1973–74 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1973–74 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Walitza (13) All: Hans Walitza (14)
Highest home attendance	32,000 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 3 November 1973)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (vs Kickers Offenbach, 24 November 1973)
Average home league attendance	17,853
Home colours Away colours

The 1973–74 VfL Bochum season was the 36th season in club history.

Matches

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Wuppertaler SV Borussia

11 August 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  3' Balte  24' (pen.)	[1][2]	Pröpper  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

17 August 1973 2	FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Kremers  10' Holz  33' Beverungen  69'	[3][4]	Versen  36'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

22 August 1973 3	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00		[5][6]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

25 August 1973 4	Hannover 96	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Siemensmeyer  64' (pen.)	[7][8]	Walitza  3' Etterich  48'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1973 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:00	Walitza  51'	[9][10]	Körbel  76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

8 September 1973 6	1. FC Köln	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Flohe  34' Weber  67'	[11][12]	Balte  69' (pen.) Eggert  74'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

15 September 1973 7	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Balte  23', 75' Walitza  80'	[13][14]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

21 September 1973 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00		[15][16]	Tenhagen  3' Walitza  68'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Dieter Wohlfarth (Bergen-Enkheim)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

29 September 1973 9	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30		[17][18]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

6 October 1973 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye  28'	[19][20]	Etterich  23'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

17 October 1973 11	Hamburger SV	5 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Bjørnmose  6' Zaczyk  38' Heese  44' Winkler  72' Nogly  88'	[21][22]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

24 November 1973 12	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Versen  20' Fromm  22' Eggeling  37' Balte  38'	[23][24]	Kostedde  89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

27 October 1973 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen  21' Heynckes  24'	[25][26]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

3 November 1973 14	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[27][28]	Hoeneß  20'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

Fortuna Köln v VfL Bochum

10 November 1973 15	Fortuna Köln	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Zimmermann  56' Glock  71'	[29][30]	Tenhagen  18' Walitza  39'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

17 November 1973 16	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen  11'	[31][32]	Fürhoff  7' Lippens  36'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

11 December 1973 17	Hertha BSC	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
20:00	Horr  12', 30' Müller  20' Gutzeit  48'	[33][34]	Balte  40' Walitza  88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Wuppertaler SV Borussia v VfL Bochum

5 January 1974 18	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Kohle  39' (pen.) Pröpper  76'	[35][36]		Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

12 January 1974 19	VfL Bochum	2 – 5	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Majgl  81', 88'	[37][38]	Abramczik  4' Fischer  17', 50' (pen.) Holz  38' Kremers  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

19 January 1974 20	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Höttges  36' (pen.)	[39][40]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

26 January 1974 21	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Balte  29' Fechner  58' Majgl  81'	[41][42]	Galeski  40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

2 February 1974 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Körbel  15' Grabowski  58' (pen.) Kalb  64'	[43][44]	Balte  60' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

9 February 1974 23	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		[45][46]	Löhr  27' Müller  65'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

2 March 1974 24	MSV Duisburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		[47][48]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 March 1974 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Eggert  64' Fromm  88'	[49][50]	Wilhelmi  62' Sandberg  76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ottmar Nützel (Neustadt an der Aisch)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

16 March 1974 26	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Stickel  75' Handschuh  81'	[51][52]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 March 1974 27	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Lameck  1' Balte  55' Walitza  71'	[53][54]	Köhnen  16' Herzog  40' Budde  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

30 March 1974 28	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Lameck  43' Majgl  83'	[55][56]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

6 April 1974 29	Kickers Offenbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
15:30	Kostedde  59' Schäfer  82'	[57][58]	Etterich  19' Walitza  66'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 April 1974 30	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  56'	[59][60]	Rupp  28'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

27 April 1974 31	FC Bayern Munich	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Roth  4' Müller  17' Hoeneß  37' Zobel  52'	[61][62]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Köln

4 May 1974 32	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Fortuna Köln	Bochum
15:30	Balte  20' Walitza  80'	[63][64]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

11 May 1974 33	Rot-Weiss Essen	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Lippens  36' Bast  40' (pen.)	[65][66]	Tenhagen  35' Balte  76'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

18 May 1974 34	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  39', 52'	[67][68]	Horr  87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

1 December 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
14:30	Versen  12' Laufer  16'	[69]	Höttges  50' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

5 December 1973 1 Replay	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
19:30	Zembski  2' Erkenbrecher  32'	[70]	Walitza  37'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Heinz Nickel (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

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	36	11	34	11	2	0
	GK		Harry Bohrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Bomm	3	0	2	0	1	0
	GK		Hans-Jürgen Bradler	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	7	0	5	0	2	0
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	33	1	31	1	2	0
	MF		Michael Eggert	26	2	25	2	1	0
	MF		Hans-Günter Etterich	22	3	21	3	1	0
	DF		Harry Fechner	31	1	29	1	2	0
	DF		Hartmut Fromm	18	2	16	2	2	0
	DF		Erwin Galeski	30	0	30	0	0	0
	FW		Hermann Gerland	13	0	13	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF		Michael Lameck	36	2	34	2	2	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Laufer	22	1	20	0	2	1
	FW		Reinhard Majgl	16	4	16	4	0	0
	MF		Fotios Papadopoulos	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Rainer Pommerin	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	35	0	33	0	2	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	36	4	34	4	2	0
	DF		Dieter Versen	36	3	34	2	2	1
	FW		Hans Walitza	33	14	31	13	2	1

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player FW Heinz-Werner Eggeling (form VfL Bochum youth) DF Hartmut Fromm (form RW Unna) MF Franz-Josef Tenhagen (form Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

Out: No. Position Player DF Heinz-Jürgen Blome (to VfL Witten) FW Hans-Werner Hartl (to Borussia Dortmund) MF Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier (to SC Westfalia Herne) MF Werner Krämer (retired) DF Manfred Rüsing (to 1. FC Nürnberg) DF Reinhold Wosab (to Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid)

Winter

In: No. Position Player MF Fotios Papadopoulos (form VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Position Player

References

External links

• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)