2002–03 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

2002–03 season
President/Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Peter Neururer
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Christiansen (21) All: Christiansen (23)
Highest home attendance	32,645 (vs Borussia Dortmund, 10 September 2002; vs FC Schalke 04, 17 November 2002; vs FC Bayern Munich, 15 March 2003; vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 3 May 2003; vs Hamburger SV, 17 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance	18,229 (vs TSV 1860 Munich, 14 December 2002)
Average home league attendance	25,015
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2002–03 VfL Bochum season was the 65th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

10 August 2002 1	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:30	Ćirić 51'	[1]	Christiansen 6', 20' Hashemian 83'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Bochum v FC Energie Cottbus

17 August 2002 2	VfL Bochum	5 – 0	FC Energie Cottbus	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 26', 35', 84' Freier 33' Hashemian 64'	[2]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,201 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

24 August 2002 3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2 – 4	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Šimák 10' França 75'	[3]	Guðjónsson 13' Wosz 33' Fahrenhorst 43' Christiansen 60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

10 September 2002 4	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:00		[4]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

VfL Bochum v FC Hansa Rostock

15 September 2002 5	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
17:30		[5]	Salou 32'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

21 September 2002 6	Hannover 96	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Bobic 44' Linke 73'	[6]	Fahrenhorst 24' F. Tapalović 89'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34,742 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

29 September 2002 7	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
17:30	Freier 22'	[7]	Aílton 16', 50' Charisteas 37' Krstajić 87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,171 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

5 October 2002 8	FC Bayern Munich	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Élber 27', 90' Pizarro 39', 66'	[8]	Schindzielorz 77'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

20 October 2002 9	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
17:30	Christiansen 5' Fahrenhorst 56' Freier 57' Hashemian 82'	[9]	Klimowicz 6' Ponte 37'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,858 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

13 November 2002 10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
18:30		[10]	Christiansen 7', 21'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 36,209 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

3 November 2002 11	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
17:30	Wosz 49' Freier 80' Guðjónsson 90+1'	[11]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,009 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

9 November 2002 12	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Ganea 74', 86' (pen.), 90+1'	[12]	Christiansen 67' Schindzielorz 84'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

17 November 2002 13	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
17:30		[13]	Kalla 48' (o.g.) Asamoah 86'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

23 November 2002 14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Demo 56' Van Hout 59'	[14]	Hashemian 86' Graulund 90+2'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 28,300 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

30 November 2002 15	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30		[15]	Lense 3' Vander 53' (o.g.) Diabang 87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,071 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

8 December 2002 16	Hamburger SV	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
17:30	Barbarez 56'	[16]	Graulund 90+1'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 39,028 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich

14 December 2002 17	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 76'	[17]	Lauth 14'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,229 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

25 January 2003 18	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 27' Freier 33'	[18]	Cacau 24'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,280 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

FC Energie Cottbus v VfL Bochum

1 February 2003 19	FC Energie Cottbus	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
15:30	Reghecampf 2' Juskowiak 82'	[19]	Guðjónsson 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 10,804 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

8 February 2003 20	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30	Hashemian 68', 84'	[20]	Babić 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,643 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

15 February 2003 21	Borussia Dortmund	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Reina 33' Koller 42' Frings 45+2' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	[21]	Buckley 8'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

FC Hansa Rostock v VfL Bochum

22 February 2003 22	FC Hansa Rostock	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Rostock
15:30	Di Salvo 31'	[22]	Hashemian 61'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

1 March 2003 23	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 62'	[23]	Vinícius 5' Bobic 36'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,248 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

8 March 2003 24	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Aílton 52' Banović 56'	[24]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 29,600 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

15 March 2003 25	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 90'	[25]	Pizarro 19' Élber 37' N. Kovač 49' Sagnol 87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

22 March 2003 26	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Marić 21' Präger 31'	[26]		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 20,973 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 April 2003 27	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 81'	[27]	Ramzy 90+2'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,146 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

