1995–96 VfL Bochum season

The 1995–96 VfL Bochum season was the 58th season in club history.

VfL Bochum

1995–96 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Klaus Toppmöller
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
2. Bundesliga	1st (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Közle, Peschel (both 11) All: Közle, Peschel (both 11)
Highest home attendance	25,183 (vs Arminia Bielefeld, 2 June 1996)
Lowest home attendance	10,574 (vs SpVgg Unterhaching, 30 October 1995)
Average home league attendance	15,571
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

The 1995–96 season was the first season in German football where teams received three points for a win (instead of two), and one point for a draw. Due to the German Football Association lifting the requirement of starting squads wearing jerseys with the numbers one to eleven, it was the first season for the VfL Bochum to assign numbers to its players and feature the players' names on their jerseys.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

2. Bundesliga

4 August 1995 1	MSV Duisburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
20:15		[1]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Günther Habermann (Weißensee)

9 August 1995 2	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Bochum
20:00	Peschel  25' Wohlfarth  45', 57'	[2]	Akpoborie  90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,014 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

14 August 1995 3	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Hannover 96	Bochum
20:15	Michalke  18'	[3]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,011 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

20 August 1995 4	VfB Lübeck	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Lübeck
15:00	Jurgeleit  21', 27' van der Steen  59'	[4]		Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Günther Frey (Neu-Ulm)

29 August 1995 5	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	VfB Leipzig	Bochum
20:00	Wosz  11' Bałuszyński  85' Wohlfarth  90'	[5]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,121 Referee: Thomas Rüdiger (Bad Salzdetfurth)

26 September 1995 6	FSV Zwickau	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Zwickau
15:30	Mencel  38' Günther  75'	[6]	Kracht  32'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 2,739 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)

8 September 1995 7	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	SV Meppen	Bochum
20:00	Peschel  28' Közle  45', 75' Bałuszyński  57'	[7]	Thoben  86'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,696 Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden)

16 September 1995 8	Hertha BSC	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30		[8]	Wohlfarth  84', 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,292 Referee: Jörg Friedrichs (Ilvesheim)

22 September 1995 9	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
20:00	Peschel  9' Bałuszyński  25' Michalke  33' Közle  35'	[9]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,170 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)

30 September 1995 10	SC Fortuna Köln	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30		[10]	Bałuszyński  64' Stickroth  88'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

15 October 1995 11	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	SG Wattenscheid 09	Bochum
17:30	Kracht  14' Michalke  85'	[11]	Sobiech  61' Reina  74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,700 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

21 October 1995 12	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 5	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:00		[12]	Bałuszyński  1', 62' Kracht  29' Michalke  61' Wohlfarth  90'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Norbert Dörr (Griesheim)

30 October 1995 13	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	SpVgg Unterhaching	Bochum
20:15	Közle  28' Peschel  36', 49'	[13]	Oberleitner  7'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,574 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

3 November 1995 14	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0 – 4	VfL Bochum	Jena
19:30		[14]	Michalke  13', 84' Peschel  69' Wałdoch  77'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 5,416 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Kasper (Katlenburg)

10 November 1995 15	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Chemnitzer FC	Bochum
20:00	Közle  57', 66'	[15]	Meißner  62', 79'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,683 Referee: Thomas Leimert (Ludwigshafen)

20 November 1995 16	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:15	Walter  61'	[16]	Bałuszyński  63' Gaugler  71' Wynalda  87'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

24 November 1995 17	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	1. FSV Mainz 05	Bochum
20:00	Bałuszyński  29' Közle  34' Wynalda  76'	[17]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,342 Referee: Jörg Hotop (Cologne)

4 December 1995 18	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:15		[18]	Wohlert  10'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,136 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

10 December 1995 19	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mannheim
15:00	Akpoborie  28'	[19]		Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn)

9 March 1996 20	Hannover 96	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Daschner  32' Borodyuk  50'	[20]		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 12,135 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

17 March 1996 21	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	VfB Lübeck	Bochum
15:00	Wałdoch  15' Behnert  23' (o.g.) Wosz  68'	[21]	Hempel  50'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,155 Referee: Detlef Schütz (Norken)

23 March 1996 22	VfB Leipzig	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
15:30		[22]	Peschel  80'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

1 April 1996 23	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	FSV Zwickau	Bochum
19:30	Közle  10', 11' Peschel  57'	[23]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,385 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

7 April 1996 24	SV Meppen	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Meppen
15:00	Vorholt  24' (pen.) Lau  35'	[24]	Kracht  47' Stickroth  58' (pen.) Reis  59'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Peter Müller (Dresden)

12 April 1996 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Hertha BSC	Bochum
20:00	Közle  70' Rudy  81'	[25]	Kovač  2' Arnold  22'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,150 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

21 April 1996 26	1. FC Nürnberg	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:00		[26]	Guðjónsson  85'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

28 April 1996 27	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	SC Fortuna Köln	Bochum
15:00	Jack  40' Guðjónsson  64' Stickroth  84' (pen.)	[27]	Akonnor  55'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,631 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)

6 May 1996 28	SG Wattenscheid 09	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Bochum
19:25	Groeleken  63'	[28]	Michalke  26' Közle  43' Peschel  47'	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

