2004–05 VfL Bochum season

The 2004–05 VfL Bochum season was the 67th season in club history.

VfL Bochum

2004–05 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Peter Neururer
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	16th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
DFB-Ligapokal	First Round
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lokvenc (10) All: Lokvenc (11)
Highest home attendance	32,645 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 14 November 2004; vs FC Schalke 04, 5 March 2005)
Lowest home attendance	20,113 (vs VfL Wolfsburg, 19 March 2005)
Average home league attendance	26,376
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

7 August 2004 1	Hertha BSC	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Gilberto  6' Marcelinho  44'	[1]	Kalla  65' Madsen  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,435 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

15 August 2004 2	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
17:30	Lokvenc  29' Preuß  69'	[2]	Berbatov  66' Voronin  87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,289 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

28 August 2004 3	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30	Buckley  87'	[3]	Zdebel  31' Diabang  90+3'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

11 September 2004 4	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Kalla  15' Demel  75' (o.g.)	[4]	Koller  48' Ewerthon  59'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,220 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

19 September 2004 5	SC Freiburg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
17:30	Schumann  58'	[5]	Bechmann  55'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

25 September 2004 6	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Knavs  68'	[6]	Borowski  54' Klose  70', 88', 89'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,110 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

3 October 2004 7	FC Schalke 04	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
17:30	Asamoah  10' Kobiashvili  13' Lincoln  44'	[7]	Misimović  49' Kalla  65'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,524 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v FC Hansa Rostock

16 October 2004 8	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
15:30		[8]	Prica  74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,902 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

23 October 2004 9	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Thiam  27' Klimowicz  39' D'Alessandro  42'	[9]		Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 October 2004 10	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:00	Preuß  54' Wosz  85' Madsen  90'	[10]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,975 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

30 October 2004 11	Hannover 96	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Christiansen  17' Stendel  65' Leandro  88'	[11]		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 28,114 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 November 2004 12	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc  62'	[12]	Lembi  26'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,977 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

14 November 2004 13	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
17:30	Lokvenc  66'	[13]	Guerrero  76', 81' Preuß  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

20 November 2004 14	1. FSV Mainz 05	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30	da Silva  19'	[14]		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

27 November 2004 15	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc  22', 50' Kalla  42'	[15]	Mintál  65'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,356 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

4 December 2004 16	VfB Stuttgart	5 – 2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Kalla  5' (o.g.) Kurányi  23', 81' Hleb  69' Meißner  75'	[16]	Edu  33' Maltritz  59'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

11 December 2004 17	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Bechmann  83'	[17]	Barbarez  26' Benjamin  34'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,990 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

23 January 2005 18	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Hertha BSC	Bochum
17:30	Madsen  39' (pen.) Lokvenc  79'	[18]	Rafael  3' Gilberto  16'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,262 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

29 January 2005 19	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Krzynówek  28' Voronin  31' Ponte  70' Freier  78'	[19]		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

5 February 2005 20	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30	Madsen  19' (pen.)	[20]	Buckley  29'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,233 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

12 February 2005 21	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Koller  21'	[21]		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 75,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

VfL Bochum v SC Freiburg

19 February 2005 22	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30	Misimović  35' (pen.) Kalla  56' Bechmann  84'	[22]	Aogo  80'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,820 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

26 February 2005 23	SV Werder Bremen	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Ismaël  45' Baumann  49' Valdez  53' Micoud  73'	[23]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,492 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

5 March 2005 24	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30		[24]	Aílton  30' Lincoln  77'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

FC Hansa Rostock v VfL Bochum

12 March 2005 25	FC Hansa Rostock	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Rostock
15:30	Di Salvo  36', 49' Prica  52'	[25]	Edu  70'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

19 March 2005 26	VfL Bochum	5 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30	Edu  15', 38' Wosz  24' Lokvenc  40' Madsen  58'	[26]	Petrov  73'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

3 April 2005 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
17:30	Kluge  30' Jansen  52'	[27]	Lokvenc  70' Pletsch  90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,451 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

9 April 2005 28	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Maltritz  57'	[28]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,821 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

17 April 2005 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
17:30	Blank  61' (pen.)	[29]	Maltritz  39' Diabang  74'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,512 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

23 April 2005 30	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Pizarro  9' Ballack  26' Makaay  63'	[30]	Tapalović  51'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FSV Mainz 05

30 April 2005 31	VfL Bochum	2 – 6	1. FSV Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc  27' Bechmann  87'	[31]	Auer  6' Thurk  60' Gerber  65' da Silva  68' Weigelt  78' Casey  84'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 31,056 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

7 May 2005 32	1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:30	Daun  21' Mintál  85'	[32]	Meichelbeck  90+2'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 44,650 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

14 May 2005 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Misimović  60' Lokvenc  71'	[33]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,980 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

21 May 2005 34	Hamburger SV	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30		[34]	Diabang  3'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 54,178 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

DFB-Pokal

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

21 August 2004 R1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:00	Podszus  10'	[35]	Madsen  28', 32' (pen.) Lokvenc  58'	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

21 September 2004 R2	SC Freiburg	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
19:00	Riether  40' Dorn  90', 116'	[36]	Bechmann  24' Misimović  53' (pen.)	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

DFB-Ligapokal

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

22 July 2004 R1	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Aalen
18:00	Cacau  5', 34' Szabics  85'	[37]		Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 11,198 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

UEFA Cup

Standard Liège v VfL Bochum

16 September 2004 R1 1st leg	Standard Liège	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Liège
20:30		[38]		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

VfL Bochum v Standard Liège

30 September 2004 R1 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	1 – 1 (1 – 1 agg.)	Standard Liège	Bochum
20:30	Maltritz  45'	[39]	Curbelo  90+2'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,356 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Standard Liège won on away goals.

