1972–73 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1972–73 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
DFB-Ligapokal	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Walitza (18) All: Hans Walitza (22)
Highest home attendance	32,000 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 7 October 1972)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 (vs Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, 2 June 1973)
Average home league attendance	16,412
Home colours Away colours
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 VfL Bochum season was the 35th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

16 September 1972 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30		[1]	Hartl  34' Walitza  38'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

20 September 1972 2	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
16:45	Wosab  70' Walitza  89'	[2]	Weiner  57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

Wuppertaler SV Borussia v VfL Bochum

23 September 1972 3	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Reichert  22' Jung  73' Kohle  86'	[3]		Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Dieter Heckeroth (Frankfurt am Main)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

30 September 1972 4	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Köper  43' Majgl  59'	[4]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

3 October 1972 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
20:00	Weidle  23' Grabowski  31', 38' Nickel  72'	[5]	Köper  14'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

7 October 1972 6	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
19:30	Walitza  7' Lameck  79' Wosab  82'	[6]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

14 October 1972 7	VfB Stuttgart	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Köppel  32', 33' Schwemmle  57' Handschuh  88' (pen.)	[7]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

21 October 1972 8	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  30' Dietz  85' (o.g.)	[8]	Seliger  57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gerd Siepe (Cologne)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

28 October 1972 9	Hamburger SV	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Zaczyk  42' Kaltz  60'	[9]	Walitza  87'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

31 October 1972 10	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hannover 96	Bochum
20:00	Lameck  66' Balte  68' (pen.)	[10]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

4 November 1972 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Pirrung  5' Vogt  59'	[11]	Walitza  70' Wosab  90'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

11 November 1972 12	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  21' Wosab  68'	[12]	Geye  32', 56'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

17 November 1972 13	VfL Bochum	2 – 4	1. FC Köln	Bochum
20:00	Lameck  65' Konopka  69' (o.g.)	[13]	Löhr  3', 85' Simmet  60' Flohe  84'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

22 November 1972 14	Kickers Offenbach	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
15:30	Schäfer  24' Hickersberger  53' Semlitsch  64' (pen.) Kostedde  81'	[14]		Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

25 November 1972 15	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[15]	Hoeneß  42' Müller  90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v VfL Bochum

1 December 1972 16	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Oberhausen
20:00	Kobluhn  80' (pen.)	[16]	Walitza  3'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

15 December 1972 17	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00	Krämer  13' Lameck  89'	[17]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

20 January 1973 18	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  68' Kaack  73' (o.g.)	[18]	Erler  12' Bründl  77'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

21 April 1973 19	Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Müller  41' (pen.) Horr  69'	[19]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Wuppertaler SV Borussia

3 February 1973 20	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	Bochum
15:30	Majgl  3' Miß  39' (o.g.)	[20]	Homann  13' Pröpper  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

10 February 1973 21	FC Schalke 04	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Budde  21' Lütkebohmert  71'	[21]		Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

17 February 1973 22	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Etterich  56' Majgl  73'	[22]	Nickel  51'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

23 February 1973 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Rupp  12' Jensen  32' Danner  54' Heynckes  75' Wittkamp  79' Kulik  86'	[23]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

10 March 1973 24	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Majgl  3', 89' Köper  83'	[24]	Wosab  66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

17 March 1973 25	MSV Duisburg	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		[25]	Walitza  82'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Elmar Schäfer (Neustadt am Rübenberge)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

24 March 1973 26	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  12', 50', 75'	[26]	Hönig  56' Winkler  78' Bjørnmose  87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

31 March 1973 27	Hannover 96	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Siemensmeyer  59' (pen.)	[27]	Lameck  65'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 April 1973 28	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:00	Balte  15' Majgl  40' Walitza  85'	[28]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

28 April 1973 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye  18'	[29]	Hartl  24'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

4 May 1973 30	1. FC Köln	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Cullmann  77' Flohe  87'	[30]	Walitza  15'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

19 May 1973 31	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  66' Gerland  68'	[31]	Kostedde  19', 55', 84'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

26 May 1973 32	FC Bayern Munich	5 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Müller  31', 54' Dürnberger  58' Breitner  73' Hoffmann  90'	[32]	Hartl  8'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

2 June 1973 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  23', 75'	[33]	Dick  38' Jakobs  64'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

9 June 1973 34	SV Werder Bremen	5 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Weist  10', 30', 88' Hasebrink  16' Höttges  75' (pen.)	[34]	Eggert  20' Etterich  54'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Peter Kaufmann (Walldorf)

DFB-Pokal

Wormatia Worms v VfL Bochum

9 December 1972 R1 1st leg	Wormatia Worms	4 – 4	VfL Bochum	Worms
14:00	Janzon  31' de Haas  37' (pen.) Dier  51' Laube  74'	[35]	Balte  14', 32' Lameck  15' Krämer  18'	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

