1975–76 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1975–76 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße (until 19 March 1976) Schloss Strünkede, Herne (20 March 1976 – 12 June 1976) Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (2 April 1976)
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Josef Kaczor (12) All: Josef Kaczor (16)
Highest home attendance	45,000 (vs. FC Schalke 04, 2 April 1976)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 (vs. SV Werder Bremen, 9 August 1975; MSV Duisburg, 10 April 1976)
Average home league attendance	20,126
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 VfL Bochum season was the 38th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

9 August 1975 1	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		[1]	Röber  36' Åslund  39' Weist  86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

Bayer 05 Uerdingen v VfL Bochum

16 August 1975 2	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Uerdingen
15:30		[2]		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 August 1975 3	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30		[3]	Zimmermann  41'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

27 August 1975 4	FC Schalke 04	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Fischer  85'	[4]	Lameck  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

30 August 1975 5	VfL Bochum	5 – 1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht  53' Köper  56' Eggeling  63' Pochstein  64' Balte  85' (pen.)	[5]	Hickersberger  40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

6 September 1975 6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Heynckes  10'	[6]	Eggeling  69'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

13 September 1975 7	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Köper  39' Balte  57'	[7]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

19 September 1975 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Toppmöller  47' Diehl  75' (pen.)	[8]	Kaczor  77'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

27 September 1975 9	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30		[9]	Ettmayer  38' Sperlich  86' Nogly  88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

4 October 1975 10	MSV Duisburg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Dietz  86'	[10]	Kaczor  55'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

24 October 1975 11	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
20:00	Ellbracht  47' Köper  90'	[11]	Hrubesch  52'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

31 October 1975 12	1. FC Köln	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Löhr  86'	[12]		Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manfred Scheffner (Nußloch)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

8 November 1975 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	6 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Wenzel  25' Lorenz  48' (pen.) Beverungen  54', 86' Körbel  60' Reichel  84'	[13]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

15 November 1975 14	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold  27' Tenhagen  30' Fromm  75'	[14]	Kapellmann  80'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

22 November 1975 15	Hertha BSC	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Kostedde  1', 42' Horr  17' Beer  44'	[15]	Kaczor  16'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Theo Antz (Wahlen)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

28 November 1975 16	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
20:00	Kaczor  57', 72'	[16]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

6 December 1975 17	Karlsruher SC	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
15:30	Schäfer  46' Berger  50'	[17]	Eggeling  20', 84'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

17 January 1976 18	SV Werder Bremen	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Røntved  36', 78' Müllner  49' Röber  65' (pen.)	[18]	Lameck  31' (pen.)	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 05 Uerdingen

24 January 1976 19	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht  13', 23' Lameck  61'	[19]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,150 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

7 February 1976 20	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Rheinstadion
15:30	Mattsson  11', 18' Zimmermann  46'	[20]	Miß  60'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

2 April 1976 21	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	FC Schalke 04	Dortmund
20:00	Pochstein  88'	[21]	Kremers  35' Bongartz  51' Lütkebohmert  71' Fischer  74'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

21 February 1976 22	Kickers Offenbach	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach
15:30	Janzon  10'	[22]		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 March 1976 23	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Köper  48' Kaczor  87'	[23]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

13 March 1976 24	Hannover 96	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Anders  42' Kaemmer  44' (pen.), 70' Lüttges  83'	[24]	Anders  68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 March 1976 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Herne
15:30	Eggert  11' Lameck  64'	[25]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

27 March 1976 26	Hamburger SV	5 – 3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Memering  68' Sperlich  73' Zaczyk  75' Bjørnmose  77' Nogly  90'	[26]	Eggert  33' Balte  78' Lameck  81'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

10 April 1976 27	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	MSV Duisburg	Herne
15:30	Gerland  44'	[27]	Bruckmann  9' Büssers  89'	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

17 April 1976 28	Rot-Weiss Essen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Burgsmüller  84'	[28]		Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

1 May 1976 29	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	1. FC Köln	Herne
15:30	Kaczor  27'	[29]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 May 1976 30	VfL Bochum	5 – 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Herne
15:30	Kaczor  9', 89' Eggeling  48' Lameck  67' (pen.) Eggert  80'	[30]	Kraus  29' Hölzenbein  40', 78'	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

