1971–72 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1971–72 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Hermann Eppenhoff
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Walitza (22) All: Hans Walitza (25)
Highest home attendance	35,000 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 28 August 1971)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (vs Hertha BSC, 28 June 1972)
Average home league attendance	18,588
Home colours Away colours
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 VfL Bochum season was the 34th season in club history.^[1][2]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

14 August 1971 1	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Hartl  14'	[3]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v VfL Bochum

21 August 1971 2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Oberhausen
15:30	Tenhagen  8' Schumacher  60'	[4]	Walitza  3', 74' Hartl  49'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Gerd Siepe (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 August 1971 3	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[5]	Heynckes  34' Wloka  70'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

1 September 1971 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Reinders  37' Seel  59', 81' Friedrich  71'	[6]	Balte  27'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

4 September 1971 5	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  42' Köper  89'	[7]	Damjanoff  11'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

11 September 1971 6	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Kamp  68' Laumen  75'	[8]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

18 September 1971 7	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Haug  1' Entenmann  27' Frank  40'	[9]	Balte  34' Walitza  69'	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

25 September 1971 8	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[10]	Hoeneß  38' Hansen  67'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

2 October 1971 9	Hannover 96	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Reimann  33' Wiesemes  44' (o.g.) Keller  65', 84'	[11]		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Dieter Wohlfarth (Bergen-Enkheim)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

13 October 1971 10	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:00	Hartl  41' Krämer  72' Fern  75'	[12]	Rettkowski  70'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

16 October 1971 11	Hamburger SV	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Seeler  58', 70' Bjørnmose  81'	[13]	Walitza  5' Balte  13'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

23 October 1971 12	VfL Bochum	1 – 5	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:00	Wosab  50' (pen.)	[14]	Scheermann  3' Rupp  42', 55' Galeski  53' (o.g.) Overath  86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

30 October 1971 13	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Konca  8', 56' Parits  69'	[15]	Wosab  76' Walitza  84'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

6 November 1971 14	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
14:30	Etterich  3', 39' Balte  9' (pen.) Fechner  29'	[16]	Hohnhausen  67' Weinkauff  74'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Horst Bonacker (Quadrath-Ichendorf)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

13 November 1971 15	FC Schalke 04	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	H. Kremers  14' Rüssmann  58' Fischer  60' Fichtel  75'	[17]	Balte  56'	Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dieter Heckeroth (Frankfurt)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 November 1971 16	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
14:30	Fechner  13' Walitza  17' Etterich  57'	[18]	Herzog  54'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

11 December 1971 17	Hertha BSC	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Gayer  47'	[19]	Walitza  4' Wosab  25'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

22 January 1972 18	Eintracht Braunschweig	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30		[20]	Fechner  24' Walitza  80'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

29 January 1972 19	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Bochum
14:30	Walitza  46' Fern  80'	[21]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

8 February 1972 20	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Kulik  79'	[22]	Walitza  29'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

19 February 1972 21	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:00	Hartl  17', 60' Balte  55', 83' (pen.)	[23]	Hosic  32' Seel  59'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

26 February 1972 22	Arminia Bielefeld	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30	Jendrossek  45' Kasperski  56' Roggensack  90'	[24]	Walitza  12'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gerd Siepe (Cologne)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

4 March 1972 23	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  18' (59) Wosab  67' Hartl  87'	[25]	Laumen  6' Schmidt  22'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

11 March 1972 24	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Hartl  40'	[26]	Frank  4'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

18 March 1972 25	FC Bayern Munich	5 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Krauthausen  6' Müller  36', 56', 87' Fechner  90' (o.g.)	[27]	Hartl  45'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

25 March 1972 26	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Hartl  58' Walitza  83'	[28]	Keller  67' Reimann  86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

8 April 1972 27	MSV Duisburg	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30	Bella  5' Wunder  7'	[29]	Wosab  16' Krämer  69'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

15 April 1972 28	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Hartl  26' Etterich  30'	[30]	Memering  23'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

22 April 1972 29	1. FC Köln	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Lauscher  50'	[31]	Walitza  31'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

