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VfL Bochum
2006–07 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gekas (20); All: Gekas (22)
Highest home attendance	31,328 (vs Bayern Munich, 20 August 2006; vs Werder Bremen, 14 October 2006; vs Schalke 04, 27 April 2007; vs VfB Stuttgart, 12 May 2007)
Lowest home attendance	18,110 (vs 1. FC Nürnberg, 11 February 2007)
Average home league attendance	24,969
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 VfL Bochum season was the 69th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

12 August 2006 1	Mainz 05	2–1	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30	Damm 29' Azaouagh 71' (pen.)	^[1]	Zdebel 86'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

20 August 2006 2	VfL Bochum	1–2	Bayern Munich	Bochum
17:00	Fábio Júnior 52'	^[2]	Makaay 42' Lahm 65'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

26 August 2006 3	VfL Bochum	0–1	Energie Cottbus	Bochum
15:30		^[3]	Silva 85'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 21,666 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

16 September 2006 4	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:30	Polák 30'	^[4]	Gekas 10'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 40,240 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

24 September 2006 5	VfL Bochum	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
17:00	Fábio Júnior 58' Iličević 73'	^[5]	Gabriel 11'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,318 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

30 September 2006 6	Alemannia Aachen	2–1	VfL Bochum	Aachen
15:30	Schlaudraff 48' Rösler 49'	^[6]	Misimović 36'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 October 2006 7	VfL Bochum	0–6	Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		^[7]	Hunt 7' Schulz 60' Vranješ 75' Diego 77' Fritz 88' Naldo 90'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

20 October 2006 8	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
20:30	Smolarek 35'	^[8]	Gekas 31'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 75,100 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

28 October 2006 9	VfL Bochum	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30		^[9]	Hanke 25'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,650 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

3 November 2006 10	Hannover 96	0–2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
20:30		^[10]	Drsek 4' Gekas 76'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,042 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

8 November 2006 11	VfL Bochum	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
20:00	Iličević 48'	^[11]	Barbarez 7' Voronin 32' Barnetta 71'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,469 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

11 November 2006 12	Hertha BSC	3–3	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Pantelić 9' Van Burik 58' Neuendorf 80'	^[12]	Gekas 39' Misimović 45+1', 47'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 29,104 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

17 November 2006 13	VfL Bochum	4–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:30	Misimović 29' (pen.) Maltritz 33' Butscher 36' Gekas 46'	^[13]	Streit 1', 5' Amanatidis 56'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 21,260 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

24 November 2006 14	Schalke 04	2–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:30	Rafinha 19' Løvenkrands 27'	^[14]	Gekas 49'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,482 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

2 December 2006 15	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Dabrowski 5' Misimović 70'	^[15]	Ljuboja 42'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,715 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

9 December 2006 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Streller 87'	^[16]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

15 December 2006 17	VfL Bochum	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:30	Gekas 45+1' Kahê 85' (o.g.)	^[17]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

27 January 2007 18	VfL Bochum	0–1	Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30		^[18]	Rose 38'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,487 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

30 January 2007 19	Bayern Munich	0–0	VfL Bochum	Munich
20:00		^[19]		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

3 February 2007 20	Energie Cottbus	0–0	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
15:30		^[20]		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 11,650 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

11 February 2007 21	VfL Bochum	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
17:00		^[21]	Saenko 88', 90+1'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,110 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

18 February 2007 22	Arminia Bielefeld	1–3	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
17:00	Wichniarek 26'	^[22]	Gekas 2', 10' Dabrowski 51'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 21,025 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

24 February 2007 23	VfL Bochum	2–2	Alemannia Aachen	Bochum
15:30	Gekas 25' Epalle 53'	^[23]	Ibišević 35' Lehmann 59'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 21,350 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

3 March 2007 24	Werder Bremen	3–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Hunt 25', 73', 76'	^[24]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,156 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

10 March 2007 25	VfL Bochum	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Gekas 48', 83'	^[25]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,278 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

