2001–02 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum
	2001–02 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Bernard Dietz, ad interim; (until 3 December 2001); Peter Neururer; (since 4 December 2001)
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
2. Bundesliga	3rd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Christiansen (17); All: Christiansen (18)
Highest home attendance	17,523 (vs 1. FC Union Berlin, 28 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	9,361 (vs SpVgg Unterhaching, 19 December 2001)
Average home league attendance	12,552
← 2000–01	2002–03 →

The 2001–02 VfL Bochum season was the 64th season in club history.

Review and events

The VfL Bochum encountered some difficulties signing a new head coach. Bernard Dietz, the head coach of the clubs reserve team, took over as caretaker and served double duty until Peter Neururer was signed on 4 December 2001.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga

29 July 2001 1	SpVgg Unterhaching	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Unterhaching
15:00		^[1]	Colding 58' Freier 74'	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)

4 August 2001 2	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
15:00	Schröder 7'	^[2]	Fuchs 10'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 16,217 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

10 August 2001 3	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	1. FSV Mainz 05	Bochum
19:00	Graulund 41', 44'	^[3]	Thurk 7'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,025 Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)

19 August 2001 4	Hannover 96	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:00	Keita 69' Nehrbauer 90'	^[4]		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

9 September 2001 5	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Bochum
15:00	Fahrenhorst 10' Christiansen 45', 81' (pen.)	^[5]	Rietpietsch 9' Obad 22' Tiéku 62'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,094 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)

14 September 2001 6	LR Ahlen	2 – 5	VfL Bochum	Ahlen
19:00	Hamann 5' Schuster 42'	^[6]	Colding 12' Buckley 70', 87' Schröder 75' Bemben 90'	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 8,415 Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz)

22 September 2001 7	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	SV Babelsberg 03	Bochum
15:00	Hashemian 4' Christiansen 28', 66' Buckley 56'	^[7]	Efe 77'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,773 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

28 September 2001 8	SSV Reutlingen 05	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Reutlingen
19:00	Garcia 39' Frommer 67' Hoffmann 86'	^[8]		Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)

15 October 2001 9	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Bochum
20:15	Schindzielorz 15' (pen.)	^[9]	Teber 10'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,077 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

19 October 2001 10	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	3 – 3	VfL Bochum	Schweinfurt
19:00	Wirsching 13' Sprećaković 41' Melunović 50'	^[10]	Toppmöller 59' Fahrenhorst 72' Bemben 81'	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)

28 October 2001 11	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bochum
15:00	Ristau 55', 89' Schröder 87'	^[11]	Laping 28' Brnas 78'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 9,808 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

5 November 2001 12	Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
20:15	Kryszałowicz 56'	^[12]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 13,675 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

17 November 2001 13	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:00		^[13]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,244 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

23 November 2001 14	MSV Duisburg	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
19:00		^[14]	Graulund 2'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,312 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

30 November 2001 15	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
19:00	Freier 43'	^[15]	Ruman 35'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 9,397 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

7 December 2001 16	1. FC Union Berlin	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
19:00	Fiél 41'	^[16]		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 7,240 Referee: André Stachowiak (Duisburg)

16 December 2001 17	VfL Bochum	5 – 3	Alemannia Aachen	Bochum
15:00	Buckley 1' Hashemian 8', 54' (pen.) Meichelbeck 19' Toplak 77'	^[17]	Pflipsen 37' Zernicke 65' Xie 66'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,993 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

19 December 2001 18	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Bochum
19:00	Meichelbeck 14' Wosz 31' Freier 34' Hashemian 85'	^[18]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 9,361 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)

25 January 2002 19	Karlsruher SC	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
19:00	Fuchs 6' Graf 37' Melkam 55' Heinzen 71'	^[19]	Hashemian 77'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

3 February 2002 20	1. FSV Mainz 05	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:00	Nkufo 69' (pen.)	^[20]	Christiansen 64'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

6 February 2002 21	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	Hannover 96	Bochum
19:00	Wosz 2', 83' Christiansen 44' Buckley 68'	^[21]	Stendel 3' Štefulj 27'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 13,042 Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)

10 February 2002 22	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	6 – 1	VfL Bochum	Oberhausen
15:00	Obad 2', 60' Wojtala 18' Lipinski 21' (pen.), 67' Chiquinho 78'	^[22]	Christiansen 48'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 7,276 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

17 February 2002 23	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	LR Ahlen	Bochum
15:00	Wosz 17' Christiansen 69' (pen.), 73'	^[23]	Labak 89'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 10,339 Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

24 February 2002 24	SV Babelsberg 03	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Potsdam
13:30	Härtel 21'	^[24]	Wosz 37' Freier 70'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 3,640 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

20 March 2002 25	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	SSV Reutlingen 05	Bochum
19:00	Freier 27' Buckley 39' Hashemian 87'	^[25]	Frommer 71'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,017 Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)

8 March 2002 26	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Mannheim
19:00	Zinnow 22'	^[26]	Christiansen 35' Wosz 36'	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar)

15 March 2002 27	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Bochum
19:00	Reis 52', 87' Hashemian 90'	^[27]	Melunović 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)

24 March 2002 28	1. FC Saarbrücken	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Saarbrücken
15:00		^[28]	Christiansen 42' Reis 51'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

1 April 2002 29	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:15	Ristau 3' Christiansen 45' (pen.), 58'	^[29]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,506 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

7 April 2002 30	Arminia Bielefeld	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:00	Kauf 36' Hofschneider 77' Albayrak 80' (pen.)	^[30]		Stadium: Alm Attendance: 26,601 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

