2008–09 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2008–09 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Šesták (9); All: Šesták (10)
Highest home attendance	31,328 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 17 October 2008; vs FC Bayern Munich, 14 March 2009; vs Borussia Dortmund, 18 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	18,103 (vs Energie Cottbus, 28 February 2009)
Average home league attendance	25,515
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 VfL Bochum season was the 71st season in club history.

The team finished in 14th place in the Bundesliga league, after playing 34 league matches, of which they only won seven matches.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

16 August 2008 1	Karlsruher SC	1–0	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
15:30	Eichner 30'	^[1]		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

24 August 2008 2	VfL Bochum	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
17:00	Šesták 12' Dabrowski 50'	^[2]	Costa 51' Sağlık 69'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,836 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

30 August 2008 3	Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Westermann 36'	^[3]		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

14 September 2008 4	VfL Bochum	2–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
17:00	Mięciel 22' Pfertzel 26'	^[4]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,739 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

20 September 2008 5	Energie Cottbus	1–1	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
15:30	Sørensen 13'	^[5]	Yahia 48'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 12,174 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

27 September 2008 6	VfL Bochum	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30	Šesták 79' Kaloğlu 81'	^[6]	Vidal 6' Augusto 21' Helmes 61'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,843 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

4 October 2008 7	Bayern Munich	3–3	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Van Buyten 15' Zé Roberto 45', 68'	^[7]	Kaloğlu 29' Dabrowski 83' Grote 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

17 October 2008 8	VfL Bochum	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:30	Dabrowski 55' Kaloğlu 77'	^[8]	Gohouri 30' Kleine 79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

26 October 2008 9	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
17:00	Gómez 80', 83'	^[9]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

29 October 2008 10	VfL Bochum	1–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
20:00	Grote 2'	^[10]	Ba 64' Ibišević 70' (pen.) Carlos Eduardo 71'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,444 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

2 November 2008 11	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
17:00	Zidan 44'	^[11]	Zdebel 27'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 71,600 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

8 November 2008 12	VfL Bochum	0–0	Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		^[12]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,237 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

14 November 2008 13	Hannover 96	1–1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
20:30	Schlaudraff 62'	^[13]	Fromlowitz 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,827 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

22 November 2008 14	VfL Bochum	2–3	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Šesták 50' Mięciel 74'	^[14]	Raffael 25' Kačar 33' Cícero 39'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,248 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

30 November 2008 15	VfL Bochum	1–1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
17:00	Šesták 39'	^[15]	Olić 70'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,157 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

6 December 2008 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Liberopoulos 7' (pen.), 43' Steinhöfer 62' Russ 64'	^[16]		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 39,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

13 December 2008 17	VfL Bochum	1–2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Dabrowski 58'	^[17]	McKenna 44' Ishiaku 87'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,208 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

1 February 2009 18	VfL Bochum	2–0	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
17:00	C. Fuchs 26' Klimowicz 65'	^[18]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

7 February 2009 19	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Džeko 21', 85'	^[19]		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,177 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

14 February 2009 20	VfL Bochum	2–1	Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Azaouagh 44' Dabrowski 57'	^[20]	Kurányi 18'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,605 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

21 February 2009 21	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30	Mijatović 83'	^[21]	Klimowicz 30'	Stadium: Schüco Arena Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

28 February 2009 22	VfL Bochum	3–2	Energie Cottbus	Bochum
15:30	Epalle 12' C. Fuchs 54' Pfertzel 79' (pen.)	^[22]	Iliev 2' Jula 50'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

8 March 2009 23	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
17:00	Helmes 66' (pen.)	^[23]	Dabrowski 32'	Stadium: LTU Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

14 March 2009 24	VfL Bochum	0–3	Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		^[24]	Zé Roberto 32' Lahm 60' Demichelis 90'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

20 March 2009 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:30		^[25]	Grote 29'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,282 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

4 April 2009 26	VfL Bochum	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Epalle 48'	^[26]	Cacau 58' Tasci 89'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,718 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

11 April 2009 27	1899 Hoffenheim	0–3	VfL Bochum	Sinsheim
15:30		^[27]	Šesták 42', 55', 69'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

18 April 2009 28	VfL Bochum	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30		^[28]	Owomoyela 11' Valdez 54'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

25 April 2009 29	Werder Bremen	3–2	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Almeida 54' Naldo 70' Diego 79'	^[29]	Šesták 16', 44'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,303 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

1 May 2009 30	VfL Bochum	0–2	Hannover 96	Bochum
20:30		^[30]	Bruggink 12' Balitsch 32'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 26,072 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

9 May 2009 31	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Pantelić 39' Raffael 50'	^[31]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,323 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

13 May 2009 32	Hamburger SV	3–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
20:00	Guerrero 15' Olić 33', 58'	^[32]	Freier 71'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 47,942 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

16 May 2009 33	VfL Bochum	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Hashemian 26' Klimowicz 72'	^[33]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,420 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

23 May 2009 34	1. FC Köln	1–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Yahia 24' (o.g.)	^[34]	Klimowicz 18'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

8 August 2008 R1	Preußen Münster	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	VfL Bochum	Münster
20:30		^[35]		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
	Penalties
	Özkara Wissing Ivičević Loose Lauretta Talarek Remmert		Maltritz Šesták Pfertzel Ono Hashemian C. Fuchs Yahia