12 April 2003 28	Hertha BSC	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Dárdai 63'	[28]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,022 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

20 April 2003 29	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
17:30	Hashemian 40', 66' Christiansen 68'	[29]	Kurányi 25'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,177 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

26 April 2003 30	FC Schalke 04	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Varela 28'	[30]	Christiansen 23' Buckley 89'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 60,886 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

3 May 2003 31	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 20'	[31]	Forssell 19'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

11 May 2003 32	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
17:30	Wichniarek 42'	[32]	Freier 23' Christiansen 71' (pen.) Buckley 90+2'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 24,408 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

17 May 2003 33	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Christiansen 31'	[33]	Rahn 82'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum

24 May 2003 34	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 4	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Stranzl 37' Max 78'	[34]	Freier 1' Hashemian 64' Christiansen 73' Reis 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

DFB-Pokal

FC Erzgebirge Aue v VfL Bochum

31 August 2002 R1	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Aue
15:30	Broum 3'	[35]	Buckley 24' Freier 43' Hashemian 60'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Holstein Kiel v VfL Bochum

6 November 2002 R2	Holstein Kiel	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kiel
19:00	Guščinas 32'	[36]	Wosz 29' Freier 53'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

3 December 2002 R3	Hamburger SV	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
19:30		[37]	Freier 35'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 35,136 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 February 2003 QF	VfL Bochum	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
19:00	Fahrenhorst 8' Reis 33' Christiansen 105' (pen.)	[38]	Lokvenc 22', 27', 102'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,199 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
	Penalties
	Schindzielorz Reis Colding Guðjónsson Christiansen		Koch Klose Lokvenc Grammozis Bjelica

