2022–23 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2022–23 season
ChairmanHans-Peter Villis
Head coachThomas Reis
(until 12 September)
Heiko Butscher
(caretaker, 12–22 September)
Thomas Letsch
(from 22 September)
StadiumVonovia-Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Philipp Hofmann (8)

All:
Philipp Hofmann (9)
Biggest winViktoria Berlin 0–3 VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
VfL Bochum 5–2 1899 Hoffenheim
VfL Bochum 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen
Biggest defeatVfL Bochum 0–7 Bayern Munich

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

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First-team squad

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As of 31 January 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann (vice-captain)
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović
5 MF Poland POL Jacek Góralski
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage
7 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla (captain)
9 FW Germany GER Simon Zoller
10 MF Germany GER Philipp Förster
11 FW Japan JPN Takuma Asano
16 DF Greece GRE Kostas Stafylidis
17 FW Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann
18 DF England ENG Jordi Osei-Tutu
20 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Ordets (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei
23 DF The Gambia GAM Saidy Janko (on loan from Real Valladolid)
24 DF Greece GRE Vasilios Lampropoulos
25 DF Germany GER Mohammed Tolba
26 GK Sweden SWE Marko Johansson (on loan from Hamburger SV)
28 MF Cameroon CMR Pierre Kunde (on loan from Olympiacos)
29 FW Germany GER Moritz Broschinski
30 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz (on loan from Union Berlin)
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck (on loan from SC Freiburg)
33 FW Germany GER Philipp Hofmann
34 GK Germany GER Paul Grave
35 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Silvère Ganvoula

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER Luis Hartwig (at St. Pölten until 30 June 2023)
DF Germany GER Jannes Horn (at 1. FC Nürnberg until 30 June 2023)
FW France FRA Lys Mousset (at Nîmes Olympique until 30 June 2023)
DF Germany GER Tim Oermann (at Wolfsberger AC until 30 June 2023)
DF Germany GER Moritz Römling (at RW Essen until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
5 MF Poland Jacek Góralski Kazakhstan Kairat Free 1 July 2022 [2]
7 MF Germany Kevin Stöger Germany Mainz 05 Free [3]
10 MF Germany Philipp Förster Germany VfB Stuttgart €500,000 [4]
18 DF England Jordi Osei-Tutu England Arsenal Free [5]
23 DF The Gambia Saidy Janko Spain Real Valladolid Loan [6]
33 FW Germany Philipp Hofmann Germany Karlsruher SC Free [7]
16 DF Greece Kostas Stafylidis Germany 1899 Hoffenheim €250,000 6 July 2022 [8]
20 DF Ukraine Ivan Ordets Russia Dynamo Moscow Loan 10 July 2022 [9]
38 DF Germany Jannes Horn Germany 1. FC Köln Free 25 July 2022 [10]
30 DF Germany Dominique Heintz Germany Union Berlin Loan 11 August 2022 [11]
39 FW France Lys Mousset England Sheffield United Free 15 August 2022 [12]
26 GK Sweden Marko Johansson Germany Hamburger SV Loan 1 September 2022 [13]
31 DF Germany Keven Schlotterbeck Germany SC Freiburg Loan 2 January 2023 [14]
28 MF Cameroon Pierre Kunde Greece Olympiacos Loan 6 January 2023 [15]
29 FW Germany Moritz Broschinski Germany Borussia Dortmund II Undisclosed 22 January 2023 [16]

