1984–85 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
1984–85 season
President
Head Coach	Rolf Schafstall
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Fischer (16); All: Fischer (16)
Highest home attendance	42,000 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 11 May 1985)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 (vs Fortuna Düsseldorf, 8 June 1985)
Average home league attendance	23,000
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 VfL Bochum season was the 47th season in club history.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga[]

24 August 1984 1	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBochum
20:00	Fischer 1', 63' Schulz 48'	^[1]	22', 29' Kraaz 72'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: (Auersmacher)

29 August 1984 2	FC Schalke 04	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	showGelsenkirchen
20:00	Dierßen 44' Täuber 46'	^[2]	Schulz 47' Fischer 66' Kuntz 81'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 40,700 Referee: (Oberhausen)

8 September 1984 3	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Hamburger SV	showBochum
15:30		^[3]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: (Darmstadt)

15 September 1984 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4 – 3	VfL Bochum	showMönchengladbach
15:30	Rahn 2' (51) Bruns 43' (pen.) Mill 54'	^[4]	Fischer 60', 71' Knäbel 90'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: (Waiblingen)

21 September 1984 5	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	showDortmund
20:00	Wegmann 79', 90' Răducanu 85' (pen.)	^[5]		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: (Kemmern)

29 September 1984 6	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	showBochum
15:30		^[6]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: (Heilbronn)

5 October 1984 7	Karlsruher SC	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showKarlsruhe
20:00	56'	^[7]	Fischer 20'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: ()

23 October 1984 8	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	showBochum
20:00	Kuntz 22' Fischer 76', 84'	^[8]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: (West Berlin)

19 October 1984 9	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	showBraunschweig
20:00	Geiger 27'	^[9]	Fischer 36' Kuntz 48' Tenhagen 81'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: (Munich)

26 October 1984 10	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	showBochum
20:00	Kuntz 56' (pen.)	^[10]	Reich 54'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher ()

2 November 1984 11	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	showBremen
20:00	Völler 28' Schaaf 65'	^[11]	Knüwe 52' Schreier 80'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: (Leimen)

9 November 1984 12	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	showBochum
20:00	Schulz 64'	^[12]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: (Ottbergen)

14 November 1984 13	FC Bayern Munich	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	showMunich
20:00	Grobe 15' Mathy 18'	^[13]	Oswald 6' Kuntz 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: (Kiel)

17 November 1984 14	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	1. FC Köln	showBochum
15:30	Kree 74'	^[14]	Littbarski 3', 88' Engels 75'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: (Weiden)

24 November 1984 15	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	showStuttgart
15:30	Reichert 18'	^[15]	Schulz 24', 44'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: (Drentwede)

30 November 1984 16	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	Waldhof Mannheim	showBochum
20:00		^[16]	56'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: (Hamburg)

8 December 1984 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	showDüsseldorf
15:30		^[17]	Kuntz 16' Schulz 18'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 13,500 Referee: (Bad Dürkheim)

2 February 1985 18	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showFrankfurt am Main
15:30	Sievers 38'	^[18]	Fischer 33'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

16 February 1985 19	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Schalke 04	showBochum
15:30		^[19]	Täuber 26'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 36,000 Referee: ()

9 April 1985 20	Hamburger SV	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	showHamburg
20:00	Wehmeyer 8' Milewski 43', 83'	^[20]	Schulz 74'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 15,700 Referee: (Trier)

5 March 1985 21	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	showBochum
20:00		^[21]	Hochstätter 74' Dreßen 89'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ()

9 March 1985 22	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	showBochum
15:30	Fischer 63' Kuntz 77', 90' Schulz 82'	^[22]	Zorc 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (Oberhausen)

16 March 1985 23	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showLeverkusen
15:30	Cha 32'	^[23]	Fischer 4'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (Rheydt)

22 March 1985 24	VfL Bochum	5 – 2	Karlsruher SC	showBochum
20:00	Kree 12' Fischer 53' Knüwe 55' Kuntz 57' Benatelli 59'	^[24]	Groß 26' Keim 31'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: (Auersmacher)

21 May 1985 25	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 2	VfL Bochum	showKaiserslautern
20:00	Moser 21' Hübner 63' Melzer 66' Schupp 68' Allofs 71'	^[25]	Fischer 78' Kuntz 82'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 9,587 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (Freiburg)

3 April 1985 26	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig	showBochum
20:00	Schulz 88'	^[26]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: (Neunkirchen)

13 April 1985 27	Arminia Bielefeld	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	showBielefeld
15:30	Rautiainen 22' Foda 74'	^[27]	Woelk 12' Benatelli 43' Fischer 50'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 8,000 Referee: (Oberhausen)

20 April 1985 28	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	SV Werder Bremen	showBochum
15:30	Benatelli 3'	^[28]	Oswald 24' (o.g.) Völler 37' Möhlmann 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: (Kemmern)

3 May 1985 29	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	showKrefeld
20:00	F. Funkel 18' (pen.) W. Funkel 53' (pen.) Raschid 80'	^[29]	Fischer 41'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: (Darmstadt)

