2001–02 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum 2001–02 football season
VfL Bochum
2001–02 season
PresidentWerner Altegoer
Head CoachBernard Dietz, ad interim
(until 3 December 2001)
Peter Neururer
(since 4 December 2001)
StadiumRuhrstadion
2. Bundesliga3rd (promoted)
DFB-PokalSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Christiansen (17)
All: Christiansen (18)
Highest home attendance17,523 (vs 1. FC Union Berlin, 28 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance9,361 (vs SpVgg Unterhaching, 19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance12,552
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2001–02 VfL Bochum season was the 64th season in club history.

Review and events

The VfL Bochum encountered some difficulties signing a new head coach. Bernard Dietz, the head coach of the clubs reserve team, took over as caretaker and served double duty until Peter Neururer was signed on 4 December 2001.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC
4 August 2001 2 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 Karlsruher SC Bochum
15:00 Schröder 7' [2] Fuchs 10' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 16,217
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
VfL Bochum v 1. FSV Mainz 05
10 August 2001 3 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 1. FSV Mainz 05 Bochum
19:00 Graulund 41', 44' [3] Thurk 7' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 14,025
Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)
Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum
19 August 2001 4 Hannover 96 2 – 0 VfL Bochum Hannover
15:00 Keita 69'
Nehrbauer 90'		 [4] Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
9 September 2001 5 VfL Bochum 3 – 3 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Bochum
15:00 Fahrenhorst 10'
Christiansen 45', 81' (pen.)		 [5] Rietpietsch 9'
Obad 22'
Tiéku 62'		 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,094
Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)
LR Ahlen v VfL Bochum
14 September 2001 6 LR Ahlen 2 – 5 VfL Bochum Ahlen
19:00 Hamann 5'
Schuster 42'		 [6] Colding 12'
Buckley 70', 87'
Schröder 75'
Bemben 90'		 Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 8,415
Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz)
VfL Bochum v SV Babelsberg 03
22 September 2001 7 VfL Bochum 4 – 1 SV Babelsberg 03 Bochum
15:00 Hashemian 4'
Christiansen 28', 66'
Buckley 56'		 [7] Efe 77' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,773
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)
SSV Reutlingen 05 v VfL Bochum
28 September 2001 8 SSV Reutlingen 05 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Reutlingen
19:00 Garcia 39'
Frommer 67'
Hoffmann 86'		 [8] Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 6,730
Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)
VfL Bochum v SV Waldhof Mannheim
15 October 2001 9 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 SV Waldhof Mannheim Bochum
20:15 Schindzielorz 15' (pen.) [9] Teber 10' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,077
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v VfL Bochum
19 October 2001 10 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 3 – 3 VfL Bochum Schweinfurt
19:00 Wirsching 13'
Sprećaković 41'
Melunović 50'		 [10] Toppmöller 59'
Fahrenhorst 72'
Bemben 81'		 Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion
Attendance: 8,125
Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)
VfL Bochum v 1. FC Saarbrücken
28 October 2001 11 VfL Bochum 3 – 2 1. FC Saarbrücken Bochum
15:00 Ristau 55', 89'
Schröder 87'		 [11] Laping 28'
Brnas 78'		 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,808
Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)
Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum
5 November 2001 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Frankfurt am Main
20:15 Kryszałowicz 56' [12] Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,675
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld
17 November 2001 13 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
15:00 [13] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,244
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum
23 November 2001 14 MSV Duisburg 0 – 1 VfL Bochum Duisburg
19:00 [14] Graulund 2' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth
30 November 2001 15 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Bochum
19:00 Freier 43' [15] Ruman 35' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,397
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
1. FC Union Berlin v VfL Bochum
7 December 2001 16 1. FC Union Berlin 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Berlin
19:00 Fiél 41' [16] Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 7,240
Referee: André Stachowiak (Duisburg)
VfL Bochum v Alemannia Aachen
16 December 2001 17 VfL Bochum 5 – 3 Alemannia Aachen Bochum
15:00 Buckley 1'
Hashemian 8', 54' (pen.)
Meichelbeck 19'
Toplak 77'		 [17] Pflipsen 37'
Zernicke 65'
Xie 66'		 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,993
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
VfL Bochum v SpVgg Unterhaching
19 December 2001 18 VfL Bochum 4 – 0 SpVgg Unterhaching Bochum
19:00 Meichelbeck 14'
Wosz 31'
Freier 34'
Hashemian 85'		 [18] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,361
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum
25 January 2002 19 Karlsruher SC 4 – 1 VfL Bochum Karlsruhe
19:00 Fuchs 6'
Graf 37'
Melkam 55'
Heinzen 71'		 [19] Hashemian 77' Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum
3 February 2002 20 1. FSV Mainz 05 1 – 1 VfL Bochum Mainz
15:00 Nkufo 69' (pen.) [20] Christiansen 64' Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
VfL Bochum v Hannover 96
6 February 2002 21 VfL Bochum 4 – 2 Hannover 96 Bochum
19:00 Wosz 2', 83'
Christiansen 44'
Buckley 68'		 [21] Stendel 3'
Štefulj 27'		 Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,042
Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v VfL Bochum
10 February 2002 22 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 6 – 1 VfL Bochum Oberhausen
15:00 Obad 2', 60'
Wojtala 18'
Lipinski 21' (pen.), 67'
Chiquinho 78'		 [22] Christiansen 48' Stadium: Niederrheinstadion
Attendance: 7,276
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
VfL Bochum v LR Ahlen
17 February 2002 23 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 LR Ahlen Bochum
15:00 Wosz 17'
Christiansen 69' (pen.), 73'		 [23] Labak 89' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,339
Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)
SV Babelsberg 03 v VfL Bochum
24 February 2002 24 SV Babelsberg 03 1 – 2 VfL Bochum Potsdam
13:30 Härtel 21' [24] Wosz 37'
Freier 70'		 Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Attendance: 3,640
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
VfL Bochum v SSV Reutlingen 05
20 March 2002 25 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 SSV Reutlingen 05 Bochum
19:00 Freier 27'
Buckley 39'
Hashemian 87'		 [25] Frommer 71' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,017
Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)
VfL Bochum v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
15 March 2002 27 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Bochum
19:00 Reis 52', 87'
Hashemian 90'		 [27] Melunović 37' (pen.) Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)
1. FC Saarbrücken v VfL Bochum
24 March 2002 28 1. FC Saarbrücken 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Saarbrücken
15:00 [28] Christiansen 42'
Reis 51'		 Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt
1 April 2002 29 VfL Bochum 3 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
20:15 Ristau 3'
Christiansen 45' (pen.), 58'		 [29] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 17,506
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum
7 April 2002 30 Arminia Bielefeld 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Bielefeld
15:00 Kauf 36'
Hofschneider 77'
Albayrak 80' (pen.)		 [30] Stadium: Alm
Attendance: 26,601
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg
12 April 2002 31 VfL Bochum 3 – 0 MSV Duisburg Bochum
19:00 Hashemian 58'
Christiansen 70', 85'		 [31] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 15,720
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum
19 April 2002 32 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 – 1 VfL Bochum Fürth
19:00 Amanatidis 27' [32] Christiansen 45' Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 11,026
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
VfL Bochum v 1. FC Union Berlin
28 April 2002 33 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 1. FC Union Berlin Bochum
15:00 Buckley 9'
Fahrenhorst 89'		 [33] Divić 17' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 17,523
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)
Alemannia Aachen v VfL Bochum
5 May 2002 34 Alemannia Aachen 1 – 3 VfL Bochum Aachen
15:00 Caillas 48' [34] Christiansen 28' (pen.)
Freier 43', 86'		 Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 16,631
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

