1998–99 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
1998–99 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Klaus Toppmöller
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kuntz (6); All: Reis (7)
Highest home attendance	33,063 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 4 December 1998)
Lowest home attendance	20,000 (vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 30 April 1999)
Average home league attendance	23,734
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 VfL Bochum season was the 61st season in club history.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga[]

15 August 1998 1	VfL Bochum	1–2	SC Freiburg	showBochum
15:30	Kuntz 73'	^[1]	Weißhaupt 47' (pen.) Iashvili 72'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,306 Referee: (Berlin)

23 August 1998 2	Hamburger SV	1–0	VfL Bochum	showHamburg
18:00	Dembiński 33'	^[2]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 23,846 Referee: (Ulm)

8 September 1998 3	VfL Bochum	2–0	SV Werder Bremen	showBochum
20:00	Fahrenhorst 1' Toplak 69'	^[3]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,127 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

13 September 1998 4	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	VfL Bochum	showDortmund
18:00		^[4]	Buckley 87'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

19 September 1998 5	VfL Bochum	1–2	FC Schalke 04	showBochum
15:30	Kracht 47'	^[5]	Eijkelkamp 52', 70'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 29,253 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

26 September 1998 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–3	VfL Bochum	showKaiserslautern
15:30	Sundermann 5' (o.g.) Marschall 58'	^[6]	Reis 60' Buckley 67' Dzafič 74'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: (Biberbach)

3 October 1998 7	VfL Bochum	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBochum
15:30		^[7]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,357 Referee: (Nettersheim)

16 October 1998 8	TSV 1860 Munich	2–1	VfL Bochum	showMunich
20:00	Winkler 4' Hobsch 21'	^[8]	Schindzielorz 7'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

24 October 1998 9	VfL Bochum	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	showBochum
15:30	Reis 16' Schindzielorz 47'	^[9]	Pflipsen 11'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,433 Referee: (Cologne)

31 October 1998 10	VfB Stuttgart	4–2	VfL Bochum	showStuttgart
15:30	Akpoborie 1', 47' Ernst 11' (o.g.) Ristić 87'	^[10]	Gaudino 6' Reis 53'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

7 November 1998 11	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hertha BSC	showBochum
15:30	Sundermann 60' Drinčić 89'	^[11]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,016 Referee: (Ulm)

11 November 1998 12	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	VfL Bochum	showNuremberg
19:30	Wiesinger 19' Kuka 46'	^[12]	Kuntz 44' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 November 1998 13	MSV Duisburg	2–0	VfL Bochum	showDuisburg
15:30	Wedau 30' Andersen 74'	^[13]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,032 Referee: ()

21 November 1998 14	VfL Bochum	1–5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	showBochum
15:30	Reis 64'	^[14]	Beinlich 15' Živković 43' Rink 61' Heintze 71' N. Kovač 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,128 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

28 November 1998 15	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	VfL Bochum	showWolfsburg
15:30	Juskowiak 1', 20' Präger 76' Greiner 78'	^[15]	Ion 36'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 14,050 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

4 December 1998 16	VfL Bochum	2–2	FC Bayern Munich	showBochum
20:00	Hofmann 3' Kuntz 87' (pen.)	^[16]	Jancker 45' Strunz 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,063 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

12 December 1998 17	FC Hansa Rostock	3–0	VfL Bochum	showRostock
15:30	Neuville 21', 86' Majak 78'	^[17]		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: (Biberbach)

18 December 1998 18	SC Freiburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	showFreiburg
20:00	Baya 50'	^[18]	Schindzielorz 90'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: (Sinzig)

16 March 1999 19	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hamburger SV	showBochum
20:00	Fischer 21' (o.g.) Mahdavikia 81'	^[19]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,603 Referee: (Nettersheim)

26 February 1999 20	SV Werder Bremen	1–1	VfL Bochum	showBremen
20:00	Aílton 87'	^[20]	Kuntz 20'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 26,715 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

6 March 1999 21	VfL Bochum	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	showBochum
15:30		^[21]	Ricken 29'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

