2007–08 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
2007–08 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Šesták (13); All: Šesták (13)
Highest home attendance	31,328 (vs Bayern Munich, 20 October 2007; vs Borussia Dortmund, 29 March 2008; vs Schalke 04, 6 May 2008)
Lowest home attendance	18,615 (vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 29 September 2007)
Average home league attendance	24,398
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 VfL Bochum season was the 70th season in club history.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga[]

11 August 2007 1	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Werder Bremen	showBochum
15:30	Šesták 47' Bechmann 49'	^[1]	Diego 39' (pen.) Sanogo 45+1'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 29,037 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

19 August 2007 2	Energie Cottbus	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	showCottbus
17:00	Skela 49'	^[2]	Bechmann 14', 42'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 16,382 Referee: (Ulm)

24 August 2007 3	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	showBochum
20:30	Šesták 45' Imhof 83'	^[3]	Van der Vaart 86' (pen.)	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,449 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

1 September 2007 4	Hannover 96	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	showHannover
15:30	Hanke 12' Rosenthal 36' Hashemian 71'	^[4]	Bechmann 44' Maltritz 66' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,794 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

15 September 2007 5	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showLeverkusen
15:30	Haggui 62' Friedrich 88'	^[5]		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

21 September 2007 6	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	showBochum
20:30		^[6]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,536 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

26 September 2007 7	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	showStuttgart
20:00	Hilbert 50'	^[7]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

29 September 2007 8	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg	showBochum
15:30	Mięciel 62' Šesták 43', 66'	^[8]	Kluge 40', 60' Misimović 81'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,615 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

5 October 2007 9	Borussia Dortmund	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	showDortmund
20:30	Tinga 17' Federico 70'	^[9]	Mięciel 35'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 72,200 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

20 October 2007 10	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Bayern Munich	showBochum
15:30	Grote 11'	^[10]	Ribéry 35' Schweinsteiger 78'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

27 October 2007 11	Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showBerlin
15:30	Maltritz 26' (o.g.) Pantelić 35'	^[11]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 34,580 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

4 November 2007 12	VfL Bochum	5 – 3	VfL Wolfsburg	showBochum
17:00	Šesták 4', 44' Maltritz 20' (pen.) Fuchs 42' Epalle 63'	^[12]	Schäfer 49' Grafite 56', 73'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,940 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

9 November 2007 13	MSV Duisburg	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	showDuisburg
20:30		^[13]	Imhof 29' Bechmann 84'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 24,259 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

24 November 2007 14	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	showBochum
15:30	Mięciel 12', 15' Dabrowski 55'	^[14]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,478 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

1 December 2007 15	Schalke 04	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	showGelsenkirchen
15:30	Bordon 32'	^[15]		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,482 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

8 December 2007 16	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Karlsruher SC	showBochum
15:30	Šesták 18', 59'	^[16]	Hajnal 24' Freis 56'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,784 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

16 December 2007 17	Hansa Rostock	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showRostock
17:00	Bülow 7' Hähnge 43'	^[17]		Stadium: DKB-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

3 February 2008 18	Werder Bremen	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	showBremen
17:00	Jensen 44'	^[18]	Auer 68' Yahia 84'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,149 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

9 February 2008 19	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Energie Cottbus	showBochum
15:30	Ipša 7' (o.g.) Šesták 42' Auer 68'	^[19]	Papadopulos 45' Skela 69' Jelić 79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 22,075 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

17 February 2008 20	Hamburger SV	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	showHamburg
17:00	Olić 40' Jarolím 64', 71'	^[20]		Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 50,069 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

22 February 2008 21	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hannover 96	showBochum
20:30	Cherundolo 30' (o.g.) Auer 52'	^[21]	Hanke 47'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

2 March 2008 22	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	showBochum
17:00	Zdebel 66' Dabrowski 88'	^[22]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,781 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

8 March 2008 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showFrankfurt am Main
15:30	Toski 49'	^[23]	Azaouagh 67'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