DFB-Pokal

FC Schalke 04 II v VfL Bochum
26 August 2001 R1 FC Schalke 04 II 0 – 1 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:00 [35] Christiansen 64' Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen
11 December 2001 R2 VfL Bochum 2 – 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bochum
19:00 Freier 28'
Colding 75'		 [36] Berbatov 27', 77', 90+1' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,882
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No. Pos Nat Player Total 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Rein van Duijnhoven 30 0 29 0 1 0
2 DF Croatia CRO Samir Toplak 18 1 17 1 1 0
3 DF Germany GER Martin Meichelbeck 18 2 17 2 1 0
4 DF Germany GER Mirko Dickhaut 28 0 26 0 2 0
5 DF Denmark DEN Søren Colding 29 3 27 2 2 1
6 MF Germany GER Matthias Lust (until 31 December 2001) 5 0 4 0 1 0
7 MF Germany GER Paul Freier 32 8 30 7 2 1
8 MF Germany GER Sebastian Schindzielorz 25 1 25 1 0 0
9 FW Spain ESP Thomas Christiansen 31 18 30 17 1 1
10 MF Germany GER Dariusz Wosz 29 6 27 6 2 0
11 FW Denmark DEN Peter Graulund 13 3 13 3 0 0
12 DF Germany GER Thomas Stickroth 6 0 5 0 1 0
13 GK Germany GER Christian Vander 6 0 5 0 1 0
14 MF Austria AUT Dietmar Berchtold 10 0 9 0 1 0
15 DF Germany GER Rouven Schröder 16 3 16 3 0 0
16 FW Iran IRN Vahid Hashemian 22 8 21 8 1 0
17 MF Germany GER Malek Barudi 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Croatia CRO Marijo Marić (until 30 September 2001) 3 0 2 0 1 0
19 FW Germany GER Mike Busch 2 0 2 0 0 0
20 MF Russia RUS Sergei Mandreko 27 0 26 0 1 0
21 FW South Africa RSA Delron Buckley 33 7 31 7 2 0
22 DF Germany GER Thomas Reis 16 3 15 3 1 0
23 MF Germany GER Dino Toppmöller 13 1 12 1 1 0
24 DF Germany GER Michael Bemben 31 2 29 2 2 0
25 DF Germany GER Frank Fahrenhorst 28 3 26 3 2 0
26 MF Germany GER Björn Joppe 7 0 7 0 0 0
27 FW Germany GER Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001) 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany GER Markus Ehrhard (since 3 February 2002) 4 0 4 0 0 0
28 DF Germany GER Hilko Ristau 20 3 19 3 1 0
29 DF Germany GER Axel Sundermann 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Germany GER Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002) 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Source: [citation needed]

