2016–17 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

2016–17 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek
Stadium	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion
2. Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mlapa, Wurtz (both 8) All: Mlapa, Wurtz (both 8)
Highest home attendance	27,600 (vs FC St. Pauli, 21 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance	11,123 (vs Würzburger Kickers, 18 February 2017)
Average home league attendance	16,815
Home colours Away colours

The 2016–17 VfL Bochum season is the 79th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

VfL Bochum v Concordia Wiemelhausen

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) Friendly	VfL Bochum	5–0	Concordia Wiemelhausen	Bochum
17:00	Bastians 29' (pen.) Mlapa 33' Sağlam 64' Wurtz 70', 90'	[1]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion

LFC Laer 06 v VfL Bochum

7 July 2016 (2016-07-07) Friendly	LFC Laer 06	0–15	VfL Bochum	Bochum
18:30		[2]	Wurtz 6', 36', 43' Weilandt 12', 37' Losilla 18', 29' Stiepermann 38' Mlapa 54', 66', 70', 72', 87' Pavlidis 62' Sağlam 78'	Stadium: Sportplatz Havkenscheider Straße

KFC Uerdingen 05 v VfL Bochum

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	KFC Uerdingen 05	1–2	VfL Bochum	Krefeld
17:00	Rankl 17'	[3]	Stöger 40' Pavlidis 82'	Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Hölschen Dyk Attendance: 0

VfL Bochum v Brentford F.C.

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	VfL Bochum	0–1	Brentford F.C.	Dülmen
19:00		[4]	Hogan 35'	Stadium: TSG Stadion

SV Eintracht Trier 05 v VfL Bochum

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	SV Eintracht Trier 05	1–0	VfL Bochum	Trier
15:00	Lienhard 7'	[5]		Stadium: Moselstadion Referee: Luca Schlosser (Stahlhofen)

VfL Bochum v K.A.S. Eupen

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–4	K.A.S. Eupen	Bochum
16:00	Wurtz 29' Quaschner 33' Weilandt 45'	[6]	Sylla 48', 52', 81' Mouchamps 87'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

SSV Jahn Regensburg v VfL Bochum

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	SSV Jahn Regensburg	2–2	VfL Bochum	Regensburg
16:00	Thommy 11' Grüttner 47'	[7]	Eisfeld 11' Mlapa 20'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 7,155 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

VfL Bochum v Cardiff City F.C.

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	Cardiff City F.C.	Herne
19:00	Hoogland 26'	[8]	Whittingham 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29) Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00	Mlapa 3'	[9]		Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,240 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfL Bochum v SV Rödinghausen

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–1	SV Rödinghausen	Bochum
14:00	Pavlidis 90'	[10]	Höner 84'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Referee: Dustin Sikorski (Kamp-Lintfort)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

1 September 2016 (2016-09-01) Friendly	1. FC Köln	3–4	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Osako 3' Modeste 29', 53' (pen.)	[11]	Quaschner 28', 44' Merkel 48' Mlapa 67'	Stadium: Geißbockheim Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)

VfL Bochum v VfL Osnabrück

6 October 2016 (2016-10-06) Friendly	VfL Bochum	0–1	VfL Osnabrück	Bochum
16:00		[12]	Groß 37'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04 II

19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) Friendly	VfL Bochum	4–0	FC Schalke 04 II	Bochum
15:00	Sağlam 6' Pavlidis 80', 83' Bapoh 90'	[13]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

FC Twente v VfL Bochum

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11) Friendly	FC Twente	0–0	VfL Bochum	Enschede
13:00		[14][15]		Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 0

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

7 January 2017 (2017-01-07) Friendly	VfL Bochum	0–1	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		[16]	Clemens 7'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

11 January 2017 (2017-01-11) Friendly	VfL Bochum	3–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
13:30	Fabian 6' Ngwisani 65' Merkel 81'	[17]		Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

SV Darmstadt 98 v VfL Bochum

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) Friendly	SV Darmstadt 98	2–1	VfL Bochum	Darmstadt
14:00	Rosenthal 18' Gondorf 72'	[18]	Hoogland 57'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Johann Pfeiffer (Heusenstamm)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) Friendly	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2–1	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
14:00	Çalhanoğlu 8' Pohjanpalo 80'	[19]	Sağlam 88'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 817

