1996–97 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1996–97 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Klaus Toppmöller
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Donkov (10) All: Donkov (10)
Highest home attendance	36,344 (vs Borussia Dortmund, 4 October 1996; vs FC Bayern Munich, 22 February 1997)
Lowest home attendance	20,498 (vs Karlsruher SC, 7 September 1996)
Average home league attendance	28,484
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 VfL Bochum season was the 59th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Bundesliga

1 17 August 1996	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Közle  31'	[1]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,142 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

2 21 August 1996	FC Bayern Munich	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
19:30	Rizzitelli  52'	[2]	Peschel  73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

3 24 August 1996	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30	Jack  65'	[3]	Molata  58'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,117 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

4 27 August 1996	FC Schalke 04	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Thon  2'	[4]	Donkov  87'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 33,230 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

5 7 September 1996	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
15:30	Donkov  32' Wosz  72', 82'	[5]	Häßler  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,498 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

6 13 September 1996	SV Werder Bremen	5 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Bode  17' Herzog  32' Labbadia  38', 56', 67'	[6]	Hutwelker  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 27,900 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

7 21 September 1996	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Bałuszyński  17' Mamić  67' Michalke  90'	[7]	Breitenreiter  76'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,135 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

8 27 September 1996	1. FC Köln	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Vlădoiu  56' Oliseh  76' (pen.)	[8]		Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

9 4 October 1996	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:00	Wałdoch  63'	[9]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 36,344 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

10 13 October 1996	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
18:00	Seeliger  18' Glavaš  21' (pen.)	[10]	Közle  50', 75'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

11 18 October 1996	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
20:00	Guðjónsson  61' Reis  66'	[11]	Winkler  25' Walker  66'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,442 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)

12 27 October 1996	SC Freiburg	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
18:00		[12]	Peschel  9'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

13 1 November 1996	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
20:00	Peschel  58'	[13]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,712 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 16 November 1996	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Élber  15' Hagner  24' Poschner  30'	[14]	Közle  20'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

15 22 November 1996	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:00	Donkov  16' Közle  55'	[15]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,271 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

16 9 April 1997	FC St. Pauli	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
20:00	Émerson  6' Scharping  8'	[16]	Kracht  75'	Stadium: Hamburg Attendance: 20,152 Referee: Burkard Hufgard (Mömbris)

17 6 December 1996	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
20:00	Stickroth  29' (pen.) Wosz  89'	[17]	Kirsten  18' Ramelow  56'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,602 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

18 15 February 1997	MSV Duisburg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Marin  23' (pen.)	[18]	Wosz  45'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

19 22 February 1997	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Kracht  55'	[19]	Klinsmann  66'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 36,344 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

20 28 February 1997	Arminia Bielefeld	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:00	Meißner  43', 45' Maul  71'	[20]	Wosz  84'	Stadium: Bielefeld Attendance: 22,512 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

21 7 March 1997	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
20:00		[21]	Eigenrauch  70'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,141 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

22 11 March 1997	Karlsruher SC	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
19:30	Kiriakov  9' Fink  47'	[22]	Közle  2' Stickroth  35' Donkov  57'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

23 16 March 1997	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
18:00	Donkov  38' Gülünoğlu  53' Michalke  72'	[23]	van Lent  75' Herzog  85'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,392 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

24 22 March 1997	Hamburger SV	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Salihamidžić  30' Breitenreiter  90'	[24]	Donkov  25' Reis  75'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 21,898 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

25 27 March 1997	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
20:00	Stickroth  16' (pen.) Schreiber  76'	[25]	Hauptmann  45' Polster  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,300 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

26 5 April 1997	Borussia Dortmund	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Chapuisat  34', 72' (pen.)	[26]		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

27 13 April 1997	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
18:00	Katemann  21' (o.g.) Michalke  24' Donkov  45'	[27]	Fach  68'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,070 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

28 19 April 1997	TSV 1860 Munich	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30		[28]	Donkov  20'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

29 26 April 1997	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30	Wosz  6', 77' Gülünoğlu  60'	[29]	Sundermann  22' Spies  53'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,209 Referee: Detlef Schütz (Norken)

30 2 May 1997	FC Hansa Rostock	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Rostock
19:30		[30]		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

