| 2025–26 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Andreas Luthe | |||
| Manager | Dieter Hecking (until 15 September 2025) David Siebers, ad interim (until 5 October 2025) Uwe Rösler (since 6 October 2025) | |||
| Stadium | Vonovia-Ruhrstadion | |||
| 2. Bundesliga | TBD | |||
| DFB-Pokal | TBD | |||
| Top goalscorer | League:Holtmann (3) All:Holtmann (3) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 26,000 (vsMünster, 30 August 2025, vsDüsseldorf, 27 September 2025) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 24,207 (vsElversberg, 10 August 2025) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 25,402 | |||
← 2024–25 | ||||
| All statistics correct as of 6 October 2025. | ||||
The2025–26VfL Bochum season is the 88th season in the club's history.
On 15 September 2025 head coachDieter Hecking and athletic directorDirk Dufner were sacked.David Siebers was appointed caretaker.[1] On 2 October 2025 the club announced the appointment ofUwe Rösler as head coach starting 6 October 2025.[2]
Win Draw Loss
| 3 July 2025 (2025-07-03)Friendly | VfL Bochum | 14–0 | TuS Harpen | Bochum |
| 18:30 | [3] | Stadium:Leichtathletikplatz amVonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Lea Bramkamp (Hattingen) |
| 6 July 2025 (2025-07-06)Friendly | Wuppertaler SV | 0–5 | VfL Bochum | Wuppertal |
| 15:30 | [4] |
| Stadium:Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Jonah Besong (Duisburg) |
| 12 July 2025 (2025-07-12)Friendly | FC Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | VfL Bochum | Kufstein,Austria |
| 13:00 | [5] |
| Stadium:Grenzlandstadion Referee: Andreas Staudinger (Innsbruck) |
| 16 July 2025 (2025-07-16)Friendly | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 2–3 | VfL Bochum | Angerberg,Austria |
| 13:00 | [6] |
| Stadium:Sportzentrum Attendance: 300 Referee: Dr. Daniel Bramböck (Wörgl) |
| 16 July 2025 (2025-07-16)Friendly | BSC Young Boys | 4–5 | VfL Bochum | Schwaz,Austria |
| 18:00 | [7] |
| Stadium:Silberstadt Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Arnes Talic (Salzburg) |
| 19 July 2025 (2025-07-19)Friendly | FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0–0 | VfL Bochum | Schwaz,Austria |
| 15:00 | [8] | Stadium:Silberstadt Arena Referee: Ali Mutlu (Stans) | ||
| Note: 2× 60 minutes | ||||
| 27 July 2025 (2025-07-27)Friendly | VfL Bochum | 0–2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Bochum |
| 18:00 | [9] | Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,788 Referee: Felix Weller (Osnabrück) |
| 4 September 2025 (2025-09-04)Friendly | VfL Bochum | 1–0 | MSV Duisburg | Bochum |
| 14:00 | Pannewig | [10] | Stadium:Leichtathletikplatz amVonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Leonidas Exuzidis (Castrop-Rauxel) | |
| Note: The match was playedbehind closed doors, due to safety concerns. | ||||
| 9 October 2025 (2025-10-09)Friendly | VfL Bochum | 3–3 | Alemannia Aachen | Bochum |
| 14:00 |
| [11] | Stadium:Leichtathletikplatz amVonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Dominic Stock (Langenberg) | |
| Note: The match was playedbehind closed doors, due to safety concerns. | ||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Preußen Münster | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 15 | |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 14 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 13 | |
| 15 | Greuther Fürth | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 13 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 10 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 |
Source:[13]
| 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 |
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| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | 17 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| 2 August 2025 (2025-08-02)1 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 4–1 | VfL Bochum | Darmstadt |
| 13:00 | [15] |
| Stadium:Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,500 Referee:Max Burda (Berlin) |
| 10 August 2025 (2025-08-10)2 | VfL Bochum | 2–0 | SV Elversberg | Bochum |
| 13:30 |
| [16] | Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,207 Referee:Lukas Benen (Nordhorn) |
| 23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)3 | FC Schalke 04 | 2–1 | VfL Bochum | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 | [17] |
| Stadium:Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,083 Referee:Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück) |
| 30 August 2025 (2025-08-30)4 | VfL Bochum | 1–2 | SC Preußen Münster | Bochum |
| 13:00 |
| [18] |
| Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee:Felix Prigan (Deizisau) |
| 12 September 2025 (2025-09-12)5 | SC Paderborn 07 | 1–0 | VfL Bochum | Paderborn |
| 18:30 |
| [19] | Stadium:Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee:Florian Exner (Münster) |
| 20 September 2025 (2025-09-20)6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | VfL Bochum | Nuremberg |
| 20:30 | [20] |
| Stadium:Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 33,398 Referee:Lars Erbst (Gerlingen) |
| 27 September 2025 (2025-09-27)7 | VfL Bochum | 0–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bochum |
| 20:30 | [21] |
| Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee:Daniel Schlager (Gernsbach) |
| 4 October 2025 (2025-10-04)8 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–2 | VfL Bochum | Kaiserslautern |
| 13:00 | [22] | Stadium:Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,155 Referee:Michael Bacher (Rosenheim) |
| 18 October 2025 (2025-10-18)9 | VfL Bochum | v | Hertha BSC | Bochum |
| 20:30 | Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion |
| 25 October 2025 (2025-10-25)10 | Holstein Kiel | v | VfL Bochum | Kiel |
| 13:00 | Stadium:Holstein-Stadion |
| 2 November 2025 (2025-11-02)11 | VfL Bochum | v | 1. FC Magdeburg | Bochum |
| 13:30 | Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion |
| 9 November 2025 (2025-11-09)12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | v | VfL Bochum | Braunschweig |
| 13:30 | Stadium:Eintracht-Stadion |
| 21 November 2025 (2025-11-21)13 | VfL Bochum | v | Dynamo Dresden | Bochum |
| 18:30 | Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion |
| 29 November 2025 (2025-11-29)14 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | v | VfL Bochum | Fürth |
| 13:00 | Stadium:Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer |
| 19 | SV Elversberg | v | VfL Bochum | Spiesen-Elversberg |
| Stadium:Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde |
| 29 | VfL Bochum | v | Eintracht Braunschweig | Bochum |
| Stadium:Vonovia-Ruhrstadion |
| 16 August 2025 (2025-08-16)R1 | Berliner FC Dynamo | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | VfL Bochum | Berlin |
| 13:00 |
| [23] | Stadium:Sportforum Hohenschönhausen Attendance: 4,705 Referee:Felix Wagner (Glött) |
| 28 October 2025 (2025-10-28)R2 | FC Augsburg | v | VfL Bochum | Augsburg |
| 20:45 | Stadium:Augsburg Arena |