1977–78 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
1977–78 season
PresidentOttokar Wüst
Head CoachHeinz Höher
StadiumStadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Hans-Joachim Abel (15)
All: Hans-Joachim Abel (15)
Highest home attendance36,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 11 March 1978)
Lowest home attendance15,000 (vs SV Werder Bremen, 14 January 1978; Fortuna Düsseldorf, 29 April 1978)
Average home league attendance23,971

The 1977–78 VfL Bochum season was the 40th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

6 August 1977 1 VfL Bochum 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
15:30 [1] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)
13 August 1977 2 1. FC Köln 2–1 VfL Bochum Cologne
15:30 van Gool 28', 44' [2] Tenhagen 43' Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)
17 August 1977 3 VfL Bochum 5–0 Hertha BSC Bochum
20:00 Herget 2'
Woelk 66'
Bast 70', 89'
Gerland 88'		 [3] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)
26 August 1977 4 SV Werder Bremen 1–0 VfL Bochum Bremen
20:00 Røntved 46' [4] Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)
31 August 1977 5 VfL Bochum 1–2 MSV Duisburg Bochum
20:00 Holz 74' [5] Seliger 35'
Büssers 75'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)
3 September 1977 6 FC Bayern Munich 1–1 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 Müller 61' (pen.) [6] Tenhagen 12' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)
10 September 1977 7 VfL Bochum 2–0 TSV 1860 Munich Bochum
15:30 Trimhold 1'
Holz 40'		 [7] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jörg Glasneck (Bremen)
17 September 1977 8 Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 VfL Bochum Braunschweig
15:30 Breitner 14' (pen.)
Frank 27'
Merkhoffer 74'		 [8] Bast 18' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)
24 September 1977 9 VfL Bochum 0–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
15:30 [9] Wenzel 58' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
30 September 1977 10 1. FC Saarbrücken 0–1 VfL Bochum Saarbrücken
20:00 [10] Eggert 20' Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
12 October 1977 11 VfL Bochum 0–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bochum
20:00 [11] Riedl 83' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)
22 October 1977 12 FC Schalke 04 3–1 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Demange 24'
Fischer 31'
Bittcher 44'		 [12] Lameck 78' (pen.) Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Drescher (Augsburg)
29 October 1977 13 VfL Bochum 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Lameck 9' [13] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)
5 November 1977 14 Hamburger SV 3–1 VfL Bochum Hamburg
15:30 Keller 20', 53'
Hidien 82'		 [14] Eggert 56' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)
12 November 1977 15 FC St. Pauli 1–1 VfL Bochum Hamburg
15:30 Gerber 14' (pen.) [15] Abel 56' Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)
26 November 1977 16 VfL Bochum 1–0 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
15:30 Bast 58' [16] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
3 December 1977 17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 VfL Bochum Düsseldorf
15:30 Zimmermann 24' [17] Holz 60' Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)
9 December 1977 18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
20:00 Simonsen 11', 88' [18] Abel 32'
Bast 48'		 Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
17 December 1977 19 VfL Bochum 0–0 1. FC Köln Bochum
15:30 [19] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)
7 January 1978 20 Hertha BSC 4–3 VfL Bochum West Berlin
15:30 Kristensen 39'
Kliemann 49'
Granitza 50', 51'		 [20] Abel 30' (pen.), 36', 76' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)
14 January 1978 21 VfL Bochum 2–0 SV Werder Bremen Bochum
15:30 Abel 86'
Lameck 88'		 [21] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)
21 January 1978 22 MSV Duisburg 0–0 VfL Bochum Duisburg
15:30 [22] Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)
28 January 1978 23 VfL Bochum 2–1 FC Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 Bast 75', 85' [23] Rausch 88' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)
4 February 1978 24 TSV 1860 Munich 2–0 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 Hartwig 79'
Hofeditz 90'		 [24] Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
11 February 1978 25 VfL Bochum 1–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Bochum
15:30 Woelk 1' [25] Grobe 35' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)
18 February 1978 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 5–3 VfL Bochum Frankfurt am Main
15:30 Nickel 10', 69' (pen.)
Hölzenbein 32', 42'
Neuberger 86'		 [26] Abel 16'
Bast 26'
Herget 82'		 Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)
25 March 1978 27 VfL Bochum 4–2 1. FC Saarbrücken Bochum
15:30 Versen 27'
Abel 47', 58'
Wischniewski 72'		 [27] Woelk 2' (o.g.)
Denz 70'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
3 March 1978 28 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–1 VfL Bochum Kaiserslautern
20:00 Stickel 3'
Toppmöller 74', 78', 84'		 [28] Bast 9' Stadium: Betzenbergstadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
11 March 1978 29 VfL Bochum 1–1 FC Schalke 04 Bochum
15:30 Abel 54' [29] Fischer 41' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)
17 March 1978 30 VfB Stuttgart 3–1 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
20:00 Hoeneß 28'
Müller 39', 47' (pen.)		 [30] Abel 15' (pen.) Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
31 March 1978 31 VfL Bochum 2–1 Hamburger SV Bochum
20:00 Trimhold 37'
Abel 49'		 [31] Volkert 24' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
8 April 1978 32 VfL Bochum 4–0 FC St. Pauli Bochum
15:30 Eggert 5'
Holz 71'
Woelk 77' (pen.)
Pochstein 90'		 [32] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)
22 April 1978 33 Borussia Dortmund 5–3 VfL Bochum Dortmund
15:30 Frank 6'
Geyer 10'
Burgsmüller 38', 43', 74'		 [33] Tenhagen 7'
Abel 52', 62'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 31,394
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
29 April 1978 34 VfL Bochum 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bochum
15:30 Trimhold 46'
Abel 50' (pen.)		 [34] Allofs 32' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)

