2001–02 VfL Bochum season

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VfL Bochum
2001–02 season
President Werner Altegoer
Head Coach Bernard Dietz,  ad interim
(until 3 December 2001)
Peter Neururer
(since 4 December 2001)
Stadium Ruhrstadion
2. Bundesliga 3rd  (promoted)
DFB-Pokal Second 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
  2000–01
2002–03  

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

Contents

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

29 July 20011 SpVgg Unterhaching 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Unterhaching
15:00 [1] Colding Soccerball shade.svg58'
Freier Soccerball shade.svg74'
Stadium: Generali Sportpark
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)
4 August 20012 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 Karlsruher SC Bochum
15:00 Schröder Soccerball shade.svg7' [2] Fuchs Soccerball shade.svg10'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 16,217
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
10 August 20013 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 1. FSV Mainz 05 Bochum
19:00 Graulund Soccerball shade.svg41', 44' [3] Thurk Soccerball shade.svg7'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 14,025
Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)
19 August 20014 Hannover 96 2 – 0 VfL Bochum Hannover
15:00 Keita Soccerball shade.svg69'
Nehrbauer Soccerball shade.svg90'
[4] Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
9 September 20015 VfL Bochum 3 – 3 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Bochum
15:00 Fahrenhorst Soccerball shade.svg10'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg45', 81' (pen.)
[5] Rietpietsch Soccerball shade.svg9'
Obad Soccerball shade.svg22'
Tiéku Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,094
Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)
14 September 20016 LR Ahlen 2 – 5 VfL Bochum Ahlen
19:00 Hamann Soccerball shade.svg5'
Schuster Soccerball shade.svg42'
[6] Colding Soccerball shade.svg12'
Buckley Soccerball shade.svg70', 87'
Schröder Soccerball shade.svg75'
Bemben Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 8,415
Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz)
22 September 20017 VfL Bochum 4 – 1 SV Babelsberg 03 Bochum
15:00 Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg4'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg28', 66'
Buckley Soccerball shade.svg56'
[7] Efe Soccerball shade.svg77'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,773
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)
28 September 20018 SSV Reutlingen 05 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Reutlingen
19:00 Garcia Soccerball shade.svg39'
Frommer Soccerball shade.svg67'
Hoffmann Soccerball shade.svg86'
[8] Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 6,730
Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)
15 October 20019 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 SV Waldhof Mannheim Bochum
20:15 Schindzielorz Soccerball shade.svg15' (pen.) [9] Teber Soccerball shade.svg10'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,077
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
28 October 200111 VfL Bochum 3 – 2 1. FC Saarbrücken Bochum
15:00 Ristau Soccerball shade.svg55', 89'
Schröder Soccerball shade.svg87'
[11] Laping Soccerball shade.svg28'
Brnas Soccerball shade.svg78'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,808
Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)
5 November 200112 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Frankfurt am Main
20:15 Kryszałowicz Soccerball shade.svg56' [12] Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 13,675
Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
17 November 200113 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
15:00 [13] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,244
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
23 November 200114 MSV Duisburg 0 – 1 VfL Bochum Duisburg
19:00 [14] Graulund Soccerball shade.svg2'Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
30 November 200115 VfL Bochum 1 – 1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Bochum
19:00 Freier Soccerball shade.svg43' [15] Ruman Soccerball shade.svg35'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,397
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
7 December 200116 1. FC Union Berlin 1 – 0 VfL Bochum Berlin
19:00 Fiél Soccerball shade.svg41' [16] Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 7,240
Referee: André Stachowiak (Duisburg)
16 December 200117 VfL Bochum 5 – 3 Alemannia Aachen Bochum
15:00 Buckley Soccerball shade.svg1'
Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg8', 54' (pen.)
Meichelbeck Soccerball shade.svg19'
Toplak Soccerball shade.svg77'
[17] Pflipsen Soccerball shade.svg37'
Zernicke Soccerball shade.svg65'
Xie Soccerball shade.svg66'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,993
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
19 December 200118 VfL Bochum 4 – 0 SpVgg Unterhaching Bochum
19:00 Meichelbeck Soccerball shade.svg14'
Wosz Soccerball shade.svg31'
Freier Soccerball shade.svg34'
Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg85'
[18] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 9,361
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
25 January 200219 Karlsruher SC 4 – 1 VfL Bochum Karlsruhe
19:00 Fuchs Soccerball shade.svg6'
Graf Soccerball shade.svg37'
Melkam Soccerball shade.svg55'
Heinzen Soccerball shade.svg71'
[19] Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg77'Stadium: Wildparkstadion
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
3 February 200220 1. FSV Mainz 05 1 – 1 VfL Bochum Mainz
15:00 Nkufo Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.) [20] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg64'Stadium: Bruchwegstadion
Attendance: 11,300
Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
6 February 200221 VfL Bochum 4 – 2 Hannover 96 Bochum
19:00 Wosz Soccerball shade.svg2', 83'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg44'
Buckley Soccerball shade.svg68'
[21] Stendel Soccerball shade.svg3'
Štefulj Soccerball shade.svg27'
Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,042
Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)
10 February 200222 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 6 – 1 VfL Bochum Oberhausen
15:00 Obad Soccerball shade.svg2', 60'
Wojtala Soccerball shade.svg18'
Lipinski Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.), 67'
Chiquinho Soccerball shade.svg78'
[22] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg48'Stadium: Niederrheinstadion
Attendance: 7,276
Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)
17 February 200223 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 LR Ahlen Bochum
15:00 Wosz Soccerball shade.svg17'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.), 73'
[23] Labak Soccerball shade.svg89'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 10,339
Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)
24 February 200224 SV Babelsberg 03 1 – 2 VfL Bochum Potsdam
13:30 Härtel Soccerball shade.svg21' [24] Wosz Soccerball shade.svg37'
Freier Soccerball shade.svg70'
Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Attendance: 3,640
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
20 March 200225 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 SSV Reutlingen 05 Bochum
19:00 Freier Soccerball shade.svg27'
Buckley Soccerball shade.svg39'
Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg87'
[25] Frommer Soccerball shade.svg71'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,017
Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)
15 March 200227 VfL Bochum 3 – 1 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Bochum
19:00 Reis Soccerball shade.svg52', 87'
Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg90'
[27] Melunović Soccerball shade.svg37' (pen.)Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)
24 March 200228 1. FC Saarbrücken 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Saarbrücken
15:00 [28] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg42'
Reis Soccerball shade.svg51'
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)
1 April 200229 VfL Bochum 3 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
20:15 Ristau Soccerball shade.svg3'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.), 58'
[29] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 17,506
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
7 April 200230 Arminia Bielefeld 3 – 0 VfL Bochum Bielefeld
15:00 Kauf Soccerball shade.svg36'
Hofschneider Soccerball shade.svg77'
Albayrak Soccerball shade.svg80' (pen.)
[30] Stadium: Alm
Attendance: 26,601
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
12 April 200231 VfL Bochum 3 – 0 MSV Duisburg Bochum
19:00 Hashemian Soccerball shade.svg58'
Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg70', 85'
[31] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 15,720
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
19 April 200232 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 – 1 VfL Bochum Fürth
19:00 Amanatidis Soccerball shade.svg27' [32] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg45'Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion
Attendance: 11,026
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
28 April 200233 VfL Bochum 2 – 1 1. FC Union Berlin Bochum
15:00 Buckley Soccerball shade.svg9'
Fahrenhorst Soccerball shade.svg89'
[33] Divić Soccerball shade.svg17'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 17,523
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)
5 May 200234 Alemannia Aachen 1 – 3 VfL Bochum Aachen
15:00 Caillas Soccerball shade.svg48' [34] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg28' (pen.)
Freier Soccerball shade.svg43', 86'
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 16,631
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

