# 2024–25 VfL Bochum season

The 2024–25 season is the 87th season in the history of VfL Bochum, and the club's fourth consecutive season in the Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the club is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Paul Grave | Wuppertaler SV | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Samuel Bamba | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Patrick Drewes | Karlsruher SC | Undisclosed | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Ibrahima Sissoko | Strasbourg | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Dani de Wit | AZ | Free | 3 July 2024 |
| GK | Timo Horn | Red Bull Salzburg | Free | 2 August 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Ivan Ordets | Dynamo Moscow | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| FW | Gonçalo Paciência | Celta Vigo | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Keven Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| MF | Patrick Osterhage | SC Freiburg | | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Kevin Stöger | Borussia Mönchengladbach | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Takuma Asano | Mallorca | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Michael Esser | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Philipp Förster | | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Moritz Römling | Kapfenberger SV | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| GK | Andreas Luthe | | Retired | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Mohammad Mahmoud | SV Elversberg | | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Danilo Soares | 1. FC Nürnberg | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |

## 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 | 24 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 013.04 |
| DFB-Pokal | 18 August 2024 | 18 August 2024 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 012.50 |
Last updated: 22 February 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Union Berlin | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 23 | |
| 15 | FC St. Pauli | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 22 | |
| 16 | VfL Bochum | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 17 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 15 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 09 March 2025. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.