Transfers

Summer

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Germany GER Dariusz Wosz (from Hertha BSC)
11 FW Denmark DEN Peter Graulund (from Brøndby IF)
14 MF Austria AUT Dietmar Berchtold (from Alemannia Aachen)
16 FW Iran IRN Vahid Hashemian (from Hamburger SV)
17 MF Germany GER Malek Barudi (from TuS Celle FC)
19 FW Germany GER Mike Busch (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
23 MF Germany GER Dino Toppmöller (from Manchester City F.C.)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Croatia CRO Damir Milinović (to HNK Rijeka)
7 MF Germany GER Peter Peschel (to MSV Duisburg)
10 MF Turkey TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
14 MF Croatia CRO Ante Čović (to 1. FC Saarbrücken)
15 MF Germany GER Olaf Schreiber (retired)
17 FW Poland POL Henryk Bałuszyński (to LR Ahlen)
18 FW Croatia CRO Marijo Marić (to FC Kärnten)
19 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Zdravko Drinčić (to SV Waldhof Mannheim)
20 MF Croatia CRO Zoran Mamić (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
26 MF Germany GER Mike Rietpietsch (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

Winter

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Germany GER Markus Ehrhard (from VfL Bochum II)
30 GK Germany GER Sebastian Selke (free agent)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Germany GER Matthias Lust (to SpVgg Unterhaching)
27 FW Germany GER Sascha Siebert (to SC Paderborn 07)

VfL Bochum II

No. Pos Nat Player Total Oberliga Westfalen
Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Germany GER Malek Barudi 20 1 20 1
MF Germany GER Emanuel Benner 4 0 4 0
FW Germany GER Mike Busch 4 1 4 1
MF Germany GER Markus Ehrhard 28 4 28 4
MF Poland POL Arek Grad 25 6 25 6
MF Germany GER Mike Grühn 17 3 17 3
GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Senad Hecimovic 2 0 2 0
MF Germany GER Sascha Höhle 3 0 3 0
MF Germany GER Björn Joppe 26 8 26 8
FW Germany GER Seyfullah Kalayci 7 0 7 0
DF Germany GER Christoph Keim 26 3 26 3
DF Germany GER Sebastian Kroth 13 1 13 1
MF Germany GER Sascha Lindner 21 1 21 1
MF Germany GER Wojtek Meinert 7 0 7 0
DF Germany GER Mirko Mustroph 28 2 28 2
FW Germany GER Göktan Özdemir 1 0 1 0
DF Turkey TUR Aykan Özer 24 0 24 0
MF Spain ESP Angel Parla-Diaz 18 0 18 0
DF Germany GER Florian Schäfer 1 0 1 0
GK Germany GER Marco Schulz 24 0 24 0
MF Germany GER Rainer Schümann 26 1 26 1
DF Germany GER Tobias Seiler 16 0 16 0
GK Germany GER Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002) 7 0 7 0
FW Germany GER Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001) 18 7 18 7
FW Germany GER Alexander Thamm 5 2 5 2
MF Germany GER Dino Toppmöller 2 4 2 4
GK Germany GER Christian Vander 1 0 1 0
MF Italy ITA Luciano Velardi 31 8 31 8
MF Germany GER Danny Woidtke 29 5 29 5
MF Turkey TUR Engin Yavuzaslan 27 0 27 0
MF Germany GER David Zajas 6 0 6 0
  • Source: [citation needed]

Sources

  1. ^ "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  2. ^ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  4. ^ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  5. ^ "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  6. ^ "LR Ahlen - VfL Bochum 2:5" (in German). kicker.
  7. ^ "VfL Bochum - SV Babelsberg 03 4:1" (in German). kicker.
  8. ^ "SSV Reutlingen 05 - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  9. ^ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  10. ^ "1. FC Schweinfurt 05 - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  11. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Saarbrücken 3:2" (in German). kicker.
  12. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  13. ^ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 0:0" (in German). kicker.
  14. ^ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  15. ^ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  16. ^ "1. FC Union Berlin - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  17. ^ "VfL Bochum - Alemannia Aachen 5:3" (in German). kicker.
  18. ^ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 4:0" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 4:2" (in German). kicker.
  22. ^ "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfL Bochum 6:1" (in German). kicker.
  23. ^ "VfL Bochum - LR Ahlen 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  24. ^ "SV Babelsberg 03 - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  25. ^ "VfL Bochum - SSV Reutlingen 05 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  26. ^ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  27. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  28. ^ "1. FC Saarbrücken - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  29. ^ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  30. ^ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  31. ^ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  32. ^ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  33. ^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Union Berlin 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  34. ^ "Alemannia Aachen - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
  35. ^ "FC Schalke 04 II - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  36. ^ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:3" (in German). kicker.

External links

  • 2001–02 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
  • 2001–02 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
  • 2001–02 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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