24 September 2008 R2	Hamburger SV	2–0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
19:00	Petrić 9', 90+2'	^[36]		Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 33,820 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Daniel Fernandes	33	0	31	0	2	0
2	DF	SWE	Matias Concha	15	0	15	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	30	1	28	0	2	1
5	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski	32	6	31	6	1	0
6	DF	AUT	Christian Fuchs	24	3	22	2	2	1
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier	29	1	28	1	1	0
8	MF	POL	Tomasz Zdebel (until 31 December 2008)	14	1	12	1	2	0
9	FW	SVK	Stanislav Šesták	26	10	24	9	2	1
10	FW	CMR	Joël Epalle	22	2	22	2	0	0
11	FW	POL	Marcin Mięciel	14	2	12	2	2	0
13	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs (until 31 December 2008)	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW	ARG	Diego Klimowicz (since 4 January 2009)	11	4	11	4	0	0
15	MF	CAN	Daniel Imhof	25	0	24	0	1	0
16	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian	18	2	16	1	2	1
17	FW	TUR	Sinan Kaloğlu	19	3	18	3	1	0
18	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder	13	0	13	0	0	0
19	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	21	3	20	3	1	0
20	DF	GER	Mërgim Mavraj	23	0	23	0	0	0
21	DF	FRA	Marc Pfertzel	29	3	27	2	2	1
22	MF	GER	Mimoun Azaouagh	32	1	30	1	2	0
23	MF	JPN	Shinji Ono	10	0	8	0	2	0
24	DF	GER	Philipp Bönig	19	0	18	0	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia	26	2	24	1	2	1
26	MF	GER	Heinrich Schmidtgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	GER	Andreas Lengsfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	David Zajas	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	5	0	5	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	René Renno	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Philipp Heerwagen	3	0	3	0	0	0
35	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Jürgen Duah	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Sami El-Nounou	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	GER	Roman Prokoph	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009)	1	0	1	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POR	Daniel Fernandes (from PAOK)
6	DF	AUT	Christian Fuchs (from SV Mattersburg)
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier (from Bayer Leverkusen)
16	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian (from Hannover 96)
17	FW	TUR	Sinan Kaloğlu (from Bursaspor)
22	MF	GER	Mimoun Azaouagh (from Schalke 04, previously on loan)
27	GK	GER	Andreas Lengsfeld (from Jahn Regensburg)
29	FW	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü (from VfL Bochum II)
36	MF	GER	Jürgen Duah (from VfL Bochum II)
38	FW	GER	Roman Prokoph (from VfL Bochum II)
37	FW	GER	Sami El-Nounou (from VfL Bochum II)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	GER	Martin Meichelbeck (to Greuther Fürth)
6	DF	CZE	Pavel Drsek (to Panionios)
7	FW	DEN	Tommy Bechmann (to SC Freiburg)
14	FW	GER	Benjamin Auer (to Alemannia Aachen)
16	FW	AUT	Marc Sand (on loan to Austria Wien)
17	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Byelik (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk)
27	GK	CZE	Jan Laštůvka (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk)

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ARG	Diego Klimowicz (from Borussia Dortmund)
40	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt (from VfL Bochum U-19)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	POL	Tomasz Zdebel (to Bayer Leverkusen)
13	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
35	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
--	FW	AUT	Marc Sand (to Austria Kärnten, previously on loan to Austria Wien)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regionalliga West
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	GER	Jonas Acquistapace	18	0	18	0
	MF	GER	Mirkan Aydın	29	4	29	4
	MF	GER	Jürgen Duah	32	1	32	1
	FW	GER	Sami El-Nounou	26	11	26	11
	GK	GER	Michael Esser	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	17	0	17	0
	MF	GER	Paul Freier	2	0	2	0
	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs	3	1	3	1
	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	4	1	4	1
	FW	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü	25	5	25	5
	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	2	1	2	1
	FW	GER	Mike Hibbeln	9	0	9	0
	DF	GER	Christian Kalina	15	0	15	0
	DF	GER	Daniel Klinger	24	0	24	0
	FW	TUN	Mohamed Labiadh	4	0	4	0
	GK	GER	Andreas Lengsfeld	6	0	6	0
	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe	21	0	21	0
	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Christian Mäscher	23	0	23	0
	DF	GER	Mërgim Mavraj	1	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Alexander Neumann	23	5	23	5
	FW	GER	Roman Prokoph	31	12	31	12
	GK	GER	René Renno	6	0	6	0
	DF	GER	Stefan Schattauer	4	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Heinrich Schmidtgal	31	4	31	4
	DF	GER	Lukas Schmitz	24	2	24	2
	DF	GER	Rouven Schröder	20	0	20	0
	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009)	2	0	2	0
	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	David Zajas	21	0	21	0
	MF	CAN	Gianluca Zavarise	19	1	19	1
	MF	GER	Oliver Zech	24	0	24	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

↑ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 2:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – TSG Hoffenheim 1:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 1:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 3:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "TSG Hoffenheim – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 0:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 0:2" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:0" (in German). kicker.
↑ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Preußen Münster – VfL Bochum 5:6" (in German). kicker.
↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

External links

2008–09 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2008–09 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
2008–09 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[2] "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[3] "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[4] "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[5] "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[6] "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[7] "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.

[8] "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[9] "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[10] "VfL Bochum – TSG Hoffenheim 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[11] "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[12] "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[13] "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[14] "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[15] "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[16] "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.

[17] "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[18] "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[19] "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[20] "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[21] "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[22] "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 3:2" (in German). kicker.

[23] "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[24] "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:3" (in German). kicker.

[25] "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[26] "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[27] "TSG Hoffenheim – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.

[28] "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[29] "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.

[30] "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[31] "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[32] "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.

[33] "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[34] "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[35] "Preußen Münster – VfL Bochum 5:6" (in German). kicker.

[36] "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

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