VfL Bochum 513623 225868591 2008-07-15T19:52:23Z 87.123.254.171 /* Players out on loan */ {{Football club infobox | 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]] | ground = [[rewirpowerSTADION]]| 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 | pattern_la1=_blue_stripes|pattern_b1=_bluestripes|pattern_ra1=_blue_stripes | leftarm1=2072c3 |body1=2072c3 |rightarm1=2072c3 |shorts1=2072c3 |socks1=ffffff | pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_bluebow|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffff| }} '''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=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=David Buchholz|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Andreas Luthe|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Ghana|pos=DF|name=Jürgen Duah|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Patrick Fabian|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Thiemo Höhn|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Poland|name=Christian Kalina|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Daniel Klinger|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Marc-André Nimptsch|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Oliver Rademacher|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Rouven Schröder|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Turkey|pos=MF|name=[[Mirkan Aydın]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Pascal Groß|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Turkey|name=[[Dilaver Güçlü]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Poland|name=Martin Lyttek|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Lukas Schmitz|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Kevin Wölk|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Turkey|name=[[Deniz Yilmaz]]|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=David Zajas|other=also holds [[Poland|Polish]] citizenship {{flagicon|Poland}}|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Tunisia|name=Sami El-Nounou|other=also holds [[Germany|German]] citizenship {{flagicon|Germany}}|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Stefan Kratofiel|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|nat=Germany|name=Marko Onucka|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=&mdash;|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=== <div style="overflow:auto"> <timeline> ImageSize = width:1600 height:60 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/1938 till:01/07/2008 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1939 Colors = id:1st value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:2nd value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:3rd value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) PlotData= bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center from:01/07/1938 till:01/07/1939 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1939 till:01/07/1940 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1940 till:01/07/1941 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1941 till:01/07/1942 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1942 till:01/07/1943 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1943 till:01/07/1944 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/1944 till:01/07/1945 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1945 till:01/07/1946 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1946 till:01/07/1947 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1947 till:01/07/1948 shift:(0,-4) text:6 from:01/07/1948 till:01/07/1949 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1949 till:01/07/1950 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1950 till:01/07/1951 shift:(0,-4) text:7 from:01/07/1951 till:01/07/1952 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1952 till:01/07/1953 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1953 till:01/07/1954 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1954 till:01/07/1955 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1955 till:01/07/1956 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1956 till:01/07/1957 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1957 till:01/07/1958 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1958 till:01/07/1959 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1959 till:01/07/1960 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1960 till:01/07/1961 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1961 till:01/07/1962 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/1962 till:01/07/1963 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1963 till:01/07/1964 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1964 till:01/07/1965 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1965 till:01/07/1966 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1966 till:01/07/1967 shift:(0,-4) text:4 from:01/07/1967 till:01/07/1968 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1968 till:01/07/1969 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/1969 till:01/07/1970 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1970 till:01/07/1971 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1971 till:01/07/1972 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1972 till:01/07/1973 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1973 till:01/07/1974 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1974 till:01/07/1975 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1975 till:01/07/1976 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1976 till:01/07/1977 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1977 till:01/07/1978 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1978 till:01/07/1979 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/1979 till:01/07/1980 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1980 till:01/07/1981 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1981 till:01/07/1982 shift:(0,-4) text:10 from:01/07/1982 till:01/07/1983 shift:(0,-4) text:13 from:01/07/1983 till:01/07/1984 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1984 till:01/07/1985 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1985 till:01/07/1986 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/1986 till:01/07/1987 shift:(0,-4) text:11 from:01/07/1987 till:01/07/1988 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1988 till:01/07/1989 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1989 till:01/07/1990 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1990 till:01/07/1991 shift:(0,-4) text:14 from:01/07/1991 till:01/07/1992 shift:(0,-4) text:15 from:01/07/1992 till:01/07/1993 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1997 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:17 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:18 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:9 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:5 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:16 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:8 from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2008 shift:(0,-4) text:12 from:01/07/1938 till:01/07/1945 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Gauliga Westfalen]]" from:01/07/1945 till:01/07/1949 color:3rd shift:(0,13) text: "Landesliga Westfalen" from:01/07/1949 till:01/07/1953 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2nd Oberliga West|2. OL West]]" from:01/07/1953 till:01/07/1955 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Oberliga West (1947-63)|OLW]]" from:01/07/1955 till:01/07/1956 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2nd Oberliga West|2OLW]]" from:01/07/1956 till:01/07/1961 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Oberliga West (1947-63)|OL West]]" from:01/07/1961 till:01/07/1963 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2nd Oberliga West|2OLW]]" from:01/07/1963 till:01/07/1965 color:3rd shift:(0,13) text: "[[Verbandsliga Westfalen|VLW]]" from:01/07/1965 till:01/07/1971 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[Regionalliga West (1963-74)|Regionalliga West]]" from:01/07/1971 till:01/07/1993 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]" from:01/07/1993 till:01/07/1994 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2.BL]]" from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|BL]]" from:01/07/1995 till:01/07/1996 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2.BL]]" from:01/07/1994 till:01/07/1995 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|BL]]" from:01/07/1996 till:01/07/1999 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]" from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2.BL]]" from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 color:1st shift:(0,13) text: "[[Fußball-Bundesliga|BL]]" from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 color:2nd shift:(0,13) text: "[[2. Fußball-Bundesliga|2.BL]]" 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]]" </timeline></div> ==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] {{fb start}} {{VfL Bochum}} {{1. 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