1998–99 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
	1998–99 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Klaus Toppmöller
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kuntz (6); All: Reis (7)
Highest home attendance	33,063 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 4 December 1998)
Lowest home attendance	20,000 (vs 1. FC Nuremberg, 30 April 1999)
Average home league attendance	23,734
← 1997–98	1999–00 →

The 1998–99 VfL Bochum season was the 61st season in club history.

Review and events

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Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

15 August 1998 1	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30	Kuntz 73'	^[1]	Weißhaupt 47' (pen.) Iashvili 72'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,306 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

23 August 1998 2	Hamburger SV	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
18:00	Dembiński 33'	^[2]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 23,846 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

8 September 1998 3	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00	Fahrenhorst 1' Toplak 69'	^[3]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,127 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

13 September 1998 4	Borussia Dortmund	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
18:00		^[4]	Buckley 87'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

19 September 1998 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Kracht 47'	^[5]	Eijkelkamp 52', 70'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 29,253 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

26 September 1998 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Sundermann 5' (o.g.) Marschall 58'	^[6]	Reis 60' Buckley 67' Dzafič 74'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

3 October 1998 7	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30		^[7]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,357 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

16 October 1998 8	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
20:00	Winkler 4' Hobsch 21'	^[8]	Schindzielorz 7'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

24 October 1998 9	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Reis 16' Schindzielorz 47'	^[9]	Pflipsen 11'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,433 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

31 October 1998 10	VfB Stuttgart	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Akpoborie 1', 47' Ernst 11' (o.g.) Ristić 87'	^[10]	Gaudino 6' Reis 53'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

7 November 1998 11	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Sundermann 60' Drinčić 89'	^[11]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,016 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

11 November 1998 12	1. FC Nuremberg	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
19:30	Wiesinger 19' Kuka 46'	^[12]	Kuntz 44' (pen.), 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 November 1998 13	MSV Duisburg	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Wedau 30' Andersen 74'	^[13]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,032 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

21 November 1998 14	VfL Bochum	1 – 5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30	Reis 64'	^[14]	Beinlich 15' Živković 43' Rink 61' Heintze 71' N. Kovač 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,128 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

28.11.1998 15	VfL Wolfsburg	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Juskowiak 1', 20' Präger 76' Greiner 78'	^[15]	Ion 36'	Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 14,050 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

4 December 1998 16	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
20:00	Hofmann 3' Kuntz 87' (pen.)	^[16]	Jancker 45' Strunz 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,063 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

12 December 1998 17	FC Hansa Rostock	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Rostock
15:30	Neuville 21', 86' Majak 78'	^[17]		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

18 December 1998 18	SC Freiburg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
20:00	Baya 50'	^[18]	Schindzielorz 90'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

16 March 1999 19	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00	Fischer 21' (o.g.) Mahdavikia 81'	^[19]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,603 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

26 February 1999 20	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Aílton 87'	^[20]	Kuntz 20'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 26,715 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

6 March 1999 21	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30		^[21]	Ricken 29'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,195 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

13 March 1999 22	FC Schalke 04	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Mulder 18' (pen.) Büskens 28'	^[22]	Reis 20' (pen.) Baştürk 23'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 47,700 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

20 March 1999 23	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Zeyer 42'	^[23]	Ratinho 59' Rösler 86'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,670 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

4 April 1999 24	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
18:00	Fjørtoft 86'	^[24]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 32,200 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

11 April 1999 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
18:00	Buckley 56' Zeyer 90'	^[25]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,395 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

14 April 1999 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Ašanin 65' Paßlack 90'	^[26]	Peschel 76' Mahdavikia 90'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

17 April 1999 27	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Mahdavikia 60' (pen.) Michalke 75' Buckley 79'	^[27]	Akpoborie 42', 45', 53'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,283 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

24 April 1999 28	Hertha BSC	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Wosz 14', 80' Herzog 18' Hartmann 37'	^[28]	Buckley 72'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,646 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

30 April 1999 29	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	1. FC Nuremberg	Bochum
20:00		^[29]	Ćirić 16', 70' Kurth 65'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

5 May 1999 30	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
19:30		^[30]	Hajto 25' Wohlert 55'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,107 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

8 May 1999 31	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Kirsten 21' Hejduk 63'	^[31]		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

15 May 1999 32	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30		^[32]	Thomsen 27' Baumgart 74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,194 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

22 May 1999 33	FC Bayern Munich	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Basler 50' Jancker 60' Scholl 78' Salihamidžić 89'	^[33]	Gaudino 43' Zeyer 64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

29 May 1999 34	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
15:30	Kuntz 71' Peschel 74'	^[34]	Neuville 37' Agali 77' Majak 83'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,347 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

DFB-Pokal

30 August 1998 R1	FSV Zwickau	2 – 5	VfL Bochum	Zwickau
15:00	Milde 49' (pen.), 82'	^[35]	Peschel 40' Fahrenhorst 48' Michalke 54' Reis 66' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 4,287 Referee: Michael Wendorf (Gransee)

