2. BUNDESLIGA · TRANSFERS
VfL Bochum 1848 - transfers & net spend
VfL Bochum 1848 signed 22 players for £429k and sold 26 for £8.9m in the 2026/27 window. Their current wage bill is on the VfL Bochum 1848 salaries page. Every club in the league is on the 2. Bundesliga transfers page.
SPENT £429k
RECEIVED £8.9m
NET PROFIT £8.5m
MOVES 48
Data as of the 2026/27 window, the most recent transfer window held for VfL Bochum 1848.
Biggest deals since 2024/25
Biggest signings 5
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | WINDOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Steinwender | £429k | MHDN FC | 2026/27 |
| Koji Miyoshi | £343k | Birmingham City | 2024/25 |
| Kjell Wätjen | £214k | Borussia Dortmund | 2025/26 |
| Leandro Morgalla | £171k | Fussballclub RB Salzburg | 2025/26 |
| Oliver Olsen | £171k | Randers Football Club | 2025/26 |
Biggest sales 5
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | WINDOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cajetan Lenz | £8.6m | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 2026/27 |
| Patrick Osterhage | £4.1m | Sport-Club Freiburg | 2024/25 |
| Ibrahima Sissoko | £1.7m | FC Nantes | 2025/26 |
| Tim Oermann | £1.6m | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2025/26 |
| Moritz Broschinski | £1.5m | FC Basel 1893 | 2025/26 |
2026/27
£429k spent · £8.9m received · net profit £8.5mSignings 22
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Steinwender | £429k | Heart of Midlothian FC | Centre-Back | 26 | Austria |
| Alessandro Crimaldi | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Left Winger | 18 | Italy/Germany |
| Babis Drakas | Free | Borussia Dortmund II | Right Winger | 23 | Germany/Greece |
| Berkan Taz | Free | SC Verl | Attacking Midfield | 27 | Germany/Türkiye |
| Charlie Patiño | Loan | Deportivo A Coruña | Central Midfield | 22 | England/Spain |
| Christian Rasmussen | Free | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Right Winger | 23 | Denmark |
| Daniel Hanslik | Free | 1.FC Kaiserslautern | Centre-Forward | 29 | Germany/Poland |
| Enis Cokaj | Free | Panathinaikos | Defensive Midfield | 27 | Albania |
| Jarne Steuckers | Loan | KRC Genk | Right Winger | 24 | Belgium |
| Jean Manuel Mbom | Free | Viborg FF | Right-Back | 26 | Germany/Cameroon |
| Karol Mets | Free | FC St. Pauli | Centre-Back | 33 | Estonia |
| Lasse Isbruch | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Defensive Midfield | 18 | Germany |
| Leon Sawas | Free | SC Freiburg U19 | Left-Back | 18 | Germany |
| Lirim Jashari | Loan ended | MVV Maastricht | Attacking Midfield | 20 | Kosovo/Germany |
| Luis Pick | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Centre-Forward | 18 | Germany |
| Mansour Ouro-Tagba | Undisclosed | 1.FC Köln II | Centre-Forward | 21 | Togo/United States |
| Mathis Clairicia | Loan ended | FC Alverca | Centre-Forward | 23 | France/Martinique |
| Samuel Bamba | Loan ended | Willem II Tilburg | Right Winger | 22 | Germany/DR Congo |
| Sean Klaiber | Free | Bröndby IF | Right-Back | 32 | Suriname/Netherlands |
| Tino Casali | Free | Rot-Weiss Essen | Goalkeeper | 30 | Austria |
| Tom Meyer | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Central Midfield | 18 | Germany |
| Yiğit Karademir | Free | VfL Osnabrück | Centre-Back | 22 | Türkiye/Germany |
Departures 26
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cajetan Lenz | £8.6m | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Germany/Switzerland |
| Moritz-Broni Kwarteng | £257k | 1.FC Magdeburg | Attacking Midfield | 28 | Germany/Ghana |
