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VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

. The team has made two appearances in the first round of the

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, in 1984–85 and 2005–06. Since 2008 the team has been playing in the tier four

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. The team was intended to be the final step between Bochum's youth setup and the first team, and was usually made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 23, with a few veteran players drafted in to provide experience.

History

The team first made an appearance in the highest football league in Westphalia, the

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, in 1975 but failed to qualify for the new

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in 1978 and had to remain in the

until 1982 when a league championship took it up to Oberliga level.Historic German football league tables
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 29 January 2015 Between 1982 and 1999 the team predominantly played in the Oberliga, only interrupted by stints back in the Verbandsliga in 1988–89 and from 1993 to 1997. After its return to the Oberliga in 1997 the team was a much stronger side, winning the league in 1999 and moving up to the

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for a season. It played in the Oberliga again from 2001 to 2008, finishing runners-up on three occasions but not quite able to move back up to the

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again. In 2008 a third place allowed the team qualification to the new

where it has played since, finishing fourteenth in five out of six seasons between 2008 and 2014. The team also made two appearances in the German Cup, reaching the second round in 1984–85 when it lost to

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and the first round in 2005–06, when it lost to Erzgebirge Aue. In March 2015 the club announced that it would withdraw its reserve side from competition at the end of the 2014–15 season to concentrate on its youth teams instead. The second team of VfL Bochum was reintegrated into the

after the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association (FLVW) had decided to do so This affects the 2024/25 season. The decision was confirmed by the Association's Sports Court. The second team will now participate in regular season play.

Honours

The team's honours: *

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** Champions: 1975 *

** Champions: 1982 ** Runners-up: 1989, 1997 *

** Champions: 1999 ** Runners-up: 2001, 2003, 2005 *

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** Runners-up: 2005

Seasons since 1958–59

The season-by-season performance of the team:

Notes

Key

Players

Coaches

Head coaches since 1994–95

References

External links

Official siteProfile
at fussballdaten.de
Profile
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