1975–76 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum 1975–76 football season

VfL Bochum

1975–76 season

President

Ottokar Wüst

Head Coach

Stadium

Stadion an der Castroper Straße
(until 19 March 1976)
Schloss Strünkede, Herne
(20 March 1976 – 12 June 1976)
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
(2 April 1976)

Bundesliga

14th

DFB-Pokal

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Josef Kaczor (12)
All: Josef Kaczor (16)

Highest home attendance

45,000 (vs. FC Schalke 04, 2 April 1976)

Lowest home attendance

10,000 (vs. SV Werder Bremen, 9 August 1975; MSV Duisburg, 10 April 1976)

Average home league attendance

20,126

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 1975–76 VfL Bochum season was the 38th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

9 August 1975 1	VfL Bochum	0–3	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		^[1]	Röber 36' Åslund 39' Weist 86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

Bayer 05 Uerdingen v VfL Bochum

16 August 1975 2	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0–0	VfL Bochum	Uerdingen
15:30		^[2]		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 August 1975 3	VfL Bochum	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30		^[3]	Zimmermann 41'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

27 August 1975 4	FC Schalke 04	1–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Fischer 85'	^[4]	Lameck 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

30 August 1975 5	VfL Bochum	5–1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht 53' Köper 56' Eggeling 63' Pochstein 64' Balte 85' (pen.)	^[5]	Hickersberger 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

6 September 1975 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Heynckes 10'	^[6]	Eggeling 69'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

13 September 1975 7	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Köper 39' Balte 57'	^[7]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

19 September 1975 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Toppmöller 47' Diehl 75' (pen.)	^[8]	Kaczor 77'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

27 September 1975 9	VfL Bochum	0–3	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30		^[9]	Ettmayer 38' Sperlich 86' Nogly 88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

4 October 1975 10	MSV Duisburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Dietz 86'	^[10]	Kaczor 55'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

24 October 1975 11	VfL Bochum	2–1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
20:00	Ellbracht 47' Köper 90'	^[11]	Hrubesch 52'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

31 October 1975 12	1. FC Köln	1–0	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Löhr 86'	^[12]		Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manfred Scheffner (Nußloch)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

8 November 1975 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Wenzel 25' Lorenz 48' (pen.) Beverungen 54', 86' Körbel 60' Reichel 84'	^[13]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

15 November 1975 14	VfL Bochum	3–1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold 27' Tenhagen 30' Fromm 75'	^[14]	Kapellmann 80'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

22 November 1975 15	Hertha BSC	4–1	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Kostedde 1', 42' Horr 17' Beer 44'	^[15]	Kaczor 16'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Theo Antz (Wahlen)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

28 November 1975 16	VfL Bochum	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
20:00	Kaczor 57', 72'	^[16]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

6 December 1975 17	Karlsruher SC	2–2	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
15:30	Schäfer 46' Berger 50'	^[17]	Eggeling 20', 84'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

17 January 1976 18	SV Werder Bremen	4–1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Røntved 36', 78' Müllner 49' Röber 65' (pen.)	^[18]	Lameck 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 05 Uerdingen

24 January 1976 19	VfL Bochum	3–0	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht 13', 23' Lameck 61'	^[19]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,150 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

7 February 1976 20	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	VfL Bochum	Rheinstadion
15:30	Mattsson 11', 18' Zimmermann 46'	^[20]	Miß 60'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

2 April 1976 21	VfL Bochum	1–4	FC Schalke 04	Dortmund
20:00	Pochstein 88'	^[21]	Kremers 35' Bongartz 51' Lütkebohmert 71' Fischer 74'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

21 February 1976 22	Kickers Offenbach	1–0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach
15:30	Janzon 10'	^[22]		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 March 1976 23	VfL Bochum	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Köper 48' Kaczor 87'	^[23]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

13 March 1976 24	Hannover 96	4–1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Anders 42' Kaemmer 44' (pen.), 70' Lüttges 83'	^[24]	Anders 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 March 1976 25	VfL Bochum	2–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Herne
15:30	Eggert 11' Lameck 64'	^[25]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

27 March 1976 26	Hamburger SV	5–3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Memering 68' Sperlich 73' Zaczyk 75' Bjørnmose 77' Nogly 90'	^[26]	Eggert 33' Balte 78' Lameck 81'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