DFB-Pokal

29 July 1977 (1977-07-29) R1 VfB Oldenburg 0–2 VfL Bochum Oldenburg
[35] Woelk 14', 70' Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) R2 FC St. Pauli 0–3 VfL Bochum Hamburg
[36] Bast 35'
Pochstein 63'
Woelk 70'		 Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) R3 Freiburger FC 2–6 VfL Bochum Freiburg
Derigs 58'
Bruder 81'		 [37] Schwemmle 14', 37', 59'
Bast 21', 34'
Holz 71'		 Stadium: Möslestadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dieter Michel (Augsburg)
19 November 1977 (1977-11-19) R4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
Heynckes 55', 58', 87' [38] Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FW West Germany FRG Hans-Joachim Abel (since 25 October 1977) 21 15 20 15 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Dieter Bast 32 11 28 9 4 2
FW West Germany FRG Heinz-Werner Eggeling 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF West Germany FRG Michael Eggert 36 3 32 3 4 0
MF West Germany FRG Wolfgang Euteneuer 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF West Germany FRG Klaus Franke 31 0 27 0 4 0
DF West Germany FRG Hartmut Fromm (until 31 August 1977) 3 0 2 0 1 0
DF West Germany FRG Hermann Gerland 32 1 30 1 2 0
DF West Germany FRG Matthias Herget 34 2 30 2 4 0
MF West Germany FRG Paul Holz 31 5 28 4 3 1
FW West Germany FRG Josef Kaczor 2 0 1 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Hans-Jürgen Köper 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Peter Kursinski 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF West Germany FRG Michael Lameck 38 3 34 3 4 0
GK West Germany FRG Reinhard Mager 3 0 3 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Hans-Joachim Pochstein 18 1 14 1 4 0
MF West Germany FRG Werner Schachten 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Ralf Schaffeld 1 0 1 0 0 0
GK West Germany FRG Werner Scholz 35 0 31 0 4 0
FW West Germany FRG Dieter Schwemmle 18 3 15 0 3 3
MF West Germany FRG Franz-Josef Tenhagen 37 3 34 3 3 0
MF West Germany FRG Holger Trimhold 38 3 34 3 4 0
DF West Germany FRG Dieter Versen 16 1 15 1 1 0
DF West Germany FRG Klaus Wischniewski 12 1 12 1 0 0
DF West Germany FRG Lothar Woelk 37 6 33 3 4 3

Transfers

Summer

Sources

  1. ^ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  2. ^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 5:0" (in German). kicker.
  4. ^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  5. ^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  6. ^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  7. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  8. ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  9. ^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  10. ^ "1. FC Saarbrücken – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  11. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  12. ^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  13. ^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  14. ^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  15. ^ "FC St. Pauli – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  16. ^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  17. ^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  18. ^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  22. ^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  23. ^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  24. ^ "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  25. ^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  26. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
  27. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Saarbrücken 4:2" (in German). kicker.
  28. ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
  29. ^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  30. ^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  31. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  32. ^ "VfL Bochum – FC St. Pauli 4:0" (in German). kicker.
  33. ^ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
  34. ^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  35. ^ "Spielstatistik VfB Oldenburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:1)" [Match statistic VfB Oldenburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
  36. ^ "Spielstatistik FC St. Pauli gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:1)" [Match statistic FC St. Pauli vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
  37. ^ "Spielstatistik Freiburger FC gegen VfL Bochum 2:6 (0:4)" [Match statistic Freiburger FC vs. VfL Bochum 2–6 (0–4)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
  38. ^ "Spielstatistik Borussia Mönchengladbach gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.