15 March 2008 24	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	showBochum
15:30	Dabrowski 20'	^[24]	Hitzlsperger 47'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,086 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

22 March 2008 25	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showNuremberg
15:30	Misimović 8'	^[25]	Šesták 5'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 43,547 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

29 March 2008 26	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Borussia Dortmund	showBochum
15:30	Dabrowski 3' Auer 9', 42'	^[26]	Kehl 37' Petrić 39' Tinga 64'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: (Ulm)

6 April 2008 27	Bayern Munich	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	showMunich
17:00	Lúcio 31' Ribéry 74' (pen.) Lell 88'	^[27]	Azaouagh 4'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

12 April 2008 28	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Hertha BSC	showBochum
15:30	Yahia 42'	^[28]	Skácel 28'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,883 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

15 April 2008 29	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	showWolfsburg
20:00		^[29]	Šesták 88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 18,101 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

26 April 2008 30	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	MSV Duisburg	showBochum
15:30	Šesták 84'	^[30]	Niculescu 26'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,339 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

3 May 2008 31	Arminia Bielefeld	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showBielefeld
15:30	Mijatović 70' Kamper 90'	^[31]		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

6 May 2008 32	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	Schalke 04	showBochum
20:00		^[32]	Asamoah 34' Rakitić 67' Bordon 85'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

10 May 2008 33	Karlsruher SC	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	showKarlsruhe
15:30	Eggimann 88'	^[33]	Azaouagh 45' Dabrowski 47' Šesták 50'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 27,920 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

17 May 2008 34	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Hansa Rostock	showBochum
15:30	Mavraj 36'	^[34]	Kern 40' Bartels 77'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,883 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

DFB-Pokal[]

5 August 2007 R1	Dynamo Dresden	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	showDresden
17:00		^[35]	Grote 55'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 17,137 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

30 October 2007 R2	Alemannia Aachen	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	showAachen
19:00	Milchraum 50' Pecka 62' Ebbers 81'	^[36]	Ebbers 21' (o.g.) Drsek 83'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 17,838 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

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		Philipp Heerwagen	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Matias Concha	20	0	18	0	2	0
3	DF		Martin Meichelbeck	6	0	5	0	1	0
4	DF		Marcel Maltritz	33	2	31	2	2	0
5	MF		Christoph Dabrowski	30	5	28	5	2	0
6	DF		Pavel Drsek	13	1	12	0	1	1
7	FW		Tommy Bechmann	22	5	20	5	2	0
8	MF		Tomasz Zdebel	27	1	26	1	1	0
9	FW		Stanislav Šesták	35	13	33	13	2	0
10	FW		Joël Epalle	28	1	26	1	2	0
11	FW		Marcin Mięciel	27	4	25	4	2	0
13	MF		Danny Fuchs	18	1	17	1	1	0
14	FW		Benjamin Auer	18	5	17	5	1	0
15	MF		Daniel Imhof	24	2	24	2	0	0
16	FW		Marc Sand	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Ivo Iličević (until 31 December 2007)	7	0	6	0	1	0
17	FW		Oleksiy Byelik (since 30 January 2008)	4	0	4	0	0	0
18	MF		Oliver Schröder	16	0	15	0	1	0
19	MF		Dennis Grote	20	2	18	1	2	1
20	DF		Mërgim Mavraj	2	1	2	1	0	0
21	DF		Marc Pfertzel	29	0	28	0	1	0
22	MF		Mimoun Azaouagh (since 1 January 2008)	14	3	14	3	0	0
23	MF		Shinji Ono (since 29 January 2008)	12	0	12	0	0	0
24	DF		Philipp Bönig	25	0	25	0	0	0
25	DF		Antar Yahia	35	2	33	2	2	0
26	MF		Heinrich Schmidtgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK		Jan Laštůvka	27	0	25	0	2	0
28	MF		David Zajas	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Patrick Fabian	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		René Renno	10	0	10	0	0	0
35	MF		İlkay Gündoğan (since 1 January 2008)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers[]