13 March 1999 22	FC Schalke 04	2–2	VfL Bochum	showGelsenkirchen
15:30	Mulder 18' (pen.) Büskens 28'	^[22]	Reis 20' (pen.) Baştürk 23'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 47,700 Referee: (Berlin)

20 March 1999 23	VfL Bochum	1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	showBochum
15:30	Zeyer 42'	^[23]	Ratinho 59' Rösler 86'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,670 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

4 April 1999 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Bochum	showFrankfurt am Main
18:00	Fjørtoft 86'	^[24]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 32,200 Referee: ()

11 April 1999 25	VfL Bochum	2–0	TSV 1860 Munich	showBochum
18:00	Buckley 56' Zeyer 90'	^[25]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,395 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 April 1999 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	VfL Bochum	showMönchengladbach
20:00	Ašanin 65' Paßlack 90'	^[26]	Peschel 76' Mahdavikia 90'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

17 April 1999 27	VfL Bochum	3–3	VfB Stuttgart	showBochum
15:30	Mahdavikia 60' (pen.) Michalke 75' Buckley 79'	^[27]	Akpoborie 42', 45', 53'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,283 Referee: (Ulm)

24 April 1999 28	Hertha BSC	4–1	VfL Bochum	showBerlin
15:30	Wosz 14', 80' Herzog 18' Hartmann 37'	^[28]	Buckley 72'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,646 Referee: (Schrobenhausen)

30 April 1999 29	VfL Bochum	0–3	1. FC Nürnberg	showBochum
20:00		^[29]	Ćirić 16', 70' Kurth 65'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: (Konz)

5 May 1999 30	VfL Bochum	0–2	MSV Duisburg	showBochum
19:30		^[30]	Hajto 25' Wohlert 55'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,107 Referee: (Ottersweier)

8 May 1999 31	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2–0	VfL Bochum	showLeverkusen
15:30	Kirsten 21' Hejduk 63'	^[31]		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: (Kleinburgwedel)

15 May 1999 32	VfL Bochum	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	showBochum
15:30		^[32]	Thomsen 27' Baumgart 74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,194 Referee: (Sinzig)

22 May 1999 33	FC Bayern Munich	4–2	VfL Bochum	showMunich
15:30	Basler 50' Jancker 60' Scholl 78' Salihamidžić 89'	^[33]	Gaudino 43' Zeyer 64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: (Berlin)

29 May 1999 34	VfL Bochum	2–3	FC Hansa Rostock	showBochum
15:30	Kuntz 71' Peschel 74'	^[34]	Neuville 37' Agali 77' Majak 83'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,347 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

DFB-Pokal[]

30 August 1998 R1	FSV Zwickau	2–5	VfL Bochum	showZwickau
15:00	Milde 49' (pen.), 82'	^[35]	Peschel 40' Fahrenhorst 48' Michalke 54' Reis 66' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 4,287 Referee: (Gransee)

22 September 1998 R2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	VfL Bochum	showKaiserslautern
19:30	Rösler 6' (pen.)	^[36]	Petrović 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,171 Referee: (Schrobenhausen)
	Penalties
	Schjønberg Rische Marschall Ballack Ibrahim Riedl		Sundermann Baştürk Petrović Dzafič Hofmann Schindzielorz

27 October 1998 R3	VfL Bochum	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	showBochum
19:30		^[37]	Polster 10'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,460 Referee: (Sinzig)