10 April 1976 27	VfL Bochum	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Herne
15:30	Gerland 44'	^[27]	Bruckmann 9' Büssers 89'	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

17 April 1976 28	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–0	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Burgsmüller 84'	^[28]		Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

1 May 1976 29	VfL Bochum	1–0	1. FC Köln	Herne
15:30	Kaczor 27'	^[29]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 May 1976 30	VfL Bochum	5–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Herne
15:30	Kaczor 9', 89' Eggeling 48' Lameck 67' (pen.) Eggert 80'	^[30]	Kraus 29' Hölzenbein 40', 78'	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

15 May 1976 31	FC Bayern Munich	4–0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Beckenbauer 33' Künkel 52' Müller 56', 82' (pen.)	^[31]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

29 May 1976 32	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hertha BSC	Herne
15:30	Kaczor 24' Tenhagen 74'	^[32]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

4 June 1976 33	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Kaczor 24'	^[33]	Gersdorff 73'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

12 June 1976 34	VfL Bochum	4–2	Karlsruher SC	Herne
15:30	Kaczor 4' Eggeling 26' Eggert 51' Pochstein 81'	^[34]	Niedermayer 61' Struth 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

DFB-Pokal

SpVgg Erkenschwick v VfL Bochum

1 August 1975 R1	SpVgg Erkenschwick	2–3	VfL Bochum	Oer-Erkenschwick
	Tenbrink 31' Walter 84'	^[35]	Balte 12', 59' Kaczor 13'	Stadium: Stimbergstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Bonn)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

18 October 1975 R2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0–2	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
		^[36]	Kaczor 55', 61'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

13 December 1975 R3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–4 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
	Geye 28' Allofs 55' Seel 62' Kriegler 117'	^[37]	Köper 6', 47' Kaczor 9' Gerland 92'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

17 December 1975 R3 Replay	VfL Bochum	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
	Eggeling 30'	^[38]	Zimmermann 73' Herzog 102' Seel 105'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

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	31	5	27	3	4	2
	DF	FRG	Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	38	7	34	6	4	1
	DF	FRG	Michael Eggert	36	4	32	4	4	0
	FW	FRG	Harry Ellbracht	15	4	15	4	0	0
	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Euteneuer	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Franke	14	0	14	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm	34	1	30	1	4	0
	DF	FRG	Hermann Gerland	29	2	25	1	4	1
	FW	FRG	Josef Kaczor	31	16	27	12	4	4
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	38	6	34	4	4	2
	FW	FRG	Peter Kursinski	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Lameck	38	6	34	6	4	0
	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Erich Miß	20	1	18	1	2	0
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Pochstein	35	3	31	3	4	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	38	0	34	0	4	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	38	2	34	2	4	0
	MF	FRG	Holger Trimhold	13	1	12	1	1	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	15	0	13	0	2	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	Harry Ellbracht (form SSV Hagen)
—	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Euteneuer (form VfL Bochum II)
—	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager (form BSV Schwenningen)
—	DF	FRG	Erich Miß (form Wuppertaler SV)
—	MF	FRG	Holger Trimhold (form Schwarz-Weiss Essen)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Bradler (to SC Westfalia Herne)
—	DF	FRG	Harry Fechner (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken)
—	DF	FRG	Harry Fechner (on loan to DJK Gütersloh, previously on loan at 1. FC Saarbrücken)
—	DF	FRG	Erwin Galeski (to Vorwärts Herne)
—	MF	FRG	Paul Holz (to Hannover 96)
—	MF	FRG	Gisbert Horsthemke (to SpVgg Erkenschwick)

Sources

^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 05 Uerdingen – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 5:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 6:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 05 Uerdingen 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:4" (in German). kicker.
^ "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 5:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Spielstatistik SpVgg Erkenschwick gegen VfL Bochum 2:3 (1:2)" [Match statistic SpVgg Erkenschwick vs. VfL Bochum 2–3 (1–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
^ "Spielstatistik Bayer Leverkusen gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Leverkusen vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
^ "Spielstatistik Fortuna Düsseldorf gegen VfL Bochum 4:4 n.V." [Match statistic Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. VfL Bochum 4–4 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
^ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:3 n.V." [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–3 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.