Out

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No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
5 DF Switzerland Saulo Decarli Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Free 1 July 2022 [17]
7 FW Germany Danny Blum Free
11 DF Uganda Herbert Bockhorn Free
14 MF Germany Tom Weilandt Germany Greifswalder FC Free
19 FW Netherlands Jürgen Locadia Iran Persepolis Free
23 MF Germany Robert Tesche Germany VfL Osnabrück Free
27 FW Serbia Miloš Pantović Germany Union Berlin Free [18]
29 DF Germany Maxim Leitsch Germany Mainz 05 €3,500,000
37 DF Germany Armel Bella-Kotchap England Southampton €10,000,000 [19]
40 FW Germany Sebastian Polter Germany Schalke 04 €1,500,000 [20]
28 FW Germany Luis Hartwig Austria St. Pölten Loan 14 July 2022 [21]
30 DF Germany Moritz Römling Germany RW Essen Loan 15 July 2022 [22]
38 DF Germany Jannes Horn Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Loan 7 January 2023 [23]
14 DF Germany Tim Oermann Austria Wolfsberger AC Loan 24 January 2023 [24]
32 FW Germany Tarsis Bonga Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Undisclosed [25]
39 FW France Lys Mousset France Nîmes Olympique Loan 31 January 2023 [26]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly Wuppertaler SV Germany 0–2 Germany VfL Bochum Wuppertal, Germany
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
29 June 2022 Friendly 1. FC Monheim Germany 1–1 Germany VfL Bochum Monheim, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Rheinstadion
2 July 2022 Friendly FC Bocholt Germany 1–3 Germany VfL Bochum Bocholt, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Gigaset Arena
6 July 2022 Friendly Fortuna Sittard Netherlands 1–1 Germany VfL Bochum Nederweert-Eind, Netherlands
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Op de Hooven
8 July 2022 Friendly SC Paderborn Germany 2–0 Germany VfL Bochum Paderborn, Germany
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
13 July 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 3–2 Italy Lecce Brixen, Italy
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher
16 July 2022 Friendly Spezia Italy 1–2 Germany VfL Bochum Brixen, Italy
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sportplatz Klaus Seebacher
21 July 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–4 Spain Athletic Bilbao Gütersloh, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Referee: Florian Exner (Germany)
23 July 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 6–2 Turkey Antalyaspor Bochum, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 6,472
Referee: Arne Aarnink (Germany)
22 September 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany Cancelled Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Bochum, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Note: The game was cancelled due to a shortage of players at Fortuna Düsseldorf.[27]
7 December 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–3 Netherlands PEC Zwolle Bochum, Germany
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
10 December 2022 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–2 Germany Karlsruher SC Bochum, Germany
13:15 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Nebenplatz Ruhrstadion
16 December 2022 Friendly SC Paderborn Germany 1–1 Germany VfL Bochum Paderborn, Germany
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Trainings- und Nachwuchsleistungszentrum Platz 1
10 January 2023 Friendly Grasshoppers Switzerland 1–1 Germany VfL Bochum Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo
13 January 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 0–3 Hungary Diósgyőr La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
11:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción
13 January 2023 Friendly VfL Bochum Germany 1–1 Switzerland Luzern La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
15:15 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 6 August 2022 27 May 2023 Matchday 1 14th 34 10 5 19 40 72 −32 029.41
DFB-Pokal 30 July 2022 8 February 2023 First round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 066.67
Total 37 12 5 20 45 74 −29 032.43

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 1899 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 −9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 −13 36
14 VfL Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 −32 35
15 FC Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 −21 34
16 VfB Stuttgart (O) 34 7 12 15 45 57 −12 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[28]
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary

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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 5 19 40 72  −32 35 8 2 7 28 32  −4 2 3 12 12 40  −28

Source: DFB

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLLLLLLDLWLWLLWWWLLWLLLLWWDLDLDLWDW
Position12171818181818181818171717171714161615151617181414141515151617151614
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.[29]

6 August 2022 1 VfL Bochum 1–2 Mainz 05 Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,110
Referee: Felix Zwayer
13 August 2022 2 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 VfL Bochum Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 17,005
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
21 August 2022 3 VfL Bochum 0–7 Bayern Munich Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
26 August 2022 4 SC Freiburg 1–0 VfL Bochum Freiburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 32,800
Referee: Marco Fritz
3 September 2022 5 VfL Bochum 0–2 Werder Bremen Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Robert Schröder
10 September 2022 6 Schalke 04 3–1 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 62,041
Referee: Felix Zwayer
18 September 2022 7 VfL Bochum 1–1 1. FC Köln Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,800
Referee: Bastian Dankert
1 October 2022 8 RB Leipzig 4–0 VfL Bochum Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 44,403
Referee: Florian Badstübner
8 October 2022 9 VfL Bochum 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,850
Referee: Martin Petersen
15 October 2022 10 VfB Stuttgart 4–1 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 45,400
Referee: Christian Dingert
23 October 2022 11 VfL Bochum 2–1 Union Berlin Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,460
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
29 October 2022 12 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 VfL Bochum Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 24,037
Referee: Robert Hartmann
5 November 2022 13 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 VfL Bochum Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 November 2022 14 VfL Bochum 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,900
Referee: Daniel Schlager
12 November 2022 15 FC Augsburg 0–1 VfL Bochum Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 28,011
Referee: Felix Brych
21 January 2023 16 VfL Bochum 3–1 Hertha BSC Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
25 January 2023 17 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 VfL Bochum Leverkusen
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25,820
Referee: Timo Gerach
28 January 2023 18 Mainz 05 5–2 VfL Bochum Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Mewa Arena
Attendance: 23,300
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
4 February 2023 19 VfL Bochum 5–2 1899 Hoffenheim Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 23,700
Referee: Bastian Dankert
11 February 2023 20 Bayern Munich 3–0 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
18 February 2023 21 VfL Bochum 0–2 SC Freiburg Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Felix Zwayer
25 February 2023 22 Werder Bremen 3–0 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Wohninvest Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Florian Badstübner
4 March 2023 23 VfL Bochum 0–2 Schalke 04 Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Felix Brych
10 March 2023 24 1. FC Köln 0–2 VfL Bochum Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
18 March 2023 25 VfL Bochum 1–0 RB Leipzig Bochum
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,400
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
31 March 2023 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 VfL Bochum Frankfurt
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Harm Osmers
9 April 2023 27 VfL Bochum 2–3 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Frank Willenborg
16 April 2023 28 Union Berlin 1–1 VfL Bochum Berlin
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
22 April 2023 29 VfL Bochum 1–5 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,834
Referee: Felix Brych
28 April 2023 30 VfL Bochum 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
6 May 2023 31 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 53,797
Referee: Robert Schröder
13 May 2023 32 VfL Bochum 3–2 FC Augsburg Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,453
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
20 May 2023 33 Hertha BSC 1–1 VfL Bochum Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 70,692
Referee: Felix Brych
27 May 2023 34 VfL Bochum 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

