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

Out on loan

Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource5 KairatFree7 Mainz 05Free10 VfB Stuttgart €500,00018 ArsenalFree23 Real ValladolidLoan33 Karlsruher SCFree16 1899 Hoffenheim€250,00020 Dynamo MoscowLoan38 1. FC KölnFree30 Union BerlinLoan39 Sheffield UnitedFree26 Hamburger SVLoan31 SC FreiburgLoan28 OlympiacosLoan29 Borussia Dortmund IIUndisclosed

Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource5 Eintracht BraunschweigFree7Free11Free14 Greifswalder FCFree19 PersepolisFree23 VfL OsnabrückFree27 Union BerlinFree29 Mainz 05€3,500,00037 Southampton€10,000,00040 Schalke 04€1,500,00028 St. PöltenLoan30 RW EssenLoan38 1. FC NürnbergLoan14 Wolfsberger ACLoan32 Eintracht BraunschweigUndisclosed39 Nîmes OlympiqueLoan

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Overall record

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

DFB-Pokal

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal133FWPhilipp Hofmann71829FWSimon Zoller31434DFErhan Mašović3037MFKevin Stöger213510MFPhilipp Förster20211FWTakuma Asano11222MFChristopher Antwi-Adjei20288MFAnthony Losilla01117FWGerrit Holtmann10128MFPierre Kunde10129FWMoritz Broschinski10131DFKeven Schlotterbeck101Own goals202Totals26531

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