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

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

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

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

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GRE Fotios Papadopoulos (form VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player

References

1. "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV, 11.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
2. "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
3. "Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum, 17.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
4. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen, 22.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
6. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
7. "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum, 25.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
8. "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt, 31.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
10. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1" (in German). kicker.
11. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum, 08.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
12. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg, 15.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
14. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). kicker.
15. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum, 21.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
16. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart, 29.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
18. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 0:0" (in German). kicker.
19. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum, 06.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
20. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
21. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum, 17.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
22. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach, 24.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
24. "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 4:1" (in German). kicker.
25. "Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum, 27.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
26. "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München, 03.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
28. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:1" (in German). kicker.
29. "Fortuna Köln – VfL Bochum, 10.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
30. "Fortuna Köln – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiß Essen, 17.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
32. "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen] 1:2" (in German). kicker.
33. "Hertha BSC Berlin – VfL Bochum, 11.12.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
34. "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
35. "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum, 05.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
36. "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
37. "VfL Bochum – Schalke 04, 12.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
38. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:5" (in German). kicker.
39. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum, 19.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
40. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
41. "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96, 26.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
42. "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 3:1" (in German). kicker.
43. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum, 02.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
44. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
45. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln, 09.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
46. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 0:2" (in German). kicker.
47. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum, 02.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
48. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
49. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 09.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
50. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:2" (in German). kicker.
51. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum, 16.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
52. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
53. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf, 23.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
54. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:3" (in German). kicker.
55. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV, 30.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
56. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:0" (in German). kicker.
57. "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum, 06.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
58. "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
59. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 20.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
60. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.
61. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum, 27.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
62. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
63. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Köln, 04.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
64. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Köln 2:0" (in German). kicker.
65. "Rot-Weiß Essen – VfL Bochum, 11.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
66. "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
67. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC Berlin, 18.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
68. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC – 2:1" (in German). kicker.
69. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
70. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

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)