VfL Bochum
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clubname = VfL Bochum |
image = [[Image:VfL_Bochum.png|150px|logo]] |
fullname = Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848<br/>Fußballgemeinschaft e.V. |
nickname = ''Die Unabsteigbaren'' ("The Unrelegables", <small>only prior to 1994</small>) |
founded = [[1848]] |
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capacity = 31,328 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Werner Altegoer]] |
mgrtitle = Head Coach |
manager = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Marcel Koller]] |
league = [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]] |
season = [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2007/08|2007/08]] |
position = Bundesliga, 12th |
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'''VfL Bochum''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[List of football clubs in Germany|club]] based in [[Bochum]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].
==History==
===Founding to World War II===
''VfL'' is one of the oldest sports organizations in Germany claiming an origin date of [[July 26]], [[1848]] when an article in the ''Märkischer Sprecher'' - a local newspaper - called for the creation of a gymnastics club. The ''Bochumer Turnverein'' was then formally established with the authorities on [[February 18]], [[1849]]. However, the origin of the VfLs football department is the predecessor side of the ''Fußballklub 06'' formed in [[1906]], later known as ''SV Germania 06 Bochum''.
Another ancestor - ''Spiel und Sport Bochum'' - was formed in [[1908]] and played the first football match at the ''Castroper Straße'' ([[Ruhrstadion]]) on [[October 8]], [[1911]]. After a merger with another local side in [[1919]], they took on the name ''TuS Bochum 1848''.
Two of these clubs played in the Gauliga Westfalen, one of sixteen top-flight divisions established through the re-organization of German football under the [[Third Reich]] in [[1933]]. ''TuS Bochum'' appeared there briefly in [[1936]] and [[1937]], while ''Germania Bochum'' played in the division from [[1933]] to [[1938]]. ''VfL Bochum'' was formed when the [[Nazi]]regime ordered the consolidation of ''TuS'', ''Germania'', and ''Turnverein Bochum 1848'' on [[April 14]], [[1938]] and began play in the [[1938]]-[[1939|39]] season. After [[1943]] they played with yet another club as the combined wartime side ''Kriegsspielgemeinschaft (KSG) VfL 1848 Bochum/Preußen Bochum'' until the end of the conflict. Although the club was able to field competitive sides, they had the misfortune of playing in the same division as ''[[Schalke 04]]'' which was the dominant team of the era: ''Bochum'''s best results were a number of distant second place finishes.
===Postwar and entry to Bundesliga play===
Following the war the football section resumed play as the independent ''VfL Bochum Fussballgemeinschaft 1848'' and played its first season in the second division 2.Oberliga West in [[1949]], while ''Preußen Bochum'' went on to lower tier amateur level play. ''VfL'' captured the division title in [[1953]] to advance to the Oberliga West for a single season. They repeated their divisional win in [[1956]] and returned to the top-flight until again being relgated after the [[1960]]-[[1961|61]] season.
With the formation of the [[Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga]], Germany's new professional league, in [[1963]], ''VfL'' found itself in the third tier Amateurliga Westfalen. A first place result there in [[1965]] raised them to the Regionalliga West (II) from where they began a steady climb up the league table to the Bundesliga in [[1971]]. During this rise ''Bochum'' also played its way to the final of the [[1968]] [[German Cup]] where they dropped a 1:4 decision to ''[[1. FC Köln]]''.
In spite of being a perennial lower table side, ''Bochum'' developed a reputation for tenaciousness on the field in a run of twenty seasons at the top flight. The club made a repeat appearance in the German Cup final in [[1988]], this time going down 0:1 to ''[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]''. Relegated after a 16th place finish in [[1993]], the team has become a classic "elevator side", bouncing up and down between the Bundesliga and [[2nd Bundesliga (football)|2.Bundesliga]]. The club's best Bundesliga results have come relatively recently as 5th place finishes in [[1997]] and [[2004]], which earned them appearances in the [[UEFA Cup]] tournament. In [[1997]], they advanced to the third round where they were put out by Dutch side ''[[Ajax Amsterdam]]'', and in [[2004]], they were eliminated early through [[away goals]] (0-0 and 1-1) by ''[[Standard CL Liège]]'' of [[Belgium]].
===Current===
Today's sports club has 5,000 members with the football department accounting for over 2,200 of these. Other sections now part of the association include [[Athletics (track and field)|athletics]], [[badminton]], [[basketball]], [[dance]], [[fencing]], [[gymnastics]], [[handball]], [[hockey]], [[swimming]], [[table tennis]], [[tennis]], and [[volleyball]].
