2008–09 VfL Bochum season

The 2008–09 VfL Bochum season was the 71st season in club history.

VfL Bochum

2008–09 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Marcel Koller
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
Bundesliga	14th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Šesták (9) All: Šesták (10)
Highest home attendance	31,328 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 17 October 2008; vs FC Bayern Munich, 14 March 2009; vs Borussia Dortmund, 18 April 2009)
Lowest home attendance	18,103 (vs Energie Cottbus, 28 February 2009)
Average home league attendance	25,515
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The team finished in 14th place in the Bundesliga league, after playing 34 league matches, of which they only won seven matches.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss

Bundesliga

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

16 August 2008 1	Karlsruher SC	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
15:30	Eichner 30'	[1]		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

24 August 2008 2	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
17:00	Šesták 12' Dabrowski 50'	[2]	Costa 51' Sağlık 69'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,836 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

30 August 2008 3	Schalke 04	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Westermann 36'	[3]		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,673 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

14 September 2008 4	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
17:00	Mięciel 22' Pfertzel 26'	[4]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,739 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Energie Cottbus v VfL Bochum

20 September 2008 5	Energie Cottbus	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
15:30	Sørensen 13'	[5]	Yahia 48'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 12,174 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfL Bochum v Bayer Leverkusen

27 September 2008 6	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
15:30	Šesták 79' Kaloğlu 81'	[6]	Vidal 6' Augusto 21' Helmes 61'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,843 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

4 October 2008 7	Bayern Munich	3 – 3	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Van Buyten 15' Zé Roberto 45', 68'	[7]	Kaloğlu 29' Dabrowski 83' Grote 85'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

17 October 2008 8	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:30	Dabrowski 55' Kaloğlu 77'	[8]	Gohouri 30' Kleine 79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

26 October 2008 9	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
17:00	Gómez 80', 83'	[9]		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v 1899 Hoffenheim

29 October 2008 10	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	1899 Hoffenheim	Bochum
20:00	Grote 2'	[10]	Ba 64' Ibišević 70' (pen.) Carlos Eduardo 71'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,444 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

2 November 2008 11	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
17:00	Zidan 44'	[11]	Zdebel 27'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 71,600 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

VfL Bochum v Werder Bremen

8 November 2008 12	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		[12]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,237 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

14 November 2008 13	Hannover 96	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
20:30	Schlaudraff 62'	[13]	Fromlowitz 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,827 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

22 November 2008 14	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Šesták 50' Mięciel 74'	[14]	Raffael 25' Kačar 33' Cícero 39'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,248 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

30 November 2008 15	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
17:00	Šesták 39'	[15]	Olić 70'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,157 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

6 December 2008 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Liberopoulos 7' (pen.), 43' Steinhöfer 62' Russ 64'	[16]		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 39,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

13 December 2008 17	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Dabrowski 58'	[17]	McKenna 44' Ishiaku 87'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,208 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

1 February 2009 18	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
17:00	C. Fuchs 26' Klimowicz 65'	[18]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,148 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

7 February 2009 19	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Džeko 21', 85'	[19]		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,177 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

VfL Bochum v Schalke 04

14 February 2009 20	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Azaouagh 44' Dabrowski 57'	[20]	Kurányi 18'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,605 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

21 February 2009 21	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30	Mijatović 83'	[21]	Klimowicz 30'	Stadium: Schüco Arena Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

VfL Bochum v Energie Cottbus

28 February 2009 22	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	Energie Cottbus	Bochum
15:30	Epalle 12' C. Fuchs 54' Pfertzel 79' (pen.)	[22]	Iliev 2' Jula 50'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,103 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

8 March 2009 23	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
17:00	Helmes 66' (pen.)	[23]	Dabrowski 32'	Stadium: LTU Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich

14 March 2009 24	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[24]	Zé Roberto 32' Lahm 60' Demichelis 90'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

20 March 2009 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:30		[25]	Grote 29'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,282 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

4 April 2009 26	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Epalle 48'	[26]	Cacau 58' Tasci 89'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 24,718 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Bochum

11 April 2009 27	1899 Hoffenheim	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	Sinsheim
15:30		[27]	Šesták 42', 55', 69'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

18 April 2009 28	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30		[28]	Owomoyela 11' Valdez 54'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 31,328 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

25 April 2009 29	Werder Bremen	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Almeida 54' Naldo 70' Diego 79'	[29]	Šesták 16', 44'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 39,303 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

1 May 2009 30	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Hannover 96	Bochum
20:30		[30]	Bruggink 12' Balitsch 32'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 26,072 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