6 May 1972 30	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Etterich  10' Walitza  40', 89'	[32]	Hölzenbein  23'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

19 May 1972 31	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
20:00	Schütz  12' (pen.)	[33]	Köper  74'	Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

3 June 1972 32	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30		[34]	Fischer  10' Kremers  66'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

24 June 1972 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Herzog  10' Baltes  36' Geye  43'	[35]	Walitza  18'	Stadium: Flinger Broich Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Klaus-Dieter Roegner (Kleinburgwedel)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

28 June 1972 34	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	Hertha BSC	Bochum
20:00	Walitza  35', 70', 77' Balte  39'	[36]	Horr  49' (pen.) Gutzeit  81'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

DFB-Pokal

SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin v VfL Bochum

5 December 1971 R1 1st leg	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
14:00	Nerlinger  33', 70' (pen.)	[37]	Etterich  25' Walitza  83'	Stadium: Poststadion Attendance: 3,884 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin

15 December 1971 R1 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	2 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.)	SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin	Bochum
	Walitza  30' Krämer  66'	[38]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

12 February 1972 R2 1st leg	Hannover 96	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30		[39]		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

23 February 1972 R2 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	2 – 4 (2 – 4 agg.)	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:00	Rüsing  32' Walitza  46'	[40]	Reimann  11', 40', 63' Keller  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Werner Balte	35	8	31	8	4	0
	DF		Heinz-Jürgen Blome	11	0	9	0	2	0
	MF		Udo Böckmann	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Harry Bohrmann	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Hans-Jürgen Bradler	38	0	34	0	4	0
	FW		Hans-Günter Etterich	23	6	20	5	3	1
	MF		Harry Fechner	27	3	23	3	4	0
	FW		Dieter Fern	36	2	32	2	4	0
	DF		Erwin Galeski	29	0	27	0	2	0
	FW		Hans-Werner Hartl	35	10	31	10	4	0
	DF		Werner Jablonski	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF		Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	17	2	17	2	0	0
	MF		Werner Krämer	31	3	28	2	3	1
	MF		Franz-Josef Laufer	9	0	8	0	1	0
	DF		Manfred Rüsing	29	1	25	0	4	1
	DF		Dieter Versen	27	0	23	0	4	0
	FW		Hans Walitza	38	25	34	22	4	3
	DF		Gerd Wiesemes	9	0	9	0	0	0
	DF		Reinhold Wosab	37	5	34	5	3	0
	DF		Dieter Zorc	25	0	21	0	4	0

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player GK Harry Bohrmann (from DSC Wanne-Eickel) MF Franz-Josef Laufer (from SpVgg Erkenschwick) DF Reinhold Wosab (from Borussia Dortmund) DF Dieter Zorc (from Lüner SV)

Out: No. Position Player DF Manfred Berens (to STV Werne) GK Theo Diegelmann (to 1. FC Nuremberg) MF Hans Grieger (to VfL Klafeld-Geisweid 08) MF Hans-Jürgen Jansen (to VfB Homberg) MF Rainer Pommerin (to VfL Bochum II) FW Erich Schiller (to TuS Witten-Stockum)

Sources

1. Franz, Markus (2005). Die Jungs von der Castroper Straße (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 58–59. ISBN 3-89533-506-1.
2. Formann, Heinz; Homann, Ulrich; Pohl, Günther; Rövekamp, Georg (1994). Tief im Westen: Das Phänomen VfL Bochum (in German). Klartext. p. 128–129. ISBN 3-88474-177-2.
3. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
4. "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). Kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Mgladbach 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
6. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
8. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
9. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). Kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
11. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
13. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). Kicker.
14. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:5" (in German). Kicker.
15. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). Kicker.
16. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
17. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
19. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
20. "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
21. "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
22. "Borussia Mgladbach - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
24. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
27. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). Kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
29. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
30. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
31. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
32. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
33. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
34. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
36. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
37. "SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
38. "VfL Bochum - SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
39. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
40. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:4" (in German). Kicker.

External links

• 1971–72 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1971–72 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1971–72 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)