VfL Bochum II

VfL Bochum 1848 FG e. V. II
Full name Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum
1848 Fußballgemeinschaft eingetragener Verein II
Ground Lohrheide-Stadion
(Capacity: 16,233)
Head coach Iraklis Metaxas
League Regionalliga West (IV)
2010–11 14th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

VfL Bochum II (also known as VfL Bochum Amateure or VfL Bochum U-23) is the second team of German football club VfL Bochum.

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Overview

The team is intended to be the final step between Bochum's youth setup and the first team, and is usually made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 23, with a few veteran players drafted in to provide experience.

Stadium

Since the 2008–09 season VfL Bochum II play at the Lohrheide-Stadion in Bochum-Wattenscheid.

Players

Current squad

As of August 19, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Markus Scholz
2 DF Christoph Caspari
3 DF Fabian Götze
4 DF Christian Kalina
5 MF Christian Mengert
6 MF Oliver Zech
7 MF Philip Semlits
8 DF Julian Wolff
9 MF Kevin Freiberger
10 FW Cebio Soukou
No. Position Player
11 FW Laurenz Wassinger
12 GK Daniel Heuer-Fernandes
13 DF Nurdin Hrustić
15 DF Stefan Schattauer
16 FW Hans Kyei
17 DF Jannik Stevens
18 MF Lukas Opiola
19 DF Marcel Thomas
20 MF Abdessamad Fachat
23 MF Ridvan Avci

Coaches

Current staff

As of August 19, 2011

Iraklis Metaxas Head coach
Thomas Reis Assistant coach
Christian Maly Goalkeeping coach

Coaches since 1994

1994-07-01 2001-06-30 Bernard Dietz
2001-07-01 2006-04-06 Manfred Wölpper
2006-04-07 2006-06-30 Jürgen Heipertz
2006-07-01 2006-12-31 Sascha Lewandowski
2007-01-01 2011-06-30 Nicolas Michaty
2011-07-01 Iraklis Metaxas

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