9 May 2009 31	Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Pantelić 39' Raffael 50'	[31]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,323 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

13 May 2009 32	Hamburger SV	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
20:00	Guerrero 15' Olić 33', 58'	[32]	Freier 71'	Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 47,942 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 May 2009 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Hashemian 26' Klimowicz 72'	[33]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,420 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

23 May 2009 34	1. FC Köln	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Yahia 24' (o.g.)	[34]	Klimowicz 18'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

Preußen Münster v VfL Bochum

8 August 2008 R1	Preußen Münster	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 6 p)	VfL Bochum	Münster
20:30		[35]		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 15,050 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
	Penalties
	Özkara Wissing Ivičević Loose Lauretta Talarek Remmert		Maltritz Šesták Pfertzel Ono Hashemian C. Fuchs Yahia

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

24 September 2008 R2	Hamburger SV	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
19:00	Petrić 9', 90+2'	[36]		Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 33,820 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	POR	Daniel Fernandes	33	0	31	0	2	0
2	DF	SWE	Matias Concha	15	0	15	0	0	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	30	1	28	0	2	1
5	MF	GER	Christoph Dabrowski	32	6	31	6	1	0
6	DF	AUT	Christian Fuchs	24	3	22	2	2	1
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier	29	1	28	1	1	0
8	MF	POL	Tomasz Zdebel (until 31 December 2008)	14	1	12	1	2	0
9	FW	SVK	Stanislav Šesták	26	10	24	9	2	1
10	FW	CMR	Joël Epalle	22	2	22	2	0	0
11	FW	POL	Marcin Mięciel	14	2	12	2	2	0
13	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs (until 31 December 2008)	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	FW	ARG	Diego Klimowicz (since 4 January 2009)	11	4	11	4	0	0
15	MF	CAN	Daniel Imhof	25	0	24	0	1	0
16	FW	IRN	Vahid Hashemian	18	2	16	1	2	1
17	FW	TUR	Sinan Kaloğlu	19	3	18	3	1	0
18	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder	13	0	13	0	0	0
19	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	21	3	20	3	1	0
20	DF	GER	Mërgim Mavraj	23	0	23	0	0	0
21	DF	FRA	Marc Pfertzel	29	3	27	2	2	1
22	MF	GER	Mimoun Azaouagh	32	1	30	1	2	0
23	MF	JPN	Shinji Ono	10	0	8	0	2	0
24	DF	GER	Philipp Bönig	19	0	18	0	1	0
25	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia	26	2	24	1	2	1
26	MF	GER	Heinrich Schmidtgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	GK	GER	Andreas Lengsfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GER	David Zajas	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	5	0	5	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	René Renno	1	0	1	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Philipp Heerwagen	3	0	3	0	0	0
35	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Jürgen Duah	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Sami El-Nounou	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	GER	Roman Prokoph	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009)	1	0	1	0	0	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

Out:

Winter

Out:

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regionalliga West
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	GER	Jonas Acquistapace	18	0	18	0
	MF	GER	Mirkan Aydın	29	4	29	4
	MF	GER	Jürgen Duah	32	1	32	1
	FW	GER	Sami El-Nounou	26	11	26	11
	GK	GER	Michael Esser	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	17	0	17	0
	MF	GER	Paul Freier	2	0	2	0
	MF	GER	Danny Fuchs	3	1	3	1
	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	4	1	4	1
	FW	TUR	Dilaver Güçlü	25	5	25	5
	MF	GER	İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009)	2	1	2	1
	FW	GER	Mike Hibbeln	9	0	9	0
	DF	GER	Christian Kalina	15	0	15	0
	DF	GER	Daniel Klinger	24	0	24	0
	FW	TUN	Mohamed Labiadh	4	0	4	0
	GK	GER	Andreas Lengsfeld	6	0	6	0
	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe	21	0	21	0
	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Christian Mäscher	23	0	23	0
	DF	GER	Mërgim Mavraj	1	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Alexander Neumann	23	5	23	5
	FW	GER	Roman Prokoph	31	12	31	12
	GK	GER	René Renno	6	0	6	0
	DF	GER	Stefan Schattauer	4	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Heinrich Schmidtgal	31	4	31	4
	DF	GER	Lukas Schmitz	24	2	24	2
	DF	GER	Rouven Schröder	20	0	20	0
	MF	GER	Oliver Schröder	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009)	2	0	2	0
	DF	ALG	Antar Yahia	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	David Zajas	21	0	21	0
	MF	CAN	Gianluca Zavarise	19	1	19	1
	MF	GER	Oliver Zech	24	0	24	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}