17 March 2007 26	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Boakye 21' Madlung 26' Marcelinho 83'	^[26]	Gekas 66'	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 15,743 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

1 April 2007 27	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hannover 96	Bochum
17:00	Gekas 35' Epalle 42'	^[27]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,177 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

8 April 2007 28	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
17:00	Kießling 62'	^[28]	Haggui 8' (o.g.) Yahia 16' Gekas 22', 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

14 April 2007 29	VfL Bochum	1–3	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Gekas 1'	^[29]	Giménez 58' Gilberto 66' Ede 90'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,181 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

21 April 2007 30	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30		^[30]	Gekas 32' Epalle 58', 69'	Stadium: Commerzbank Arena Attendance: 47,962 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

27 April 2007 31	VfL Bochum	2–1	Schalke 04	Bochum
20:30	Misimović 33' Gekas 41'	^[31]	Kurányi 8'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

5 May 2007 32	Hamburger SV	0–3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30		^[32]	Gekas 61' Grote 66' Misimović 80' (pen.)	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

12 May 2007 33	VfL Bochum	2–3	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Schröder 4' Maltritz 42'	^[33]	Hitzlsperger 24' Gómez 62' Cacau 73'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

19 May 2007 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30		^[34]	Dabrowski 24' Wosz 82'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,001 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

DFB-Pokal

9 September 2006 R1	FC 08 Homburg	1–2	VfL Bochum	Homburg
18:30	Petri 85'	^[35]	Misimović 19' (pen.) Gekas 51'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 6,375 Referee: Thomas Frank (Hannover)

24 October 2006 R2	VfL Bochum	3–2	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
19:30	Gekas 26' Butscher 29', 87'	^[36]	Porcello 44', 62'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,480 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

19 December 2006 R3	VfL Bochum	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
19:30	Bechmann 85'	^[37]	Gómez 34' Hitzlsperger 49', 58' Cacau 90'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,650 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	DEN	Peter Skov-Jensen	13	0	12	0	1	0
2	DF	GER	Benjamin Lense	9	0	8	0	1	0
3	DF	GER	Martin Meichelbeck	11	0	9	0	2	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	34	2	31	2	3	0
5	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski	34	3	31	3	3	0
6	MF	CAN	Daniel Imhof	7	0	7	0	0	0
7	MF	DEN	Tommy Bechmann	12	1	11	0	1	1
8	MF	POL	Tomasz Zdebel	34	1	32	1	2	0
9	FW	BRA	Fábio Júnior Pereira	18	2	16	2	2	0
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz	1	1	1	1	0	0
11	MF	BEL	Joris Van Hout	15	0	14	0	1	0
13	GK	GER	René Renno	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević	20	2	19	2	1	0
15	DF	CZE	Pavel Drsek	30	1	27	1	3	0
16	MF	BIH	Zvjezdan Misimović	32	8	30	7	2	1
17	DF	GER	Heiko Butscher	22	3	20	1	2	2
18	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder	31	1	28	1	3	0
19	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	17	1	16	1	1	0
20	FW	GER	Benjamin Auer (until 31 December 2006)	3	0	2	0	1	0
20	MF	CMR	Joël Epalle (since 1 January 2007)	17	4	17	4	0	0
21	FW	CZE	Filip Trojan	29	0	26	0	3	0
22	FW	GRE	Theofanis Gekas	35	22	32	20	3	2
23	MF	GER	Ersan Tekkan	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	GER	Philipp Bönig	33	0	30	0	3	0
25	FW	GER	Thomas Rathgeber (until 31 December 2006)	2	0	1	0	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia (since 29 January 2007)	16	1	16	1	0	0
26	GK	GER	Alexander Bade	7	0	5	0	2	0
27	DF	GER	David Czyszczon	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	Lucas Oppermann	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	GER	Sebastian Hille	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	David Zajas	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	TUR	Polat Keser (until 31 December 2006)	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	SUI	David Pallas	9	0	8	0	1	0
45	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný (since 22 January 2007)	17	0	17	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	GER	Benjamin Lense (from 1. FC Nürnberg)
5	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski (from Hannover 96)
14	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević (from Darmstadt 98)
18	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder (from Hertha BSC)
20	FW	GER	Benjamin Auer (from Mainz 05)
22	FW	GRE	Theofanis Gekas (on loan from Panathinaikos)
26	GK	GER	Alexander Bade (from 1. FC Köln)
31	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe (from VfL Bochum II)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Rein van Duijnhoven (retired)
2	DF	BRA	China (loan return to Flamengo)
5	DF	DEN	Søren Colding (retired)
22	FW	BRA	Edu (to Mainz 05)
26	MF	GER	Claus Costa (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)
27	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm (to Preußen Münster)
28	DF	GER	Thorsten Barg (to Karlsruher SC II)
29	FW	TUR	Haluk Türkeri (to Karlsruher SC II)
31	GK	GER	Christian Vander (to Werder Bremen)

