1997–98 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum 1997–98 football season
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
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld
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)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg
8 August 1997 3 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 MSV Duisburg Bochum
20:00 [3] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 27,005
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
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)
VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg
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)
Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich
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)
Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln
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)
FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum
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)
FC Hansa Rostock v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart
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)
Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen
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)
TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum
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)
Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen
14 December 1997 19 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bochum
18:00 [19] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 22,009
Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)
MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund
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)
1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach
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)
VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV
6 March 1998 25 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Hamburger SV Bochum
20:00 [25] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum
14 March 1998 26 FC Bayern Munich 0 – 0 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 [26] Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC
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)
1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04
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)
VfL Bochum v FC Hansa Rostock
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)
VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC
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)
SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum
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)
VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich
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

Hamburger SV II v VfL Bochum
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)
MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum
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

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum
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

Trabzonspor Turkey v VfL Bochum
16 September 1997 R1 1st leg Trabzonspor Turkey 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)
VfL Bochum v Turkey Trabzonspor
30 September 1997 R1 2nd leg VfL Bochum 5 – 3
(6 – 5 agg.)		 Turkey 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)
Club Brugge KV Belgium v VfL Bochum
21 October 1997 R2 1st leg Club Brugge KV Belgium 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Bruges
19:00 Jbari 80' [38][41] Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
VfL Bochum v Belgium Club Brugge KV
6 November 1997 R2 2nd leg VfL Bochum 4 – 1
(4 – 2 agg.)		 Belgium 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)
AFC Ajax Netherlands v VfL Bochum
25 November 1997 R3 1st leg AFC Ajax Netherlands 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)
VfL Bochum v Netherlands AFC Ajax
11 December 1997 R3 2nd leg VfL Bochum 2 – 2
(4 – 6 agg.)		 Netherlands 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

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

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

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Germany GER Mirko Dickhaut (from Eintracht Frankfurt)
12 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (from SG Wattenscheid 09)
13 MF Germany GER Norbert Hofmann (from SV Waldhof Mannheim)
16 MF Germany GER Mirko Reichel (from SV Waldhof Mannheim)
19 DF Germany GER Axel Sundermann (from SC Freiburg)
23 FW Russia RUS Sergei Yuran (from Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Germany GER Christian Herrmann (retired)
13 DF Germany GER Max Eberl (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
18 FW Germany GER Roland Wohlfarth (to VfB Leipzig)
19 DF Germany GER Mathias Jack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
23 MF Croatia CRO Filip Tapalović (to FC Schalke 04)
24 MF Iceland ISL Þórður Guðjónsson (to K.R.C. Genk)

Sources

  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.

External links

  • 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
  • 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
  • 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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