| Niclas Thiede | £86k | ADO Den Haag | Goalkeeper | 27 | Germany |
| Callum Marshall | Loan ended | West Ham United | Centre-Forward | 21 | Northern Ireland |
| Daniel Hülsenbusch | Undisclosed | SSV Ulm 1846 | Centre-Back | 21 | Germany |
| Darnell Keumo | Loan | SV Waldhof Mannheim | Left-Back | 18 | Germany/Cameroon |
| Erhan Masovic | Free | FK Vojvodina Novi Sad | Centre-Back | 27 | Serbia |
| Erhan Masovic | Undisclosed | Without Club | Centre-Back | 27 | Serbia |
| Farid Alfa-Ruprecht | Loan ended | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Right Winger | 20 | Germany/Ghana |
| Francis Onyeka | Loan ended | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Germany/Nigeria |
| Ibrahim Sissoko | Free | Muglaspor | Centre-Forward | 30 | Mali/France |
| Kacper Koscierski | Loan | Alemannia Aachen | Right Midfield | 19 | Germany/Poland |
| Kevin Vogt | Undisclosed | Centre-Back | 34 | Germany | |
| Kjell Wätjen | Loan ended | Borussia Dortmund | Central Midfield | 20 | Germany |
| Leandro Morgalla | Loan ended | Red Bull Salzburg | Right-Back | 21 | Germany |
| Lirim Jashari | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Attacking Midfield | 20 | Kosovo/Germany |
| Marcel Sobottka | Undisclosed | Without Club | Defensive Midfield | 32 | Germany |
| Mathis Clairicia | Free | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard | Centre-Forward | 23 | France/Martinique |
| Matus Bero | Undisclosed | Without Club | Central Midfield | 30 | Slovakia |
| Matus Bero | Free | Ferencvárosi TC | Central Midfield | 30 | Slovakia |
| Mikkel Rakneberg | Loan | Odense Boldklub | Left-Back | 24 | Norway |
| Noah Loosli | Undisclosed | Without Club | Centre-Back | 29 | Switzerland |
| Noah Loosli | Free | FC Universitatea Cluj | Centre-Back | 29 | Switzerland |
| Romario Rösch | Free | Preußen Münster | Left Winger | 27 | Germany |
| Romario Rösch | Undisclosed | Without Club | Left Midfield | 27 | Germany |
| Samuel Bamba | Free | CS Marítimo | Right Winger | 22 | Germany/DR Congo |
2025/26
£643k spent · £5.8m received · net profit £5.1mSignings 26
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kjell Wätjen | Loan fee £214k | Borussia Dortmund | Central Midfield | 19 | Germany |
| Leandro Morgalla | Loan fee £171k | Red Bull Salzburg | Right-Back | 20 | Germany |
| Oliver Olsen | £171k | Randers FC | Right-Back | 25 | Denmark |
| Philipp Strompf | £86k | SSV Ulm 1846 | Centre-Back | 27 | Germany |
| Agon Elezi | Loan ended | HNK Gorica | Central Midfield | 24 | North Macedonia/Albania |
| Cajetan Lenz | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Defensive Midfield | 19 | Germany/Switzerland |
| Callum Marshall | Loan | West Ham United | Centre-Forward | 21 | Northern Ireland |
| Colin Kleine-Bekel | Free | Holstein Kiel | Centre-Back | 22 | Germany |
| Daniel Hülsenbusch | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Centre-Back | 20 | Germany |
| Darnell Keumo | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Left-Back | 17 | Germany/Cameroon |
| Farid Alfa-Ruprecht | Loan | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Right Winger | 19 | Germany/Ghana |
| Francis Onyeka | Loan | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Attacking Midfield | 18 | Germany/Nigeria |
| Hugo Rölleke | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Goalkeeper | 20 | Germany |
| Ibrahim Sissoko | Free | AS Saint-Étienne | Centre-Forward | 29 | Mali/France |
| Kacper Koscierski | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Right-Back | 18 | Germany/Poland |
