# 2019–20 VfL Bochum season

The 2019–20 VfL Bochum season was the 82nd season in club history.

## Review and events

On 26 August 2019 head coach Robin Dutt was sacked and replaced by caretaker Heiko Butscher. Butscher's tenure as caretaker ended on 6 September 2019, when the VfL Bochum announced signing Thomas Reis as head coach.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 48 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 47 |
| 8 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 46 |
| 9 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 44 |
| 10 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 43 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |

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

As of 28 June 2020
| 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 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Tim Hoogland (until 9 August 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa (since 27 August 2019) | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Saulo Decarli | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 22 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Sebastian Maier | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Anthony Losilla (captain) | 35 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller | 25 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Thomas Eisfeld | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Chung-yong Lee (until 3 March 2020) | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Tom Weilandt | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Maxwell Gyamfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Danny Blum | 26 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Manuel Wintzheimer (since 2 September 2019) | 21 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Vitaly Janelt | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Stefano Celozzi | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner (until 2 September 2019) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Lampropoulos (since 31 January 2020) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Patrick Drewes | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam (until 20 January 2020) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Lars Holtkamp (since 14 November 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SRB | Miloš Pantović | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GER | Ulrich Bapoh | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Maxim Leitsch | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | AZE | Baris Ekincier (until 18 July 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AUT | Robert Žulj (since 15 January 2020) | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Moritz Römling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Paul Grave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula | 30 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jan Wellers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Armel Bella-Kotchap | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GRE | Stylianos Kokovas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Joshua Wehking (until 18 July 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | GER | Luis Hartwig (since 26 February 2020) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers

As of 4 March 2020

#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa (from Celtic F.C.) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Simon Lorenz (loan return from TSV 1860 Munich) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Saulo Decarli (from Club Brugge) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jordi Osei-Tutu (on loan from Arsenal F.C.) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Maxwell Gyamfi (from VfL Bochum U19) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Danny Blum (from Eintracht Frankfurt, previously on loan at UD Las Palmas) |
| 18 | FW | GER | Manuel Wintzheimer (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 25 | GK | GER | Patrick Drewes (from Würzburger Kickers) |
| 28 | FW | GER | Ulrich Bapoh (loan return from FC Twente) |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula (from R.S.C. Anderlecht, previously on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Tim Hoogland (to Melbourne Victory FC) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Sidney Sam (released) |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer (to Hamburger SV) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Robbie Kruse (to Melbourne Victory FC) |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jan Gyamerah (to Hamburger SV) |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Dominik Baumgartner (on loan to Wolfsberger AC) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Jannik Bandowski (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 30 | FW | AZE | Baris Ekincier (on loan to SK Austria Klagenfurt) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Tom Baack (to SSV Jahn Regensburg) |
| 32 | GK | GER | Felix Dornebusch (released) |
| 40 | GK | GER | Joshua Wehking (to Hamburger SV II) |
| 42 | FW | TUR | Okan-Mete Yilmaz (to VfL Repelen) |
| 43 | FW | TUR | Ömer Uzun (to Kayserispor) |
| 46 | MF | GER | Michael Martin (released) |
| — | DF | GER | Phillip Aboagye (to SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| — | FW | GRE | Vangelis Pavlidis (to Willem II Tilburg, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | GER | Furkan Sağman (to Sivasspor) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Vasilis Lampropoulos (on loan from Deportivo de La Coruña) |
| 32 | MF | AUT | Robert Žulj (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Chung-yong Lee (to Ulsan Hyundai FC) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Görkem Sağlam (to Willem II Tilburg) |