1974–75 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1974–75 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Werner Balte (14) All: Werner Balte (14)
Highest home attendance	34,000 (vs. FC Bayern Munich, 29 November 1974)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 (vs. Tennis Borussia Berlin, 1 April 1975; Kickers Offenbach, 7 June 1975)
Average home league attendance	17,635
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 1974–75 VfL Bochum season was the 37th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

24 August 1974 1	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Weller 76' (pen.)	[1]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

31 August 1974 2	VfL Bochum	3–2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Balte 24' (pen.) Eggert 44' Kaczor 74'	[2]	Müller 7' Löhr 35'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

Wuppertaler SV v VfL Bochum

11 September 1974 3	Wuppertaler SV	1–1	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
20:00	Gerber 53'	[3]	Holz 61'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

14 September 1974 4	VfL Bochum	2–1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Balte 28' Kaczor 58'	[4]	Abramczik 8'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

21 September 1974 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Merkhoffer 43' Gersdorff 72'	[5]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

28 September 1974 6	VfL Bochum	3–1	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Balte 29' (pen.) Kaczor 70' Tenhagen 77'	[6]	Ohling 90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

5 October 1974 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen 32', 42' Simonsen 54' (pen.)	[7]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 13,100 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

9 October 1974 8	VfL Bochum	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:00	Holz 38' Lameck 45' (pen.) Tenhagen 57'	[8]	Rohrbach 81'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v VfL Bochum

12 October 1974 9	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2–0	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Sprenger 66' Stolzenburg 90'	[9]		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 October 1974 10	VfL Bochum	4–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 13', 30' Eggeling 17' Balte 43' (pen.)	[10]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

2 November 1974 11	MSV Duisburg	3–1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
14:30	Bella 26' Thies 36' Seliger 71'	[11]	Eggert 7'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

9 November 1974 12	VfL Bochum	2–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Holz 28' Tenhagen 40'	[12]	Fürhoff 13' Erlhoff 63'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

16 November 1974 13	VfL Bochum	4–2	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Köper 10' Kaczor 48', 58' Balte 69'	[13]	Volkert 22' Reimann 47'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

23 November 1974 14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30		[14]	Balte 67'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

29 November 1974 15	VfL Bochum	3–0	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
20:00	Kaczor 7' Balte 15' (pen.), 51'	[15]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

6 December 1974 16	Kickers Offenbach	2–0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
20:00	Ritschel 8' (pen.) Hickersberger 60'	[16]		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

14 December 1974 17	VfL Bochum	4–0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 59' Köper 65' Lameck 86' Franke 89'	[17]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

25 January 1975 18	VfL Bochum	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Balte 53'	[18]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

1 February 1975 19	1. FC Köln	4–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Neumann 8' Müller 29' Overath 35' Glowacz 43'	[19]	Eggeling 71'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v Wuppertaler SV

15 February 1975 20	VfL Bochum	4–2	Wuppertaler SV	Bochum
15:30	Balte 15', 73' (pen.) Köper 17', 34'	[20]	Nagy 29' Gerber 38'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

22 February 1975 21	FC Schalke 04	1–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Fischer 12'	[21]		Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

1 March 1975 22	VfL Bochum	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Balte 83'	[22]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

8 March 1975 23	SV Werder Bremen	3–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Røntved 11' Weist 60' Bracht 67'	[23]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 March 1975 24	VfL Bochum	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[24]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

22 April 1975 25	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
20:00	Lorenz 12', 15', 82' Hölzenbein 40'	[25]	Dewinski 42'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Tennis Borussia Berlin

1 April 1975 26	VfL Bochum	0–0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Bochum
20:00		[26]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

5 April 1975 27	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Melzer 52'	[27]		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

19 April 1975 28	VfL Bochum	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Bruckmann 84' (o.g.)	[28]	Büssers 1', 43'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

3 May 1975 29	Rot-Weiss Essen	1–1	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Wieczorkowski 47'	[29]	Versen 83'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

10 May 1975 30	Hamburger SV	3–2	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Zaczyk 35' Memering 59' Bertl 85'	[30]	Holz 28' Pochstein 66'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

24 May 1975 31	VfL Bochum	4–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen 7' Köper 55' Balte 69', 89' (pen.)	[31]	Brei 44', 75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

