# 2017–18 VfL Bochum season

The 2017–18 VfL Bochum season is the 80th season in club history.

## Review and events

On 11 July 2017 head coach Gertjan Verbeek was sacked and replaced by Ismail Atalan. On 9 October 2017 head coach Ismail Atalan was sacked and replaced by caretaker Jens Rasiejewski. Rasiejewski's tenure as caretaker ended on 8 December 2017, when he was appointed as head coach by athletic director Christian Hochstätter. On 7 February 2018 the supervisory board sacked both Christian Hochstätter and Jens Rasiejewski. Heiko Butscher took over as caretaker. On 11 February 2018 the VfL Bochum announced signing Robin Dutt as head coach.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 |
| 5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 |
| 6 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 |
| 7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 48 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 47 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

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

As of 13 May 2018
| 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 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | Tim Hoogland | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Russell Canouse (until 10 August 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz (since 31 January 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Felix Bastians (captain until 9 October 2017, until 26 January 2018) | 18 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Dominik Wydra (until 5 July 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Luke Hemmerich (since 28 August 2017) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Selim Gündüz | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Anthony Losilla | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Johannes Wurtz | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Eisfeld | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Diamantakos (until 25 January 2018) | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Janni Serra (since 26 January 2018) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Sidney Sam (since 31 August 2017) | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | TOG | Peniel Mlapa (until 31 August 2017) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Philipp Ochs (since 5 January 2018) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel (until 5 February 2018) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer | 33 | 17 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse (since 21 July 2017) | 31 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jan Gyamerah | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Vitaly Janelt | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Stefano Celozzi (captain since 9 October 2017) | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger | 32 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Tom Weilandt (until 14 August 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche (since 31 August 2017) | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Timo Perthel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Jannik Bandowski | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | GER | Nico Rieble (until 29 January 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Ulrich Bapoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | POL | Martin Kompalla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Tom Baack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Felix Dornebusch | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis (until 26 January 2018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ARM | Hayk Galstyan (until 3 July 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | GER | Julian Tomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Florian Kraft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Marco Stiepermann (until 6 August 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | AZE | Baris Ekincier (since 31 August 2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

As of 5 February 2018

#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Luke Hemmerich (on loan from FC Schalke 04) |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Diamantakos (from Karlsruher SC) |
| 13 | FW | GER | Sidney Sam (from FC Schalke 04) |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer (from FC Ingolstadt 04) |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse (free agent) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche (on loan from Birmingham City F.C.) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Julian Tomas (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | USA | Russell Canouse (loan return to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Dominik Wydra (to FC Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 14 | FW | TOG | Peniel Mlapa (to Dynamo Dresden) |
| 17 | DF | POL | Paweł Dawidowicz (loan return to S.L. Benfica) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Tom Weilandt (on loan to Holstein Kiel) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Tim Krafft (to Fortuna Düsseldorf II) |
| 35 | MF | ARM | Hayk Galstyan (to VfB Stuttgart II) |
| 36 | FW | GER | Nils Quaschner (loan return to RB Leipzig) |
| 37 | DF | GER | Moise Ngwisani (to FC Erzgebirge Aue) |
| 39 | MF | GER | Marco Stiepermann (to Norwich City F.C.) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Janni Serra (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Philipp Ochs (on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GER | Felix Bastians (to Tianjin TEDA F.C.) |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Dimitrios Diamantakos (to FC St. Pauli) |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel (to FC Admira Wacker Mödling) |
| 27 | DF | GER | Nico Rieble (to FC Hansa Rostock) |
| 34 | MF | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis (on loan to Borussia Dortmund II) |

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