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
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 VfL Bochum season was the 64th season in club history.

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss

SpVgg Unterhaching v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FSV Mainz 05

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)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

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)

LR Ahlen v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SV Babelsberg 03

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)

SSV Reutlingen 05 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SV Waldhof Mannheim

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)

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Saarbrücken

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)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

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)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

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)

1. FC Union Berlin v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Alemannia Aachen

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)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Unterhaching

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)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

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)

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

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)

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v LR Ahlen

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)

SV Babelsberg 03 v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v SSV Reutlingen 05

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)

SV Waldhof Mannheim v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

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)

1. FC Saarbrücken v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

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)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

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)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Union Berlin

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)

Alemannia Aachen v VfL Bochum

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)

FC Schalke 04 II v VfL Bochum

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)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				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

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF   GER Dariusz Wosz (from Hertha BSC) 11 FW   DEN Peter Graulund (from Brøndby IF) 14 MF   AUT Dietmar Berchtold (from Alemannia Aachen) 16 FW   IRN Vahid Hashemian (from Hamburger SV) 17 MF   GER Malek Barudi (from TuS Celle FC) 19 FW   GER Mike Busch (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 23 MF   GER Dino Toppmöller (from Manchester City F.C.)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF   CRO Damir Milinović (to HNK Rijeka) 7 MF   GER Peter Peschel (to MSV Duisburg) 10 MF   TUR Yıldıray Baştürk (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 14 MF   CRO Ante Čović (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) 15 MF   GER Olaf Schreiber (retired) 17 FW   POL Henryk Bałuszyński (to LR Ahlen) 18 FW   CRO Marijo Marić (to FC Kärnten) 19 FW   YUG Zdravko Drinčić (to SV Waldhof Mannheim) 20 MF   CRO Zoran Mamić (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 26 MF   GER Mike Rietpietsch (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF   GER Markus Ehrhard (from VfL Bochum II) 30 GK   GER Sebastian Selke ( free agent)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF   GER Matthias Lust (to SpVgg Unterhaching) 27 FW   GER Sascha Siebert (to SC Paderborn 07)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	GER	Malek Barudi	20	1	20	1
	MF	GER	Emanuel Benner	4	0	4	0
	FW	GER	Mike Busch	4	1	4	1
	MF	GER	Markus Ehrhard	28	4	28	4
	MF	POL	Arek Grad	25	6	25	6
	MF	GER	Mike Grühn	17	3	17	3
	GK	BIH	Senad Hecimovic	2	0	2	0
	MF	GER	Sascha Höhle	3	0	3	0
	MF	GER	Björn Joppe	26	8	26	8
	FW	GER	Seyfullah Kalayci	7	0	7	0
	DF	GER	Christoph Keim	26	3	26	3
	DF	GER	Sebastian Kroth	13	1	13	1
	MF	GER	Sascha Lindner	21	1	21	1
	MF	GER	Wojtek Meinert	7	0	7	0
	DF	GER	Mirko Mustroph	28	2	28	2
	FW	GER	Göktan Özdemir	1	0	1	0
	DF	TUR	Aykan Özer	24	0	24	0
	MF	ESP	Angel Parla-Diaz	18	0	18	0
	DF	GER	Florian Schäfer	1	0	1	0
	GK	GER	Marco Schulz	24	0	24	0
	MF	GER	Rainer Schümann	26	1	26	1
	DF	GER	Tobias Seiler	16	0	16	0
	GK	GER	Sebastian Selke (since 1 January 2002)	7	0	7	0
	FW	GER	Sascha Siebert (until 31 December 2001)	18	7	18	7
	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm	5	2	5	2
	MF	GER	Dino Toppmöller	2	4	2	4
	GK	GER	Christian Vander	1	0	1	0
	MF	ITA	Luciano Velardi	31	8	31	8
	MF	GER	Danny Woidtke	29	5	29	5
	MF	TUR	Engin Yavuzaslan	27	0	27	0
	MF	GER	David Zajas	6	0	6	0

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