SC Preußen Münster v VfL Bochum

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) Friendly	SC Preußen Münster	2–1	VfL Bochum	Münster
14:00	Tekerci 1' Al-Hazaimeh 56'	[20]	Wydra 75'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 753 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

31 January 2017 (2017-01-31) Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–4	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
14:00	Yeboah 86'	[21]	Wydra 22' Pavlidis 40' Bapoh 72', 83'	Stadium: Fohlenplatz Attendance: 310 Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)

VfL Bochum v ADO Den Haag

22 March 2017 (2017-03-22) Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–2	ADO Den Haag	Bochum
14:30	Mlapa 2'	[22]	Wolters 15' Becker 30'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

VfL Bochum v South Africa U20

29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) Friendly	VfL Bochum	1–0	South Africa U20	Bochum
	Quaschner 63'	[23]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 0

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	FC St. Pauli	34	12	9	13	39	35	+4	45
8	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	12	9	13	33	40	−7	45
9	VfL Bochum	34	10	14	10	42	47	−5	44
10	SV Sandhausen	34	10	12	12	41	36	+5	42
11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	10	12	12	37	39	−2	42

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	14	10	42	47	−5	44	7	8	2	27	22	+5	3	6	8	15	25	−10

Source: [24]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
Position	2	3	5	11	7	10	9	7	8	11	9	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	8	9	7	9

Source: [25]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Union Berlin

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	VfL Bochum	2–1	1. FC Union Berlin	Bochum
13:00	Bastians 57' Weilandt 77'	[26]	Kreilach 72'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: Robert Kampka (Mainz) Referee: 17,118

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2	Karlsruher SC	1–1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
13:00	Diamantakos 65'	[27]	Celozzi 34'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 14,504 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

26 August 2016 (2016-08-26) 3	VfL Bochum	1–1	Hannover 96	Bochum
18:30	Wurtz 73'	[28]	Sané 74'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 19,218 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Würzburger Kickers v VfL Bochum

9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) 4	Würzburger Kickers	2–0	VfL Bochum	Würzburg
18:30	Soriano 2' Benatelli 90+2'	[29]		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 10,473 Referee: Alexander Sather (Grimma)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 September 2016 (2016-09-16) 5	VfL Bochum	5–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
18:30	Stöger 4' Bastians 7' (pen.) Mlapa 27', 55' Quaschner 89'	[30]	Salli 18', 45+3' (pen.) Bulthuis 34' Parker 90+2'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 16,050 Referee: Lasse Koslowski (Berlin)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
17:30	Sobottka 3' Hennings 14' Bellinghausen 68'	[31]		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 22,688 Referee: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) 7	VfL Bochum	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
18:30	Wurtz 57'	[32]	Gentner 80'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,014 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

FC Erzgebirge Aue v VfL Bochum

30 September 2016 (2016-09-30) 8	FC Erzgebirge Aue	2–4	VfL Bochum	Aue
18:30	Köpke 5' Skarlatidis 12'	[33]	Wurtz 2' Eisfeld 14' Gyamerah 70' Mlapa 90+1'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve)

VfL Bochum v SV Sandhausen

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) 9	VfL Bochum	2–2	SV Sandhausen	Bochum
18:30	Hoogland 60' Wurtz 61'	[34]	Höler 30' Knipping 55'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,424 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

24 October 2016 (2016-10-24) 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:15	Osawe 32', 57', 75'	[35]		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Heidenheim

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 11	VfL Bochum	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
13:30	Mlapa 6' Bastians 31' (pen.)	[36]	Stiepermann 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,729 Referee: Rene Rohde (Rostock)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum

5 November 2016 12	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–1	VfL Bochum	Fürth
13:00	Freis 51' Sararer 82'	[37]	Gündüz 67'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 7,125 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Rastatt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 13	VfL Bochum	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
18:30	Quaschner 84'	[38]	Kumbela 68'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,488 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

