| 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 | |||
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The 1997–98 VfL Bochum season was the 60th season in club history.
Review and events
Matches
Legend
Win Draw Loss
Bundesliga
| 2 August 1997 1 | VfL Bochum | 1 – 0 | Arminia Bielefeld | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Wosz  | 
[1] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,349 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)  | 
| 5 August 1997 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 3 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Leverkusen | 
| 20:00 | Kirsten  Meijer Ramelow  | 
[2] | Yuran  Dickhaut  | 
Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)  | 
| 8 August 1997 3 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 0 | MSV Duisburg | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | [3] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,005 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)  | 
| 23 August 1997 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Dortmund | 
| 15:30 | Heinrich  Herrlich Möller Chapuisat  | 
[4] | Wosz  Peschel  | 
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)  | 
| 29 August 1997 5 | VfL Bochum | 1 – 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | Stickroth  | 
[5] | Kuka  Marschall  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,600 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)  | 
| 13 September 1997 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum | Mönchengladbach | 
| 15:30 | Effenberg  Juskowiak  | 
[6] | Sundermann  | 
Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)  | 
| 20 September 1997 7 | VfL Bochum | 2 – 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Hutwelker  | 
[7] | Präger  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,091 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)  | 
| 27 September 1997 8 | Hamburger SV | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum | Hamburg | 
| 15:30 | Spörl  Zeyer  | 
[8] | Hofmann  | 
Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 37,824 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)  | 
| 4 October 1997 9 | VfL Bochum | 2 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Gülünoğlu  Yuran  | 
[9] | Basler  Zickler  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 31,222 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)  | 
| 14 October 1997 10 | Hertha BSC | 2 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Berlin | 
| 20:00 | Mazingu-Dinzey  van Burik  | 
[10] | Karl  Wosz  | 
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 36,746 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)  | 
| 17 October 1997 11 | VfL Bochum | 2 – 1 | 1. FC Köln | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | Wosz  Wałdoch  | 
[11] | Thiam  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,675 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)  | 
| 24 October 1997 12 | FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Gelsenkirchen | 
| 20:00 | Wilmots  Goossens  | 
[12] | Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 47,640 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)  | 
| 1 November 1997 13 | FC Hansa Rostock | 2 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Rostock | 
| 15:30 | Barbarez  Mičevski  | 
[13] | Donkov  Peschel  | 
Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)  | 
| 9 November 1997 14 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 2 | VfB Stuttgart | Bochum | 
| 18:00 | [14] | Akpoborie  Balakov  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,039 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)  | 
| 18 November 1997 15 | Karlsruher SC | 1 – 1 | VfL Bochum | Karlsruhe | 
| 19:30 | Nyarko  | 
[15] | Donkov  | 
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)  | 
| 21 November 1997 16 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 1 | SV Werder Bremen | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | [16] | Brand  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,605 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)  | 
| 29 November 1997 17 | TSV 1860 Munich | 0 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Munich | 
| 15:30 | [17] | Peschel  Reis  | 
Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)  | 
| 6 December 1997 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Bielefeld | 
| 15:30 | [18] | Mamić  Wosz  | 
Stadium: Alm Attendance: 18,441 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)  | 
| 14 December 1997 19 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 0 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Bochum | 
| 18:00 | [19] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,009 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)  | 
| 20 December 1997 20 | MSV Duisburg | 2 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Duisburg | 
| 15:30 | Salou  | 
[20] | Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 13,327 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)  | 
| 30 January 1998 21 | VfL Bochum | 2 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | Donkov  Peschel  | 
[21] | Decheiver  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)  | 
| 6 February 1998 22 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Kaiserslautern | 
| 20:00 | Wagner  Rische  | 
[22] | Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)  | 
| 14 February 1998 23 | VfL Bochum | 3 – 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Dickhaut  Andersson Peschel  | 
