VFL Bochum: Extended Travel, Increased Matches with NRW Opponents - Entirety of Away Journeys Detailed
Journey Ahead for Bochum Fans: Traveling Miles in the Upcoming 2. Bundesliga Season
With VfL Bochum relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, the journey for fans changes. Instead of cheering for FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, or Eintracht Frankfurt, they'll experience thrilling matches at stadiums like the VELTINS-Arena against FC Schalke 04 and the Berlin Olympic Stadium, seating 75,000 spectators.
To keep up with all the action, Bochum fans might have to cover some ground. Counting driving routes from Ruhrstadion to each away team's stadium, they're looking at a total of 10,286 kilometers, averaging 605 kilometers for each match.
So, who's the furthest away? That honor belongs to Dynamo Dresden, with a round-trip of 1,078 kilometers. Other long journeys include trips to Hertha BSC (1,006 kilometers) and 1. FC Nuremberg (990 kilometers).
On the brighter side, some trips will be much shorter, like the 20-kilometer jaunt to face Schalke. Berlin offers the smallest stadium in the league, while SV Elversberg hosts the fewest spectators, around 10,000. Let's hope the atmosphere makes up for the intimacy!
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Here's a list of driving distances for all away games in the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga season:
- FC Schalke 04 (VELTINS-Arena): 48 kilometers
- Fortuna Düsseldorf (MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA): 100 kilometers
- Preußen Münster (LVM-Preußenstadion): 158 kilometers
- SC Paderborn (Home Deluxe Arena): 238 kilometers
- Arminia Bielefeld (SchucoArena): 270 kilometers
- Darmstadt 98 (Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor): 548 kilometers
- Eintracht Braunschweig (EINTRACHT-Stadion): 588 kilometers
- SV Elversberg (Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde): 632 kilometers
- Hannover 96 (Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena): 648 kilometers
- FC Kaiserslautern (Fritz-Walter-Stadion): 650 kilometers
- Karlsruher SC (BBBank Wildpark): 746 kilometers
- FC Magdeburg (Avnet-Arena): 752 kilometers
- Holstein Kiel (Holstein-Stadion): 894 kilometers
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth (Sportpark Ronhof): 940 kilometers
- FC Nuremberg (Max-Morlock-Stadion): 990 kilometers
- Hertha BSC (Olympiastadion): 1006 kilometers
- Dynamo Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion): 1078 kilometers
Stay tuned for an exciting season of football!
During the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga season, Bochum fans will travel to watch their team play at various stadiums across Europe, such as FC Schalke 04's VELTINS-Arena, the Berlin Olympic Stadium, and Dynamo Dresden's Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion. The total driving distance for all away games is approximately 10,286 kilometers, with Dynamo Dresden being the furthest away, requiring a round-trip of 1,078 kilometers.
