1972–73 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
1972–73 season
PresidentOttokar Wüst
Head CoachHeinz Höher
StadiumStadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga12th
DFB-PokalSecond round
DFB-LigapokalGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Hans Walitza (18)
All: Hans Walitza (22)
Highest home attendance32,000 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 7 October 1972)
Lowest home attendance3,000 (vs Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, 2 June 1973)
Average home league attendance16,412

The 1972–73 VfL Bochum season was the 35th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

16 September 1972 1 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–2 VfL Bochum Braunschweig
15:30 [1] Hartl 34'
Walitza 38'		 Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)
20 September 1972 2 VfL Bochum 2–1 Hertha BSC Bochum
16:45 Wosab 70'
Walitza 89'		 [2] Weiner 57' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)
23 September 1972 3 Wuppertaler SV Borussia 3–0 VfL Bochum Wuppertal
15:30 Reichert 22'
Jung 73'
Kohle 86'		 [3] Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dieter Heckeroth (Frankfurt am Main)
30 September 1972 4 VfL Bochum 2–0 FC Schalke 04 Bochum
15:30 Köper 43'
Majgl 59'		 [4] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
3 October 1972 5 Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 VfL Bochum Frankfurt am Main
20:00 Weidle 23'
Grabowski 31', 38'
Nickel 72'		 [5] Köper 14' Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)
7 October 1972 6 VfL Bochum 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bochum
19:30 Walitza 7'
Lameck 79'
Wosab 82'		 [6] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
14 October 1972 7 VfB Stuttgart 4–0 VfL Bochum Stuttgart
15:30 Köppel 32', 33'
Schwemmle 57'
Handschuh 88' (pen.)		 [7] Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
21 October 1972 8 VfL Bochum 2–1 MSV Duisburg Bochum
15:30 Walitza 30'
Dietz 85' (o.g.)		 [8] Seliger 57' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gerd Siepe (Cologne)
28 October 1972 9 Hamburger SV 2–1 VfL Bochum Hamburg
15:30 Zaczyk 42'
Kaltz 60'		 [9] Walitza 87' Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
31 October 1972 10 VfL Bochum 2–0 Hannover 96 Bochum
20:00 Lameck 66'
Balte 68' (pen.)		 [10] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)
4 November 1972 11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 VfL Bochum Kaiserslautern
15:30 Pirrung 5'
Vogt 59'		 [11] Walitza 70'
Wosab 90'		 Stadium: Betzenbergstadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
11 November 1972 12 VfL Bochum 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bochum
15:30 Walitza 21'
Wosab 68'		 [12] Geye 32', 56' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)
17 November 1972 13 VfL Bochum 2–4 1. FC Köln Bochum
20:00 Lameck 65'
Konopka 69' (o.g.)		 [13] Löhr 3', 85'
Simmet 60'
Flohe 84'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
22 November 1972 14 Kickers Offenbach 4–0 VfL Bochum Offenbach am Main
15:30 Schäfer 24'
Hickersberger 53'
Semlitsch 64' (pen.)
Kostedde 81'		 [14] Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)
25 November 1972 15 VfL Bochum 0–2 FC Bayern Munich Bochum
15:30 [15] Hoeneß 42'
Müller 90'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)
1 December 1972 16 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1–1 VfL Bochum Oberhausen