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rein van Duijnhoven	28	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF		Michael Bemben	8	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Martin Meichelbeck	25	1	16+6	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
4	DF		Marcel Maltritz	32	3	26+1	2	2	0	0+1	0	2	1
5	DF		Søren Colding	35	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Raymond Kalla	28	5	23	5	2	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW		Tommy Bechmann	31	5	13+14	4	2	1	0+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Tomasz Zdebel	32	1	26+2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW		Peter Madsen	21	7	18+1	5	1	2	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Dariusz Wosz	33	2	26+3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
11	FW		Vratislav Lokvenc	36	11	32	10	2	1	0	0	2	0
13	GK		Christian Vander	11	0	8+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Þórður Guðjónsson (until 31 December 2004)	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Aleksander Knavs	31	1	26	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
16	MF		Zvjezdan Misimović	36	4	17+14	3	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
17	MF		Christoph Preuß	34	2	23+7	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
18	MF		Filip Tapalović	12	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Mamadou Diabang	13	3	3+8	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF		Miroslav Stević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Filip Trojan	23	0	14+5	0	1+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Edu	20	4	11+6	4	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW		Ersan Tekkan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Philipp Bönig	34	0	28+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF		Marvin Matip	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Moharram Navidkia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Gaetano Manno	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Luciano Velardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Dennis Grote	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Polat Keser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Fatih Akyel (from 14 December 2004 until 31 March 2005)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Peter Skov-Jensen (since 11 January 2005)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF		Claus Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Alexander Thamm	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 2005
Source: Matches

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  GER Marcel Maltritz (from Hamburger SV) 7 FW  DEN Tommy Bechmann (from Esbjerg fB) 11 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) 15 DF  SVN Aleksander Knavs (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) 16 MF  BIH Zvjezdan Misimović (from FC Bayern Munich) 17 MF  GER Christoph Preuß (from Eintracht Frankfurt) 21 MF  CZE Filip Trojan (from FC Schalke 04) 25 DF  GER Marvin Matip (from VfL Bochum U-19) 28 MF  IRN Moharram Navidkia (from Sepahan F.C.) 29 FW  ITA Gaetano Manno (from VfL Bochum II) 32 MF  GER Dennis Grote (from VfL Bochum II) 33 GK  TUR Polat Keser (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  GER Paul Freier (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 DF  NED Anton Vriesde (to Helmond Sport) 15 DF  GER Frank Fahrenhorst (to SV Werder Bremen) 16 FW  IRN Vahid Hashemian (to FC Bayern Munich) 21 MF  RSA Delron Buckley (to Arminia Bielefeld) 23 MF  ESP Cristian Fiél (to Alemannia Aachen) 31 GK  CRO Toni Tapalović (to KFC Uerdingen 05)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  TUR Fatih Akyel (free agent) 35 GK  DEN Peter Skov-Jensen (from FC Midtjylland)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ISL Þórður Guðjónsson (to Stoke City F.C.) 34 DF  TUR Fatih Akyel (released)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Michael Bemben	1	0	1	0
	MF		Claus Costa	31	7	31	7
	DF		David Czyszczon	33	4	33	4
	DF		Thomas Falkowski	17	0	17	0
	DF		Daniel Gordon	33	5	33	5
	GK		Bastian Görrissen	15	0	15	0
	DF		Björn Grallert	4	0	4	0
	MF		Dennis Grote	4	0	4	0
	MF		Sebastian Hille	32	7	32	7
	MF		Sascha Höhle	15	1	15	1
	GK		Polat Keser	17	0	17	0
	FW		Gaetano Manno	28	9	28	9
	DF		Lars Marten	1	0	1	0
	DF		Marvin Matip	32	3	32	3
	DF		Mirko Mustroph	24	2	24	2
	DF		Marc-Andre Nimptsch	4	0	4	0
	FW		Martin Setzke	27	2	27	2
	DF		Mirko Talaga	1	0	1	0
	FW		Ersan Tekkan	11	1	11	1
	FW		Alexander Thamm	33	12	33	12
	FW		Suri Ucar	30	5	30	5
	GK		Christian Vander	4	0	4	0
	FW		Luciano Velardi	34	17	34	17
	MF		Sebastian Westerhoff	13	2	13	2
	MF		David Zajas	31	0	31	0

• Source:

Sources

1. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
3. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:2" (in German). kicker.
5. "SC Freiburg - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:4" (in German). kicker.
7. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 0:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3:0" (in German). kicker.
11. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:1" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:3" (in German). kicker.
14. "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 3:1" (in German). kicker.
16. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 1:2" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
19. "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:1" (in German). kicker.
21. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum - SC Freiburg 3:1" (in German). kicker.
23. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:2" (in German). kicker.
25. "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 5:1" (in German). kicker.
27. "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 1:0" (in German). kicker.
29. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
30. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:6" (in German). kicker.
32. "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 2:0" (in German). kicker.
34. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
35. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
36. "SC Freiburg - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
37. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
38. "Standard Lüttich - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
39. "VfL Bochum - Standard Lüttich 1:1" (in German). kicker.

External links

• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)