31 10 May 1997	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Michalke  69' Peschel  79'	[31]	Hagner  61'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 34,393 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

32 17 May 1997	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Schneider  60' Neun  68' Dahlin  71', 89' Lupescu  73' (pen.) Juskowiak  75'	[32]	Wosz  35' Hutwelker  83'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

33 24 May 1997	VfL Bochum	6 – 0	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
15:30	Donkov  35', 68' Peschel  72' Gülünoğlu  73' Wosz  78' Pfennig  89' (o.g.)	[33]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,121 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

34 31 May 1997	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Sérgio  9' Ramelow  51'	[34]		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

DFB-Pokal

R1 10 August 1996	SV Bonlanden	2 – 4 (aet)	VfL Bochum	Bonlanden
15:30	Schweizer  64' Frömmel  71'	[35]	Kracht  73' Winkler  86' Peschel  119', 120'	Stadium: Stadion an der Humboldtstraße Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jörg Friedrichs (Ilvesheim)

R2 1 October 1996	FC Schalke 04	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Wilmots  35' Held  47'	[36]	Guðjónsson  1', 30' Bałuszyński  60'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 20,150 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

R3 22 October 1996	Karlsruher SC II	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
19:30		[37]	Közle  66'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion, Platz 2 Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

QF 13 November 1996	Hamburger SV	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
19:30	Schopp  39' Cardoso  82'	[38]	Közle  63'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 17,240 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Uwe Gospodarek	37	0	33	0	4	0
2	DF		Thomas Stickroth	33	3	30	3	3	0
3	DF		Torsten Kracht	33	3	29	2	4	1
4	DF		Engibar Engibarov (until 31 December 1996)	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Tomasz Wałdoch	33	1	29	1	4	0
6	MF		Peter Közle	32	8	28	6	4	2
7	MF		Kai Michalke	25	4	25	4	0	0
8	MF		Peter Peschel	25	7	22	5	3	2
9	FW		Henryk Bałuszyński	27	2	23	1	4	1
10	MF		Dariusz Wosz	36	9	32	9	4	0
11	FW		Georgi Donkov	34	10	30	10	4	0
12	DF		Christian Herrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Max Eberl	7	0	6	0	1	0
14	DF		Karsten Hutwelker	18	2	15	2	3	0
15	FW		Danny Winkler	7	1	6	0	1	1
16	FW		Delron Buckley	3	0	2	0	1	0
17	MF		Olaf Schreiber	27	1	24	1	3	0
18	FW		Roland Wohlfarth	5	0	5	0	0	0
19	DF		Mathias Jack	31	1	29	1	2	0
20	MF		Zoran Mamić	27	1	23	1	4	0
21	GK		Thomas Ernst	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	37	2	34	2	3	0
23	MF		Filip Tapalović	21	0	20	0	1	0
24	MF		Þórður Guðjónsson	16	3	13	1	3	2
25	FW		Neşat Gülünoğlu (since 11 March 1997)	11	3	11	3	0	0
29	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst (since 15 February 1997)	4	0	4	0	0	0
31	GK		Stefan Wächter	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player 4 DF Engibar Engibarov (from PFC CSKA Sofia) 11 FW Georgi Donkov (from PFC CSKA Sofia) 14 DF Karsten Hutwelker (from FC Carl Zeiss Jena) 15 FW Danny Winkler (from TSG Pfeddersheim) 17 MF Olaf Schreiber (from FSV Zwickau) 20 MF Zoran Mamić (from GNK Dinamo Zagreb)

Out: No. Position Player 11 FW Eric Wynalda (to San Jose Clash) 17 MF Frank Heinemann (retired) 24 MF Andreas Wieczorek (to Sportfreunde Siegen) 30 MF Andrzej Rudy (to Lierse S.K.) 31 MF Thorsten Schmugge (to Hibernian F.C.)

Winter

In: No. Position Player 25 FW Neşat Gülünoğlu (from VfL Bochum U-19) 29 DF Frank Fahrenhorst (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Position Player 4 DF Engibar Engibarov (to PFC Slavia Sofia)

Sources

External links

• 1996–97 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1996–97 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1996–97 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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