1973–74 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1973–74 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Walitza (13) All: Hans Walitza (14)
Highest home attendance	32,000 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 3 November 1973)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (vs Kickers Offenbach, 24 November 1973)
Average home league attendance	17,853
Home colours Away colours
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 VfL Bochum season was the 36th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

VfL Bochum v Wuppertaler SV Borussia

11 August 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  3' Balte  24' (pen.)	[1][2]	Pröpper  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

17 August 1973 2	FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:00	Kremers  10' Holz  33' Beverungen  69'	[3][4]	Versen  36'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

22 August 1973 3	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00		[5][6]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

25 August 1973 4	Hannover 96	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Siemensmeyer  64' (pen.)	[7][8]	Walitza  3' Etterich  48'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1973 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
20:00	Walitza  51'	[9][10]	Körbel  76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

8 September 1973 6	1. FC Köln	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Flohe  34' Weber  67'	[11][12]	Balte  69' (pen.) Eggert  74'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

15 September 1973 7	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Balte  23', 75' Walitza  80'	[13][14]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

21 September 1973 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00		[15][16]	Tenhagen  3' Walitza  68'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Dieter Wohlfarth (Bergen-Enkheim)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

29 September 1973 9	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30		[17][18]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

6 October 1973 10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye  28'	[19][20]	Etterich  23'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

17 October 1973 11	Hamburger SV	5 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Bjørnmose  6' Zaczyk  38' Heese  44' Winkler  72' Nogly  88'	[21][22]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v Kickers Offenbach

24 November 1973 12	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Versen  20' Fromm  22' Eggeling  37' Balte  38'	[23][24]	Kostedde  89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

27 October 1973 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen  21' Heynckes  24'	[25][26]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

3 November 1973 14	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[27][28]	Hoeneß  20'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

Fortuna Köln v VfL Bochum

10 November 1973 15	Fortuna Köln	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Zimmermann  56' Glock  71'	[29][30]	Tenhagen  18' Walitza  39'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

17 November 1973 16	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen  11'	[31][32]	Fürhoff  7' Lippens  36'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

11 December 1973 17	Hertha BSC	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
20:00	Horr  12', 30' Müller  20' Gutzeit  48'	[33][34]	Balte  40' Walitza  88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Wuppertaler SV Borussia v VfL Bochum

5 January 1974 18	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Kohle  39' (pen.) Pröpper  76'	[35][36]		Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

12 January 1974 19	VfL Bochum	2 – 5	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Majgl  81', 88'	[37][38]	Abramczik  4' Fischer  17', 50' (pen.) Holz  38' Kremers  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

19 January 1974 20	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Höttges  36' (pen.)	[39][40]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

26 January 1974 21	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Balte  29' Fechner  58' Majgl  81'	[41][42]	Galeski  40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

2 February 1974 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Körbel  15' Grabowski  58' (pen.) Kalb  64'	[43][44]	Balte  60' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

9 February 1974 23	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30		[45][46]	Löhr  27' Müller  65'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

2 March 1974 24	MSV Duisburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		[47][48]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 March 1974 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Eggert  64' Fromm  88'	[49][50]	Wilhelmi  62' Sandberg  76'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ottmar Nützel (Neustadt an der Aisch)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

16 March 1974 26	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Stickel  75' Handschuh  81'	[51][52]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 March 1974 27	VfL Bochum	3 – 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Lameck  1' Balte  55' Walitza  71'	[53][54]	Köhnen  16' Herzog  40' Budde  78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

30 March 1974 28	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Lameck  43' Majgl  83'	[55][56]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

Kickers Offenbach v VfL Bochum

6 April 1974 29	Kickers Offenbach	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
15:30	Kostedde  59' Schäfer  82'	[57][58]	Etterich  19' Walitza  66'	Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 April 1974 30	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  56'	[59][60]	Rupp  28'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

27 April 1974 31	FC Bayern Munich	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Roth  4' Müller  17' Hoeneß  37' Zobel  52'	[61][62]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Köln

4 May 1974 32	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Fortuna Köln	Bochum
15:30	Balte  20' Walitza  80'	[63][64]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

