1978–79 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum

1978–79 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Hans-Joachim Abel (11) All: Hans-Joachim Abel (15)
Highest home attendance	45,000 (vs FC Schalke 04, 16 September 1978)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (vs SV Darmstadt 98, 2 June 1979)
Average home league attendance	26,059
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 VfL Bochum season was the 41st season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

1. FC Nuremberg v VfL Bochum

12 August 1978 1	1. FC Nuremberg	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:30		[1]	Abel  32' Eggert  81'	Stadium: Städtisches Stadion Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

19 August 1978 2	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Oswald  24' Woelk  79'	[2]	Günther  43' Szymanek  80'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

26 August 1978 3	Hamburger SV	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Hartwig  25'	[3]	Bast  88'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Wilfried Brückner (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

2 September 1978 4	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Abel  27' Oswald  44' Eggeling  52' Köper  89'	[4]	Theis  71'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim) Referee: 40,000

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

8 September 1978 5	MSV Duisburg	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
20:00	Worm  11'	[5]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Franz-Josef Hontheim (Trier)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

16 September 1978 6	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Eggeling  70' Eggert  73'	[6]	Larsson  35' Abramczik  79'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

30 September 1978 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Lorant  22' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Hölzenbein  45' Grabowski  88'	[7]	Eggert  65' Eggeling  90'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

6 October 1978 8	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
20:00	Eggert  89'	[8]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hans-Heinrich Barnick (Schenfeld)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

14 October 1978 9	FC Bayern Munich	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Dürnberger  21' Horsmann  88'	[9]	Eggert  15'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

21 October 1978 10	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		[10]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

27 October 1978 11	SV Werder Bremen	3 – 3	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Reinders  6' Möhlmann  15' Wunder  48'	[11]	Abel  18', 77' Blau  65'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

3 November 1978 12	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
20:00	Eggert  7' Bast  44' (pen.) Eggeling  65'	[12]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

11 November 1978 13	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Eggert  44'	[13]	Hoeneß  4' Ohlicher  51'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

18 November 1978 14	Hertha BSC	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Tenhagen  24' (o.g.)	[14]	Lameck  75' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Robert Walz (Waiblingen)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

24 November 1978 15	VfL Bochum	2 – 5	1. FC Köln	Bochum
20:00	Bast  64', 77'	[15]	Flohe  12' Okudera  25' van Gool  74' Müller  87' Zimmermann  89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

SV Darmstadt 98 v VfL Bochum

30 December 1978 16	SV Darmstadt 98	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Darmstadt
14:00	Bechtold  40' Cestonaro  63' Hahn  87'	[16]	Bast  55'	Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

15 December 1978 17	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:00	Tenhagen  80' Bast  90'	[17]	Wolf  63' Dobiasch  75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wilfried Brückner (Darmstadt)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nuremberg

20 March 1979 18	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	1. FC Nuremberg	Bochum
20:00	Eggeling  39' Woelk  58'	[18]	Živaljević  81'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

20 January 1979 19	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Fanz  86'	[19]	Abel  20'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

3 March 1979 20	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Abel  60' (pen.) Holz  67'	[20]	Hrubesch  9'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Werner Ross (Ingolstadt)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

3 February 1979 21	Borussia Dortmund	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Votava  81' Oswald  83' (o.g.)	[21]	Abel  15' (pen.) Eggert  49'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

10 March 1979 22	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30		[22]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Medardus Luca (Völklingen)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

17 March 1979 23	FC Schalke 04	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Abramczik  26'	[23]	Eggeling  13' Abel  58' Blau  64'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim) Referee: 25,000

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 March 1979 24	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30		[24]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: Walter Niemann (Hamburg) Referee: 22,000

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

4 April 1979 25	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
20:00	Graul  6'	[25]	Woelk  42' Abel  89'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

7 April 1979 26	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[26]	Rummenigge  83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Helmut Treib (Wadgassen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

14 April 1979 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Kulik  59' Lienen  78'	[27]		Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 15,224 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

18 April 1979 28	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00	Eggeling  18' Blau  72' Abel  89'	[28]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

21 April 1979 29	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Popivoda  50'	[29]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Werner Ross (Ingolstadt)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

5 May 1979 30	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Kelsch  11' Müller  78'	[30]		Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

12 May 1979 31	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Oswald  14'	[31]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

19 May 1979 32	1. FC Köln	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Littbarski  83'	[32]	Kaczor  9'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

