2000–01 VfL Bochum season

The 2000–01 VfL Bochum season was the 63rd season in club history.

VfL Bochum

2000–01 season
President	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Ralf Zumdick (until 13 February 2001) Rolf Schafstall, ad interim (since 13 February 2001)
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marić (8) All: Marić (9)
Highest home attendance	33,000 (vs Borussia Dortmund, 19 November 2000)
Lowest home attendance	12,332 (vs SC Freiburg, 12 May 2001)
Average home league attendance	19,597
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

On 13 February 2001 head coach Ralf Zumdick was sacked and replaced by caretaker Rolf Schafstall.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

12 August 2000 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30		[1]	Buckley  62'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,355 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

19 August 2000 2	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30		[2]	Jancker  16', 23' Santa Cruz  19'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

6 September 2000 3	Hertha BSC	4 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
20:15	Preetz  20', 60' Alves  35' Hartmann  43'	[3]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 30,944 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

9 September 2000 4	VfL Bochum	0 – 4	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30		[4]	Kovač  24' Mahdavikia  33' Barbarez  55', 59'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

16 September 2000 5	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30	Marić  18' (pen.) Fahrenhorst  48'	[5]	Rische  82'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,107 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

23 September 2000 6	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Dundee  90'	[6]	Peschel  11'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

30 September 2000 7	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Bochum
15:30	Marić  50', 88' Peschel  69'	[7]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

14 October 2000 8	1. FC Köln	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:30	Timm  82' Kurth  86'	[8]		Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

22 October 2000 9	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
17:30	Weber  56'	[9]	Arvidsson  67' Kovacec  76'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,871 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

27 October 2000 10	FC Energie Cottbus	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
20:15	Mičevski  29' Miriuță  43'	[10]		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 14,835 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

4 November 2000 11	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
15:30	Drinčić  62'	[11]	Agostino  53'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,591 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

11 November 2000 12	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:15	Aílton  46' Pizarro  81'	[12]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 27,525 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

19 November 2000 13	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
17:30	Drinčić  75'	[13]	Heinrich  87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

24 November 2000 14	FC Schalke 04	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
20:15	Mulder  37' Sand  63'	[14]	Marić  48'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 41,719 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

2 December 2000 15	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Drinčić  15' Fahrenhorst  34'	[15]	Reichenberger  49'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

9 December 2000 16	SC Freiburg	5 – 0	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
15:30	Diarra  21' Sellimi  48' Iashvili  51' Baya  66' Sundermann  76' (o.g.)	[16]		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

13 December 2000 17	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
18:15	Marić  40', 52' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	[17]	Kirsten  67' Neuville  76'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,755 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

16 December 2000 18	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30		[18]	Klose  37'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

27 January 2001 19	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Effenberg  21', 89' Élber  53'	[19]	Baştürk  41', 59'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

3 February 2001 20	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Peschel  62'	[20]	Preetz  32' Michalke  67', 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 15,302 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

10 February 2001 21	Hamburger SV	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Yeboah  16' Butt  34' (pen.) Barbarez  38'	[21]		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 31,827 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

17 February 2001 22	VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30		[22]		Stadium: VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg Attendance: 12,318 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

25 February 2001 23	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
17:30		[23]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 18,800 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

3 March 2001 24	SpVgg Unterhaching	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Unterhaching
15:30	Straube  37' Breitenreiter  85'	[24]	Christiansen  27'	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

10 March 2001 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Buckley  24' Schindzielorz  31'	[25]	Arveladze  38' Kreuz  61' Pivaljević  80'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,683 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

17 March 2001 26	FC Hansa Rostock	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Rostock
15:30	Agali  71', 80'	[26]		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

1 April 2001 27	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	FC Energie Cottbus	Bochum
17:30	Reis  75'	[27]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

7 April 2001 28	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 4	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Schröder  56' (o.g.) Borimirov  86'	[28]	Baştürk  37', 49' Reis  59' Schindzielorz  88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 263,00 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

14 April 2001 29	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Reis  62'	[29]	Pizarro  38' Verlaat  74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,974 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

20 April 2001 30	Borussia Dortmund	5 – 0	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
20:15	Ricken  18' Heinrich  29' Reina  66', 68' Stević  89' (pen.)	[30]		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 65,500 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

28 April 2001 31	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
20:15	Freier  22'	[31]	Mpenza  70'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

5 May 2001 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Branco  53' Yang  82' Preuß  84'	[32]		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,600 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

12 May 2001 33	VfL Bochum	1 – 3	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30	Marić  54' (pen.)	[33]	Tanko  33' Sellimi  47', 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 12,332 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

19 May 2001 34	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Neuville  21'	[34]		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

DFB-Pokal

26 August 2000 R1	SV Babelsberg 03	1 – 6	VfL Bochum	Babelsberg
15:30	Küntzel  47'	[35]	Peschel  13' Buckley  26' Baştürk  41' Weber  63', 85', 87'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 3,153 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

31 October 2000 R2	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 4	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
19:30		[36]	Marić  4' Schindzielorz  59' Baştürk  61' Peschel  77'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 8,900 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

29 November 2000 R3	TSV 1860 Munich	0 – 5	VfL Bochum	Olympiastadion
19:30		[37]	Buckley  32' Baştürk  69' Rietpietsch  75', 89' Drinčić  81'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