20:00 Kobluhn 80' (pen.) [16] Walitza 3' Stadium: Niederrheinstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
15 December 1972 17 VfL Bochum 2–0 SV Werder Bremen Bochum
20:00 Krämer 13'
Lameck 89'		 [17] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
20 January 1973 18 VfL Bochum 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Bochum
15:30 Walitza 68'
Kaack 73' (o.g.)		 [18] Erler 12'
Bründl 77'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
21 April 1973 19 Hertha BSC 2–0 VfL Bochum West Berlin
15:30 Müller 41' (pen.)
Horr 69'		 [19] Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 22,300
Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)
3 February 1973 20 VfL Bochum 2–2 Wuppertaler SV Borussia Bochum
15:30 Majgl 3'
Miß 39' (o.g.)		 [20] Homann 13'
Pröpper 78'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
10 February 1973 21 FC Schalke 04 2–0 VfL Bochum Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Budde 21'
Lütkebohmert 71'		 [21] Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
17 February 1973 22 VfL Bochum 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Bochum
15:30 Etterich 56'
Majgl 73'		 [22] Nickel 51' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)
23 February 1973 23 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–0 VfL Bochum Mönchengladbach
20:00 Rupp 12'
Jensen 32'
Danner 54'
Heynckes 75'
Wittkamp 79'
Kulik 86'		 [23] Stadium: Bökelbergstadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)
10 March 1973 24 VfL Bochum 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Bochum
15:30 Majgl 3', 89'
Köper 83'		 [24] Wosab 66' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)
17 March 1973 25 MSV Duisburg 0–1 VfL Bochum Duisburg
15:30 [25] Walitza 82' Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Elmar Schäfer (Neustadt am Rübenberge)
24 March 1973 26 VfL Bochum 3–3 Hamburger SV Bochum
15:30 Walitza 12', 50', 75' [26] Hönig 56'
Winkler 78'
Bjørnmose 87'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)
31 March 1973 27 Hannover 96 1–1 VfL Bochum Hannover
15:30 Siemensmeyer 59' (pen.) [27] Lameck 65' Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)
6 April 1973 28 VfL Bochum 3–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bochum
20:00 Balte 15'
Majgl 40'
Walitza 85'		 [28] Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
28 April 1973 29 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 VfL Bochum Düsseldorf
15:30 Geye 18' [29] Hartl 24' Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
4 May 1973 30 1. FC Köln 2–1 VfL Bochum Cologne
20:00 Cullmann 77'
Flohe 87'		 [30] Walitza 15' Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)
19 May 1973 31 VfL Bochum 2–3 Kickers Offenbach Bochum
15:30 Walitza 66'
Gerland 68'		 [31] Kostedde 19', 55', 84' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)
26 May 1973 32 FC Bayern Munich 5–1 VfL Bochum Munich
15:30 Müller 31', 54'
Dürnberger 58'
Breitner 73'
Hoffmann 90'		 [32] Hartl 8' Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)
2 June 1973 33 VfL Bochum 2–2 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Bochum
15:30 Walitza 23', 75' [33] Dick 38'
Jakobs 64'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)
9 June 1973 34 SV Werder Bremen 5–2 VfL Bochum Bremen
15:30 Weist 10', 30', 88'
Hasebrink 16'
Höttges 75' (pen.)		 [34] Eggert 20'
Etterich 54'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Peter Kaufmann (Walldorf)