22 September 1998 R2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
19:30	Rösler 6' (pen.)	^[36]	Petrović 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 23,171 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)
		Penalties
	Schjønberg Rische Marschall Ballack Ibrahim Riedl		Sundermann Baştürk Petrović Dzafič Hofmann Schindzielorz

27 October 1998 R3	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
19:30		^[37]	Polster 10'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,460 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

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		Maik Kischko	3	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		Thomas Stickroth	3	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Torsten Kracht	28	1	26	1	2	0
4	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	3	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF		Tomasz Wałdoch	30	0	27	0	3	0
6	DF		Samir Toplak	25	1	23	1	2	0
7	MF		Kai Michalke	13	2	12	1	1	1
8	MF		Peter Peschel	18	3	16	2	2	1
9	FW		Zdravko Drinčić	16	1	16	1	0	0
10	MF		Maurizio Gaudino	21	2	20	2	1	0
11	FW		Stefan Kuntz	21	6	20	6	1	0
12	MF		Yıldıray Baştürk	31	1	28	1	3	0
13	MF		Norbert Hofmann	30	2	27	1	3	1
14	MF		Emir Dzafič	7	2	6	1	1	1
15	DF		Jan Holland (until 31 December 1998)	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Andreas Zeyer (since 1 January 1999)	11	3	11	3	0	0
16	MF		Björn Joppe	3	0	3	0	0	0
17	MF		Olaf Schreiber	11	0	10	0	1	0
18	FW		Delron Buckley	36	5	33	5	3	0
19	DF		Axel Sundermann	34	2	31	1	3	1
20	DF		Alen Petrović	9	2	7	0	2	2
21	GK		Thomas Ernst	34	0	32	0	2	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	27	7	25	5	2	2
24	FW		Neşat Gülünoğlu	14	0	12	0	2	0
25	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	21	2	18	1	3	1
26	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	30	4	28	3	2	1
28	DF		Michael Bemben	9	0	8	0	1	0
29	FW		Jacek Ratajczak	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Jan Majewski	2	0	1	0	1	0
32	MF		Viorel Ion (since 1 October 1998)	12	1	12	1	0	0
33	MF		Mehdi Mahdavikia (since 1 January 1999)	12	3	12	3	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Maik Kischko (from FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
6	DF	Samir Toplak (from NK Varteks)
9	FW	Zdravko Drinčić (from FK Vojvodina)
10	MF	Maurizio Gaudino (from FC Basel)
11	FW	Stefan Kuntz (from Arminia Bielefeld)
14	MF	Emir Dzafič (from NK Beltinci)
16	MF	Björn Joppe (from VfL Bochum II)
20	DF	Alen Petrović (from GNK Dinamo Zagreb)
26	MF	Sebastian Schindzielorz (from VfL Bochum II)
28	DF	Michael Bemben (from VfL Bochum II)
29	FW	Jacek Ratajczak (from Flota Świnoujście)
31	FW	Jan Majewski (from VfL Bochum II)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Uwe Gospodarek (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
6	MF	Peter Közle (to 1. FC Union Berlin)
9	FW	Henryk Bałuszyński (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld)
10	MF	Dariusz Wosz (to Hertha BSC)
11	FW	Georgi Donkov (to 1. FC Köln)
14	DF	Karsten Hutwelker (to 1. FC Köln)
15	FW	Danny Winkler (to Stuttgarter Kickers)
16	MF	Mirko Reichel (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
20	MF	Zoran Mamić (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
23	FW	Sergei Yuran (released)

Winter

In:

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Andreas Zeyer (from Karlsruher SC)
32	MF	Viorel Ion (from FC Oțelul Galați)
33	MF	Mehdi Mahdavikia (from Persepolis F.C.)

Out:

No.		Position	Player

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Andreas Becker	10	0	10	0
	DF		Michael Bemben	24	2	24	2
	MF		Christian Brücker	11	0	11	0
	FW		Achilleas Courtoglou	8	0	8	0
	MF		Francis-Joseph Etouké	18	1	18	1
	MF		Paul Freier	26	6	26	6
	FW		Arek Grad	29	17	29	17
	DF		Jan Holland	25	4	25	4
	DF		Gerrit Hundshagen	22	1	22	1
	MF		Björn Joppe	23	7	23	7
	DF		Peter Kluth	8	0	8	0
	MF		Sascha Lindner	26	0	26	0
	FW		Jan Majewski	26	13	26	13
	MF		Nicolas Michaty	6	0	6	0
	DF		Björn Müller	12	0	12	0
	DF		Aykan Özer	23	0	23	0
	FW		Jacek Ratajczak	23	10	23	10
	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	3	2	3	2
	MF		Damian Schindzielorz	28	1	28	1
	GK		Klaus Schlapka	1	0	1	0
	GK		Stefan Wächter	30	0	30	0
	MF		Aydin Will	13	0	13	0
	DF		Bekir Burak Yarar	12	0	12	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Sources

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External links

1998–99 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
1998–99 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
1998–99 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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Review and events

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Squad

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Summer

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