The Bochum Sports Club has its roots in 1848 and is one of the oldest sports organizations in the World. Initially, Bochum positioned itself as a gymnastic club, but over time it included other sports, among which was football.

The Bochum Sports Club acquired a football team in 1911, but prior to the outbreak of World War II, at the covenant of the Nazi government, it teamed up several times with rival clubs to create a single powerful urban team, which was fully formed in 1938 as a result of the merger of Bochum with Thurnverein 1848, TaS 08 and Germany 1906.

In wartime, most of the "unbeatable" players were sent to the front, which slowed down the development of the team. After the war, Bochum wandered through the lower divisions of Germany and even flew out to the amateur leagues. In the 1970/71 season, the Ruhr club became the champion of the Western Regional League and in the playoffs achieved the right to play in the First Bundesliga, beating Tasmania in the decisive match with a score of 4: 2.

The most famous Ruhr derby is considered the confrontation between Dortmund Borussia and Schalke, but for true fans of Bochum, the small Ruhr derbies are of more importance, where their modest club selflessly fights its eminent neighbors. 

For most of its history, Bochum has always been in the shadow of the more titled Ruhr clubs Borussia D and Schalke, but this has never taken away from the team the desire to fight and the desire to be among the elite of German football. In total, Bochum spent 34 seasons in the Bundesliga and deservedly received the proud nickname "Unbreakable".

The two most successful championships, in which Bochum ranked fifth, gave the club the opportunity to show themselves on the European stage. In their debut 1997/98 season, the unbeatable reached the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League), overcoming Trabzonspor and Bruges on their way. By the way, in both confrontations, the Germans were inferior in the first matches, but in return confrontations at home they made comebacks. Ajax became a stumbling block for Bochum. The Ruhr team was again defeated on the road, but this time they were unable to recoup and left the tournament.

The title of the most productive player of the team in the entire history was awarded to the striker Uwe Wegmann. The forward played for Bochum from 1989 to 1995, scoring 79 goals in 261 matches during this period.

The record holder for the number of games for the Ruhr club is midfielder Michael Lamek, who in 15 seasons played 563 matches in Bochum uniform in all tournaments (1972 - 1978).