2007–08 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2007–08 season
ChairmanWerner Altegoer
Head CoachMarcel Koller
StadiumrewirpowerSTADION
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Šesták (13)
All: Šesták (13)
Highest home attendance31,328 (vs Bayern Munich, 20 October 2007; vs Borussia Dortmund, 29 March 2008; vs Schalke 04, 6 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance18,615 (vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 29 September 2007)
Average home league attendance24,398

The 2007–08 VfL Bochum season was the 70th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

11 August 2007 1 VfL Bochum 2–2 Werder Bremen Bochum
15:30 Šesták 47'
Bechmann 49'
[1] Diego 39' (pen.)
Sanogo 45+1'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 29,037
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
19 August 2007 2 Energie Cottbus 1–2 VfL Bochum Cottbus
17:00 Skela 49' [2] Bechmann 14', 42' Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 16,382
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)
24 August 2007 3 VfL Bochum 2–1 Hamburger SV Bochum
20:30 Šesták 45'
Imhof 83'
[3] Van der Vaart 86' (pen.) Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 30,449
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
1 September 2007 4 Hannover 96 3–2 VfL Bochum Hannover
15:30 Hanke 12'
Rosenthal 36'
Hashemian 71'
[4] Bechmann 44'
Maltritz 66' (pen.)
Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 30,794
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)
15 September 2007 5 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 VfL Bochum Leverkusen
15:30 Haggui 62'
Friedrich 88'
[5] Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
21 September 2007 6 VfL Bochum 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
20:30 [6] Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 25,536
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
26 September 2007 7 VfB Stuttgart 1–0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
20:00 Hilbert 50' [7] Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
29 September 2007 8 VfL Bochum 3–3 1. FC Nürnberg Bochum
15:30 Mięciel 62'
Šesták 43', 66'
[8] Kluge 40', 60'
Misimović 81'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 18,615
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
5 October 2007 9 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 VfL Bochum Dortmund
20:30 Tinga 17'
Federico 70'
[9] Mięciel 35' Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 72,200
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
20 October 2007 10 VfL Bochum 1–2 Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 Grote 11' [10] Ribéry 35'
Schweinsteiger 78'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
27 October 2007 11 Hertha BSC 2–0 VfL Bochum Berlin
15:30 Maltritz 26' (o.g.)
Pantelić 35'
[11] Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 34,580
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
4 November 2007 12 VfL Bochum 5–3 VfL Wolfsburg Bochum
17:00 Šesták 4', 44'
Maltritz 20' (pen.)
Fuchs 42'
Epalle 63'
[12] Schäfer 49'
Grafite 56', 73'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 20,940
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
9 November 2007 13 MSV Duisburg 0–2 VfL Bochum Duisburg
20:30 [13] Imhof 29'
Bechmann 84'
Stadium: MSV-Arena
Attendance: 24,259
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
24 November 2007 14 VfL Bochum 3–0 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
15:30 Mięciel 12', 15'
Dabrowski 55'
[14] Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 20,478
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)
1 December 2007 15 Schalke 04 1–0 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Bordon 32' [15] Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
8 December 2007 16 VfL Bochum 2–2 Karlsruher SC Bochum
15:30 Šesták 18', 59' [16] Hajnal 24'
Freis 56'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 20,784
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
16 December 2007 17 Hansa Rostock 2–0 VfL Bochum Rostock
17:00 Bülow 7'
Hähnge 43'
[17] Stadium: DKB-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
3 February 2008 18 Werder Bremen 1–2 VfL Bochum Bremen
17:00 Jensen 44' [18] Auer 68'
Yahia 84'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 37,149
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
9 February 2008 19 VfL Bochum 3–3 Energie Cottbus Bochum
15:30 Ipša 7' (o.g.)
Šesták 42'
Auer 68'
[19] Papadopulos 45'
Skela 69'
Jelić 79'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 22,075
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)
17 February 2008 20 Hamburger SV 3–0 VfL Bochum Hamburg
17:00 Olić 40'
Jarolím 64', 71'
[20] Stadium: AOL Arena
Attendance: 50,069
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
22 February 2008 21 VfL Bochum 2–1 Hannover 96 Bochum
20:30 Cherundolo 30' (o.g.)
Auer 52'
[21] Hanke 47' Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 19,902
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
2 March 2008 22 VfL Bochum 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
17:00 Zdebel 66'
Dabrowski 88'
[22] Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 23,781
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
8 March 2008 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 VfL Bochum Frankfurt am Main
15:30 Toski 49' [23] Azaouagh 67' Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 46,700
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
15 March 2008 24 VfL Bochum 1–1 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Dabrowski 20' [24] Hitzlsperger 47' Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 25,086
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
22 March 2008 25 1. FC Nürnberg 1–1 VfL Bochum Nuremberg
15:30 Misimović 8' [25] Šesták 5' Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion
Attendance: 43,547
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)
29 March 2008 26 VfL Bochum 3–3 Borussia Dortmund Bochum
15:30 Dabrowski 3'
Auer 9', 42'
[26] Kehl 37'
Petrić 39'
Tinga 64'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)
6 April 2008 27 Bayern Munich 3–1 VfL Bochum Munich
17:00 Lúcio 31'
Ribéry 74' (pen.)
Lell 88'
[27] Azaouagh 4' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
12 April 2008 28 VfL Bochum 1–1 Hertha BSC Bochum
15:30 Yahia 42' [28] Skácel 28' Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 20,883
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
15 April 2008 29 VfL Wolfsburg 0–1 VfL Bochum Wolfsburg
20:00 [29] Šesták 88' Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 18,101
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
26 April 2008 30 VfL Bochum 1–1 MSV Duisburg Bochum
15:30 Šesták 84' [30] Niculescu 26' Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 24,339
Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
3 May 2008 31 Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 VfL Bochum Bielefeld
15:30 Mijatović 70'
Kamper 90'
[31] Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)
6 May 2008 32 VfL Bochum 0–3 Schalke 04 Bochum
20:00 [32] Asamoah 34'
Rakitić 67'
Bordon 85'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 31,328
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
10 May 2008 33 Karlsruher SC 1–3 VfL Bochum Karlsruhe
15:30 Eggimann 88' [33] Azaouagh 45'
Dabrowski 47'
Šesták 50'
Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 27,920
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
17 May 2008 34 VfL Bochum 1–2 Hansa Rostock Bochum
15:30 Mavraj 36' [34] Kern 40'
Bartels 77'
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION
Attendance: 18,883
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

