VfL Bochum

🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga · Second division

Die Unabsteigbaren · Bochum

Vonovia Ruhrstadion, 29,299 seats · est. 1848 · Owned by its members · last great never

A Ruhr mining town, a proper old ground with no running track, and a club whose nickname literally means the unrelegatable. It did not last.

The eleven that started · 4-2-3-1

Away at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 17 October, lost 0-2.

1HornT. Horn

32WittekM. Wittek

5MetsK. Mets

15SteinwenderM. Steinwender

2KlaiberS. Klaiber

34MeyerT. Meyer

24PannewigM. Pannewig

17HoltmannG. Holtmann

23MiyoshiK. Miyoshi

7RasmussenC. Rasmussen

33HofmannP. Hofmann

Dugout

Uwe Rösler, since 6 October 2025Photo: Kjetil Ree, CC BY-SA 3.0

In the table · 2. Bundesliga · read 8 days ago

16thof 18

7pts

8 played · 2 won, 1 drawn, 5 lost · 5-9

Relegation Playoffs

Next match · 2. Bundesliga · round 9

VfL Bochum

VfL Wolfsburg

Friday 23 October

16:30 UTC

At home · Vonovia Ruhrstadion

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Bochum

Go for the peace and quiet · Grey weather · Working-class town