31 May 1975 32	FC Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Schwarzenbeck 54' Müller 79'	[32]	Holz 39'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

7 June 1975 33	VfL Bochum	3–1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Holz 42' Lameck 60' (pen.), 64'	[33]	Kostedde 40'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

14 June 1975 34	Hertha BSC	4–2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Grau 8' Beer 28' Müller 45' (pen.) Sidka 64'	[34]	Holz 77' (pen.) Kaczor 82'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

DFB-Pokal

SC Herford v VfL Bochum

7 September 1974 R1	SC Herford	0–3	VfL Bochum	Herford
		[35]	Stremming 26' (o.g.) Holz 28' Tenhagen 48'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dieter Stäglich (Bonn)

FC Bayern Hof v VfL Bochum

25 October 1974 R2	FC Bayern Hof	2–2 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Hof
	Werner 51' Schuster 54'	[36]	Fromm 15' Lameck 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Grüne Au Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Hof

21 December 1974 R2 Replay	VfL Bochum	5–0	FC Bayern Hof	Bochum
	Tenhagen 3' Fromm 33', 47' Pochstein 72' Köper 86'	[37]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

Bayer 05 Uerdingen v VfL Bochum

8 February 1975 R3	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0–2	VfL Bochum	Uerdingen
		[38]	Kaczor 57', 82'	Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

15 March 1975 R4	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
	Weidle 40'	[39]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

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	39	14	34	14	5	0
	GK	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Bradler	3	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	10	1	9	1	1	0
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	24	2	21	2	3	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Eggert	34	2	29	2	5	0
	DF	FRG	Harry Fechner	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Franke	38	1	34	1	4	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm	33	3	28	0	5	3
	DF	FRG	Erwin Galeski	3	0	2	0	1	0
	FW	FRG	Hermann Gerland	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Paul Holz	38	8	34	7	4	1
	MF	FRG	Gisbert Horsthemke	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Josef Kaczor	37	12	33	10	4	2
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	29	6	24	5	5	1
	FW	FRG	Peter Kursinski	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Lameck	39	5	34	4	5	1
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Pochstein	19	2	16	1	3	1
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	37	0	33	0	4	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	6	33	4	4	2
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	33	1	28	1	5	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRG Klaus Franke (form Schwarz-Weiss Essen) — MF  FRG Paul Holz (form FC Schalke 04) — MF  FRG Gisbert Horsthemke (form SV Eintracht Heessen) — FW  FRG Josef Kaczor (form SV Eintracht Heessen) — FW  FRG Peter Kursinski (form VfL Bochum II) — FW  FRG Hans-Joachim Pochstein (form BV Brambauer)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRG Harry Bohrmann (to BV Herne-Süd 1913) — MF  FRG Hans-Günter Etterich (to SC Westfalia Herne) — MF  FRG Franz-Josef Laufer (to Schwarz-Weiss Essen) — FW  FRG Reinhard Majgl (to K.A.S. Eupen) — MF  GRE Fotios Papadopoulos (to Kalamata F.C.) — FW  FRG Hans Walitza (to 1. FC Nürnberg)

Sources

1. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 3:2" (in German). kicker.
3. "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
5. "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 3:1" (in German). kicker.
7. "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 3:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "Tennis Borussia Berlin – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4:0" (in German). kicker.
11. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 4:2" (in German). kicker.
14. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 3:0" (in German). kicker.
16. "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 4:0" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart :" (in German). kicker.
19. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 4:2" (in German). kicker.
21. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:0" (in German). kicker.
23. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
25. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum – Tennis Borussia Berlin 0:0" (in German). kicker.
27. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
29. "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
30. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 4:2" (in German). kicker.
32. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 3:1" (in German). kicker.
34. "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik SC Herford gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:2)" [Match statistic SC Herford vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik FC Bayern Hof gegen VfL Bochum 2:2 n.V." [Match statistic FC Bayern Hof vs. VfL Bochum 2–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen 5:0 (2:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. FC Bayern Hof 5–0 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik Bayer Uerdingen gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Uerdingen vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
39. "Spielstatistik Eintracht Frankfurt gegen VfL Bochum 1:0 (1:0)" [Match statistic Eintracht Frankfurt vs. VfL Bochum 1–0 (1–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1974–75 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)