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		Maik Kischko	3	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Thomas Stickroth	3	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Torsten Kracht	28	1	26	1	2	0
4	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	3	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF		Tomasz Wałdoch	30	0	27	0	3	0
6	DF		Samir Toplak	25	1	23	1	2	0
7	MF		Kai Michalke	13	2	12	1	1	1
8	MF		Peter Peschel	18	3	16	2	2	1
9	FW		Zdravko Drinčić	16	1	16	1	0	0
10	MF		Maurizio Gaudino	21	2	20	2	1	0
11	FW		Stefan Kuntz	21	6	20	6	1	0
12	MF		Yıldıray Baştürk	31	1	28	1	3	0
13	MF		Norbert Hofmann	30	2	27	1	3	1
14	MF		Emir Dzafič	7	2	6	1	1	1
15	DF		(until 31 December 1998)	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Andreas Zeyer (since 1 January 1999)	11	3	11	3	0	0
16	MF		Björn Joppe	3	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF		Olaf Schreiber	11	0	10	0	1	0
18	FW		Delron Buckley	36	5	33	5	3	0
19	DF		Axel Sundermann	34	2	31	1	3	1
20	DF		Alen Petrović	9	2	7	0	2	2
21	GK		Thomas Ernst	34	0	32	0	2	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	27	7	25	5	2	2
24	FW		Neşat Gülünoğlu	14	0	12	0	2	0
25	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	21	2	18	1	3	1
26	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	30	4	28	3	2	1
28	DF		Michael Bemben	9	0	8	0	1	0
29	FW		Jacek Ratajczak	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Jan Majewski	2	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF		Viorel Ion (since 1 October 1998)	12	1	12	1	0	0
33	MF		Mehdi Mahdavikia (since 1 January 1999)	12	3	12	3	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers[]

Summer[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Maik Kischko (from FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
6	DF	CRO	Samir Toplak (from NK Varteks)
9	FW	YUG	Zdravko Drinčić (from FK Vojvodina)
10	MF	GER	Maurizio Gaudino (from FC Basel)
11	FW	GER	Stefan Kuntz (from Arminia Bielefeld)
14	MF	SVN	Emir Dzafič (from NK Beltinci)
16	MF	GER	Björn Joppe (from VfL Bochum II)
20	DF	CRO	Alen Petrović (from GNK Dinamo Zagreb)
26	MF	GER	Sebastian Schindzielorz (from VfL Bochum II)
28	DF	GER	Michael Bemben (from VfL Bochum II)
29	FW	POL	Jacek Ratajczak (from Flota Świnoujście)
31	FW	GER	Jan Majewski (from VfL Bochum II)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Uwe Gospodarek (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
6	MF	GER	Peter Közle (to 1. FC Union Berlin)
9	FW	POL	Henryk Bałuszyński (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz (to Hertha BSC)
11	FW	BUL	Georgi Donkov (to 1. FC Köln)
14	DF	GER	Karsten Hutwelker (to 1. FC Köln)
15	FW	GER	Danny Winkler (to Stuttgarter Kickers)
16	MF	GER	Mirko Reichel (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
20	MF	CRO	Zoran Mamić (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
23	FW	RUS	Sergei Yuran (released)

Winter[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	GER	Andreas Zeyer (from Karlsruher SC)
32	MF	ROU	Viorel Ion (from FC Oțelul Galați)
33	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mahdavikia (from Persepolis F.C.)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

VfL Bochum II[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF			10	0	10	0
	DF		Michael Bemben	24	2	24	2
	MF			11	0	11	0
	FW			8	0	8	0
	MF			18	1	18	1
	MF		Paul Freier	26	6	26	6
	FW			29	17	29	17
	DF			25	4	25	4
	DF			22	1	22	1
	MF		Björn Joppe	23	7	23	7
	DF			8	0	8	0
	MF			26	0	26	0
	FW		Jan Majewski	26	13	26	13
	MF			6	0	6	0
	DF			12	0	12	0
	DF			23	0	23	0
	FW		Jacek Ratajczak	23	10	23	10
	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	3	2	3	2
	MF			28	1	28	1
	GK			1	0	1	0
	GK		Stefan Wächter	30	0	30	0
	MF			13	0	13	0
	DF			12	0	12	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Sources[]

^ "VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:5" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "– VfL Wolfsburg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 2:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "FSV Zwickau – VfL Bochum 2:5" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:5" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:1" (in German). kicker.

External links[]

1998–99 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
1998–99 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
1998–99 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[2] "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[3] "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[4] "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.

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

[6] "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.

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

[8] "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[9] "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[10] "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[13] "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[14] "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:5" (in German). kicker.

[15] "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.

[16] "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[17] "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.

[18] "SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

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

[20] "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[21] "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 0:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[24] "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[25] "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.

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

[27] "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 3:3" (in German). kicker.

[28] "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[31] "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

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

[33] "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.

[34] "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[35] "FSV Zwickau – VfL Bochum 2:5" (in German). kicker.

[36] "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:5" (in German). kicker.

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

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