1997–98 VfL Bochum season

The 1997–98 VfL Bochum season was the 60th season in club history.

VfL Bochum
1997–98 season
PresidentWerner Altegoer
Head CoachKlaus Toppmöller
StadiumRuhrstadion
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
DFB-LigapokalFirst round
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Peschel (6)
All: Peschel, Wosz, Yuran (all 7)
Highest home attendance31,500 (vs FC Schalke 04, 4 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance20,091 (vs VfL Wolfsburg, 20 September 1997)
Average home league attendance26,698

Review and events edit

Matches edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga edit

2 August 1997 1 VfL Bochum 1 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
15:30 Wosz   80' [1] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 28,349
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
5 August 1997 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 – 2 VfL Bochum Leverkusen
20:00 Kirsten   60'
Meijer   69'
Ramelow   84'
[2] Yuran   37'
Dickhaut   83'
Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
8 August 1997 3 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 MSV Duisburg Bochum
20:00 [3] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 27,005
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
23 August 1997 4 Borussia Dortmund 5 – 2 VfL Bochum Dortmund
15:30 Heinrich   7'
Herrlich   25'
Möller   37', 90'
Chapuisat   51'
[4] Wosz   18'
Peschel   64'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)
29 August 1997 5 VfL Bochum 1 – 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bochum
20:00 Stickroth   68' (pen.) [5] Kuka   19', 90'
Marschall   72'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 28,600
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
13 September 1997 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 – 1 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
15:30 Effenberg   78'
Juskowiak   79'
[6] Sundermann   15' Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
20 September 1997 7 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
15:30 Hutwelker   15', 24' [7] Präger   50' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 20,091
Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)
27 September 1997 8 Hamburger SV 2 – 1 VfL Bochum Hamburg
15:30 Spörl   52'
Zeyer   77'
[8] Hofmann   61' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 37,824
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
4 October 1997 9 VfL Bochum 2 – 3 FC Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 Gülünoğlu   17'
Yuran   64'
[9] Basler   24', 35'
Zickler   56'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,222
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
14 October 1997 10 Hertha BSC 2 – 2 VfL Bochum Berlin
20:00 Mazingu-Dinzey   26'
van Burik   63'
[10] Karl   39' (o.g.)
Wosz   53'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 36,746
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
17 October 1997 11 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 1. FC Köln Bochum
20:00 Wosz   27'
Wałdoch   90'
[11] Thiam   66' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,675
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
24 October 1997 12 FC Schalke 04 2 – 0 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
20:00 Wilmots   69'
Goossens   76'
[12] Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 47,640
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
1 November 1997 13 FC Hansa Rostock 2 – 2 VfL Bochum Rostock
15:30 Barbarez   19'
Mičevski   75'
[13] Donkov   52'
Peschel   59'
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
9 November 1997 14 VfL Bochum 0 – 2 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
18:00 [14] Akpoborie   74'
Balakov   89'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,039
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)
18 November 1997 15 Karlsruher SC 1 – 1 VfL Bochum Karlsruhe
19:30 Nyarko   64' [15] Donkov   90' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
21 November 1997 16 VfL Bochum 0 – 1 SV Werder Bremen Bochum
20:00 [16] Brand   66' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 22,605
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
29 November 1997 17 TSV 1860 Munich 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 [17] Peschel   5'
Reis   15'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 24,700
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)
6 December 1997 18 Arminia Bielefeld 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Bielefeld
15:30 [18] Mamić   70'
Wosz   86'
Stadium: Alm
Attendance: 18,441
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
14 December 1997 19 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bochum
18:00 [19] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 22,009
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
20 December 1997 20 MSV Duisburg 2 – 0 VfL Bochum Duisburg
15:30 Salou   49', 70' [20] Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 13,327
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
30 January 1998 21 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
20:00 Donkov   3'
Peschel   66'
[21] Decheiver   81' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
6 February 1998 22 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Kaiserslautern
20:00 Wagner   32'
Rische   45', 82'
[22] Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
14 February 1998 23 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
15:30 Dickhaut   45'
Andersson   48' (o.g.)
Peschel   77'
[23] Pettersson   27' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 30,006
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
28 February 1998 24 VfL Wolfsburg 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Wolfsburg
15:30 [24] Hofmann   16'
Bałuszyński   80'
Stadium: VfL-Stadion
Attendance: 16,122
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
6 March 1998 25 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Hamburger SV Bochum
20:00 [25] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
14 March 1998 26 FC Bayern Munich 0 – 0 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 [26] Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
29 April 1998 27 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 Hertha BSC Bochum
20:00 Yuran   10', 57' [27] Thom   71' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
29 March 1998 28 1. FC Köln 2 – 1 VfL Bochum Cologne
18:00 Polster   30', 49' [28] Dickhaut   51' Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)
4 April 1998 29 VfL Bochum 3 – 0 FC Schalke 04 Bochum
15:30 Michalke   44'
Baştürk   74'
Mamić   87'
[29] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
9 April 1998 30 VfL Bochum 1 – 3 FC Hansa Rostock Bochum
20:00 Mamić   74' [30] Dowe   54', 60'
Pamić   90'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,122
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)
19 April 1998 31 VfB Stuttgart 2 – 0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
18:00 Bobic   20'
Balakov   90' (pen.)
[31] Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
25 April 1998 32 VfL Bochum 3 – 3 Karlsruher SC Bochum
15:30 Michalke   9', 58', 87' [32] Keller   16'
Häßler   43'
Gilewicz   74'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 25,110
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
2 May 1998 33 SV Werder Bremen 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 Maksymov   80' [33] Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 35,769
Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
9 May 1998 34 VfL Bochum 1 – 0 TSV 1860 Munich Bochum
15:30 Ouakili   38' (o.g.) [34] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