VfL Bochum v Wormatia Worms

20 December 1972 R1 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	3 – 1 (7 – 5 agg.)	Wormatia Worms	Bochum
19:30	Majgl  33' Köper  35' Walitza  66'	[36]	Laube  26'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

2 March 1973 R2 1st leg	VfL Bochum	4 – 4	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
19:30	Walitza  28' Balte  38', 82' (pen.) Galeski  61'	[37]	Neuberger  22', 70' Laumen  47' Görts  75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

14 March 1973 R2 2nd leg	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1 (6 – 5 agg.)	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Höttges  29' Kamp  75'	[38]	Wosab  6'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

DFB-Ligapokal

KSV Hessen Kassel v VfL Bochum

1 August 1972 GS 1	KSV Hessen Kassel	0 – 1	VfL Bochum
18:00		[39]	Hartl  ?'

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

5 August 1972 GS 2	FC Schalke 04	4 – 2	VfL Bochum
20:00	H. Kremers  ?' Fischer  ?', ?', ?'	[40]	Walitza  ?', ?'

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Erkenschwick

9 August 1972 GS 3	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	SpVgg Erkenschwick
18:00	Balte  ?'	[41]

SpVgg Erkenschwick v VfL Bochum

16 August 1972 GS 4	SpVgg Erkenschwick	1 – 3	VfL Bochum
18:00	Kolitsch  ?'	[42]	Balte  ?', ?' Gerland  ?'

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

19 August 1972 GS 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	FC Schalke 04
18:00	Balte  ?'	[43]	Rüssmann  ?', ?' Frey  ?' Braun  ?'

VfL Bochum v KSV Hessen Kassel

23 August 1972 GS 6	VfL Bochum	5 – 1	KSV Hessen Kassel
18:00	Zorc  ?' Köper  ?', ?' Majgl  ?', ?'	[44]	Hansmann

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Werner Balte	44	10	34	2	4	4	6	4
	DF		Heinz-Jürgen Blome	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Udo Böckmann	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK		Harry Bohrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Bomm	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Hans-Jürgen Bradler	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	7	0	3	0	3	0	1	0
	MF		Michael Eggert	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Günter Etterich	39	2	31	2	4	0	4	0
	DF		Harry Fechner	42	0	32	0	4	0	6	0
	DF		Erwin Galeski	34	1	27	0	2	1	5	0
	FW		Hermann Gerland	27	2	20	1	2	0	5	1
	FW		Hans-Werner Hartl	11	4	8	3	0	0	3	1
	DF		Werner Jablonski	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	40	6	32	3	4	1	4	2
	FW		Werner Krämer	13	2	11	1	2	1	0	0
	MF		Michael Lameck	44	6	34	5	4	1	6	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Laufer	21	0	16	0	0	0	5	0
	FW		Reinhard Majgl	36	9	28	6	2	1	6	2
	DF		Manfred Rüsing	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	38	0	28	0	4	0	6	0
	DF		Dieter Versen	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
	FW		Hans Walitza	43	22	34	18	4	2	5	2
	DF		Reinhold Wosab	31	5	25	4	4	1	2	0
	DF		Dieter Zorc (until 20 November 1972)	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player DF Klaus-Dieter Dewinski (from TSG Herdecke) FW Hermann Gerland (from VfL Bochum youth) MF Michael Lameck (from Schwarz-Weiß Essen) FW Reinhard Majgl (from Schwarz-Weiß Essen) GK Werner Scholz (from Alemannia Aachen)

Out: No. Position Player FW Dieter Fern (to Union Salzgitter) DF Gerd Wiesemes (to SC Westfalia Herne)

Winter

In: No. Position Player MF Michael Eggert (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Position Player DF Dieter Zorc (to Lüner SV)

Sources

1. "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
3. "Wuppertaler SV - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
5. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Mgladbach 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
7. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
9. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
11. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:4" (in German). Kicker.
14. "Kickers Offenbach - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
16. "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
19. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum - Wuppertaler SV 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
21. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
23. "Borussia Mgladbach - VfL Bochum 6:0" (in German). Kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
25. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 3:3" (in German). Kicker.
27. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
29. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
30. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Kickers Offenbach 2:3" (in German). Kicker.
32. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). Kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
34. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Wormatia Worms - VfL Bochum 4:4" (in German). Kicker.
36. "VfL Bochum - Wormatia Worms 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
37. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 4:4" (in German). Kicker.
38. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
39. "KSV Hessen Kassel - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
40. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
41. "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Erkenschwick 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
42. "SpVgg Erkenschwick - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). Kicker.
43. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 1:4" (in German). Kicker.
44. "VfL Bochum - KSV Hessen Kassel 5:1" (in German). Kicker.

External links

• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)