This is a list of seasons played by VfL Bochum in German and European football , from 1938 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
Season League German Cup Other competitions League top scorer(s) Notes Division (Level) Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos 1938–39 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 18 9 6 3 39 13 24 2nd Second Preliminary Round Philipp 11 1939–40 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 18 10 1 7 54 50 21 3rd First Preliminary Round Paßgang, Rudzinski 12 1940–41 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 22 8 5 9 51 54 21 8th Second Preliminary Round Marzelewski 15 1941–42 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 18 9 2 7 30 27 20 3rd Third Preliminary Round Paßgang 11 1942–43 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 18 8 3 7 47 50 19 4th Second Preliminary Round Sandkühler 11 1943–44 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 18 6 3 9 26 42 15 6th Did not qualify Gaupokal Westfalen First Round Hecht 4 [ note 1] [ note 2] 1944–45 Gauliga Westfalen (I) 3 2 0 1 12 6 4 3rd — Gaupokal Westfalen Semi-finals Pawlowski 5 [ note 1] [ note 3] 1945–46 Landesliga Westfalen (I) 16 6 1 9 34 39 13 7th — 1946–47 Landesliga Westfalen (I) 18 4 3 11 20 35 11 7th — 1947–48 Landesliga Westfalen (II) 22 8 4 10 35 36 20 6th — [ note 4] 1948–49 Landesliga Westfalen (II) 26 14 6 6 50 36 34 3rd — 1949–50 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 10 5 15 57 55 25 12th — Western German Cup Third Round Kalinka 20 [ note 5] 1950–51 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 15 3 12 54 52 33 7th — Western German Cup First Round Koch 12 1951–52 2. Oberliga West (II) 32 16 3 13 66 53 35 5th — Western German Cup First Round Ocker 17 1952–53 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 20 5 5 73 26 45 1st Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Koch 18 1953–54 Oberliga West (I) 30 13 5 12 50 58 31 8th Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Kleina 12 1954–55 Oberliga West (I) 30 6 11 13 36 46 23 16th Did not qualify Western German Cup First Round Bühner 10 1955–56 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 21 4 5 78 33 46 1st Did not qualify Schirrmacher 19 1956–57 Oberliga West (I) 30 9 11 10 54 54 29 10th Did not qualify Western German Cup Third Round Hohmann 12 1957–58 Oberliga West (I) 30 8 8 14 39 62 24 14th Did not qualify Western German Cup First Round Bergmeier , Hohmann 8 1958–59 Oberliga West (I) 30 14 8 8 61 43 36 4th Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Bergmeier 11 1959–60 Oberliga West (I) 30 8 11 11 46 49 27 11th Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Backhaus 12 1960–61 Oberliga West (I) 30 9 5 16 45 62 23 16th First Round Western German Cup German Cup qualification Pawlak 12 1961–62 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 15 5 10 58 40 35 3rd Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Kurtenbach 13 1962–63 2. Oberliga West (II) 30 12 3 15 54 53 27 14th Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Jablonski 16 1963–64 Verbandsliga Westfalen (III) 30 15 8 7 60 32 38 2nd Did not qualify Western German Cup First Round Wagener 15 1964–65 Verbandsliga Westfalen (III) 32 22 6 4 75 25 50 1st Did not qualify Western German Cup Second Round Eversberg 20 Promotion playoffs Winner 1965–66 Regionalliga West (II) 34 12 6 16 46 66 30 12th Did not qualify Western German Cup Third Round Eversberg 12 1966–67 Regionalliga West (II) 34 18 9 7 67 42 45 4th Did not qualify Western German Cup First Round Eversberg 20 1967–68 Regionalliga West (II) 34 18 6 10 65 32 42 5th Runners-up Western German Cup German Cup qualification Eversberg 