2001–02 VfL Bochum season

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

VfL Bochum
2001–02 season
PresidentWerner Altegoer
Head CoachBernard Dietzad 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

Review and events

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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

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

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29 July 2001 1 SpVgg Unterhaching 0 – 2 VfL Bochum Unterhaching
15:00 [1] Colding   58'
Freier   74'
Stadium: Generali Sportpark
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
17 November 2001 13 VfL Bochum 0 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
15:00 [13] Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 13,244
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
8 March 2002 26 SV Waldhof Mannheim 1 – 2 VfL Bochum Mannheim
19:00 Zinnow   22' [26] Christiansen   35'
Wosz   36'
Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

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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)
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

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Squad and statistics

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Squad, appearances and goals scored

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

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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VfL Bochum II

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

Sources

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  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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