1977–78 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1977–78 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans-Joachim Abel (15) All: Hans-Joachim Abel (15)
Highest home attendance	36,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 11 March 1978)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 (vs SV Werder Bremen, 14 January 1978; Fortuna Düsseldorf, 29 April 1978)
Average home league attendance	23,971
Home colours Away colours

The 1977–78 VfL Bochum season was the 40th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 August 1977 1	VfL Bochum	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[1]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

13 August 1977 2	1. FC Köln	2–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	van Gool 28', 44'	[2]	Tenhagen 43'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

17 August 1977 3	VfL Bochum	5–0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
20:00	Herget 2' Woelk 66' Bast 70', 89' Gerland 88'	[3]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

26 August 1977 4	SV Werder Bremen	1–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Røntved 46'	[4]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

31 August 1977 5	VfL Bochum	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:00	Holz 74'	[5]	Seliger 35' Büssers 75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

3 September 1977 6	FC Bayern Munich	1–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Müller 61' (pen.)	[6]	Tenhagen 12'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)

VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich

10 September 1977 7	VfL Bochum	2–0	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold 1' Holz 40'	[7]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jörg Glasneck (Bremen)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

17 September 1977 8	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Breitner 14' (pen.) Frank 27' Merkhoffer 74'	[8]	Bast 18'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 September 1977 9	VfL Bochum	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30		[9]	Wenzel 58'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

1. FC Saarbrücken v VfL Bochum

30 September 1977 10	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–1	VfL Bochum	Saarbrücken
20:00		[10]	Eggert 20'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 October 1977 11	VfL Bochum	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:00		[11]	Riedl 83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

22 October 1977 12	FC Schalke 04	3–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Demange 24' Fischer 31' Bittcher 44'	[12]	Lameck 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Drescher (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

29 October 1977 13	VfL Bochum	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Lameck 9'	[13]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

5 November 1977 14	Hamburger SV	3–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Keller 20', 53' Hidien 82'	[14]	Eggert 56'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

12 November 1977 15	FC St. Pauli	1–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Gerber 14' (pen.)	[15]	Abel 56'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

26 November 1977 16	VfL Bochum	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Bast 58'	[16]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

3 December 1977 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Zimmermann 24'	[17]	Holz 60'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

9 December 1977 18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Simonsen 11', 88'	[18]	Abel 32' Bast 48'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

17 December 1977 19	VfL Bochum	0–0	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		[19]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

7 January 1978 20	Hertha BSC	4–3	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Kristensen 39' Kliemann 49' Granitza 50', 51'	[20]	Abel 30' (pen.), 36', 76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

14 January 1978 21	VfL Bochum	2–0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Abel 86' Lameck 88'	[21]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

21 January 1978 22	MSV Duisburg	0–0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		[22]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

28 January 1978 23	VfL Bochum	2–1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Bast 75', 85'	[23]	Rausch 88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum

4 February 1978 24	TSV 1860 Munich	2–0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Hartwig 79' Hofeditz 90'	[24]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

11 February 1978 25	VfL Bochum	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Woelk 1'	[25]	Grobe 35'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

18 February 1978 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–3	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Nickel 10', 69' (pen.) Hölzenbein 32', 42' Neuberger 86'	[26]	Abel 16' Bast 26' Herget 82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Saarbrücken

25 March 1978 27	VfL Bochum	4–2	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bochum
15:30	Versen 27' Abel 47', 58' Wischniewski 72'	[27]	Woelk 2' (o.g.) Denz 70'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

3 March 1978 28	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Stickel 3' Toppmöller 74', 78', 84'	[28]	Bast 9'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

11 March 1978 29	VfL Bochum	1–1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Abel 54'	[29]	Fischer 41'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

17 March 1978 30	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
20:00	Hoeneß 28' Müller 39', 47' (pen.)	[30]	Abel 15' (pen.)	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

31 March 1978 31	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00	Trimhold 37' Abel 49'	[31]	Volkert 24'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

8 April 1978 32	VfL Bochum	4–0	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
15:30	Eggert 5' Holz 71' Woelk 77' (pen.) Pochstein 90'	[32]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

22 April 1978 33	Borussia Dortmund	5–3	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Frank 6' Geyer 10' Burgsmüller 38', 43', 74'	[33]	Tenhagen 7' Abel 52', 62'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 31,394 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

29 April 1978 34	VfL Bochum	2–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold 46' Abel 50' (pen.)	[34]	Allofs 32'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)

DFB-Pokal

VfB Oldenburg v VfL Bochum

29 July 1977 (1977-07-29) R1	VfB Oldenburg	0–2	VfL Bochum	Oldenburg
		[35]	Woelk 14', 70'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) R2	FC St. Pauli	0–3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
		[36]	Bast 35' Pochstein 63' Woelk 70'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Freiburger FC v VfL Bochum

15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) R3	Freiburger FC	2–6	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
	Derigs 58' Bruder 81'	[37]	Schwemmle 14', 37', 59' Bast 21', 34' Holz 71'	Stadium: Möslestadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Michel (Augsburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

19 November 1977 (1977-11-19) R4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
	Heynckes 55', 58', 87'	[38]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Abel (since 25 October 1977)	21	15	20	15	1	0
	MF	FRG	Dieter Bast	32	11	28	9	4	2
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Eggert	36	3	32	3	4	0
	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Euteneuer	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Franke	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm (until 31 August 1977)	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Hermann Gerland	32	1	30	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Matthias Herget	34	2	30	2	4	0
	MF	FRG	Paul Holz	31	5	28	4	3	1
	FW	FRG	Josef Kaczor	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Peter Kursinski	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Lameck	38	3	34	3	4	0
	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Pochstein	18	1	14	1	4	0
	MF	FRG	Werner Schachten	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Ralf Schaffeld	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	35	0	31	0	4	0
	FW	FRG	Dieter Schwemmle	18	3	15	0	3	3
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	3	34	3	3	0
	MF	FRG	Holger Trimhold	38	3	34	3	4	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	16	1	15	1	1	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Wischniewski	12	1	12	1	0	0
	DF	FRG	Lothar Woelk	37	6	33	3	4	3

• Source: ^[citation needed]

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRG Hans-Joachim Abel (from SC Westfalia Herne) — MF  FRG Dieter Bast (from Rot-Weiss Essen) — MF  FRG Ralf Schaffeld (from Rheingold Emmerich) — FW  FRG Dieter Schwemmle (from AC Bellinzona) — DF  FRG Lothar Woelk (from Eintracht Recklinghausen)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRG Werner Balte (retired) — DF  FRG Hartmut Fromm (to SC Westfalia Herne)

Sources

1. "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
2. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
3. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 5:0" (in German). kicker.
4. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
6. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
8. "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1" (in German). kicker.
10. "1. FC Saarbrücken – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). kicker.
12. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:0" (in German). kicker.
14. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
15. "FC St. Pauli – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
16. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 1:0" (in German). kicker.
17. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
18. "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
19. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 0:0" (in German). kicker.
20. "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). kicker.
21. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:1" (in German). kicker.
24. "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:1" (in German). kicker.
26. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Saarbrücken 4:2" (in German). kicker.
28. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). kicker.
30. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
32. "VfL Bochum – FC St. Pauli 4:0" (in German). kicker.
33. "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
34. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:1" (in German). kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik VfB Oldenburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:1)" [Match statistic VfB Oldenburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik FC St. Pauli gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:1)" [Match statistic FC St. Pauli vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik Freiburger FC gegen VfL Bochum 2:6 (0:4)" [Match statistic Freiburger FC vs. VfL Bochum 2–6 (0–4)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik Borussia Mönchengladbach gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)