10 May 1996 29	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
20:00		[29]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 16,642 Referee: Frank Fleske (Eisenhüttenstadt)

16 May 1996 30	SpVgg Unterhaching	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	Unterhaching
17:00	Garcia  10', 43' Radlspeck  56' Schmöller  79'	[30]	Peschel  22' Guðjónsson  60'	Stadium: Sportpark Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Günther Habermann (Weißensee)

19 May 1996 31	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	Bochum
15:00	Kracht  8'	[31]	Holetschek  3'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,112 Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

24 May 1996 32	Chemnitzer FC	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Chemnitz
19:00		[32]	Wosz  65' Michalke  80'	Stadium: Sportforum Chemnitz Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)

2 June 1996 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:00	Wohlfarth  83' Peschel  88'	[33]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,183 Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)

8 June 1996 34	1. FSV Mainz 05	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30	Weißhaupt  7'	[34]		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

DFB-Pokal

26 August 1995 R1	FC Sachsen Leipzig	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
15:30	Leitzke  3' Gräfe  29'	[35]	Wohlfarth  63'	Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Uwe Gospodarek	34	0	33	0	1	0
2	DF		Thomas Stickroth	33	3	32	3	1	0
3	DF		Torsten Kracht	33	5	33	5	0	0
5	DF		Tomasz Wałdoch	26	2	25	2	1	0
6	MF		Peter Közle	34	11	33	11	1	0
7	MF		Kai Michalke	33	8	32	8	1	0
8	MF		Peter Peschel	32	11	31	11	1	0
9	FW		Henryk Bałuszyński	29	8	28	8	1	0
10	MF		Dariusz Wosz	32	3	31	3	1	0
11	FW		Eric Wynalda	7	2	7	2	0	0
12	DF		Christian Herrmann	16	0	16	0	0	0
13	FW		Yves Gaugler	12	1	11	1	1	0
14	MF		Þórður Guðjónsson	29	3	28	3	1	0
16	MF		Filip Tapalović	5	0	5	0	0	0
17	MF		Frank Heinemann	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	FW		Roland Wohlfarth	25	8	24	7	1	1
19	DF		Mathias Jack	28	1	27	1	1	0
21	GK		Thomas Ernst	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	32	1	31	1	1	0
23	FW		Holger Aden	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Andreas Wieczorek	3	0	3	0	0	0
27	GK		Stefan Wächter	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Eyyüp Hasan Uğur	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Andrzej Rudy	14	1	14	1	0	0
31	MF		Thorsten Schmugge	8	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		Delron Buckley	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF		Max Eberl	6	0	5	0	1	0

• Source:

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Uwe Gospodarek (from FC Bayern Munich) 2 DF  GER Thomas Stickroth (from 1. FC Saarbrücken) 3 DF  GER Torsten Kracht (from VfB Leipzig) 6 MF  GER Peter Közle (from MSV Duisburg) 16 MF  CRO Filip Tapalović (from FC Schalke 04 U-19) 19 DF  GER Mathias Jack (from Rot-Weiss Essen) 21 GK  GER Thomas Ernst (from FSV Frankfurt) 22 DF  GER Thomas Reis (from Eintracht Frankfurt) 30 MF  POL Andrzej Rudy (from 1. FC Köln) 31 MF  GER Thorsten Schmugge (from 1. FC Saarbrücken) — FW  RSA Delron Buckley (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GER Sven Christians (to Wuppertaler SV) — MF  POR Paulo da Palma (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) — MF  GER Dirk Eitzert (retired) — MF  GER Michael Frontzeck (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) — DF  GER Michael Hubner (to SpVgg Erkenschwick) — DF  NED Rob Reekers (to FC Gütersloh) — DF  GER Jörg Schwanke (to 1. FC Union Berlin) — DF  GER Uwe Stöver (to 1. FSV Mainz 05) — MF  GER Markus von Ahlen (to SV Meppen) — MF  GER Uwe Wegmann (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) — GK  GER Andreas Wessels (to SC Fortuna Köln) — GK  GER Ralf Zumdick (retired)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 27 GK  GER Stefan Wächter (from VfL Bochum U-19) 28 MF  TUR Eyyüp Hasan Uğur (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player

Sources

1. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 3:1" (in German). kicker.
3. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 1:0" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfB Lübeck - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - VfB Leipzig 3:0" (in German). kicker.
6. "FSV Zwickau - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - SV Meppen 4:1" (in German). kicker.
8. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 4:0" (in German). kicker.
10. "Fortuna Köln - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum - SG Wattenscheid 09 2:2" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:5" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 3:1" (in German). kicker.
14. "Carl Zeiss Jena - VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - Chemnitzer FC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
16. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 3:0" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:1" (in German). kicker.
19. "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
20. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
21. "VfL Bochum - VfB Lübeck 3:1" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfB Leipzig - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - FSV Zwickau 3:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "SV Meppen - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
26. "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Köln 3:1" (in German). kicker.
28. "SG Wattenscheid 09 - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
30. "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Carl Zeiss Jena 1:1" (in German). kicker.
32. "Chemnitzer FC - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 2:0" (in German). kicker.
34. "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
35. "Sachsen Leipzig - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Weltfussball.de.

External links

• 1995–96 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1995–96 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1995–96 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)