Trophies 1 competition
🏆 4 × Champion (1993, 1995, 2005, 2020)
🥈 1 × Runner-up (1999)
🥉 2 × Third (2001, 2010)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,731 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 1,830 reached 12 Feb 2022
Rank #241 of 14,598 clubs
Matches rated 1,202 last 2 Oct 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 4 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 436 matches (Feb 2015 – Oct 2026), VfL Bochum drew 120 where the draw model expected 111.4 from those particular fixtures — about 9 more, or 0.9 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 2 times running. A flat league average would have expected 114.6 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
# Run From → To
1 20 01 Oct 2022 → 18 Mar 2023 ▸ matches
2 16 28 Jan 2021 → 09 May 2021 ▸ matches
3 14 11 Apr 2010 → 16 Oct 2010 ▸ matches
4 13 25 May 1994 → 08 Oct 1994 ▸ matches
5 12 16 Apr 2022 → 10 Sep 2022 ▸ matches
6 12 31 Oct 2010 → 06 Feb 2011 ▸ matches
7 12 03 Mar 2007 → 05 Aug 2007 ▸ matches
8 11 13 Aug 2017 → 24 Oct 2017 ▸ matches
9 11 10 Mar 2013 → 21 Jul 2013 ▸ matches
10 11 06 Feb 2002 → 12 Apr 2002 ▸ matches
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%NMax
2. Bundesliga 588 157 26.7% 1 15
Bundesliga 544 133 24.5% 2 18
DFB-Pokal 47 9 19.2% 1 4
Club Friendlies 15 4 26.7% 1 3
UEFA Europa League 8 3 37.5% 0 5
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 30 11 36.7% 5
2025 42 9 21.4% 7
2024 34 7 20.6% 9
2023 37 12 32.4% 11
2022 36 6 16.7% 12
2021 42 6 14.3% 16
2020 33 8 24.2% 10
2019 36 13 36.1% 5
2018 35 10 28.6% 5
2017 38 13 34.2% 11
2016 36 14 38.9% 4
2015 37 11 29.7% 9
2014 36 13 36.1% 6
2013 37 8 21.6% 11
2012 37 9 24.3% 7
2011 39 8 20.5% 8
2010 35 7 20.0% 14
2009 36 7 19.4% 10
2008 36 16 44.4% 4
2007 36 7 19.4% 12
2006 37 7 18.9% 6
2005 34 8 23.5% 8
2004 36 13 36.1% 6
2003 34 9 26.5% 6
2002 33 7 21.2% 11
2001 34 9 26.5% 7
2000 36 7 19.4% 6
1999 32 7 21.9% 9
1998 32 7 21.9% 9
1997 44 11 25.0% 10
1996 31 9 29.0% 5
1995 36 5 13.9% 9
1994 36 7 19.4% 13
1993 19 5 26.3% 4
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
21 Nov 1997 VfL Bochum 0–1 Werder Bremen A GER · Bundesliga
18 Nov 1997 Karlsruher SC 1–1 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
09 Nov 1997 VfL Bochum 0–2 VfB Stuttgart A GER · Bundesliga
04 Nov 1997 VfL Bochum 2–2 Ajax D ITL · UEFA Europa League
01 Nov 1997 Hansa Rostock 2–2 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
24 Oct 1997 Schalke 04 2–0 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
20 Oct 1997 Ajax 4–2 VfL Bochum H ITL · UEFA Europa League
17 Oct 1997 VfL Bochum 2–1 1. FC Köln H GER · Bundesliga
14 Oct 1997 Hertha BSC 2–2 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
04 Oct 1997 VfL Bochum 4–1 Club Brugge KV H ITL · UEFA Europa League
04 Oct 1997 VfL Bochum 2–3 FC Bayern München A GER · Bundesliga
27 Sep 1997 Hamburger SV 2–1 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
20 Sep 1997 Club Brugge KV 1–0 VfL Bochum H ITL · UEFA Europa League
20 Sep 1997 VfL Bochum 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg H GER · Bundesliga
13 Sep 1997 M'gladbach 2–1 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
09 Sep 1997 VfL Bochum 5–3 Trabzonspor H ITL · UEFA Europa League
29 Aug 1997 VfL Bochum 1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern A GER · Bundesliga
25 Aug 1997 Trabzonspor 2–1 VfL Bochum H ITL · UEFA Europa League
23 Aug 1997 Borussia Dortmund 5–2 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
08 Aug 1997 VfL Bochum 0–0 MSV Duisburg D GER · Bundesliga
05 Aug 1997 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
02 Aug 1997 VfL Bochum 1–0 Arminia Bielefeld H GER · Bundesliga
31 May 1997 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
24 May 1997 VfL Bochum 6–0 FC St. Pauli H GER · Bundesliga
17 May 1997 M'gladbach 6–2 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
10 May 1997 VfL Bochum 2–1 VfB Stuttgart H GER · Bundesliga
02 May 1997 Hansa Rostock 0–0 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
26 Apr 1997 VfL Bochum 3–2 SC Freiburg H GER · Bundesliga
19 Apr 1997 TSV 1860 München 0–1 VfL Bochum A GER · Bundesliga
12 Apr 1997 VfL Bochum 3–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf H GER · Bundesliga
08 Apr 1997 FC St. Pauli 2–1 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
05 Apr 1997 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
28 Mar 1997 VfL Bochum 2–2 1. FC Köln D GER · Bundesliga
22 Mar 1997 Hamburger SV 2–2 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
16 Mar 1997 VfL Bochum 3–2 Werder Bremen H GER · Bundesliga
11 Mar 1997 Karlsruher SC 2–3 VfL Bochum A GER · Bundesliga
07 Mar 1997 VfL Bochum 0–1 Schalke 04 A GER · Bundesliga
28 Feb 1997 Arminia Bielefeld 3–1 VfL Bochum H GER · Bundesliga
22 Feb 1997 VfL Bochum 1–1 FC Bayern München D GER · Bundesliga
15 Feb 1997 MSV Duisburg 1–1 VfL Bochum D GER · Bundesliga
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Upcoming fixtures
Date Home · Away 1 / X / 2 Draw · logistic Tournament
Sun, 11 Oct 2026
11 Oct 11:30 VfL Bochum vs Arminia Bielefeld – / – / – 28.1% GER · 2. Bundesliga
Sat, 17 Oct 2026
17 Oct 11:00 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs VfL Bochum – / – / – 29.6% GER · 2. Bundesliga
Fri, 23 Oct 2026
23 Oct 16:30 VfL Bochum vs VfL Wolfsburg – / – / – 28.3% GER · 2. Bundesliga
Tue, 27 Oct 2026
27 Oct 17:00 VfL Bochum vs Mainz 05 – / – / – 20.8% GER · DFB-Pokal
Fri, 30 Oct 2026
30 Oct 17:30 Energie Cottbus vs VfL Bochum – / – / – 28.3% GER · 2. Bundesliga
Sun, 08 Nov 2026
08 Nov 12:30 VfL Bochum vs Karlsruher SC – / – / – 27.0% GER · 2. Bundesliga

Draw · logistic is the chance of a draw from the logistic draw model: five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at the Elo gap, the expected goals and the competition's own draw rate — fitted on every match played so far and recalibrated, then applied to fixtures not yet played. A dash means the model has not rated that fixture. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.