11 May 1974 33	Rot-Weiss Essen	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Lippens  36' Bast  40' (pen.)	[65][66]	Tenhagen  35' Balte  76'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

18 May 1974 34	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Walitza  39', 52'	[67][68]	Horr  87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

1 December 1973 1	VfL Bochum	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
14:30	Versen  12' Laufer  16'	[69]	Höttges  50' (pen.), 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

5 December 1973 1 Replay	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bremen
19:30	Zembski  2' Erkenbrecher  32'	[70]	Walitza  37'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Heinz Nickel (Neustadt an der Weinstraße)

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	36	11	34	11	2	0
	GK		Harry Bohrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Bomm	3	0	2	0	1	0
	GK		Hans-Jürgen Bradler	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	7	0	5	0	2	0
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	33	1	31	1	2	0
	MF		Michael Eggert	26	2	25	2	1	0
	MF		Hans-Günter Etterich	22	3	21	3	1	0
	DF		Harry Fechner	31	1	29	1	2	0
	DF		Hartmut Fromm	18	2	16	2	2	0
	DF		Erwin Galeski	30	0	30	0	0	0
	FW		Hermann Gerland	13	0	13	0	0	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	9	0	9	0	0	0
	MF		Michael Lameck	36	2	34	2	2	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Laufer	22	1	20	0	2	1
	FW		Reinhard Majgl	16	4	16	4	0	0
	MF		Fotios Papadopoulos	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Rainer Pommerin	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	35	0	33	0	2	0
	MF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	36	4	34	4	2	0
	DF		Dieter Versen	36	3	34	2	2	1
	FW		Hans Walitza	33	14	31	13	2	1

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player FW Heinz-Werner Eggeling (form VfL Bochum youth) DF Hartmut Fromm (form RW Unna) MF Franz-Josef Tenhagen (form Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

Out: No. Position Player DF Heinz-Jürgen Blome (to VfL Witten) FW Hans-Werner Hartl (to Borussia Dortmund) MF Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier (to SC Westfalia Herne) MF Werner Krämer (retired) DF Manfred Rüsing (to 1. FC Nuremberg) DF Reinhold Wosab (to Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid)

Winter

In: No. Position Player MF Fotios Papadopoulos (form VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Position Player

References

1. "VfL Bochum - Wuppertaler SV, 11.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
2. "VfL Bochum - Wuppertaler SV 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
3. "Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum, 17.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
4. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen, 22.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
6. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
7. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum, 25.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
8. "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt, 31.08.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
10. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
11. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum, 08.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
12. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg, 15.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
14. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
15. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum, 21.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
16. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart, 29.09.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
18. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
19. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum, 06.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
20. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
21. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum, 17.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
22. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). Kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - Kickers Offenbach, 24.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
24. "VfL Bochum - Kickers Offenbach 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
25. "Borussia Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum, 27.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
26. "Borussia Mgladbach - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München, 03.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
28. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
29. "Fortuna Köln - VfL Bochum, 10.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
30. "Fortuna Köln - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Essen, 17.11.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
32. "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiss Essen] 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
33. "Hertha BSC Berlin - VfL Bochum, 11.12.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
34. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Wuppertaler SV - VfL Bochum, 05.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
36. "Wuppertaler SV - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
37. "VfL Bochum - Schalke 04, 12.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
38. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 2:5" (in German). Kicker.
39. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum, 19.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
40. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
41. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96, 26.01.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
42. "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
43. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum, 02.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
44. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
45. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln, 09.02.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
46. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
47. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum, 02.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
48. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
49. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 09.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
50. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
51. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum, 16.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
52. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
53. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf, 23.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
54. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:3" (in German). Kicker.
55. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV, 30.03.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
56. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
57. "Kickers Offenbach - VfL Bochum, 06.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
58. "Kickers Offenbach - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
59. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Mönchengladbach, 20.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
60. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Mgladbach 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
61. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum, 27.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
62. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). Kicker.
63. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Köln, 04.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
64. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Köln 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
65. "Rot-Weiß Essen - VfL Bochum, 11.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
66. "Rot-Weiss Essen - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
67. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC Berlin, 18.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
68. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC - 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
69. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
70. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.

External links

• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1973–74 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)