VfL Bochum
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Best finishBundesliga 5th
VfL Bochum played in the Bundesliga. They have spent 38 seasons in the top flight, with a best finish of Bundesliga 5th. Average home attendance was 25,514 in 2025/26, with a high of 25,540 in 2024/25.
Bundesliga finishes over time
Gold dots mark title seasons. Area shade shows the division (darker is higher), and height within a band shows the finish. Gaps are seasons with no position data. All-time table
Season by season: finish, trophies, attendance
| Season | League | Finish | Trophies won | Average | Highest | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2. Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | 26,000 | 17 | |
| 2024-25 | Bundesliga | 18/ 18 | — | 26,000 | 17 | |
| 2023-24 | Bundesliga | 16/ 18 | — | 26,000 | 17 | |
| 2022-23 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | 26,000 | 17 | |
| 2021-22 | Bundesliga | 13/ 18 | — | 25,000 | 16 | |
| 2020-21 | 2. Bundesliga | 1/ 18Champions | — | 4,231 | 3 | |
| 2019-20 | 2. Bundesliga | 8/ 18 | — | 24,421 | 13 | |
| 2018-19 | 2. Bundesliga | 11/ 18 | — | 26,600 | 17 | |
| 2017-18 | 2. Bundesliga | 6/ 18 | — | 27,599 | 14 | |
| 2016-17 | 2. Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | 27,600 | 15 | |
| 2015-16 | 2. Bundesliga | 5/ 18 | — | 27,561 | 15 | |
| 2014-15 | 2. Bundesliga | 11/ 18 | — | 25,094 | 17 | |
| 2013-14 | 2. Bundesliga | 15/ 18 | — | 27,555 | 15 | |
| 2012-13 | 2. Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | 28,400 | 17 | |
| 2011-12 | 2. Bundesliga | 11/ 18 | — | 22,913 | 16 | |
| 2010-11 | 2. Bundesliga | 3/ 18 | — | 27,448 | 17 | |
| 2009-10 | Bundesliga | 17/ 18 | — | 30,748 | 17 | |
| 2008-09 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | 31,328 | 16 | |
| 2007-08 | Bundesliga | 12/ 18 | — | 31,328 | 8 | |
| 2006-07 | Bundesliga | 8/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 2004-05 | Bundesliga | 16/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 2003-04 | Bundesliga | 5/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 2002-03 | Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 2000-01 | Bundesliga | 18/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1998-99 | Bundesliga | 17/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1997-98 | Bundesliga | 12/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1996-97 | Bundesliga | 5/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1994-95 | Bundesliga | 16/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1992-93 | Bundesliga | 16/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1991-92 | Bundesliga | 15/ 20 | — | — | — | |
| 1990-91 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1989-90 | Bundesliga | 16/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1988-89 | Bundesliga | 15/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1987-88 | Bundesliga | 12/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1986-87 | Bundesliga | 11/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1985-86 | Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1984-85 | Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1983-84 | Bundesliga | 15/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1982-83 | Bundesliga | 13/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1981-82 | Bundesliga | 10/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1980-81 | Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1979-80 | Bundesliga | 10/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1978-79 | Bundesliga | 8/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1977-78 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1976-77 | Bundesliga | 15/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1975-76 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1974-75 | Bundesliga | 11/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1973-74 | Bundesliga | 14/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1972-73 | Bundesliga | 12/ 18 | — | — | — | |
| 1971-72 | Bundesliga | 9/ 18 | — | — | — |
Finishes are final league positions. Second-tier positions start in 2002 (2006 in some leagues) and a few seasons are missing. Trophies list competitions won, not how far the club went otherwise. Attendance covers league home matches. Full attendance page
Trophies
Bundesliga titles are counted from our all-time table (from 1971-72) and exclude earlier national championships. Years follow each competition's own labels. Cup data comes from each competition's English Wikipedia page.