# 2018–19 VfL Bochum season

The 2018–19 VfL Bochum season is the 81st season in club history.

## Review and events

Anthony Losilla set a new record for the number of 2. Bundesliga appearances for Bochum. After Losilla tied Marcel Maltritz's old record of 156 appearances on 4 May 2019 against Magdeburg, he broke it on 12 May 2019 with his appearance against St. Pauli.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 49 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 46 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 44 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 42 |
| 13 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 42 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

As of 19 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Manuel Riemann | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | Tim Hoogland | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz (until 9 July 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Sebastian Maier | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Anthony Losilla | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Johannes Wurtz (until 23 August 2018) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller (since 1 January 2019) | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Eisfeld | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Chung-yong Lee (since 6 September 2018) | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Sidney Sam | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Weilandt | 28 | 9 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer | 32 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jan Gyamerah | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Vitaly Janelt | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Stefano Celozzi (captain) | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner (since 11 January 2019) | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel (until 3 January 2019) | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Jannik Bandowski | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Miloš Pantović | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Lars Holtkamp (since 2 December 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Baris Ekincier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Tom Baack | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Felix Dornebusch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Römling (since 6 September 2018) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Paul Grave (since 28 July 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula (since 20 July 2018) | 22 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jan Wellers (since 3 January 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Julian Tomas (until 2 July 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Armel Bella Kotchap (since 10 July 2018) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Florian Kraft (until 29 January 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Stylianos Kokovas (since 13 January 2019) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Joshua Wehking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | TUR | Okan-Mete Yilmaz (since 6 September 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | TUR | Ömer Uzun (since 23 August 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | GER | Michael Martin (since 6 September 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | GER | Phillip Aboagye (since 6 September 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | GER | Furkan Sağman (since 6 September 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

As of 16 January 2019

#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | GER | Sebastian Maier (from Hannover 96) |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Chung-yong Lee (free agent) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tom Weilandt (loan return from Holstein Kiel) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Vitaly Janelt (from RB Leipzig, previously on loan) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche (from Birmingham City F.C., previously on loan) |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Miloš Pantović (from FC Bayern Munich II) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Lars Holtkamp (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 30 | MF | AZE | Baris Ekincier (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Moritz Römling (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 34 | GK | GER | Paul Grave (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula (on loan from R.S.C. Anderlecht) |
| 37 | DF | GER | Armel Bella Kotchap (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 40 | GK | GER | Joshua Wehking (from RB Leipzig U19) |
| 42 | FW | TUR | Okan-Mete Yilmaz (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 43 | FW | TUR | Ömer Uzun (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 46 | MF | GER | Michael Martin (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| — | MF | GER | Furkan Sagman (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz (on loan to TSV 1860 Munich) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Luke Hemmerich (loan return to FC Schalke 04) |
| 7 | FW | GER | Selim Gündüz (to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Johannes Wurtz (to SV Darmstadt 98) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Janni Serra (loan return to Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Philipp Ochs (loan return to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Ulrich Bapoh (on loan to FC Twente) |
| 30 | GK | POL | Martin Kompalla (released) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Julian Tomas (released) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller (from 1. FC Köln) |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner (from FC Wacker Innsbruck) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jan Wellers (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Stylianos Kokovas (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel (to 1. FC Magdeburg) |
| 38 | GK | GER | Florian Kraft (to SC Fortuna Köln) |
| — | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis (on loan to Willem II Tilburg, previously on loan at Borussia Dortmund II) |

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