1973–74 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum 1973–74 football season

VfL Bochum

1973–74 season

President

Ottokar Wüst

Head Coach

Heinz Höher

Stadium

Stadion an der Castroper Straße

Bundesliga

14th

DFB-Pokal

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Hans Walitza (13)
All: Hans Walitza (14)

Highest home attendance

32,000 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 3 November 1973)

Lowest home attendance

6,000 (vs Kickers Offenbach, 24 November 1973)

Average home league attendance

17,853

Home colours

Away colours

← 1972–73

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The 1973–74 VfL Bochum season was the 36th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Wuppertaler SV Borussia

11 August 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2–1	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 3' Balte 24' (pen.)	^[1]^[2]	Pröpper 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

17 August 1973 2	FC Schalke 04	3–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Kremers 10' Holz 33' Beverungen 69'	^[3]^[4]	Versen 36'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

22 August 1973 3	VfL Bochum	0–0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00		^[5]^[6]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

25 August 1973 4	Hannover 96	1–2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Siemensmeyer 64' (pen.)	^[7]^[8]	Walitza 3' Etterich 48'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1973 5	VfL Bochum	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:00	Walitza 51'	^[9]^[10]	Körbel 76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

8 September 1973 6	1. FC Köln	2–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Flohe 34' Weber 67'	^[11]^[12]	Balte 69' (pen.) Eggert 74'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

15 September 1973 7	VfL Bochum	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Balte 23', 75' Walitza 80'	^[13]^[14]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

21 September 1973 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00		^[15]^[16]	Tenhagen 3' Walitza 68'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Dieter Wohlfarth (Bergen-Enkheim)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

29 September 1973 9	VfL Bochum	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30		^[17]^[18]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

6 October 1973 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye 28'	^[19]^[20]	Etterich 23'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

17 October 1973 11	Hamburger SV	5–0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Bjørnmose 6' Zaczyk 38' Heese 44' Winkler 72' Nogly 88'	^[21]^[22]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

24 November 1973 12	VfL Bochum	4–1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Versen 20' Fromm 22' Eggeling 37' Balte 38'	^[23]^[24]	Kostedde 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

27 October 1973 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen 21' Heynckes 24'	^[25]^[26]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

3 November 1973 14	VfL Bochum	0–1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		^[27]^[28]	Hoeneß 20'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

Fortuna Köln v VfL Bochum

10 November 1973 15	Fortuna Köln	2–2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Zimmermann 56' Glock 71'	^[29]^[30]	Tenhagen 18' Walitza 39'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

17 November 1973 16	VfL Bochum	1–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen 11'	^[31]^[32]	Fürhoff 7' Lippens 36'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

11 December 1973 17	Hertha BSC	4–2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
20:00	Horr 12', 30' Müller 20' Gutzeit 48'	^[33]^[34]	Balte 40' Walitza 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Wuppertaler SV Borussia v VfL Bochum

5 January 1974 18	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2–0	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Kohle 39' (pen.) Pröpper 76'	^[35]^[36]		Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

12 January 1974 19	VfL Bochum	2–5	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Majgl 81', 88'	^[37]^[38]	Abramczik 4' Fischer 17', 50' (pen.) Holz 38' Kremers 78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

19 January 1974 20	SV Werder Bremen	1–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Höttges 36' (pen.)	^[39]^[40]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

26 January 1974 21	VfL Bochum	3–1	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Balte 29' Fechner 58' Majgl 81'	^[41]^[42]	Galeski 40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

2 February 1974 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Körbel 15' Grabowski 58' (pen.) Kalb 64'	^[43]^[44]	Balte 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

9 February 1974 23	VfL Bochum	0–2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		^[45]^[46]	Löhr 27' Müller 65'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

2 March 1974 24	MSV Duisburg	0–0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		^[47]^[48]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 March 1974 25	VfL Bochum	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Eggert 64' Fromm 88'	^[49]^[50]	Wilhelmi 62' Sandberg 76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ottmar Nützel (Neustadt an der Aisch)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

16 March 1974 26	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Stickel 75' Handschuh 81'	^[51]^[52]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 March 1974 27	VfL Bochum	3–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Lameck 1' Balte 55' Walitza 71'	^[53]^[54]	Köhnen 16' Herzog 40' Budde 78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

30 March 1974 28	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Lameck 43' Majgl 83'	^[55]^[56]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

6 April 1974 29	Kickers Offenbach	2–2	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
15:30	Kostedde 59' Schäfer 82'	^[57]^[58]	Etterich 19' Walitza 66'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 April 1974 30	VfL Bochum	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 56'	^[59]^[60]	Rupp 28'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

27 April 1974 31	FC Bayern Munich	4–0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Roth 4' Müller 17' Hoeneß 37' Zobel 52'	^[61]^[62]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Köln

4 May 1974 32	VfL Bochum	2–0	Fortuna Köln	Bochum
15:30	Balte 20' Walitza 80'	^[63]^[64]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

11 May 1974 33	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Lippens 36' Bast 40' (pen.)	^[65]^[66]	Tenhagen 35' Balte 76'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

18 May 1974 34	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 39', 52'	^[67]^[68]	Horr 87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

1 December 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2–2 (a.e.t.)	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
14:30	Versen 12' Laufer 16'	^[69]	Höttges 50' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

5 December 1973 1 Replay	SV Werder Bremen	2–1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
19:30	Zembski 2' Erkenbrecher 32'	^[70]	Walitza 37'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Heinz Nickel (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	FRG	Werner Balte	36	11	34	11	2	0
	GK	FRG	Harry Bohrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Peter Bomm	3	0	2	0	1	0
	GK	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Bradler	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	7	0	5	0	2	0
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	33	1	31	1	2	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Eggert	26	2	25	2	1	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Günter Etterich	22	3	21	3	1	0
	DF	FRG	Harry Fechner	31	1	29	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm	18	2	16	2	2	0
	DF	FRG	Erwin Galeski	30	0	30	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Hermann Gerland	13	0	13	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Lameck	36	2	34	2	2	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Laufer	22	1	20	0	2	1
	FW	FRG	Reinhard Majgl	16	4	16	4	0	0
	MF	GRE	Fotios Papadopoulos	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Rainer Pommerin	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	35	0	33	0	2	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	36	4	34	4	2	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	36	3	34	2	2	1
	FW	FRG	Hans Walitza	33	14	31	13	2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling (form VfL Bochum youth)
—	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm (form RW Unna)
—	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen (form Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRG	Heinz-Jürgen Blome (to VfL Witten)
—	FW	FRG	Hans-Werner Hartl (to Borussia Dortmund)
—	MF	FRG	Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier (to SC Westfalia Herne)
—	MF	FRG	Werner Krämer (retired)
—	DF	FRG	Manfred Rüsing (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
—	DF	FRG	Reinhold Wosab (to Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid)

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GRE	Fotios Papadopoulos (form VfL Bochum II)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

References

^ "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV, 11.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum, 17.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen, 22.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum, 25.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt, 31.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum, 08.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg, 15.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum, 21.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart, 29.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum, 06.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum, 17.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach, 24.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum, 27.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München, 03.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Fortuna Köln – VfL Bochum, 10.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Fortuna Köln – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiß Essen, 17.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen] 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC Berlin – VfL Bochum, 11.12.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum, 05.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Schalke 04, 12.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:5" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum, 19.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96, 26.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum, 02.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln, 09.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum, 02.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 09.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum, 16.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf, 23.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV, 30.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum, 06.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 20.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum, 27.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Köln, 04.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Köln 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Rot-Weiß Essen – VfL Bochum, 11.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC Berlin, 18.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC – 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.