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	NED	Rein van Duijnhoven	30	0	29	0	1	0
2	DF	CRO	Samir Toplak	18	1	17	1	1	0
3	DF	GER	Martin Meichelbeck	18	2	17	2	1	0
4	DF	GER	Mirko Dickhaut	28	0	26	0	2	0
5	DF	DEN	Søren Colding	29	3	27	2	2	1
6	MF	GER	Matthias Lust (until 31 December 2001)	5	0	4	0	1	0
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier	32	8	30	7	2	1
8	MF	GER	Sebastian Schindzielorz	25	1	25	1	0	0
9	FW	ESP	Thomas Christiansen	31	18	30	17	1	1
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz	29	6	27	6	2	0
11	FW	DEN	Peter Graulund	13	3	13	3	0	0
12	DF	GER	Thomas Stickroth	6	0	5	0	1	0
13	GK	GER	Christian Vander	6	0	5	0	1	0
14	MF	AUT	Dietmar Berchtold	10	0	9	0	1	0
15	DF	GER	Rouven Schröder	16	3	16	3	0	0
16	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian	22	8	21	8	1	0
17	MF	GER	Malek Barudi	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	CRO	Marijo Marić (until 30 September 2001)	3	0	2	0	1	0
19	FW	GER	Mike Busch	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF	RUS	Sergei Mandreko	27	0	26	0	1	0
21	FW	RSA	Delron Buckley	33	7	31	7	2	0
22	DF	GER	Thomas Reis	16	3	15	3	1	0
23	MF	GER	Dino Toppmöller	13	1	12	1	1	0
24	DF	GER	Michael Bemben	31	2	29	2	2	0
25	DF	GER	Frank Fahrenhorst	28	3	26	3	2	0
26	MF	GER	Björn Joppe	7	0	7	0	0	0
27	FW	GER	Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Markus Ehrhard (since 3 February 2002)	4	0	4	0	0	0
28	DF	GER	Hilko Ristau	20	3	19	3	1	0
29	DF	GER	Axel Sundermann	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

Out:

Winter