== Players ==
=== Current squad ===
''As of [[July 1]], [[2008]]''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Portugal|name=[[Daniel Fernandes (footballer)|Daniel Márcio Fernandes]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Sweden|name=[[Matias Concha]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Germany|name=[[Marcel Maltritz]]|pos=DF|other=[[vice-captain (football)|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Germany|name=[[Christoph Dabrowski]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Austria|name=[[Christian Fuchs]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Germany|name=[[Paul Freier]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Poland|name=[[Tomasz Zdebel]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=SVK|name=[[Stanislav Šesták]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Cameroon|name=[[Joël Epalle]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Poland|name=[[Marcin Mięciel]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Germany|name=[[Danny Fuchs]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Canada|name=[[Daniel Imhof]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Iran|name=[[Vahid Hashemian]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Turkey|name=[[Sinan Kaloğlu]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Germany|name=[[Oliver Schröder]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Germany|name=[[Dennis Grote]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Germany|name=[[Mergim Mavraj]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=France|name=[[Marc Pfertzel]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Germany|name=[[Mimoun Azaouagh]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Japan|name=[[Shinji Ono]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Germany|name=[[Philipp Bönig]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Algeria|name=[[Antar Yahia]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Germany|name=[[Heinrich Schmidtgal]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Germany|name=[[Andreas Lengsfeld]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Germany|name=[[David Zajas]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Turkey|name=[[Dilaver Güçlü]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Germany|name=[[Patrick Fabian (footballer)|Patrick Fabian]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=Germany|name=[[René Renno]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=Germany|name=[[Philipp Heerwagen]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}
=== Players out on loan ===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Croatia|name=[[Ivo Iličević]]|pos=MF|other=on loan at [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth]] until July 2009}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Austria|name=[[Marc Sand]]|pos=FW|other=on loan at [[FK Austria Wien]] until July 2009}}
{{Fs blank column}}
{{Fs end}}
''For recent transfers, see [[List of German football transfers summer 2008#VfL Bochum]].''
=== VfL Bochum II squad ===
''As of [[July 2]], [[2007]]''
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=David Buchholz|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Andreas Luthe|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Ghana|pos=DF|name=Jürgen Duah|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Patrick Fabian|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Thiemo Höhn|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Poland|name=Christian Kalina|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Daniel Klinger|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Marc-André Nimptsch|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Oliver Rademacher|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Rouven Schröder|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Turkey|pos=MF|name=[[Mirkan Aydın]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Pascal Groß|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Turkey|name=[[Dilaver Güçlü]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Poland|name=Martin Lyttek|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Lukas Schmitz|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Kevin Wölk|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Turkey|name=[[Deniz Yilmaz]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=David Zajas|other=also holds [[Poland|Polish]] citizenship {{flagicon|Poland}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Tunisia|name=Sami El-Nounou|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Stefan Kratofiel|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Marko Onucka|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=—|nat=Germany|name=Patrick Ziegler|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}
=== Notable players ===
''See also: [[:Category:VfL Bochum players]]''
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
'''Germany'''
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hans-Joachim Abel]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Holger Aden]]<ref name="Legends">{{cite web|url=http://vfl-bochum.de/webcache/Historie_VfL_Legenden_en_123.htm |title=VfL legends: Portraits of legendary players |accessdate=2008-06-12 |last= |first=VfL Bochum 1848 |authorlink= |date= |language=English |work=}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Dieter Bast]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Frank Benatelli]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mirko Dickhaut]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Thomas Ernst]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Frank Fahrenhorst]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Harry Fechner]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Klaus Fischer]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Paul Freier]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Frontzeck]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hermann Gerland]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Dirk Helmig]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Hubner]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mathias Jack]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Josef Kaczor]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hans-Jürgen Köper]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Peter Közle]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Martin Kree]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Stefan Kuntz]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Lameck]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Uwe Leifeld]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kai Michalke]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Josef Nehl]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Walter Oswald]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Peter Peschel]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Thomas Reis]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Dirk Riechmann]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hilko Ristau]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Rzehaczeck]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Christian Schreier]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Frank Schulz]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Thomas Stickroth]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Franz-Josef Tenhagen]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Hans Walitza]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Uwe Wegmann]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Andreas Wessels]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Lothar Woelk]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Dariusz Wosz]]