Summer[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Philipp Heerwagen (from SpVgg Unterhaching)
2	DF	SWE	Matias Concha (from Djurgårdens IF)
9	FW	SVK	Stanislav Šesták (from MŠK Žilina)
11	FW	POL	Marcin Mięciel (from PAOK)
13	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
14	FW	GER	Benjamin Auer (loan return from 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
16	FW	AUT	Marc Sand (from FC Kärnten)
20	DF	GER	Mërgim Mavraj (from Darmstadt 98)
21	DF	FRA	Marc Pfertzel (from Livorno)
25	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia (from Nice, previously on loan)
26	MF	GER	Heinrich Schmidtgal (from SC Verl)
27	GK	CZE	Jan Laštůvka (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
30	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian (from VfL Bochum II)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DEN	Peter Skov-Jensen (to Sandefjord Fotball)
2	DF	GER	Benjamin Lense (to Hansa Rostock)
9	FW	BRA	Fábio Júnior (to Hapoel Tel Aviv)
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz (retired)
11	FW	BEL	Joris Van Hout (to Westerlo)
16	MF	BIH	Zvjezdan Misimović (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
17	DF	GER	Heiko Butscher (to SC Freiburg)
21	MF	CZE	Filip Trojan (to FC St. Pauli)
22	FW	GRE	Theofanis Gekas (loan return to Panathinaikos)
23	MF	GER	Ersan Tekkan (to Antalyaspor)
26	GK	GER	Alexander Bade (to SC Paderborn)
27	DF	GER	David Czyszczon (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
28	MF	GER	(to Wuppertaler SV)
29	FW	GER	Sebastian Hille (to Borussia Dortmund II)
36	DF	SUI	David Pallas (released)
45	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný (loan return to Ipswich Town)

Winter[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	UKR	Oleksiy Byelik (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
22	MF	GER	Mimoun Azaouagh (on loan from Schalke 04)
23	MF	JPN	Shinji Ono (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
35	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (from VfL Bochum U-19)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević (on loan to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)

VfL Bochum II[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Mirkan Aydın	14	2	14	2
	GK		David Buchholz	25	0	25	0
	DF		Jürgen Duah	31	3	31	3
	FW			32	26	32	26
	DF		Patrick Fabian	31	0	31	0
	MF		Dennis Grote	6	0	6	0
	FW		Dilaver Güçlü	32	6	32	6
	DF			14	0	14	0
	MF		Ivo Iličević	4	2	4	2
	DF			8	0	8	0
	DF			27	4	27	4
	GK		Andreas Luthe	8	0	8	0
	MF			6	0	6	0
	DF		Mërgim Mavraj	7	1	7	1
	DF		Martin Meichelbeck	1	0	1	0
	DF			26	1	26	1
	FW			9	0	9	0
	DF			4	0	4	0
	GK		René Renno	2	0	2	0
	FW		Marc Sand	16	0	16	0
	MF		Heinrich Schmidtgal	30	4	30	4
	DF		Lukas Schmitz	13	2	13	2
	DF		Rouven Schröder	31	0	31	0
	FW			18	2	18	2
	MF			12	5	12	5
	MF		Kevin Wölk	26	2	26	2
	MF			3	1	3	1
	MF		David Zajas	32	0	32	0
	MF		Gianluca Zavarise	2	0	2	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Sources[]

^ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 5:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Alemannia Aachen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.

External links[]

2007–08 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2007–08 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
2007–08 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

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

[2] "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.

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

[4] "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.

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

[6] "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[7] "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

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

[9] "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[10] "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.

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

[12] "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 5:3" (in German). kicker.

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

[14] "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 3:0" (in German). kicker.

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

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

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

[18] "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[19] "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 3:3" (in German). kicker.

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

[21] "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

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

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

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

[27] "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.

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

[29] "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[30] "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:1" (in German). kicker.

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

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

[33] "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[34] "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[35] "Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[36] "Alemannia Aachen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.

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