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30 July 2022 First round Viktoria Berlin 0–3 VfL Bochum Berlin
13:01 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Attendance: 5,573
Referee: Patrick Alt
18 October 2022 Second round SV Elversberg 0–1 VfL Bochum Spiesen-Elversberg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 6,911
Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther
8 February 2023 Round of 16 VfL Bochum 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Manuel Riemann 27 0 24 0 3 0
21 GK Germany GER Michael Esser 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK Sweden SWE Marko Johansson 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GK Germany GER Paul Grave 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Cristian Gamboa 17 0 15 0 2 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Soares 19 0 17 0 2 0
4 DF Serbia SRB Erhan Mašović 22 3 13+6 3 2+1 0
16 DF Greece GRE Kostas Stafylidis 13 0 7+6 0 0 0
18 DF England ENG Jordi Osei-Tutu 20 0 6+12 0 0+2 0
20 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Ordets 23 0 18+2 0 3 0
23 DF The Gambia GAM Saidy Janko 18 0 9+6 0 1+2 0
24 DF Greece GRE Vasilios Lampropoulos 12 0 7+4 0 1 0
25 DF Germany GER Mohammed Tolba 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Germany GER Dominique Heintz 6 0 4+1 0 0+1 0
31 DF Germany GER Keven Schlotterbeck 7 1 6+1 1 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Poland POL Jacek Góralski 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
6 MF Germany GER Patrick Osterhage 18 0 5+11 0 0+2 0
7 MF Austria AUT Kevin Stöger 27 3 22+2 2 3 1
8 MF France FRA Anthony Losilla 24 1 21 0 3 1
10 MF Germany GER Philipp Förster 22 2 12+7 2 2+1 0
22 MF Ghana GHA Christopher Antwi-Adjei 21 2 12+7 2 2 0
28 MF Cameroon CMR Pierre Kunde 8 1 3+4 1 0+1 0
Forwards
9 FW Germany GER Simon Zoller 20 4 17+2 3 1 1
11 FW Japan JPN Takuma Asano 17 2 12+3 1 2 1
17 FW Philippines PHI Gerrit Holtmann 20 1 8+9 1 2+1 0
29 FW Germany GER Moritz Broschinski 6 1 0+5 1 0+1 0
33 FW Germany GER Philipp Hofmann 27 8 21+3 7 3 1
35 FW Republic of the Congo CGO Silvère Ganvoula 15 0 0+15 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
14 DF Germany GER Tim Oermann 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
32 FW Germany GER Tarsis Bonga 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Germany GER Jannes Horn 3 0 1+1 0 1 0
39 FW France FRA Lys Mousset 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 10 March 2023
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

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As of 10 March 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 33 FW Germany Philipp Hofmann 7 1 8
2 9 FW Germany Simon Zoller 3 1 4
3 4 DF Serbia Erhan Mašović 3 0 3
7 MF Austria Kevin Stöger 2 1 3
5 10 MF Germany Philipp Förster 2 0 2
11 FW Japan Takuma Asano 1 1 2
22 MF Ghana Christopher Antwi-Adjei 2 0 2
8 8 MF France Anthony Losilla 0 1 1
17 FW Philippines Gerrit Holtmann 1 0 1
28 MF Cameroon Pierre Kunde 1 0 1
29 FW Germany Moritz Broschinski 1 0 1
31 DF Germany Keven Schlotterbeck 1 0 1
Own goals 2 0 2
Totals 26 5 31

References

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