1977–78 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1977–78 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans-Joachim Abel (15) All: Hans-Joachim Abel (15)
Highest home attendance	36,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 11 March 1978)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 (vs SV Werder Bremen, 14 January 1978; Fortuna Düsseldorf, 29 April 1978)
Average home league attendance	23,971
Home colours Away colours
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The 1977–78 VfL Bochum season was the 40th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 August 1977 1	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[1]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

13 August 1977 2	1. FC Köln	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	van Gool  28', 44'	[2]	Tenhagen  43'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

17 August 1977 3	VfL Bochum	5 – 0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
20:00	Herget  2' Woelk  66' Bast  70', 89' Gerland  88'	[3]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

26 August 1977 4	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Røntved  46'	[4]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

31 August 1977 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:00	Holz  74'	[5]	Seliger  35' Büssers  75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

3 September 1977 6	FC Bayern Munich	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Müller  61' (pen.)	[6]	Tenhagen  12'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)

VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich

10 September 1977 7	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold  1' Holz  40'	[7]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jörg Glasneck (Bremen)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

17 September 1977 8	Eintracht Braunschweig	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Breitner  14' (pen.) Frank  27' Merkhoffer  74'	[8]	Bast  18'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 September 1977 9	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30		[9]	Wenzel  58'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

1. FC Saarbrücken v VfL Bochum

30 September 1977 10	1. FC Saarbrücken	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Saarbrücken
20:00		[10]	Eggert  20'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

12 October 1977 11	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:00		[11]	Riedl  83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

22 October 1977 12	FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Demange  24' Fischer  31' Bittcher  44'	[12]	Lameck  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Drescher (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

29 October 1977 13	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Lameck  9'	[13]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

5 November 1977 14	Hamburger SV	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Keller  20', 53' Hidien  82'	[14]	Eggert  56'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

12 November 1977 15	FC St. Pauli	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Gerber  14' (pen.)	[15]	Abel  56'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

26 November 1977 16	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Bast  58'	[16]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

3 December 1977 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Zimmermann  24'	[17]	Holz  60'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

9 December 1977 18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Simonsen  11', 88'	[18]	Abel  32' Bast  48'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

17 December 1977 19	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		[19]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

7 January 1978 20	Hertha BSC	4 – 3	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Kristensen  39' Kliemann  49' Granitza  50', 51'	[20]	Abel  30' (pen.), 36', 76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

14 January 1978 21	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Abel  86' Lameck  88'	[21]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

21 January 1978 22	MSV Duisburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		[22]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

28 January 1978 23	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Bast  75', 85'	[23]	Rausch  88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum

4 February 1978 24	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Hartwig  79' Hofeditz  90'	[24]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

11 February 1978 25	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Woelk  1'	[25]	Grobe  35'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

18 February 1978 26	Eintracht Frankfurt	5 – 3	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Nickel  10', 69' (pen.) Hölzenbein  32', 42' Neuberger  86'	[26]	Abel  16' Bast  26' Herget  82'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Saarbrücken

25 March 1978 27	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bochum
15:30	Versen  27' Abel  47', 58' Wischniewski  72'	[27]	Woelk  2' (o.g.) Denz  70'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

3 March 1978 28	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Stickel  3' Toppmöller  74', 78', 84'	[28]	Bast  9'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

11 March 1978 29	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Abel  54'	[29]	Fischer  41'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

17 March 1978 30	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
20:00	Hoeneß  28' Müller  39', 47' (pen.)	[30]	Abel  15' (pen.)	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

31 March 1978 31	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00	Trimhold  37' Abel  49'	[31]	Volkert  24'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

8 April 1978 32	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
15:30	Eggert  5' Holz  71' Woelk  77' (pen.) Pochstein  90'	[32]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

22 April 1978 33	Borussia Dortmund	5 – 3	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Frank  6' Geyer  10' Burgsmüller  38', 43', 74'	[33]	Tenhagen  7' Abel  52', 62'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 31,394 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

29 April 1978 34	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold  46' Abel  50' (pen.)	[34]	Allofs  32'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)

DFB-Pokal

VfB Oldenburg v VfL Bochum

29 July 1977 R1	VfB Oldenburg	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Oldenburg
		[35]	Woelk  14', 70'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

20 August 1977 R2	FC St. Pauli	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
		[36]	Bast  35' Pochstein  63' Woelk  70'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Freiburger FC v VfL Bochum

15 October 1977 R3	Freiburger FC	2 – 6	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
	Derigs  58' Bruder  81'	[37]	Schwemmle  14', 37', 59' Bast  21', 34' Holz  71'	Stadium: Möslestadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Michel (Augsburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

19 November 1977 R4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
	Heynckes  55', 58', 87'	[38]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Hans-Joachim Abel (since 25 October 1977)	21	15	20	15	1	0
	MF		Dieter Bast	32	11	28	9	4	2
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Michael Eggert	36	3	32	3	4	0
	MF		Wolfgang Euteneuer	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Klaus Franke	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF		Hartmut Fromm (until 31 August 1977)	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF		Hermann Gerland	32	1	30	1	2	0
	DF		Matthias Herget	34	2	30	2	4	0
	MF		Paul Holz	31	5	28	4	3	1
	FW		Josef Kaczor	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Kursinski	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		Michael Lameck	38	3	34	3	4	0
	GK		Reinhard Mager	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Hans-Joachim Pochstein	18	1	14	1	4	0
	MF		Werner Schachten	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ralf Schaffeld	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	35	0	31	0	4	0
	FW		Dieter Schwemmle	18	3	15	0	3	3
	MF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	3	34	3	3	0
	MF		Holger Trimhold	38	3	34	3	4	0
	DF		Dieter Versen	16	1	15	1	1	0
	DF		Klaus Wischniewski	12	1	12	1	0	0
	DF		Lothar Woelk	37	6	33	3	4	3

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player FW Hans-Joachim Abel (from SC Westfalia Herne) MF Dieter Bast (from Rot-Weiss Essen) MF Ralf Schaffeld (from Rheingold Emmerich) FW Dieter Schwemmle (from AC Bellinzona) DF Lothar Woelk (from Eintracht Recklinghausen)

Out: No. Position Player MF Werner Balte (retired) DF Hartmut Fromm (to SC Westfalia Herne)

Sources

1. "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
2. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
3. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 5:0" (in German). Kicker.
4. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
6. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
8. "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
10. "1. FC Saarbrücken - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
12. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
14. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
15. "FC St. Pauli - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
16. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
17. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
18. "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
19. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
20. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). Kicker.
21. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
22. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
24. "1860 München - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
26. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). Kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Saarbrücken 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
28. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
30. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
32. "VfL Bochum - FC St. Pauli 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
33. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). Kicker.
34. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik VfB Oldenburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:1)" [Match statistic VfB Oldenburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik FC St. Pauli gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:1)" [Match statistic FC St. Pauli vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik Freiburger FC gegen VfL Bochum 2:6 (0:4)" [Match statistic Freiburger FC vs. VfL Bochum 2–6 (0–4)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik Borussia Mönchengladbach gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)