15 May 1976 31	FC Bayern Munich	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Beckenbauer  33' Künkel  52' Müller  56', 82' (pen.)	[31]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

29 May 1976 32	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hertha BSC	Herne
15:30	Kaczor  24' Tenhagen  74'	[32]		Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

4 June 1976 33	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Kaczor  24'	[33]	Gersdorff  73'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

12 June 1976 34	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	Karlsruher SC	Herne
15:30	Kaczor  4' Eggeling  26' Eggert  51' Pochstein  81'	[34]	Niedermayer  61' Struth  84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

DFB-Pokal

SpVgg Erkenschwick v VfL Bochum

1 August 1975 R1	SpVgg Erkenschwick	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Oer-Erkenschwick
	Tenbrink  31' Walter  84'	[35]	Balte  12', 59' Kaczor  13'	Stadium: Stimbergstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Bonn)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

18 October 1975 R2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
		[36]	Kaczor  55', 61'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

13 December 1975 R3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4 – 4 (aet)	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
	Geye  28' Allofs  55' Seel  62' Kriegler  117'	[37]	Köper  6', 47' Kaczor  9' Gerland  92'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

17 December 1975 R3 Replay	VfL Bochum	1 – 3 (aet)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
	Eggeling  30'	[38]	Zimmermann  73' Herzog  102' Seel  105'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Werner Balte	31	5	27	3	4	2
	DF		Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	38	7	34	6	4	1
	DF		Michael Eggert	36	4	32	4	4	0
	FW		Harry Ellbracht	15	4	15	4	0	0
	MF		Wolfgang Euteneuer	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Klaus Franke	14	0	14	0	0	0
	DF		Hartmut Fromm	34	1	30	1	4	0
	DF		Hermann Gerland	29	2	25	1	4	1
	FW		Josef Kaczor	31	16	27	12	4	4
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	38	6	34	4	4	2
	FW		Peter Kursinski	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		Michael Lameck	38	6	34	6	4	0
	GK		Reinhard Mager	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Erich Miß	20	1	18	1	2	0
	FW		Hans-Joachim Pochstein	35	3	31	3	4	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	38	0	34	0	4	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	38	2	34	2	4	0
	MF		Holger Trimhold	13	1	12	1	1	0
	DF		Dieter Versen	15	0	13	0	2	0

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player FW Harry Ellbracht (form SSV Hagen) MF Wolfgang Euteneuer (form VfL Bochum II) GK Reinhard Mager (form BSV Schwenningen) DF Erich Miß (form Wuppertaler SV) MF Holger Trimhold (form Schwarz-Weiss Essen)

Out: No. Position Player GK Hans-Jürgen Bradler (to SC Westfalia Herne) DF Harry Fechner (on loan to 1. FC Saarbrücken) DF Harry Fechner (on loan to DJK Gütersloh, previously on loan at 1. FC Saarbrücken) DF Erwin Galeski (to Vorwärts Herne) MF Paul Holz (to Hannover 96) MF Gisbert Horsthemke (to SpVgg Erkenschwick)

Sources

1. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:3" (in German). Kicker.
2. "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
3. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
4. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - Kickers Offenbach 5:1" (in German). Kicker.
6. "Borussia Mgladbach - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
8. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:3" (in German). Kicker.
10. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiss Essen 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
12. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
13. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 6:0" (in German). Kicker.
14. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
15. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
16. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
17. "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
18. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
19. "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
20. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
21. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 1:4" (in German). Kicker.
22. "Kickers Offenbach - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Mgladbach 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
24. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
26. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). Kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
28. "Rot-Weiss Essen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
30. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 5:3" (in German). Kicker.
31. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
32. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
33. "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
34. "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik SpVgg Erkenschwick gegen VfL Bochum 2:3 (1:2)" [Match statistic SpVgg Erkenschwick vs. VfL Bochum 2–3 (1–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik Bayer Leverkusen gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Leverkusen vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik Fortuna Düsseldorf gegen VfL Bochum 4:4 n.V." [Match statistic Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. VfL Bochum 4–4 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:3 n.V." [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–3 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1975–76 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1975–76 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1975–76 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)