DFB-Pokal

26 August 2001R1 FC Schalke 04 II 0 – 1 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:00 [35] Christiansen Soccerball shade.svg64'Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
11 December 2001R2 VfL Bochum 2 – 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bochum
19:00 Freier Soccerball shade.svg28'
Colding Soccerball shade.svg75'
[36] Berbatov Soccerball shade.svg27', 77', 90+1'Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 11,882
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.PosNatPlayerTotal 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Rein van Duijnhoven 30029010
2 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Samir Toplak 18117110
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Martin Meichelbeck 18217210
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mirko Dickhaut 28026020
5 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Søren Colding 29327221
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Matthias Lust (until 31 December 2001)504010
7 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Paul Freier 32830721
8 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Schindzielorz 25125100
9 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Thomas Christiansen 3118301711
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dariusz Wosz 29627620
11 FW Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Peter Graulund 13313300
12 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thomas Stickroth 605010
13 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christian Vander 605010
14 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Dietmar Berchtold 1009010
15 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Rouven Schröder 16316300
16 FW Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Vahid Hashemian 22821810
17 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Malek Barudi 000000
18 FW Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marijo Marić (until 30 September 2001)302010
19 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mike Busch 202000
20 MF Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Sergei Mandreko 27026010
21 FW Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Delron Buckley 33731720
22 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Thomas Reis 16315310
23 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dino Toppmöller 13112110
24 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Michael Bemben 31229220
25 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Frank Fahrenhorst 28326320
26 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Björn Joppe 707000
27 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)000000
27 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Markus Ehrhard (since 3 February 2002)404000
28 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Hilko Ristau 20319310
29 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Axel Sundermann 000000
30 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)000000

Transfers

Summer

Winter

VfL Bochum II

No.PosNatPlayerTotal Oberliga Westfalen
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Malek Barudi 201201
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Emanuel Benner 4040
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mike Busch 4141
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Markus Ehrhard 284284
MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Arek Grad 256256
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mike Grühn 173173
GK Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Senad Hecimovic 2020
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sascha Höhle 3030
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Björn Joppe 268268
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Seyfullah Kalayci 7070
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christoph Keim 263263
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Kroth 131131
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sascha Lindner 211211
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Wojtek Meinert 7070
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mirko Mustroph 282282
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Göktan Özdemir 1010
DF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Aykan Özer 240240
MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Angel Parla-Diaz 180180
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Florian Schäfer 1010
GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marco Schulz 240240
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Rainer Schümann 261261
DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tobias Seiler 160160
GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)7070
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)187187
FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Alexander Thamm 5252
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Dino Toppmöller 2424
GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Christian Vander 1010
MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luciano Velardi 318318
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Danny Woidtke 295295
MF Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Engin Yavuzaslan 270270
MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER David Zajas 6060

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.

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