| Club: | VfL Bochum |
| Season: | 1985–86 |
| Chairman: | Ottokar Wüst |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Rolf Schafstall |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Stadium: | Ruhrstadion |
| League: | Bundesliga |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Kuntz (22) |
| Season Topscorer: | Kuntz (22) |
| Highest Attendance: | 35,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 2 November 1985) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,000 (vs Hannover 96, 11 April 1986) |
| Average Attendance: | 14,765 |
| Pattern La1: | _whitelines |
| Pattern B1: | _2_white_lines_and_double_V_collar |
| Pattern Ra1: | _whitelines |
| Leftarm1: | 74ADF2 |
| Body1: | 74ADF2 |
| Rightarm1: | 74ADF2 |
| Shorts1: | 74ADF2 |
| Socks1: | 74ADF2 |
| Pattern La2: | _whitelines |
| Pattern B2: | _2_white_lines_and_double_V_collar |
| Pattern Ra2: | _whitelines |
| Leftarm2: | 171B4A |
| Body2: | 171B4A |
| Rightarm2: | 171B4A |
| Shorts2: | 171B4A |
| Socks2: | 171B4A |
| Pattern B3: | _whitehalf2 |
| Leftarm3: | FFFFFF |
| Body3: | 74ADF2 |
| Rightarm3: | 74ADF2 |
| Shorts3: | FFFFFF |
| Socks3: | FFFFFF |
| Prevseason: | 1984–85 |
| Nextseason: | 1986–87 |
The 1985–86 VfL Bochum season was the 48th season in club history.
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