German). 25 June 2021.

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[2] "Meister VfL Bochum holt Sprinter Christopher Antwi-Adjei aus Paderborn". kicker (in German). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

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[7] "Holtkamp moves to Bonner SC". VfL Bochum. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[8] "BARIS EKINCIER WECHSELT ZUM SV WALDHOF MANNHEIM" (in German). SV Waldhof Mannheim. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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