1995–96 VfL Bochum season

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

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

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

2. Bundesliga

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

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

VfL Bochum v SV Waldhof Mannheim

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)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

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)

VfB Lübeck v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v VfB Leipzig

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)

FSV Zwickau v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SV Meppen

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)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

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)

SC Fortuna Köln v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SG Wattenscheid 09

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)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Unterhaching

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)

FC Carl Zeiss Jena v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Chemnitzer FC

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)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FSV Mainz 05

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)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

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)

SV Waldhof Mannheim v VfL Bochum

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)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v VfB Lübeck

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)

VfB Leipzig v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v FSV Zwickau

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)

SV Meppen v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

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)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SC Fortuna Köln

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)

SG Wattenscheid 09 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

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

SpVgg Unterhaching v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v FC Carl Zeiss Jena

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)

Chemnitzer FC v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

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)

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

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

FC Sachsen Leipzig v VfL Bochum

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 and statistics

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:

Transfers

Summer

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

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

Winter

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

Out: No. Position Player

Sources

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)