Dynamo Dresden v VfL Bochum

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 14	Dynamo Dresden	2–2	VfL Bochum	Dresden
13:00	Aosman 32' Kutschke 41'	[39]	Wurtz 15' Mlapa 85'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 27,372 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04) 15	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
13:30	Voglsammer 16'	[40]		Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 16	VfL Bochum	1–0	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
13:00	Canouse 77'	[41]		Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,239 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes (Thür)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 17	FC St. Pauli	1–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
13:00	Bouhaddouz 76'	[42]	Mlapa 20'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

1. FC Union Berlin v VfL Bochum

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 18	1. FC Union Berlin	2–1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
18:00	Polter 67' Skrzybski 80'	[43]	Hoogland 40'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,130 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05) 19	VfL Bochum	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
13:30	Wurtz 85'	[44]	Mugoša 74'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,294 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Langenhagen)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) 20	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
20:15	Harnik 45', 63' (pen.)	[45]	Wurtz 16'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Würzburger Kickers

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 21	VfL Bochum	2–1	Würzburger Kickers	Bochum
13:00	Weilandt 84' Wydra 87'	[46]	Hoogland 26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26) 22	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
13:30		[47]	Quaschner 35'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Alexander Sather (Grimma)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) 23	VfL Bochum	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
18:30	Mlapa 43'	[48]	Hennings 48' Bebou 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,556 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
18:30	Ginczek 70'	[49]	Losilla 10'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes (Thür)

VfL Bochum v FC Erzgebirge Aue

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) 25	VfL Bochum	1–1	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Bochum
13:30	Wurtz 62'	[50]	Nazarov 11' (pen.)	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,875 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

SV Sandhausen v VfL Bochum

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26	SV Sandhausen	0–0	VfL Bochum	Sandhausen
13:00		[51]		Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 5,465 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	VfL Bochum	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
17:30		[52]		Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,932 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Bochum

8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 28	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	VfL Bochum	Heidenheim an der Brenz
13:00		[53]		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16) 29	VfL Bochum	1–0	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
13:30	Eisfeld 18'	[54]		Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,465 Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 30	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
13:30	Nyman 46', 87'	[55]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,650 Referee: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach)

VfL Bochum v Dynamo Dresden

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) 31	VfL Bochum	4–2	Dynamo Dresden	Bochum
18:30	Eisfeld 50' Stiepermann 51' Losilla 70' Sağlam 88'	[56]	Hauptmann 7' Gogia 25'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,264 Referee: Lasse Koslowski (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

7 May 2017 (2017-05-07) 32	VfL Bochum	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
13:30	Gündüz 82'	[57]	Staude 7'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,469 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	TSV 1860 Munich	1–2	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Ba 34'	[58]	Mlapa 31' Weilandt 79'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 40,300 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Rastatt)

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	VfL Bochum	1–3	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
15:30	Gündüz 7'	[59]	Thy 3', 86' Sobiech 55'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Christof Günsch (Marburg)

DFB-Pokal

FC Astoria Walldorf v VfL Bochum

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) R1	FC Astoria Walldorf	4–3 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Walldorf
15:30	Groß 6' Carl 55' Meyer 95' Straub 107'	[60]	Stiepermann 22' Stöger 65', 117'	Stadium: FC-Astoria Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Riem Hussein (Bad Harzburg)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