12 April 2002 31	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
19:00	Hashemian 58' Christiansen 70', 85'	^[31]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,720 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

19 April 2002 32	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Fürth
19:00	Amanatidis 27'	^[32]	Christiansen 45'	Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion Attendance: 11,026 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

28 April 2002 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	1. FC Union Berlin	Bochum
15:00	Buckley 9' Fahrenhorst 89'	^[33]	Divić 17'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,523 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

5 May 2002 34	Alemannia Aachen	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Aachen
15:00	Caillas 48'	^[34]	Christiansen 28' (pen.) Freier 43', 86'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 16,631 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

DFB-Pokal

26 August 2001 R1	FC Schalke 04 II	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:00		^[35]	Christiansen 64'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)

11 December 2001 R2	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
19:00	Freier 28' Colding 75'	^[36]	Berbatov 27', 77', 90+1'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,882 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rein van Duijnhoven	30	0	29	0	1	0
2	DF		Samir Toplak	18	1	17	1	1	0
3	DF		Martin Meichelbeck	18	2	17	2	1	0
4	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	28	0	26	0	2	0
5	DF		Søren Colding	29	3	27	2	2	1
6	MF		Matthias Lust (until 31 December 2001)	5	0	4	0	1	0
7	MF		Paul Freier	32	8	30	7	2	1
8	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	25	1	25	1	0	0
9	FW		Thomas Christiansen	31	18	30	17	1	1
10	MF		Dariusz Wosz	29	6	27	6	2	0
11	FW		Peter Graulund	13	3	13	3	0	0
12	DF		Thomas Stickroth	6	0	5	0	1	0
13	GK		Christian Vander	6	0	5	0	1	0
14	MF		Dietmar Berchtold	10	0	9	0	1	0
15	DF		Rouven Schröder	16	3	16	3	0	0
16	FW		Vahid Hashemian	22	8	21	8	1	0
17	MF		Malek Barudi	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Marijo Marić (until 30 September 2001)	3	0	2	0	1	0
19	FW		Mike Busch	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF		Sergei Mandreko	27	0	26	0	1	0
21	FW		Delron Buckley	33	7	31	7	2	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	16	3	15	3	1	0
23	MF		Dino Toppmöller	13	1	12	1	1	0
24	DF		Michael Bemben	31	2	29	2	2	0
25	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	28	3	26	3	2	0
26	MF		Björn Joppe	7	0	7	0	0	0
27	FW		Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Markus Ehrhard (since 3 February 2002)	4	0	4	0	0	0
28	DF		Hilko Ristau	20	3	19	3	1	0
29	DF		Axel Sundermann	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Dariusz Wosz (from Hertha BSC)
11	FW	Peter Graulund (from Brøndby IF)
14	MF	Dietmar Berchtold (from Alemannia Aachen)
16	FW	Vahid Hashemian (from Hamburger SV)
17	MF	Malek Barudi (from TuS Celle FC)
19	FW	Mike Busch (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
23	MF	Dino Toppmöller (from Manchester City F.C.)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Damir Milinović (to HNK Rijeka)
7	MF	Peter Peschel (to MSV Duisburg)
10	MF	Yıldıray Baştürk (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
14	MF	Ante Čović (to 1. FC Saarbrücken)
15	MF	Olaf Schreiber (retired)
17	FW	Henryk Bałuszyński (to LR Ahlen)
18	FW	Marijo Marić (to FC Kärnten)
19	FW	Zdravko Drinčić (to SV Waldhof Mannheim)
20	MF	Zoran Mamić (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
26	MF	Mike Rietpietsch (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

Winter

In:

No.		Position	Player
27		MF	Markus Ehrhard (from VfL Bochum II)
30		GK	Sebastian Selke (free agent)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
6		MF	Matthias Lust (to SpVgg Unterhaching)
27		FW	Sascha Siebert (to SC Paderborn 07)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Malek Barudi	20	1	20	1
	MF		Emanuel Benner	4	0	4	0
	FW		Mike Busch	4	1	4	1
	MF		Markus Ehrhard	28	4	28	4
	MF		Arek Grad	25	6	25	6
	MF		Mike Grühn	17	3	17	3
	GK		Senad Hecimovic	2	0	2	0
	MF		Sascha Höhle	3	0	3	0
	MF		Björn Joppe	26	8	26	8
	FW		Seyfullah Kalayci	7	0	7	0
	DF		Christoph Keim	26	3	26	3
	DF		Sebastian Kroth	13	1	13	1
	MF		Sascha Lindner	21	1	21	1
	MF		Wojtek Meinert	7	0	7	0
	DF		Mirko Mustroph	28	2	28	2
	FW		Göktan Özdemir	1	0	1	0
	DF		Aykan Özer	24	0	24	0
	MF		Angel Parla-Diaz	18	0	18	0
	DF		Florian Schäfer	1	0	1	0
	GK		Marco Schulz	24	0	24	0
	MF		Rainer Schümann	26	1	26	1
	DF		Tobias Seiler	16	0	16	0
	GK		Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)	7	0	7	0
	FW		Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)	18	7	18	7
	FW		Alexander Thamm	5	2	5	2
	MF		Dino Toppmöller	2	4	2	4
	GK		Christian Vander	1	0	1	0
	MF		Luciano Velardi	31	8	31	8
	MF		Danny Woidtke	29	5	29	5
	MF		Engin Yavuzaslan	27	0	27	0
	MF		David Zajas	6	0	6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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External links

2001–02 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
2001–02 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
2001–02 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)

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2001–02 VfL Bochum season

Contents

Review and events

Matches

Legend

2. Bundesliga

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

Transfers

Summer

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