He most recently worked in Denmark
Second division club VfL Bochum announces new coaches
Updated on 02.10.2025 – 6:17 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The troubled Ruhrpott Club has found a successor to Dieter Hecking. He is no stranger to German professional football.
The former Düsseldorf Bundesliga coach Uwe Rösler takes over the position of head coach at the second division club VfL Bochum. The club announced this on Thursday evening.
The 56 -year -old Rösler, who knows the Bundesliga and the 2nd league as a player and as a coach, was recently employed by the Danish club Aarhus GF for three years. The cooperation ended at the end of last season. At VfL, the former striker now receives a contract until 2027.
“We are pleased that with Uwe Rösler we found an extremely experienced trainer who also left his mark internationally and experienced a lot. “We hope that he manages to give the team the necessary stability in order to get into calmer table regions as quickly as possible.”
Rösler is quoted in the first statement of the association: “I am sure that I will take over an absolutely intact team and I am already looking forward to the challenge at a great club that I have always perceived as extraordinary during my entire career.”
From 2020 to 2021, Rösler was under contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf as the successor to Friedhelm Funkel, but was unable to prevent the relegation from the Bundesliga and left the club a year later.
After the separation from Dieter Hecking, the VfL Bochum team was looked after by interim coach David Sieber. This is sitting on the bench in the game at the 1st FC Kaiserslautern on Saturday before returning to the U19 Bochum. From Monday, Rösler will take over. He should officially be presented at a press conference at the start of the week.