As of 21 May 2017^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Manuel Riemann	35	0	34	0	1	0
2	MF	GER	Tim Hoogland	29	2	28	2	1	0
4	MF	USA	Russell Canouse (since 6 July 2016)	20	1	20	1	0	0
5	DF	GER	Felix Bastians (Vice-Captain)	31	3	30	3	1	0
6	DF	AUT	Dominik Wydra	13	1	13	1	0	0
7	FW	GER	Selim Gündüz	20	3	20	3	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Anthony Losilla	31	2	30	2	1	0
9	FW	GER	Johannes Wurtz	34	8	33	8	1	0
10	MF	GER	Thomas Eisfeld	18	3	17	3	1	0
11	FW	LTU	Arvydas Novikovas (until 13 January 2017)	5	0	5	0	0	0
14	FW	GER	Peniel Mlapa	32	8	31	8	1	0
15	FW	GER	Cagatay Kader (until 8 July 2016)	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	KAZ	Alexander Merkel (since 15 August 2016)	11	0	11	0	0	0
16	DF	GER	Gökhan Gül (until 2 January 2017)	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	GER	Ulrich Bapoh (since 16 January 2017)	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	GER	Tobias Weis (until 12 August 2016)	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	POL	Paweł Dawidowicz (since 12 August 2016)	17	0	17	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Jan Gyamerah	24	1	23	1	1	0
19	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian (captain)	3	0	3	0	0	0
20	MF	GER	Vitaly Janelt (since 9 January 2017)	7	0	7	0	0	0
21	DF	GER	Stefano Celozzi	7	1	6	1	1	0
22	MF	AUT	Kevin Stöger	8	3	7	1	1	2
23	FW	GER	Tom Weilandt	23	3	22	3	1	0
24	DF	GER	Timo Perthel	15	0	14	0	1	0
25	MF	GER	Jannik Bandowski (since 31 August 2016)	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	GER	Görkem Sağlam	14	1	14	1	0	0
27	DF	GER	Nico Rieble	21	0	21	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	Tim Krafft	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	GER	Maxim Leitsch	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	GK	POL	Martin Kompalla	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Tom Baack	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Felix Dornebusch	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	GRE	Vangelis Pavlidis	3	0	3	0	0	0
35	MF	ARM	Hayk Galstyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	GER	Nils Quaschner (since 7 July 2016)	27	3	26	3	1	0
37	DF	GER	Moise Ngwisani (since 27 January 2017)	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	GER	Florian Kraft	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	GER	Marco Stiepermann	32	2	31	1	1	1

Transfers

As of 27 January 2017^[update]

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  USA Russell Canouse (on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[61] 6 DF  AUT Dominik Wydra (from SC Paderborn 07)[62] 9 FW  GER Johannes Wurtz (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth)[63] 15 MF  KAZ Alexander Merkel (from A.C. Pisa 1909)[64] 17 DF  POL Paweł Dawidowicz (on loan from S.L. Benfica)[65] 22 MF  AUT Kevin Stöger (from SC Paderborn 07)[66] 23 FW  GER Tom Weilandt (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth)[67] 25 MF  GER Jannik Bandowski (from Borussia Dortmund)[68] 27 DF  GER Nico Rieble (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II)[69] 28 MF  GER Tim Krafft (from VfL Bochum U-19)[70] 29 DF  GER Maxim Leitsch (from VfL Bochum U-19)[70] 30 GK  POL Martin Kompalla (from Borussia Mönchengladbach II)[71] 35 MF  ARM Hayk Galstyan (from VfL Bochum U-19)[70] 36 FW  GER Nils Quaschner (on loan from RB Leipzig)[72] 38 GK  GER Florian Kraft (from VfL Bochum U-19)[70] 39 MF  GER Marco Stiepermann (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth)[63]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Andreas Luthe (to FC Augsburg)[73][74] 3 DF  NED Giliano Wijnaldum (released)[75] 4 DF  GER Malcolm Cacutalua (loan return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[73] 6 DF  CZE Jan Šimůnek (to FK Dukla Prague)[73][76][77] 9 FW  ANG Nando Rafael (released)[73] 10 MF  GER Marco Terrazzino (to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[73][78] 15 FW  GER Cagatay Kader (to FSV Frankfurt)[79] 17 MF  GER Tobias Weis (released)[80] 20 MF  POL Piotr Ćwielong (to Ruch Chorzów)[81][82] 22 FW  GER Simon Terodde (to VfB Stuttgart)[83] 23 FW  GER Janik Haberer (loan return to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[73] 25 MF  TUR Onur Bulut (to SC Freiburg)[84] 27 MF  CUW Michaël Maria (released)[85] 28 DF  GER Frederik Lach (to VfB Oldenburg)[86] 30 DF  POL David Niepsuj (to Pogoń Szczecin)[73][87] 35 MF  GER Roman Zengin (to 1. FC Köln II)[88]

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GER Ulrich Bapoh (from VfL Bochum U-19)[89] 20 MF  GER Vitaly Janelt (on loan from RB Leipzig)[90] 37 DF  GER Moise Ngwisani (from VfL Bochum U-19)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  LTU Arvydas Novikovas (to Jagiellonia Białystok)[91][92] 16 DF  GER Gökhan Gül (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[93]

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External links

• 2016–17 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2016–17 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2016–17 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)