[23] | Pettersson  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,006 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)  | 
| 28 February 1998 24 | VfL Wolfsburg | 0 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Wolfsburg | 
| 15:30 | [24] | Hofmann  Bałuszyński  | 
Stadium: VfL-Stadion Attendance: 16,122 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)  | 
| 6 March 1998 25 | VfL Bochum | 0 – 0 | Hamburger SV | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | [25] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,541 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)  | 
| 14 March 1998 26 | FC Bayern Munich | 0 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Munich | 
| 15:30 | [26] | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)  | 
| 29 April 1998 27 | VfL Bochum | 2 – 1 | Hertha BSC | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | Yuran  | 
[27] | Thom  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)  | 
| 29 March 1998 28 | 1. FC Köln | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum | Cologne | 
| 18:00 | Polster  | 
[28] | Dickhaut  | 
Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)  | 
| 4 April 1998 29 | VfL Bochum | 3 – 0 | FC Schalke 04 | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Michalke  Baştürk Mamić  | 
[29] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)  | 
| 9 April 1998 30 | VfL Bochum | 1 – 3 | FC Hansa Rostock | Bochum | 
| 20:00 | Mamić  | 
[30] | Dowe  Pamić  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,122 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)  | 
| 19 April 1998 31 | VfB Stuttgart | 2 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Stuttgart | 
| 18:00 | Bobic  Balakov  | 
[31] | Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)  | 
| 25 April 1998 32 | VfL Bochum | 3 – 3 | Karlsruher SC | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Michalke  | 
[32] | Keller  Häßler Gilewicz  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,110 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)  | 
| 2 May 1998 33 | SV Werder Bremen | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Bremen | 
| 15:30 | Maksymov  | 
[33] | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 35,769 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)  | 
| 9 May 1998 34 | VfL Bochum | 1 – 0 | TSV 1860 Munich | Bochum | 
| 15:30 | Ouakili  | 
[34] | Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)  | 
DFB-Pokal
| 15 August 1997 R1 | Hamburger SV II | 2 – 3 | VfL Bochum | Hamburg | 
| 19:30 | Reincke  Poškus  | 
[35] | Kracht  Stickroth Wosz  | 
Stadium: Wolfgang-Meyer-Sportanlage Attendance: 1,225 Referee: Carsten Kadach (Suderburg)  | 
| 23 September 1997 R2 | MSV Duisburg | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Duisburg | 
| 19:30 | Hirsch  | 
[36] | Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,870 Referee: Peter Müller (Dresden)  | 
DFB-Ligapokal
| 20 July 1997 R1 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Koblenz | 
| 20:30 | Chapuisat  | 
[37] | Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)  | 
UEFA Cup
| 16 September 1997 R1 1st leg |  Trabzonspor  | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum | Trabzon | 
| 19:00 | Hami  Çetin  | 
[38][39] | Bałuszyński  | 
Stadium: Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)  | 
| 30 September 1997 R1 2nd leg | VfL Bochum | 5 – 3 (6 – 5 agg.)  |   | Bochum | 
| 20:30 | Stickroth  Yuran Dickhaut Peschel  | 
[38][40] | Missé-Missé  Ogün Osman  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)  | 
| 21 October 1997 R2 1st leg |  Club Brugge KV  | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Bruges | 
| 19:00 | Jbari  | 
[38][41] | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)  | 
| 6 November 1997 R2 2nd leg | VfL Bochum | 4 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)  |   | Bochum | 
| 18:00 | Donkov  Yuran Wosz  | 
[38][42] | Jbari  | 
Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,900 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)  | 
| 25 November 1997 R3 1st leg |  AFC Ajax  | 4 – 2 | VfL Bochum | Amsterdam | 
| 20:45 | Laudrup  Arveladze F. de Boer  | 
[38][43] | Reis  Wałdoch  | 
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)  | 
| 11 December 1997 R3 2nd leg | VfL Bochum | 2 – 2 (4 – 6 agg.)  |   | Bochum | 
| 20:30 | Hofmann  Mamić  | 
[38][44] | Arveladze  Dani  | 
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 | |
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Sources
- ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:3" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 2:3" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 3:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:3" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 3:3" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Hamburger SV II - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
 - ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The UEFA Cup 1997/98 - VfL Bochum (GER)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
 - ↑ "Trabzonspor-Bochum". UEFA.
 - ↑ "Bochum-Trabzonspor". UEFA.
 - ↑ "Club Brugge-Bochum". UEFA.
 - ↑ "Bochum-Club Brugge". UEFA.
 - ↑ "Ajax-Bochum". UEFA.
 - ↑ "Bochum-Ajax". UEFA.
 
External links
- 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
 - 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
 - 1997–98 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
 
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