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VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...
season is the 75th season in club history. In
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the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of
German football Association football, Football is the most popular sport in Germany with 57% of the population declaring interest in watching it. The German Football Association ( or ) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (ro ...
. It is the clubs third consecutive season in this league, having played at this level since
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, after it was relegated from the
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in
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.


Review and events

On 28 October 2012,
Andreas Bergmann Andreas Bergmann (born 18 June 1959) is a German football coach and former player. Playing career Bergmann was born in Steinfeld A midfielder, he played for 1. FC Köln II, Wuppertaler SV, Bonner SC and VfB 06/08 Remscheid. Coaching career Be ...
was sacked and replaced by Karsten Neitzel.
Marcel Maltritz Marcel Maltritz (born 2 October 1978) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Career 1. FC Magdeburg On 2 October 1978, Maltritz was born in Magdeburg (then East Germany). He first played for ''TuS Magdeburg-Neu ...
set a new record for the number of 2. Bundesliga appearances for the club. After Maltritz tied Dariusz Wosz's old record of 107 appearances on 1 December 2012 against
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, he broke it on 16 December 2012 with his appearance against
SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...
. During the winter break, the club mourned the death of long-time club official
Werner Altegoer Werner Altegoer (18 June 1935 – 9 January 2013) was a German entrepreneur; president and later chairman of the advisory board of football club VfL Bochum. He headed the club from 1993 until 2010, and was named honorary chairman of the supervisory ...
, who died on 9 January 2013. On 8 April 2013, after a string of bad results and the danger of relegation,
Peter Neururer Peter Neururer (born 26 April 1955) is a German professional football manager, notable for coaching a number of Bundesliga clubs. Managerial career Neururer had a minor playing career in the lower leagues before moving into coaching at TuS Hal ...
replaced Neitzel as the manager of
VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...
.


Matches


Legend


Friendly matches


2. Bundesliga


DFB-Pokal


Squad


Squad and statistics


Squad, appearances and goals scored


Minutes played


Bookings


Transfers


Summer

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Winter

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Trials

Carlos da Silva (
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) and
Sehar Fejzulahi Sehar Fejzulahi (born 1 June 1985) is a Switzerland, Swiss former Association football, football player of Kosovo, Kosovar Albanians, Albanian descent. Club career He signed for FC Winterthur on 11 February 2007 and moved to FC Vaduz in 2008. ...
(
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) had trial spells with
Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...
during the summer
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.


Sources


External links


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Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...
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