15 1968–69 Regionalliga West (II) 34 23 5 6 86 36 51 2nd Did not qualify Western German Cup Third Round Balte 20 1969–70 Regionalliga West (II) 34 21 8 5 63 32 50 1st Did not qualify Western German Cup Fourth Round Walitza 31 Promotion playoffs Runners-up 1970–71 Regionalliga West (II) 34 26 4 4 81 27 56 1st Did not qualify Western German Cup Fourth Round Walitza 28 Promotion playoffs Winner 1971–72 Bundesliga (I) 34 14 6 14 59 69 34 9th Second Round Walitza 22 1972–73 Bundesliga (I) 34 11 9 14 50 68 31 12th Second Round DFB-Ligapokal Group stage Walitza 18 1973–74 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 12 13 45 57 30 14th First Round Walitza 13 1974–75 Bundesliga (I) 34 14 5 15 53 53 33 11th Fourth Round Balte 14 1975–76 Bundesliga (I) 34 12 6 16 49 62 30 14th Third Round Kaczor 12 1976–77 Bundesliga (I) 34 11 7 16 47 62 29 15th Third Round Kaczor 21 1977–78 Bundesliga (I) 34 11 9 14 49 51 31 14th Fourth Round Abel 15 1978–79 Bundesliga (I) 34 10 13 11 47 46 33 8th Fourth Round Intertoto Cup Group stage Abel 11 1979–80 Bundesliga (I) 34 13 6 15 41 44 32 10th Third Round Abel 13 1980–81 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 15 10 53 45 33 9th Fourth Round Intertoto Cup Group stage Pinkall 17 1981–82 Bundesliga (I) 34 12 8 14 52 51 32 10th Semi-finals Patzke 13 1982–83 Bundesliga (I) 34 8 12 14 43 49 28 13th Quarter-finals Patzke , Schreier 8 1983–84 Bundesliga (I) 34 10 8 16 58 70 28 15th First Round Schreier 18 1984–85 Bundesliga (I) 34 12 10 12 52 54 34 9th Second Round Fischer 16 1985–86 Bundesliga (I) 34 14 4 16 55 57 32 9th Third Round Kuntz 22 1986–87 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 14 11 52 44 32 11th First Round Schulz 11 1987–88 Bundesliga (I) 34 10 10 14 47 51 30 12th Runners-up Intertoto Cup Group stage Leifeld 13 1988–89 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 8 17 37 57 26 15th Second Round Leifeld 13 1989–90 Bundesliga (I) 34 11 7 16 44 53 29 16th Second Round Relegation playoff Winner Leifeld 10 1990–91 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 11 14 50 52 29 14th First Round Intertoto Cup Group stage Kohn 11 1991–92 Bundesliga (I) 38 10 13 15 38 55 33 15th Second Round Wegmann 11 1992–93 Bundesliga (I) 34 8 10 16 45 52 26 16th Second Round Intertoto Cup Group stage Wegmann 13 1993–94 2. Bundesliga (II) 38 19 10 9 56 34 48 1st Second Round Intertoto Cup Group stage Wegmann 22 1994–95 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 4 21 43 67 22 16th Second Round Wegmann 11 1995–96 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 21 6 7 68 30 69 1st First Round Közle , Peschel 11 [ note 6] 1996–97 Bundesliga (I) 34 14 11 9 54 51 53 5th Quarter-finals Donkov 10 1997–98 Bundesliga (I) 34 11 8 15 41 49 41 12th Second Round UEFA Cup Third Round Peschel 6 DFB-Ligapokal First Round 1998–99 Bundesliga (I) 34 7 8 19 40 65 29 17th Third Round Kuntz 6 1999–00 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 18 7 9 67 48 61 2nd Quarter-finals Weber 19 2000–01 Bundesliga (I) 34 7 6 21 30 67 27 18th Quarter-finals Marić 8 2001–02 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 19 8 7 69 49 65 3rd Second Round Christiansen 17 2002–03 Bundesliga (I) 34 12 9 13 55 56 45 9th Quarter-finals Christiansen 21 2003–04 Bundesliga (I) 34 15 11 8 57 39 56 5th First Round DFB-Ligapokal First Round Hashemian 16 2004–05 Bundesliga (I) 34 9 8 17 47 68 35 16th Second Round UEFA Cup First Round Lokvenc 10 DFB-Ligapokal First Round 2005–06 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 19 9 6 55 26 66 1st Second Round Edu 12 2006–07 Bundesliga (I) 34 13 6 15 49 50 45 8th Third Round Gekas 20 2007–08 Bundesliga (I) 34 10 11 13 48 54 41 12th Second Round Šesták 