11 May 1985 30	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	showBochum
15:30	Benatelli 70'	^[30]	Matthäus 28'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: (Trier)

17 May 1985 31	1. FC Köln	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	showCologne
20:00	Lehnhoff 25' Engels 71'	^[31]	Kuntz 43'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (Rheydt)

25 May 1985 32	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	showBochum
15:30	Schulz 9' Förster 61' (o.g.)	^[32]	Claesen 48'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

1 June 1985 33	SV Waldhof Mannheim	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showLudwigshafen am Rhein
15:30	12' Walter 90'	^[33]		Stadium: Südweststadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Ottobrunn)

8 June 1985 34	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	showBochum
15:30	Schulz 34'	^[34]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: (Leimen)

DFB-Pokal[]

1 September 1984 R1	TSV Havelse	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	showGarbsen
	Stoffregen 70' (pen.) Zerr 113'	^[35]	Woelk 26' Schreier 96'	Stadium: Willhelm-Langrehr-Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: (West Berlin)

25 September 1984 R1 replay	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	TSV Havelse	showBochum
	Lameck 4' Kuntz 25', 36' (pen.), 48'	^[36]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: (Duisburg)

21 November 1984 R2	Alemannia Aachen	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	showAachen
	Habig 56' Thomas 66' 78'	^[37]		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 24,000 Referee: (Rodalben)

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
	FW		Frank Benatelli	15	4	15	4	0	0
	MF		Siegfried Bönighausen	17	0	16	0	1	0
	GK		Markus Croonen	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Klaus Fischer	37	16	34	16	3	0
	DF		Florian Gothe	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF		Peter Knäbel	2	1	1	1	1	0
	DF		Thomas Knauer	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Heinz Knüwe	32	2	29	2	3	0
	DF		Martin Kree	30	2	27	2	3	0
	MF		Michael Kühn	15	0	14	0	1	0
	FW		Stefan Kuntz	37	14	34	11	3	3
	MF		Michael Lameck	36	1	33	0	3	1
	MF		Walter Oswald	32	1	29	1	3	0
	DF		Ingo Pickenäcker	24	0	22	0	2	0
	DF		Frank Saborowski (since 1 January 1985)	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW		Toni Schreier	22	2	19	1	3	1
	MF		Frank Schulz	36	11	34	11	2	0
	DF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	26	1	24	1	2	0
	DF		Lothar Woelk	35	2	32	1	3	1
	DF		Ivan Žugčić	27	0	25	0	2	0
	GK		Ralf Zumdick	36	0	34	0	2	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers[]

Summer[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRG	Markus Croonen (from VfL Bochum II)
—	FW	FRG	Klaus Fischer (from 1. FC Köln)
—	MF	FRG	Peter Knäbel (from VfL Bochum youth)
—	DF	FRG	Thomas Knauer (from )
—	DF	FRG	Ingo Pickenäcker (from Borussia Mönchengladbach)
—	FW	FRG	Toni Schreier (from )
—	DF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen (from Borussia Dortmund)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRG	Andreas Bordan (to SV Darmstadt 98)
—	DF	FRG	Bernd Gerber (to Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin)
—	DF	FRG	Hermann Gerland (to VfL Bochum II)
—	MF	FRG	Peter Grünberger (to SG Union Solingen)
—	FW	FRG	Günter Habig (to Alemannia Aachen)
—	FW	FRG	Frank Islacker (retired)
—	MF	FRG	Dieter Kramer (to VfL Bochum II)
—	FW	FRG	Detlef Krella (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
—	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager (to Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin)
—	FW	FRG	Stefan Pater (to Arminia Bielefeld)
—	FW	FRG	Christian Schreier (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
—	MF	FRG	Reinhold Zagorny (to VfL Bochum II)

Winter[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRG	Frank Saborowski (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Sources[]

^ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 5:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Spielstatistik TSV Havelse gegen VfL Bochum 2:2 n.V." [Match statistic TSV Havelse vs. VfL Bochum 2–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
^ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen TSV Havelse 4:0 (4:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. TSV Havelse 4–0 (4–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
^ "Spielstatistik Alemannia Aachen gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Alemannia Aachen vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links[]

1984–85 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
1984–85 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
1984–85 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 3:3" (in German). kicker.

[2] "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[3] "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[4] "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). kicker.

[5] "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.

[6] "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[7] "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[8] "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:0" (in German). kicker.

[9] "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[10] "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[11] "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[12] "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[13] "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[14] "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:3" (in German). kicker.

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

[16] "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[17] "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[18] "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[21] "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[22] "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 4:1" (in German). kicker.

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

[24] "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 5:2" (in German). kicker.

[25] "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.

[26] "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[27] "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[28] "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[29] "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.

[30] "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[33] "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[34] "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[35] "Spielstatistik TSV Havelse gegen VfL Bochum 2:2 n.V." [Match statistic TSV Havelse vs. VfL Bochum 2–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

[36] "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen TSV Havelse 4:0 (4:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. TSV Havelse 4–0 (4–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

[37] "Spielstatistik Alemannia Aachen gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Alemannia Aachen vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

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