| Kevin Vogt | Free | 1.FC Union Berlin | Centre-Back | 33 | Germany |
| Lirim Jashari | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Kosovo/Germany |
| Lukas Daschner | Loan ended | FC St. Gallen 1879 | Attacking Midfield | 26 | Germany |
| Marcel Sobottka | Undisclosed | Without Club | Defensive Midfield | 31 | Germany |
| Mathis Clairicia | Free | LB Châteauroux | Centre-Forward | 22 | France/Martinique |
| Michael Obafemi | Loan | Burnley FC | Centre-Forward | 25 | Ireland/Nigeria |
| Mikkel Rakneberg | Free | Kristiansund BK | Left-Back | 23 | Norway |
| Moritz-Broni Kwarteng | Loan ended | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Attacking Midfield | 27 | Germany/Ghana |
| Niclas Thiede | Loan ended | SSV Ulm 1846 | Goalkeeper | 26 | Germany |
| Noah Loosli | Loan ended | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Centre-Back | 28 | Switzerland |
| Romario Rösch | Free | SSV Ulm 1846 | Left Midfield | 26 | Germany |
Departures 25
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahima Sissoko | £1.7m | FC Nantes | Defensive Midfield | 28 | Mali/France |
| Tim Oermann | £1.6m | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Centre-Back | 21 | Germany |
| Moritz Broschinski | £1.5m | FC Basel 1893 | Centre-Forward | 24 | Germany |
| Lukas Daschner | £557k | FC St. Gallen 1879 | Attacking Midfield | 26 | Germany |
| Felix Passlack | £171k | Hibernian FC | Right-Back | 27 | Germany |
| Patrick Drewes | £171k | Borussia Dortmund | Goalkeeper | 32 | Germany |
| Agon Elezi | Free | FK Sarajevo | Central Midfield | 24 | North Macedonia/Albania |
| Anthony Losilla | Undisclosed | Defensive Midfield | 39 | France | |
| Bernardo | Free | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Left-Back | 30 | Brazil |
| Colin Kleine-Bekel | Loan | FC St. Gallen 1879 | Centre-Back | 22 | Germany |
| Cristian Gamboa | Undisclosed | Right-Back | 35 | Costa Rica | |
| Dani de Wit | Free | FC Utrecht | Attacking Midfield | 27 | Netherlands |
| Georgios Masouras | Loan ended | Olympiacos Piraeus | Left Winger | 31 | Greece |
| Ivan Ordets | Undisclosed | Without Club | Centre-Back | 32 | Ukraine |
| Jakov Medic | Loan ended | Ajax Amsterdam | Centre-Back | 26 | Croatia |
| Lennart Koerdt | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Attacking Midfield | 20 | Germany |
| Lirim Jashari | Loan | MVV Maastricht | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Kosovo/Germany |
| Mathis Clairicia | Loan | FC Alverca | Centre-Forward | 23 | France/Martinique |
| Michael Obafemi | Loan ended | Burnley FC | Centre-Forward | 25 | Ireland/Nigeria |
| Mohammed Tolba | Undisclosed | Without Club | Centre-Back | 20 | Germany/Egypt |
| Myron Boadu | Loan ended | AS Monaco | Centre-Forward | 24 | Netherlands/Ghana |
| Niklas Jahn | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum II | Defensive Midfield | 20 | Germany |
| Paul Grave | Free | 1.FC Bocholt | Goalkeeper | 24 | Germany |
| Samuel Bamba | Loan | Willem II Tilburg | Right Winger | 21 | Germany/DR Congo |
| Tom Krauß | Loan ended | 1.FSV Mainz 05 | Defensive Midfield | 24 | Germany |
2024/25
£514k spent · £4.1m received · net profit £3.6mSignings 18
| PLAYER | FEE | FROM | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Miyoshi | £343k | Birmingham City | Right Midfield | 27 | Japan |
| Tom Krauß | Loan fee £171k | 1.FSV Mainz 05 | Defensive Midfield | 23 | Germany |
| Aliou Baldé | Loan | OGC Nice | Left Winger | 21 | Guinea/Senegal |
| Dani de Wit | Free | AZ Alkmaar | Attacking Midfield | 26 | Netherlands |