13 2008–09 Bundesliga (I) 34 7 11 16 39 55 32 14th Second Round Šesták 9 2009–10 Bundesliga (I) 34 6 10 18 33 64 28 17th Second Round Šesták 6 2010–11 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 20 5 9 49 35 65 3rd First Round Promotion playoff Runners-up Chŏng 10 2011–12 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 10 7 17 41 55 37 11th Third Round Inui 7 2012–13 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 10 8 16 40 52 38 14th Quarter-finals Dedič 8 2013–14 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 11 7 16 30 43 40 15th Second Round Sukuta-Pasu 6 2014–15 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 9 15 10 53 55 42 11th Second Round Terodde 16 2015–16 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 13 12 9 56 40 51 5th Quarter-finals Terodde 25 2016–17 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 10 14 10 42 47 44 9th First Round Mlapa , Wurtz 8 2017–18 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 13 9 12 37 40 48 6th Second Round Hinterseer 14 2018–19 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 11 11 12 49 50 44 11th First Round Hinterseer 18 2019–20 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 11 13 10 53 51 46 8th Second Round Ganvoula 13 2020–21 2. Bundesliga (II) 34 21 4 9 66 39 67 1st Third Round Zoller , Žulj 15 2021–22 Bundesliga (I) 34 12 6 16 38 52 42 13th Quarter-finals Polter 10 2022–23 Bundesliga (I) 34 10 5 19 40 72 35 14th Round of 16 Hofmann 8 2023–24 Bundesliga (I) 34 7 12 15 42 74 33 16th First Round Relegation playoff Winner Stöger 7 2024–25 Bundesliga (I) TBD TBD Total 2,697 1,037 647 1013 4,265 4,145 3,075 As of 1 July 2024 [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
^ a b In the 1943–44 and 1944–45 seasons the VfL competed as Kriegsspielgemeinschaft VfL 1848/Preußen Bochum together with Vereinigte Preußen Bochum . ^ Due to World War II the format of the German Cup changed in 1943: the preliminary rounds were replaced by regional cups. Only the regional cup winners qualified for the national competition. ^ Due to World War II the 1944–45 Gauliga Westfalen season was abandoned in fall of 1944, with only a few matches played. The German Cup tournament was not held, though the regional qualification cups had concluded in the summer of 1944. ^ The Oberliga West was introduced (1947–48), which moved the Landesliga Westfalen down one level on the West German league pyramid. ^ The 2. Oberliga West was introduced (1949–50), which moved the Landesliga Westfalen down one level on the West German league pyramid. ^ Starting with the 1995–96 season the German Football Association introduced three points for a win. ^ The VfL Bochum did not apply for a license to play in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga season, thus the team was relegated to the Regionalliga West . ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2019–20 Frauen-Regionalliga West season was abandoned after the 16th matchday. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020–21 Frauen-Regionalliga West season was abandoned after the 6th matchday. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020–21 Westphalian Cup season was abandoned, only two matches of the First Round were played. ^ To determine the Regionalliga West representative in the 2020–21 Regionalliga promotion playoffs , a qualification round was head between the four clubs who had applied for a license to play in the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga season (Sportfreunde Siegen, 1. FC Köln II, VfL Bochum and 1. FFC Recklinghausen). P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position
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