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Rein van Duijnhoven	30	0	28	0	2	0
2	DF	GER	Michael Bemben	27	0	24	0	3	0
3	DF	GER	Martin Meichelbeck	25	0	22	0	3	0
4	DF	GER	Mirko Dickhaut (until 31 December 2002)	2	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF	NGA	Sunday Oliseh (since 1 January 2003)	12	0	11	0	1	0
5	DF	DEN	Søren Colding	38	1	34	0	4	1
6	DF	CMR	Raymond Kalla	30	0	26	0	4	0
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier	36	10	32	7	4	3
8	MF	GER	Sebastian Schindzielorz	27	2	24	2	3	0
9	FW	ESP	Thomas Christiansen	36	23	34	21	2	2
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz	34	3	30	2	4	1
11	FW	DEN	Peter Graulund (until 31 December 2002)	9	2	8	2	1	0
12	DF	NED	Anton Vriesde	19	0	17	0	2	0
13	GK	GER	Christian Vander	9	0	7	0	2	0
14	MF	ISL	Þórður Guðjónsson	31	4	29	3	2	1
15	DF	GER	Frank Fahrenhorst	30	4	26	3	4	1
16	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian	37	11	34	10	3	1
17	MF	GER	Björn Joppe	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	CRO	Filip Tapalović	22	1	20	1	2	0
19	MF	AUT	Dietmar Berchtold	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	RUS	Sergei Mandreko	7	0	7	0	0	0
21	FW	RSA	Delron Buckley	32	4	30	3	2	1
22	DF	GER	Thomas Reis	21	2	18	1	3	1
23	MF	ESP	Cristian Fiél (since 1 January 2003)	7	0	6	0	1	0
26	FW	ITA	Luciano Velardi	2	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Danny Woidtke	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm (since 22 March 2003)	2	0	2	0	0	0
31	FW	GER	Marcus Fischer (since 22 February 2003)	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	MF	GER	Sascha Höhle	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	David Zajas	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	GK	CRO	Toni Tapalović	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  CMR Raymond Kalla (from CF Extremadura) 12 DF  NED Anton Vriesde (from KFC Uerdingen 05) 14 MF  ISL Þórður Guðjónsson (from UD Las Palmas, previously on loan at Preston North End F.C.) 18 MF  CRO Filip Tapalović (from TSV 1860 Munich) 26 FW  ITA Luciano Velardi (from VfL Bochum II) 34 MF  GER David Zajas (from VfL Bochum II) 44 GK  CRO Toni Tapalović (from FC Schalke 04 II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CRO Samir Toplak (to NK Varteks) 12 DF  GER Thomas Stickroth (retired) 15 DF  GER Rouven Schröder (to MSV Duisburg) 19 FW  GER Mike Busch (loan return to VfL Wolfsburg) 23 MF  GER Dino Toppmöller (to Eintracht Frankfurt) 27 MF  GER Markus Ehrhard (to SG Wattenscheid 09) 28 DF  GER Hilko Ristau (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) 29 DF  GER Axel Sundermann (to SC Verl) 30 GK  GER Sebastian Selke (to KFC Uerdingen 05)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  NGA Sunday Oliseh (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 23 MF  ESP Cristian Fiél (from 1. FC Union Berlin) 29 FW  GER Alexander Thamm (from VfL Bochum II) 31 FW  GER Marcus Fischer (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Mirko Dickhaut (to SC Schwarz-Weiss Bregenz) 11 FW  DEN Peter Graulund (on loan to AGF Aarhus)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	GER	Marek Barudi	9	0	9	0
	MF	AUT	Dietmar Berchtold	3	1	3	1
	GK	GER	Robert Bochtrup	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	David Czyszczon	29	4	29	4
	DF	GER	Mirko Dickhaut (until 31 December 2002)	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Tim Erfen	2	0	2	0
	DF	GER	Thomas Falkowski	15	0	15	0
	FW	GER	Marcus Fischer	24	9	24	9
	GK	GER	Bastian Görrissen	16	0	16	0
	MF	POL	Arek Grad	14	1	14	1
	FW	DEN	Peter Graulund (until 31 December 2002)	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	Sascha Höhle	29	1	29	1
	MF	GER	Björn Joppe	18	8	18	8
	DF	GER	Christoph Keim	15	0	15	0
	MF	GER	Sascha Lindner	19	1	19	1
	FW	ITA	Gaetano Manno	27	13	27	13
	DF	GER	Mirko Mustroph	28	0	28	0
	FW	GER	Gökhan Özdemir	25	12	25	12
	MF	GER	Thomas Reis	1	1	1	1
	MF	GER	Roger Schajor	1	0	1	0
	GK	GER	Henning Schubert	9	0	9	0
	MF	CRO	Filip Tapalović	1	0	1	0
	GK	CRO	Toni Tapalović	8	0	8	0
	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm	27	3	27	3
	GK	GER	Christian Vander	1	0	1	0
	FW	ITA	Luciano Velardi	32	17	32	17
	DF	NED	Anton Vriesde	7	0	7	0
	MF	TUR	Ali Vural	8	0	8	0
	MF	GER	Danny Woidtke	33	6	33	6
	MF	TUR	Engin Yavuzaslan	24	1	24	1
	MF	GER	David Zajas	29	0	29	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 5:0" (in German). kicker.
3. "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 2:4" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 0:0" (in German). kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 0:1" (in German). kicker.
6. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:4" (in German). kicker.
8. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 4:2" (in German). kicker.
10. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 3:0" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:2" (in German). kicker.
14. "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 0:3" (in German). kicker.
16. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:1" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
19. "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:1" (in German). kicker.
21. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
22. "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 1:2" (in German). kicker.
24. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:4" (in German). kicker.
26. "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:1" (in German). kicker.
28. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 3:1" (in German). kicker.
30. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.
32. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 1:1" (in German). kicker.
34. "1860 München - VfL Bochum 2:4" (in German). kicker.
35. "Erzgebirge Aue - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
36. "Holstein Kiel - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
37. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
38. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:4" (in German). kicker.

External links

• 2002–03 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2002–03 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2002–03 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)