| Georgios Masouras | Loan | Olympiacos Piraeus | Left Winger | 31 | Greece |
| Gerrit Holtmann | Loan ended | SV Darmstadt 98 | Left Winger | 29 | Philippines/Germany |
| Ibrahima Sissoko | Free | RC Strasbourg Alsace | Defensive Midfield | 26 | Mali/France |
| Ivan Ordets | Free | Dynamo Moscow | Centre-Back | 31 | Ukraine |
| Jakov Medic | Loan | Ajax Amsterdam | Centre-Back | 25 | Croatia |
| Jordi Osei-Tutu | Loan ended | PAS Giannina | Right-Back | 25 | England/Ghana |
| Lennart Koerdt | Undisclosed | VfL Bochum U19 | Attacking Midfield | 19 | Germany |
| Mats Pannewig | Loan ended | SC Wiedenbrück | Central Midfield | 19 | Germany |
| Myron Boadu | Loan | AS Monaco | Centre-Forward | 23 | Netherlands/Ghana |
| Niklas Jahn | Free | 1.FC Nuremberg II | Defensive Midfield | 19 | Germany |
| Patrick Drewes | Free | Karlsruher SC | Goalkeeper | 31 | Germany |
| Paul Grave | Loan ended | Wuppertaler SV | Goalkeeper | 23 | Germany |
| Samuel Bamba | Free | Borussia Dortmund II | Right Winger | 20 | Germany/DR Congo |
| Timo Horn | Free | Red Bull Salzburg | Goalkeeper | 31 | Germany |
Departures 20
| PLAYER | FEE | TO | POS | AGE | NATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Osterhage | £4.1m | SC Freiburg | Defensive Midfield | 24 | Germany |
| Agon Elezi | Loan | HNK Gorica | Central Midfield | 23 | North Macedonia/Albania |
| Aliou Baldé | Loan ended | OGC Nice | Left Winger | 22 | Guinea/Senegal |
| Andreas Luthe | Undisclosed | Goalkeeper | 37 | Germany | |
| Christopher Antwi-Adjei | Free | FC Schalke 04 | Left Winger | 30 | Ghana/Germany |
| Danilo Soares | Free | 1.FC Nuremberg | Left-Back | 32 | Brazil/Germany |
| Gonçalo Paciência | Loan ended | Celta de Vigo | Centre-Forward | 29 | Portugal |
| Ivan Ordets | Loan ended | Dynamo Moscow | Centre-Back | 31 | Ukraine |
| Jordi Osei-Tutu | Undisclosed | Bolton Wanderers | Right-Back | 25 | England/Ghana |
| Keven Schlotterbeck | Loan ended | SC Freiburg | Centre-Back | 27 | Germany |
| Kevin Stöger | Free | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Attacking Midfield | 30 | Austria |
| Lukas Daschner | Loan | FC St. Gallen 1879 | Attacking Midfield | 26 | Germany |
| Manuel Riemann | Free | SC Paderborn 07 | Goalkeeper | 36 | Germany |
| Michael Esser | Free | VfR Rauxel 08 | Goalkeeper | 36 | Germany |
| Moritz-Broni Kwarteng | Loan | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Attacking Midfield | 26 | Germany/Ghana |
| Moritz Römling | Free | SV Kapfenberg | Left-Back | 23 | Germany |
| Niclas Thiede | Loan | SSV Ulm 1846 | Goalkeeper | 25 | Germany |
| Noah Loosli | Loan | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Centre-Back | 28 | Switzerland |
| Philipp Förster | Undisclosed | Without Club | Attacking Midfield | 29 | Germany |
| Takuma Asano | Free | RCD Mallorca | Right Winger | 29 | Japan |
Transfers at other clubs
Eintracht Frankfurt1. FC Köln1. FC Union BerlinTSG Hoffenheim1. FC Heidenheim 1846Sport-Club FreiburgVfB StuttgartBayer 04 LeverkusenBorussia MönchengladbachSV Darmstadt 98FC AugsburgVfL WolfsburgBorussia DortmundRB Leipzig1. FSV Mainz 05FC Bayern MünchenSV Werder BremenHertha BerlinJurgen LocadiaLys MoussetBernardoEduard LöwenFelix PasslackGonçalo Paciência
Frequently asked questions
How much have VfL Bochum 1848 spent on transfers?
VfL Bochum 1848 spent £429k on 22 signings in the 2026/27 window.
What is VfL Bochum 1848's net spend?
VfL Bochum 1848 had a net profit of £8.5m, having received £8.9m from 26 sales.
Who is VfL Bochum 1848's most expensive signing?
Michael Steinwender from Heart of Midlothian FC for £429k.