VfL Bochum v SV Darmstadt 98

2 June 1979 33	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	SV Darmstadt 98	Bochum
15:30	Eggeling  73'	[33]	Bechtold  78' Kleppinger  88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

9 June 1979 34	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Schwarz  84'	[34]	Abel  62'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 12,356 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

DFB-Pokal

VfL Bochum v Bünder SV

5 August 1978 R1	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	Bünder SV	Bochum
	Abel  2' Lameck  33' Woelk  52' Trimhold  54'	[35]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Klaus Broska (Gelsenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v DSC Wanne-Eickel

22 September 1978 R2	VfL Bochum	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	DSC Wanne-Eickel	Bochum
	Oswald  84' Bast  113', 114' Abel  118'	[36]	Kosien  16' Mauthe  105'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Fischenich)

FC 08 Homburg v VfL Bochum

2 December 1978 R3	FC 08 Homburg	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Homburg
		[37]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v FC 08 Homburg

7 January 1979 R3 replay	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	FC 08 Homburg	Bochum
	Abel  8'	[38]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Dieter Pauly (Rheydt)

Bayer 05 Uerdingen v VfL Bochum

28 April 1979 R4	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	4 – 2	VfL Bochum	Uerdingen
	Steffensen  15' Raschid  55' Hahn  73' Funkel  80' (pen.)	[39]	Abel  50' Lameck  68' (pen.)	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	FW		Hans-Joachim Abel	32	15	28	11	4	4
	MF		Dieter Bast	38	8	33	6	5	2
	MF		Rolf Blau	26	3	24	3	2	0
	FW		Heinz-Werner Eggeling	39	8	34	8	5	0
	DF		Michael Eggert	36	8	31	8	5	0
	DF		Klaus Franke	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Hermann Gerland	26	0	22	0	4	0
	MF		Paul Holz	24	1	20	1	4	0
	FW		Josef Kaczor	11	1	11	1	0	0
	MF		Hans-Jürgen Köper	11	1	9	1	2	0
	DF		Michael Lameck	39	3	34	1	5	2
	GK		Reinhard Mager	24	0	21	0	3	0
	MF		Walter Oswald	37	4	33	3	4	1
	FW		Hans-Joachim Pochstein	8	0	6	0	2	0
	FW		Werner Schachten	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Werner Scholz	16	0	14	0	2	0
	DF		Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	1	32	1	5	0
	MF		Holger Trimhold	32	1	27	0	5	1
	DF		Dieter Versen	11	0	11	0	0	0
	DF		Lothar Woelk	38	4	33	3	5	1

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Position Player MF Rolf Blau (from FC St. Pauli) MF Walter Oswald (from FC St. Pauli)

Out: No. Position Player MF Wolfgang Euteneuer (to VfL Bochum II) DF Matthias Herget (to Rot-Weiss Essen) FW Peter Kursinski (to VfL Bochum II) MF Ralf Schaffeld (to SG Wattenscheid 09) FW Dieter Schwemmle (to FC Hanau 93) DF Klaus Wischniewski (to DSC Wanne-Eickel)

Winter

In: No. Position Player

Out: No. Position Player DF Dieter Versen (to San Jose Earthquakes)

Sources

1. "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). Kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
3. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 4:1" (in German). Kicker.
5. "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
7. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). Kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
9. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
11. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). Kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
14. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:5" (in German). Kicker.
16. "SV Darmstadt 98 - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). Kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
19. "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). Kicker.
21. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). Kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
23. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). Kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). Kicker.
25. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:1" (in German). Kicker.
27. "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 3:0" (in German). Kicker.
29. "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
30. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). Kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 1:0" (in German). Kicker.
32. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - SV Darmstadt 98 1:2" (in German). Kicker.
34. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). Kicker.
35. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen Bünder SV 4:0 (2:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. Bünder SV 4–0 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
36. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen DSC Wanne-Eickel 4:2 n.V." [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. DSC Wanne-Eickel 4–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
37. "Spielstatistik FC 08 Homburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:0 n.V." [Match statistic FC 08 Homburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–0 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
38. "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen FC 08 Homburg 1:0 (1:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. FC 08 Homburg 1–0 (1–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
39. "Spielstatistik Bayer Uerdingen gegen VfL Bochum 4:2 (1:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Uerdingen vs. VfL Bochum 4–2 (1–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.

External links

• 1978–79 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1978–79 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (German)
• 1978–79 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (German)