DFB-Pokal edit

15 August 1997 R1 Hamburger SV II 2 – 3 VfL Bochum Hamburg
19:30 Reincke   25'
Poškus   72'
[35] Kracht   19'
Stickroth   51' (pen.)
Wosz   74'
Stadium: Wolfgang-Meyer-Sportanlage
Attendance: 1,225
Referee: Carsten Kadach (Suderburg)
23 September 1997 R2 MSV Duisburg 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Duisburg
19:30 Hirsch   31' [36] Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 11,870
Referee: Peter Müller (Dresden)

DFB-Ligapokal edit

20 July 1997 R1 Borussia Dortmund 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Koblenz
20:30 Chapuisat   89' (pen.) [37] Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)

UEFA Cup edit

16 September 1997 R1 1st leg Trabzonspor   2 – 1 VfL Bochum Trabzon
19:00 Hami   22' (pen.)
Çetin   45'
[38][39] Bałuszyński   1' (pen.) Stadium: Avni Aker Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
30 September 1997 R1 2nd leg VfL Bochum 5 – 3
(6 – 5 agg.)
  Trabzonspor Bochum
20:30 Stickroth   22'
Yuran   44', 51'
Dickhaut   60'
Peschel   68'
[38][40] Missé-Missé   31'
Ogün   73'
Osman   78'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
21 October 1997 R2 1st leg Club Brugge KV   1 – 0 VfL Bochum Bruges
19:00 Jbari   80' [38][41] Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
6 November 1997 R2 2nd leg VfL Bochum 4 – 1
(4 – 2 agg.)
  Club Brugge KV Bochum
18:00 Donkov   12' (pen.), 57'
Yuran   83'
Wosz   90'
[38][42] Jbari   37' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 23,900
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
25 November 1997 R3 1st leg AFC Ajax   4 – 2 VfL Bochum Amsterdam
20:45 Laudrup   34', 36'
Arveladze   38'
F. de Boer   45'
[38][43] Reis   20'
Wałdoch   24'
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
11 December 1997 R3 2nd leg VfL Bochum 2 – 2
(4 – 6 agg.)
  AFC Ajax Bochum
20:30 Hofmann   59'
Mamić   70'
[38][44] Arveladze   51'
Dani   73'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Squad edit

Squad and statistics edit

Squad, appearances and goals scored edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   GER Uwe Gospodarek 24 0 16 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
2 DF   GER Thomas Stickroth 13 3 9 1 1 1 1 0 2 1
3 DF   GER Torsten Kracht 37 1 28 0 2 1 1 0 6 0
4 DF   GER Mirko Dickhaut 38 4 30 3 1 0 1 0 6 1
5 DF   POL Tomasz Wałdoch 33 2 27 1 2 0 0 0 4 1
6 MF   GER Peter Közle 17 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
7 MF   GER Kai Michalke 30 4 26 4 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF   GER Peter Peschel 31 7 24 6 1 0 1 0 5 1
9 FW   POL Henryk Bałuszyński 18 2 12 1 2 0 0 0 4 1
10 MF   GER Dariusz Wosz 42 7 33 5 2 1 1 0 6 1
11 FW   BUL Georgi Donkov 28 5 23 3 0 0 1 0 4 2
12 MF   TUR Yıldıray Baştürk 18 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 MF   GER Norbert Hofmann 36 3 31 2 0 0 1 0 4 1
14 DF   GER Karsten Hutwelker 15 2 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0
15 FW   GER Danny Winkler 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   GER Mirko Reichel 14 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
17 MF   GER Olaf Schreiber 35 1 27 1 2 0 1 0 5 0
18 FW   RSA Delron Buckley 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   GER Axel Sundermann 29 1 23 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
20 MF   CRO Zoran Mamić 26 4 22 3 1 0 0 0 3 1
21 GK   GER Thomas Ernst 19 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF   GER Thomas Reis 31 2 23 1 2 0 1 0 5 1
23 FW   RUS Sergei Yuran 28 7 23 4 1 0 0 0 4 3
24 FW   TUR Neşat Gülünoğlu 17 1 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
29 DF   GER Frank Fahrenhorst 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK   GER Stefan Wächter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers edit

Summer edit

Sources edit

  1. ^ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  2. ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  4. ^ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
  5. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:3" (in German). kicker.
  6. ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  7. ^ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  8. ^ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  9. ^ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 2:3" (in German). kicker.
  10. ^ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  11. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  12. ^ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  13. ^ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  14. ^ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  15. ^ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  16. ^ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  17. ^ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  18. ^ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  22. ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  23. ^ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  24. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  25. ^ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  26. ^ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  27. ^ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  28. ^ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  29. ^ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  30. ^ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:3" (in German). kicker.
  31. ^ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  32. ^ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  33. ^ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  34. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  35. ^ "Hamburger SV II - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
  36. ^ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  37. ^ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  38. ^ a b c d e f "The UEFA Cup 1997/98 - VfL Bochum (GER)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  39. ^ "Trabzonspor-Bochum". UEFA.
  40. ^ "Bochum-Trabzonspor". UEFA.
  41. ^ "Club Brugge-Bochum". UEFA.
  42. ^ "Bochum-Club Brugge". UEFA.
  43. ^ "Ajax-Bochum". UEFA.
  44. ^ "Bochum-Ajax". UEFA.

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