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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.

Review and events

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Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DFB-Pokal

29 July 1977 (1977-07-29) R1	VfB Oldenburg	0–2	VfL Bochum	Oldenburg
			Woelk 14', 70'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

20 August 1977 (1977-08-20) R2	FC St. Pauli	0–3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
			Bast 35' Pochstein 63' Woelk 70'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

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

19 November 1977 (1977-11-19) R4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
	Heynckes 55', 58', 87'			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	FRG	Hans-Joachim Abel (since 25 October 1977)	21	15	20	15	1	0
	MF	FRG	Dieter Bast	32	11	28	9	4	2
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Eggert	36	3	32	3	4	0
	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Euteneuer	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Franke	31	0	27	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm (until 31 August 1977)	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Hermann Gerland	32	1	30	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Matthias Herget	34	2	30	2	4	0
	MF	FRG	Paul Holz	31	5	28	4	3	1
	FW	FRG	Josef Kaczor	2	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Peter Kursinski	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Lameck	38	3	34	3	4	0
	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Pochstein	18	1	14	1	4	0
	MF	FRG	Werner Schachten	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Ralf Schaffeld	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	35	0	31	0	4	0
	FW	FRG	Dieter Schwemmle	18	3	15	0	3	3
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	3	34	3	3	0
	MF	FRG	Holger Trimhold	38	3	34	3	4	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	16	1	15	1	1	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Wischniewski	12	1	12	1	0	0
	DF	FRG	Lothar Woelk	37	6	33	3	4	3

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

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

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRG Werner Balte (retired) — DF  FRG 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 (in German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1977–78 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

• German football clubs 1977–78 season
• VfL Bochum seasons