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Ralf Zumdick]]
{{col-3}}
'''Bosnia and Herzegovina'''
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Zvjezdan Misimović]]
'''Brazil'''
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Fábio Júnior Pereira]]
'''Bulgaria'''
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Georgi Donkov]]
'''Denmark'''
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Søren Colding]]
*{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Peter Madsen]]
'''Greece'''
*{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Theofanis Gekas]]
'''Iceland'''
*{{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Thordur Gudjonsson]]<ref name="Legends"/>
'''Iran'''
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Vahid Hashemian]]
*{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]]
'''Japan'''
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shinji Ono]]
'''Netherlands'''
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rob Reekers]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rein van Duijnhoven]]
'''Nigeria'''
*{{flagicon|Nigeria}} {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Sunday Oliseh]]
'''Poland'''
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Andrzej Rudy]]
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tomasz Wałdoch]]<ref name="Legends"/>
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Tomasz Zdebel]]
'''Russia'''
*{{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Sergei Yuran]]
'''South Korea'''
*{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Kim Joo-Sung]]
'''Spain'''
*{{flagicon|Spain}} {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Thomas Christiansen]]
{{col-3}}
'''Switzerland'''
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Christian Gross]]
'''Turkey'''
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Yıldıray Baştürk]]
'''USA'''
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Wynalda]]
{{col-end}}
==Honours==
;[[UEFA Cup]]: [[UEFA Cup 1997-98|1997/98]] (Third Round), [[UEFA Cup 2004-05|2004/05]] (First Round)
;[[German Cup]] finalists: [[DFB_Cup_1967-68|1967/68]], [[DFB_Cup_1987-88|1987/88]]
;[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] [[UEFA Cup]] qualification: [[Fußball-Bundesliga 1996/97|1996/97]] (5th), [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2003/04|2003/04]] (5th)
;[[Bundesliga top scorers|Bundesliga top goal scorer]]: [[Fußball-Bundesliga 1985/86|1985/86]] ([[Stefan Kuntz]], 22 goals), [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2002/03|2002/03]] ([[Thomas Christiansen]], 21 goals (w/[[Giovane Elber]])), [[Fußball-Bundesliga 2006/07|2006/07]] ([[Theofanis Gekas]], 20 goals)
;[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]] champions: [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1993/94|1993/94]], [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1995/96|1995/96]], [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2005/06|2005/06]]
;Promoted to [[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]: [[Fußball-Bundesliga 1970/71|1970/71]] (1st Regionalliga West, 1st promotion group #1), [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1993/94|1993/94]] (1st), [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1995/96|1995/96]] (1st), [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1999/2000|1999/2000]] (2nd), [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2001/02|2001/02]] (3rd), [[Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2005/06|2005/06]] (1st)
===League results===
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from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2005 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]"
from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2.BL]]"
from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2008 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|BL]]"
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==Stadium==
[[Ruhrstadion|rewirpowerSTADION]] (formerly known as "Ruhrstadion") was one of the first modern football-only stadiums in Germany. It was built in the 1970s on the traditional ground of ''TuS Bochum 08'' at the Castroper Straße north of the city centre.
The fully-roofed venue's capacity is 31,328, including standing room for 15,639.
==Team trivia==
* One of the most prominent supporters of ''VfL Bochum'' is popular German musician and actor [[Herbert Grönemeyer]], who wrote the song "Bochum" which soon became the club's unofficial anthem sung by ''VfL'' fans prior to every home match.
* Some team supporters share a fan-friendship with ''[[FC Bayern Munich]]''.
* In 1955, ''VfL Bochum'' became the first German football club to travel to [[Israel]] to play a friendship match.
* The club does not assign the number 12 to any player in order to honour its fans as [[12th Man (football)|the 12th man]].
==Coaches==
{|class="prettytable"
|-
|[[1967]]-[[1972]]
|[[Hermann Eppenhoff]]
|-
|[[1972]]-[[1979]]
|[[Heinz Höher]]
|-
|[[1979]]-[[1981]]
|[[Helmuth Johannsen]]
|-
|[[1981]]-[[1986]]
|[[Rolf Schafstall]]
|-
|[[1986]]-[[1988]]
|[[Hermann Gerland]]
|-
|[[1988]]-[[1989]]
|[[Franz-Josef Tenhagen]]
|-
|[[1989]]-[[1991]]
|[[Reinhard Saftig]]
|-
|[[1991]]
|[[Rolf Schafstall]]
|-
|[[1991]]-[[1992]]
|[[Holger Osieck]]
|-
|[[1992]]-[[1995]]
|[[Jürgen Gelsdorf]]
|-
|[[1995]]-[[1999]]
|[[Klaus Toppmöller]]
|-
|[[1999]]
|[[Ernst Middendorp]]
|-
|[[1999]]-[[2000]]
|[[Bernard Dietz]]
|-
|[[2000]]-[[2001]]
|[[Ralf Zumdick]]
|-
|[[2001]]
|[[Rolf Schafstall]]
|-
|[[2001]]
|[[Bernard Dietz]]
|-
|[[2001]]-[[2005]]
|[[Peter Neururer]]
|-
|[[2005]]-
|[[Marcel Koller]]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*[http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/bochum.html The Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
*[http://www.vfl-bochum.de Official website]
*[http://www.fussball.com/mannschaft-index-130/vfl-bochum.html fussball.com]
*[http://www.vfl-bochum.pl/ vfl-bochum.pl]
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