1997–98 VfL Bochum season

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

VfL Bochum

1997–98 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Klaus Toppmöller
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
DFB-Ligapokal	First round
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Peschel (6) All: Peschel, Wosz, Yuran (all 7)
Highest home attendance	31,500 (vs FC Schalke 04, 4 April 1998)
Lowest home attendance	20,091 (vs VfL Wolfsburg, 20 September 1997)
Average home league attendance	26,698
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

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)

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 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Trabzonspor

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)

Club Brugge KV v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Club Brugge KV

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)

AFC Ajax v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v AFC Ajax

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

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	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

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

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

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  GER Christian Herrmann (retired) 13 DF  GER Max Eberl (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 18 FW  GER Roland Wohlfarth (to VfB Leipzig) 19 DF  GER Mathias Jack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) 23 MF  CRO Filip Tapalović (to FC Schalke 04) 24 MF  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. "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)