# 2022–23 VfL Bochum season

The 2022–23 season was the 85th season in the history of VfL Bochum and their second consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Manuel Riemann (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Erhan Mašović |
| 5 | MF | POL | Jacek Góralski |
| 6 | MF | GER | Patrick Osterhage |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Anthony Losilla (captain) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller |
| 10 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Kostas Stafylidis |
| 17 | FW | PHI | Gerrit Holtmann |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Jordi Osei-Tutu |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Michael Esser |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Christopher Antwi-Adjei |
| 23 | DF | GAM | Saidy Janko (on loan from Real Valladolid) |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Vasilios Lampropoulos |
| 25 | DF | GER | Mohammed Tolba |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 28 | MF | CMR | Pierre Kunde (on loan from Olympiacos) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Moritz Broschinski |
| 30 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 33 | FW | GER | Philipp Hofmann |
| 34 | GK | GER | Paul Grave |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Luis Hartwig (at St. Pölten until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Jannes Horn (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset (at Nîmes Olympique until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Tim Oermann (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | GER | Moritz Römling (at RW Essen until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | MF | Jacek Góralski | Kairat | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Kevin Stöger | Mainz 05 | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 10 | MF | Philipp Förster | VfB Stuttgart | €500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Jordi Osei-Tutu | Arsenal | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Saidy Janko | Real Valladolid | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| 33 | FW | Philipp Hofmann | Karlsruher SC | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Kostas Stafylidis | 1899 Hoffenheim | €250,000 | 6 July 2022 |
| 20 | DF | Ivan Ordets | Dynamo Moscow | Loan | 10 July 2022 |
| 38 | DF | Jannes Horn | 1. FC Köln | Free | 25 July 2022 |
| 30 | DF | Dominique Heintz | Union Berlin | Loan | 11 August 2022 |
| 39 | FW | Lys Mousset | Sheffield United | Free | 15 August 2022 |
| 26 | GK | Marko Johansson | Hamburger SV | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 31 | DF | Keven Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg | Loan | 2 January 2023 |
| 28 | MF | Pierre Kunde | Olympiacos | Loan | 6 January 2023 |
| 29 | FW | Moritz Broschinski | Borussia Dortmund II | Undisclosed | 22 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Saulo Decarli | Eintracht Braunschweig | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Danny Blum | | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 11 | DF | Herbert Bockhorn | | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Tom Weilandt | Greifswalder FC | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Jürgen Locadia | Persepolis | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Robert Tesche | VfL Osnabrück | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 27 | FW | Miloš Pantović | Union Berlin | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 29 | DF | Maxim Leitsch | Mainz 05 | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 37 | DF | Armel Bella-Kotchap | Southampton | €10,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 40 | FW | Sebastian Polter | Schalke 04 | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 28 | FW | Luis Hartwig | St. Pölten | Loan | 14 July 2022 |
| 30 | DF | Moritz Römling | RW Essen | Loan | 15 July 2022 |
| 38 | DF | Jannes Horn | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan | 7 January 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Tim Oermann | Wolfsberger AC | Loan | 24 January 2023 |
| 32 | FW | Tarsis Bonga | Eintracht Braunschweig | Undisclosed | 24 January 2023 |
| 39 | FW | Lys Mousset | Nîmes Olympique | Loan | 31 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 6 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 30 July 2022 | 8 February 2023 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 45 | 74 | −29 | 032.43 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 36 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

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

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Manuel Riemann | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Michael Esser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Paul Grave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CRC | Cristian Gamboa | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Danilo Soares | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Erhan Mašović | 22 | 3 | 13+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Kostas Stafylidis | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Jordi Osei-Tutu | 20 | 0 | 6+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | UKR | Ivan Ordets | 23 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GAM | Saidy Janko | 18 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Vasilios Lampropoulos | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Mohammed Tolba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Dominique Heintz | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Keven Schlotterbeck | 7 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | POL | Jacek Góralski | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Patrick Osterhage | 18 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Kevin Stöger | 27 | 3 | 22+2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Anthony Losilla | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Philipp Förster | 22 | 2 | 12+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Christopher Antwi-Adjei | 21 | 2 | 12+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CMR | Pierre Kunde | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Zoller | 20 | 4 | 17+2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano | 17 | 2 | 12+3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | PHI | Gerrit Holtmann | 20 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Moritz Broschinski | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Philipp Hofmann | 27 | 8 | 21+3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | CGO | Silvère Ganvoula | 15 | 0 | 0+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | GER | Tim Oermann | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Tarsis Bonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Jannes Horn | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Lys Mousset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 March 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 10 March 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 33 | FW | | Philipp Hofmann | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Simon Zoller | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Erhan Mašović | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Kevin Stöger | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Philipp Förster | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Takuma Asano | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Christopher Antwi-Adjei | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Anthony Losilla | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | FW | | Gerrit Holtmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Pierre Kunde | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | FW | | Moritz Broschinski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | | Keven Schlotterbeck | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 26 | 5 | 31 |