VfL AstroStars Bochum
sports club
VfL AstroStars Bochum, for sponsorship reasons named VfL SparkassenStars Bochum, is a professional basketball club based in Bochum, Germany. Since the 2022/23 season, the club competes in the second tier ProA league.
VfL AstroStars Bochum is a departmental club of VfL Bochum.
At the end of 2016, it was the sixth largest German basketball club with 555 active players.
History
Formed in 2011, it is the successor club of VfL Bochum BG and was formed by its merger with BG Südpark Bochum. The club took over the licenses of its predecessor clubs on July 1, 2012, and has been competing since the 2012/2013 season.
Since the 2017/18 season, the club's 1st team has played under the name VfL SparkassenStars Bochum.
During the 2022/23 ProA season, under head coach Felix Banobre, Bochum fared well. Their top players included Hendrik Drescher, Jalen Bradey and others. Bochum defeated Tübingen twice during Tübingen's promotion season.
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