DFB-Pokal

5 August 2007 R1 Dynamo Dresden 0–1 VfL Bochum Dresden
17:00 [35] Grote 55' Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 17,137
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
30 October 2007 R2 Alemannia Aachen 3–2 VfL Bochum Aachen
19:00 Milchraum 50'
Pecka 62'
Ebbers 81'
[36] Ebbers 21' (o.g.)
Drsek 83'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 17,838
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

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  GER Philipp Heerwagen 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  SWE Matias Concha 20 0 18 0 2 0
3 DF  GER Martin Meichelbeck 6 0 5 0 1 0
4 DF  GER Marcel Maltritz 33 2 31 2 2 0
5 MF  GER Christoph Dabrowski 30 5 28 5 2 0
6 DF  CZE Pavel Drsek 13 1 12 0 1 1
7 FW  DEN Tommy Bechmann 22 5 20 5 2 0
8 MF  POL Tomasz Zdebel 27 1 26 1 1 0
9 FW  SVK Stanislav Šesták 35 13 33 13 2 0
10 FW  CMR Joël Epalle 28 1 26 1 2 0
11 FW  POL Marcin Mięciel 27 4 25 4 2 0
13 MF  GER Danny Fuchs 18 1 17 1 1 0
14 FW  GER Benjamin Auer 18 5 17 5 1 0
15 MF  CAN Daniel Imhof 24 2 24 2 0 0
16 FW  AUT Marc Sand 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF  CRO Ivo Iličević (until 31 December 2007) 7 0 6 0 1 0
17 FW  UKR Oleksiy Byelik (since 30 January 2008) 4 0 4 0 0 0
18 MF  GER Oliver Schröder 16 0 15 0 1 0
19 MF  GER Dennis Grote 20 2 18 1 2 1
20 DF  GER Mërgim Mavraj 2 1 2 1 0 0
21 DF  FRA Marc Pfertzel 29 0 28 0 1 0
22 MF  GER Mimoun Azaouagh (since 1 January 2008) 14 3 14 3 0 0
23 MF  JPN Shinji Ono (since 29 January 2008) 12 0 12 0 0 0
24 DF  GER Philipp Bönig 25 0 25 0 0 0
25 DF  ALG Antar Yahia 35 2 33 2 2 0
26 MF  GER Heinrich Schmidtgal 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 GK  CZE Jan Laštůvka 27 0 25 0 2 0
28 MF  GER David Zajas 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF  GER Patrick Fabian 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK  GER René Renno 10 0 10 0 0 0
35 MF  GER İlkay Gündoğan (since 1 January 2008) 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Transfers

Summer

Winter

VfL Bochum II

No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga Westfalen
Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF  GER Mirkan Aydın 14 2 14 2
GK  GER David Buchholz 25 0 25 0
DF  GER Jürgen Duah 31 3 31 3
FW  GER Sami El-Nounou 32 26 32 26
DF  GER Patrick Fabian 31 0 31 0
MF  GER Dennis Grote 6 0 6 0
FW  TUR Dilaver Güçlü 32 6 32 6
DF  GER Thiemo Höhn 14 0 14 0
MF  CRO Ivo Iličević 4 2 4 2
DF  GER Christian Kalina 8 0 8 0
DF  GER Daniel Klinger 27 4 27 4
GK  GER Andreas Luthe 8 0 8 0
MF  GER Martin Lyttek 6 0 6 0
DF  GER Mërgim Mavraj 7 1 7 1
DF  GER Martin Meichelbeck 1 0 1 0
DF  GER Marc-Andre Nimptsch 26 1 26 1
FW  GER Marko Onucka 9 0 9 0
DF  GER Oliver Rademacher 4 0 4 0
GK  GER René Renno 2 0 2 0
FW  AUT Marc Sand 16 0 16 0
MF  GER Heinrich Schmidtgal 30 4 30 4
DF  GER Lukas Schmitz 13 2 13 2
DF  GER Rouven Schröder 31 0 31 0
FW  TUR Suri Ucar 18 2 18 2
MF  GER Sebastian Westerhoff 12 5 12 5
MF  GER Kevin Wölk 26 2 26 2
MF  GER Dennis Yilmaz 3 1 3 1
MF  GER David Zajas 32 0 32 0
MF  CAN Gianluca Zavarise 2 0 2 0
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Sources

  1. ^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  2. ^ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  4. ^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
  5. ^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  6. ^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  7. ^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  8. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  9. ^ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  10. ^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  11. ^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  12. ^ "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 5:3" (in German). kicker.
  13. ^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  14. ^ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  15. ^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  16. ^ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  17. ^ "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  18. ^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  22. ^ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  23. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  24. ^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  25. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  26. ^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  27. ^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  28. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  29. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  30. ^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  31. ^ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  32. ^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 0:3" (in German). kicker.
  33. ^ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
  34. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  35. ^ "Dynamo Dresden – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  36. ^ "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.