DFB-Pokal

9 December 1972 R1 1st leg Wormatia Worms 4–4 VfL Bochum Worms
14:00 Janzon 31'
de Haas 37' (pen.)
Dier 51'
Laube 74'		 [35] Balte 14', 32'
Lameck 15'
Krämer 18'		 Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)
20 December 1972 R1 2nd leg VfL Bochum 3–1
(7–5 agg.)		 Wormatia Worms Bochum
19:30 Majgl 33'
Köper 35'
Walitza 66'		 [36] Laube 26' Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
2 March 1973 R2 1st leg VfL Bochum 4–4 SV Werder Bremen Bochum
19:30 Walitza 28'
Balte 38', 82' (pen.)
Galeski 61'		 [37] Neuberger 22', 70'
Laumen 47'
Görts 75'		 Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)
14 March 1973 R2 2nd leg SV Werder Bremen 2–1
(6–5 agg.)		 VfL Bochum Bremen
20:00 Höttges 29'
Kamp 75'		 [38] Wosab 6' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

DFB-Ligapokal

1 August 1972 GS 1 KSV Hessen Kassel 0–1 VfL Bochum
18:00 [39] Hartl ?'
5 August 1972 GS 2 FC Schalke 04 4–2 VfL Bochum
20:00 H. Kremers ?'
Fischer ?', ?', ?'		 [40] Walitza ?', ?'
9 August 1972 GS 3 VfL Bochum 1–0 SpVgg Erkenschwick
18:00 Balte ?' [41]
16 August 1972 GS 4 SpVgg Erkenschwick 1–3 VfL Bochum
18:00 Kolitsch ?' [42] Balte ?', ?'
Gerland ?'
19 August 1972 GS 5 VfL Bochum 1–4 FC Schalke 04
18:00 Balte ?' [43] Rüssmann ?', ?'
Frey ?'
Braun ?'
23 August 1972 GS 6 VfL Bochum 5–1 KSV Hessen Kassel
18:00 Zorc ?'
Köper ?', ?'
Majgl ?', ?'		 [44] Hansmann

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF West Germany FRG Werner Balte 44 10 34 2 4 4 6 4
DF West Germany FRG Heinz-Jürgen Blome 11 0 7 0 0 0 4 0
MF West Germany FRG Udo Böckmann 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK West Germany FRG Harry Bohrmann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW West Germany FRG Peter Bomm 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK West Germany FRG Hans-Jürgen Bradler 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Klaus-Dieter Dewinski 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 0
MF West Germany FRG Michael Eggert 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Hans-Günter Etterich 39 2 31 2 4 0 4 0
DF West Germany FRG Harry Fechner 42 0 32 0 4 0 6 0
DF West Germany FRG Erwin Galeski 34 1 27 0 2 1 5 0
FW West Germany FRG Hermann Gerland 27 2 20 1 2 0 5 1
FW West Germany FRG Hans-Werner Hartl 11 4 8 3 0 0 3 1
DF West Germany FRG Werner Jablonski 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Hans-Jürgen Köper 40 6 32 3 4 1 4 2
FW West Germany FRG Werner Krämer 13 2 11 1 2 1 0 0
MF West Germany FRG Michael Lameck 44 6 34 5 4 1 6 0
MF West Germany FRG Franz-Josef Laufer 21 0 16 0 0 0 5 0
FW West Germany FRG Reinhard Majgl 36 9 28 6 2 1 6 2
DF West Germany FRG Manfred Rüsing 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
GK West Germany FRG Werner Scholz 38 0 28 0 4 0 6 0
DF West Germany FRG Dieter Versen 36 0 34 0 1 0 1 0
FW West Germany FRG Hans Walitza 43 22 34 18 4 2 5 2
DF West Germany FRG Reinhold Wosab 31 5 25 4 4 1 2 0
DF West Germany FRG Dieter Zorc (until 20 November 1972) 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1

Transfers

Summer

Winter

Sources

  1. ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  2. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  4. ^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  5. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
  6. ^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  7. ^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
  8. ^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  9. ^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  10. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  11. ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  12. ^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  13. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 2:4" (in German). kicker.
  14. ^ "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
  15. ^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  16. ^ "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  17. ^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  18. ^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  19. ^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  20. ^ "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  21. ^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
  22. ^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  23. ^ "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 6:0" (in German). kicker.
  24. ^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  25. ^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  26. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 3:3" (in German). kicker.
  27. ^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  28. ^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:0" (in German). kicker.
  29. ^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
  30. ^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  31. ^ "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 2:3" (in German). kicker.
  32. ^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). kicker.
  33. ^ "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
  34. ^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
  35. ^ "Wormatia Worms – VfL Bochum 4:4" (in German). kicker.
  36. ^ "VfL Bochum – Wormatia Worms 3:1" (in German). kicker.
  37. ^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 4:4" (in German). kicker.
  38. ^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
  39. ^ "KSV Hessen Kassel – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
  40. ^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
  41. ^ "VfL Bochum – SpVgg Erkenschwick 1:0" (in German). kicker.
  42. ^ "SpVgg Erkenschwick – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
  43. ^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:4" (in German). kicker.
  44. ^ "VfL Bochum – KSV Hessen Kassel 5:1" (in German). kicker.