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.

Review and events[]

Matches[]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga[]

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

24 August 2008 2	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	showBochum
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	showGelsenkirchen
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	showBochum
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	showCottbus
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	showBochum
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	showMunich
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	showBochum
20:30	Dabrowski 55' Kaloğlu 77'	^[8]	Gohouri 30' Kleine 79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: (Ulm)

26 October 2008 9	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showStuttgart
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	showBochum
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	showDortmund
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	showBochum
15:30		^[12]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,237 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

14 November 2008 13	Hannover 96	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	showHannover
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	showBochum
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	showBochum
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	showFrankfurt 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	showBochum
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	showBochum
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	showWolfsburg
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	showBochum
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	showBielefeld
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	showBochum
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	showDüsseldorf
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	showBochum
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	showMönchengladbach
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	showBochum
15:30	Epalle 48'	^[26]	Cacau 58' Tasci 89'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,718 Referee: (Ulm)

11 April 2009 27	1899 Hoffenheim	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	showSinsheim
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	showBochum
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	showBremen
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	showBochum
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	showBerlin
15:30	Pantelić 39' Raffael 50'	^[31]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,323 Referee: (Ulm)

13 May 2009 32	Hamburger SV	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	showHamburg
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	showBochum
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	showCologne
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	showMünster
20:30		^[35]		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
	Penalties
	Wissing Loose		Maltritz Šesták Pfertzel Ono Hashemian C. Fuchs Yahia

24 September 2008 R2	Hamburger SV	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	showHamburg
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		Daniel Fernandes	33	0	31	0	2	0
2	DF		Matias Concha	15	0	15	0	0	0
4	DF		Marcel Maltritz	30	1	28	0	2	1
5	MF		Christoph Dabrowski	32	6	31	6	1	0
6	DF		Christian Fuchs	24	3	22	2	2	1
7	MF		Paul Freier	29	1	28	1	1	0
8	MF		Tomasz Zdebel (until 31 December 2008)	14	1	12	1	2	0
9	FW		Stanislav Šesták	26	10	24	9	2	1
10	FW		Joël Epalle	22	2	22	2	0	0
11	FW		Marcin Mięciel	14	2	12	2	2	0
13	MF		Danny Fuchs (until 31 December 2008)	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Diego Klimowicz (since 4 January 2009)	11	4	11	4	0	0
15	MF		Daniel Imhof	25	0	24	0	1	0
16	FW		Vahid Hashemian	18	2	16	1	2	1
17	FW		Sinan Kaloğlu	19	3	18	3	1	0
18	MF		Oliver Schröder	13	0	13	0	0	0
19	MF		Dennis Grote	21	3	20	3	1	0
20	DF		Mërgim Mavraj	23	0	23	0	0	0
21	DF		Marc Pfertzel	29	3	27	2	2	1
22	MF		Mimoun Azaouagh	32	1	30	1	2	0
23	MF		Shinji Ono	10	0	8	0	2	0
24	DF		Philipp Bönig	19	0	18	0	1	0
25	DF		Antar Yahia	26	2	24	1	2	1
26	MF		Heinrich Schmidtgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK			0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		David Zajas	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Dilaver Güçlü	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Patrick Fabian	5	0	5	0	0	0
31	GK		René Renno	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	GK		Philipp Heerwagen	3	0	3	0	0	0
35	MF		İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Jürgen Duah	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW			0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Roman Prokoph	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		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	(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	(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		Jonas Acquistapace	18	0	18	0
	MF		Mirkan Aydın	29	4	29	4
	MF		Jürgen Duah	32	1	32	1
	FW			26	11	26	11
	GK		Michael Esser	1	0	1	0
	DF		Patrick Fabian	17	0	17	0
	MF		Paul Freier	2	0	2	0
	MF		Danny Fuchs	3	1	3	1
	MF		Dennis Grote	4	1	4	1
	FW		Dilaver Güçlü	25	5	25	5
	MF		İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	2	1	2	1
	FW			9	0	9	0
	DF			15	0	15	0
	DF			24	0	24	0
	FW			4	0	4	0
	GK			6	0	6	0
	GK		Andreas Luthe	21	0	21	0
	DF		Marcel Maltritz	1	0	1	0
	DF			23	0	23	0
	DF		Mërgim Mavraj	1	0	1	0
	FW			23	5	23	5
	FW		Roman Prokoph	31	12	31	12
	GK		René Renno	6	0	6	0
	DF			4	0	4	0
	MF		Heinrich Schmidtgal	31	4	31	4
	DF		Lukas Schmitz	24	2	24	2
	DF		Rouven Schröder	20	0	20	0
	MF		Oliver Schröder	1	0	1	0
	MF		Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009)	2	0	2	0
	DF		Antar Yahia	1	0	1	0
	MF		David Zajas	21	0	21	0
	MF		Gianluca Zavarise	19	1	19	1
	MF			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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