20 December 2000 QF	1. FC Union Berlin	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
19:00	Ernemann  90'	[38]		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 11,045 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Rein van Duijnhoven	37	0	33	0	4	0
2	DF		Samir Toplak	10	0	10	0	0	0
3	DF		Martin Meichelbeck	23	0	19	0	4	0
4	DF		Axel Sundermann	15	0	12	0	3	0
5	DF		Damir Milinović	22	0	20	0	2	0
6	MF		Matthias Lust	3	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF		Peter Peschel	22	5	20	3	2	2
8	MF		Sebastian Schindzielorz	33	3	30	2	3	1
9	FW		Achim Weber (until 31 December 2000)	10	4	9	1	1	3
9	FW		Thomas Christiansen (since 1 January 2001)	12	1	12	1	0	0
10	MF		Yıldıray Baştürk	32	7	29	4	3	3
11	FW		Delron Buckley	22	4	19	2	3	2
12	DF		Thomas Stickroth	12	0	10	0	2	0
13	MF		Sergei Mandreko	26	0	23	0	3	0
14	MF		Ante Čović	5	0	5	0	0	0
15	MF		Olaf Schreiber	7	0	7	0	0	0
16	DF		Hilko Ristau	16	0	13	0	3	0
17	FW		Henryk Bałuszyński	12	0	11	0	1	0
18	FW		Marijo Marić	29	9	27	8	2	1
19	FW		Zdravko Drinčić	19	4	16	3	3	1
20	MF		Zoran Mamić	24	0	21	0	3	0
21	GK		Thomas Ernst (until 31 December 2000)	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW		Sascha Siebert (since 10 March 2001)	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Thomas Reis	12	3	12	3	0	0
23	DF		Mirko Dickhaut	22	0	20	0	2	0
24	DF		Michael Bemben	20	0	17	0	3	0
25	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	20	2	18	2	2	0
26	MF		Mike Rietpietsch	7	2	5	0	2	2
27	FW		René Müller (until 31 December 2000)	1	0	1	0	0	0
28	GK		Christian Vander	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF		Paul Freier	25	1	22	1	3	0
33	DF		Rouven Schröder (since 1 April 2001)	8	0	8	0	0	0
34	DF		Søren Colding (since 1 January 2001)	16	0	16	0	0	0

• Source:

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Martin Meichelbeck (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 5 DF  CRO Damir Milinović (from HNK Rijeka) 13 MF  RUS Sergei Mandreko (from Hertha BSC) 14 MF  CRO Ante Čović (from Hertha BSC) 20 MF  CRO Zoran Mamić (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 28 GK  GER Christian Vander (from KFC Uerdingen 05)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Sven Boy (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 25 MF  GER Jan Majewski (to SC Verl) 26 FW  POL Jacek Ratajczak (to SV Babelsberg 03)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ESP Thomas Christiansen (from Herfølge Boldklub) 21 FW  GER Sascha Siebert (from VfL Bochum II) 33 DF  GER Rouven Schröder (from VfL Bochum II) 34 DF  DEN Søren Colding (from Brøndby IF)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  GER Achim Weber (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) 21 GK  GER Thomas Ernst (to VfB Stuttgart) 27 FW  GER René Müller (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Markus Erhard	27	7	27	7
	DF		Frank Fahrenhorst	15	3	15	3
	MF		Paul Freier	3	1	3	1
	MF		Arek Grad	27	11	27	11
	DF		Marcel Hausherr	4	0	4	0
	MF		Benjamin Heydel	19	2	19	2
	MF		Björn Joppe	34	6	34	6
	FW		Seyfullah Kalayci	21	5	21	5
	DF		Christoph Keim	19	0	19	0
	MF		Steve Kozole	19	0	19	0
	DF		Tamer Kurmali	1	0	1	0
	MF		Sascha Lindner	31	2	31	2
	MF		Wojtek Meinert	6	0	6	0
	MF		Nicolas Michaty	1	0	1	0
	MF		Angel Parla-Diaz	31	13	31	13
	MF		Damian Schindzielorz	2	0	2	0
	GK		Klaus Schlapka	32	0	32	0
	DF		Rouven Schröder	23	1	23	1
	GK		Marco Schulz	5	0	5	0
	MF		Rainer Schümann	32	2	32	2
	DF		Tobias Seiler	19	0	19	0
	FW		Sascha Siebert	35	22	35	22
	MF		Roy Stamer	13	1	13	1
	MF		Farat Toku	17	4	17	4
	MF		Luciano Velardi	23	6	23	6

• Source:

Sources

1. "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:3" (in German). kicker.
3. "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:4" (in German). kicker.
5. "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
6. "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
7. "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 3:0" (in German). kicker.
8. "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
9. "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.
10. "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
11. "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:1" (in German). kicker.
12. "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 1:1" (in German). kicker.
14. "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1" (in German). kicker.
16. "SC Freiburg - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3:2" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). kicker.
19. "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 1:3" (in German). kicker.
21. "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
23. "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
25. "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:3" (in German). kicker.
26. "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
27. "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 1:0" (in German). kicker.
28. "1860 München - VfL Bochum 2:4" (in German). kicker.
29. "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:2" (in German). kicker.
30. "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). kicker.
32. "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum - SC Freiburg 1:3" (in German). kicker.
34. "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
35. "SV Babelsberg 03 - VfL Bochum 1:6" (in German). kicker.
36. "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
37. "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:5" (in German). kicker.
38. "1. FC Union Berlin - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.

External links

• 2000–01 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2000–01 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2000–01 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)