1997–98 VfL Bochum season

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
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Bundesliga

1 2 August 1997	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30	Wosz  80'	[1]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,349 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

2 5 August 1997	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)

3 8 August 1997	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:00		[3]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

4 23 August 1997	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)

5 29 August 1997	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)

6 13 September 1997	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)

7 20 September 1997	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30	Hutwelker  15', 24'	[7]	Präger  50'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,091 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

8 27 September 1997	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)

9 4 October 1997	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)

10 14 October 1997	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)

11 17 October 1997	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)

12 24 October 1997	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)

13 1 November 1997	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)

14 9 November 1997	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
18:00		[14]	Akpoborie  74' Balakov  89'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,039 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

15 18 November 1997	Karlsruher SC	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
19:30	Nyarko  64'	[15]	Donkov  90'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

16 21 November 1997	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00		[16]	Brand  66'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,605 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

17 29 November 1997	TSV 1860 Munich	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30		[17]	Peschel  5' Reis  15'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

18 6 December 1997	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30		[18]	Mamić  70' Wosz  86'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 18,441 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

19 14 December 1997	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
18:00		[19]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,009 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

20 20 December 1997	MSV Duisburg	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Salou  49', 70'	[20]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 13,327 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

21 30 January 1998	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)

22 6 February 1998	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)

23 14 February 1998	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)

24 28 February 1998	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30		[24]	Hofmann  16' Bałuszyński  80'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion Attendance: 16,122 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

25 6 March 1998	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00		[25]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,541 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

26 14 March 1998	FC Bayern Munich	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30		[26]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

27 29 April 1998	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
20:00	Yuran  10', 57'	[27]	Thom  71'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

28 29 March 1998	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)

29 4 April 1998	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)

30 9 April 1998	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)

31 19 April 1998	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)

32 25 April 1998	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)

33 2 May 1998	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Maksymov  80'	[33]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 35,769 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

34 9 May 1998	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

R1 15 August 1997	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)

R2 23 September 1997	MSV Duisburg	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
19:30	Hirsch  31'	[36]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,870 Referee: Peter Müller (Dresden)

DFB-Ligapokal

R1 20 July 1997	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

R1 1st leg 16 September 1997	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)

R1 2nd leg 30 September 1997	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)

R2 1st leg 21 October 1997	Club Brugge KV	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bruges
19:00	Jbari  80'	[38][41]		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

R2 2nd leg 6 November 1997	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)

R3 1st leg 25 November 1997	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)

R3 2nd leg 11 December 1997	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		Uwe Gospodarek	24	0	16	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF		Thomas Stickroth	13	3	9	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
3	DF		Torsten Kracht	37	1	28	0	2	1	1	0	6	0
4	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	38	4	30	3	1	0	1	0	6	1
5	DF		Tomasz Wałdoch	33	2	27	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
6	MF		Peter Közle	17	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF		Kai Michalke	30	4	26	4	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Peter Peschel	31	7	24	6	1	0	1	0	5	1
9	FW		Henryk Bałuszyński	18	2	12	1	2	0	0	0	4	1
10	MF		Dariusz Wosz	42	7	33	5	2	1	1	0	6	1
11	FW		Georgi Donkov	28	5	23	3	0	0	1	0	4	2
12	MF		Yıldıray Baştürk	18	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Norbert Hofmann	36	3	31	2	0	0	1	0	4	1
14	DF		Karsten Hutwelker	15	2	10	2	2	0	1	0	2	0
15	FW		Danny Winkler	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Mirko Reichel	14	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF		Olaf Schreiber	35	1	27	1	2	0	1	0	5	0
18	FW		Delron Buckley	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Axel Sundermann	29	1	23	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
20	MF		Zoran Mamić	26	4	22	3	1	0	0	0	3	1
21	GK		Thomas Ernst	19	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	31	2	23	1	2	0	1	0	5	1
23	FW		Sergei Yuran	28	7	23	4	1	0	0	0	4	3
24	FW		Neşat Gülünoğlu	17	1	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
29	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	8	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK		Stefan Wächter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

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

Out: No. Position Player 12 DF Christian Herrmann (retired) 13 DF Max Eberl (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 18 FW Roland Wohlfarth (to VfB Leipzig) 19 DF Mathias Jack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) 23 MF Filip Tapalović (to FC Schalke 04) 24 MF Þórður Guðjónsson (to K.R.C. Genk)

Sources

External links

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

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