Bastian Oczipka (born 12 January 1989) is a former German professional footballer who played as a left back.
Career Oczipka began his career 1994 with SV Blau-Weiß Hand. After three years, he joined SSG Bergisch Gladbach in summer 1997. He played two years in the youth teams of SSG Bergisch Gladbach before he was scouted by Bayer Leverkusen in July 1999. In 2008, Leverkusen loaned him to F.C. Hansa Rostock. After two and a half years, he left Rostock to return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, but the Werksclub loaned him again, this time to FC St. Pauli on 5 January 2010.
Although FC St. Pauli showed interest in a continued commitment beyond the loan period, Oczipka returned to Leverkusen in the summer of 2011. However, he came for Bayer in the 2011/12 season only to nine Bundesliga and three Champions League appearances.
In the summer break 2012 Oczipka joined the Bundesliga rookie Eintracht Frankfurt with a three-year contract, starting from the 2012–13 Bundesliga season for an undisclosed transfer fee. In his first season for the Hesse team, he played 33 games in which he set up nine assists, and qualified with his team for the UEFA Europa League. In March 2015, Oczipka extended his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt for another three years until 30 June 2018. On 9 May 2015, Oczipka scored his first Bundesliga goal for a 1-0 lead in a 3-1 victory at home against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
On 15 July 2017, his move to FC Schalke 04 was announced. For the Royal Blues he received a contract until 30 July 2020 and the squad number 24. His debut was on 19 August 2017 (1st matchday) in a 2-0 home win against RB Leipzig.
On 30 August 2021, Oczipka agreed to join Union Berlin.
After his contract with Union terminated in June 2022, he signed with Arminia Bielefeld.
On 14 August 2023, Oczipka announced his retirement from professional football.
International career Oczipka was a youth international footballer. He would have been eligible for the Poland national football team through his grandparents, who were from Upper Silesia.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBayer Leverkusen II2008–09Regionalliga West20———202011–12Regionalliga West20———20Total40———40Hansa Rostock II (loan)2008–09Regionalliga Nord10———10Hansa Rostock (loan)2008–092. Bundesliga29020——3102009–102. Bundesliga13010——140Total42030——450FC St. Pauli (loan)2009–102. Bundesliga16100——1612010–11Bundesliga20010——210Total36110——371Bayer Leverkusen2011–12Bundesliga900030—120Eintracht Frankfurt2012–13Bundesliga33010——3402013–14Bundesliga2002080—3002014–15Bundesliga30110——3112015–16Bundesliga30020—203402016–17Bundesliga33150——381Total146211080201672Schalke 042017–18Bundesliga29040——3302018–19Bundesliga2112020—2512019–20Bundesliga34040——3802020–21Bundesliga27030——300Total111113020—1261Union Berlin2021–22Bundesliga1803000—210Arminia Bielefeld2022–232. Bundesliga30110—10321Career total3975320130304455
Honours Bayer Leverkusen DFB-Pokal der Junioren: 2007–08 Eintracht Frankfurt DFB-Pokal: runner-up 2016–17
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