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	CMR	Joël Epalle (from Iraklis)
25	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia (on loan from Nice)
45	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný (on loan from Ipswich Town)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	GER	Benjamin Auer (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
25	FW	GER	Thomas Rathgeber (to SpVgg Unterhaching)
33	GK	TUR	Polat Keser (to Antalyaspor)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	GER	David Czyszczon	34	3	34	3
	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	29	0	29	0
	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	6	0	6	0
	FW	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü	24	7	24	7
	FW	TUR	Faruk Gül	2	0	2	0
	FW	GER	Sebastian Herrmann	1	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Sebastian Hille	33	18	33	18
	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević	8	5	8	5
	FW	LUX	Aurélien Joachim (until 30 January 2007)	4	0	4	0
	GK	TUR	Polat Keser (until 31 December 2006)	0	0	0	0
	MF	GER	Dennis Kirchen	11	0	11	0
	DF	GER	Daniel Klinger	24	1	24	1
	DF	GER	Dennis Klöckner	15	0	15	0
	DF	GER	Hendrik Könemann	12	1	12	1
	FW	GER	Stefan Kratofiel	21	9	21	9
	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe	34	0	34	0
	MF	GER	Martin Lyttek	30	2	30	2
	DF	GER	Marc-Andre Nimptsch	30	1	30	1
	FW	GER	Marko Onucka	3	0	3	0
	MF	GER	Lucas Oppermann	22	2	22	2
	MF	SUI	David Pallas	1	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Thomas Rathgeber	8	3	8	3
	MF	GER	Christian Schlösser	10	0	10	0
	GK	GER	Niclas Schmidt	0	0	0	0
	MF	GER	Ersan Tekkan	5	2	5	2
	MF	GER	Deran Toksöz	1	0	1	0
	FW	TUR	Suri Ucar	26	5	26	5
	MF	GER	Dennis Yilmaz	23	1	23	1
	MF	GER	David Zajas	32	0	32	0
	FW	GER	Patrick Ziegler	18	0	18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

^ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:6" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 4:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FSV Mainz 05 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Alemannia Aachen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1:4" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 2:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC 08 Homburg – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 3:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:4" (in German). kicker.

External links

2006–07 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2006–07 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
2006–07 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[2] "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[3] "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[4] "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[5] "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[6] "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[7] "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:6" (in German). kicker.

[8] "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.

[9] "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[10] "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[11] "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[12] "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.

[13] "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 4:3" (in German). kicker.

[14] "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[15] "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[16] "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

[17] "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[18] "VfL Bochum – 1. FSV Mainz 05 0:1" (in German). kicker.

[19] "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[20] "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.

[21] "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[22] "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[23] "VfL Bochum – Alemannia Aachen 2:2" (in German). kicker.

[24] "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.

[25] "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[26] "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.

[27] "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[28] "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1:4" (in German). kicker.

[29] "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:3" (in German). kicker.

[30] "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.

[31] "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[32] "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.

[33] "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 2:3" (in German). kicker.

[34] "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.

[35] "FC 08 Homburg – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.

[36] "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 3:2" (in German). kicker.

[37] "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:4" (in German). kicker.

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