VfL Bochum

2004–05 season
Chairman	Werner Altegoer
Head Coach	Peter Neururer
Stadium	Ruhrstadion
Bundesliga	16th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second Round
DFB-Ligapokal	First Round
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lokvenc (10) All: Lokvenc (11)
Highest home attendance	32,645 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 14 November 2004; vs FC Schalke 04, 5 March 2005)
Lowest home attendance	20,113 (vs VfL Wolfsburg, 19 March 2005)
Average home league attendance	26,376
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 VfL Bochum season was the 67th season in club history.

Review and events

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Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

7 August 2004 1	Hertha BSC	2–2	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Gilberto 6' Marcelinho 44'	[1]	Kalla 65' Madsen 70' ( pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,435 Referee: Markus Merk ( Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

15 August 2004 2	VfL Bochum	2–2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
17:30	Lokvenc 29' Preuß 69'	[2]	Berbatov 66' Voronin 87'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,289 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich ( Berlin)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

28 August 2004 3	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
15:30	Buckley 87'	[3]	Zdebel 31' Diabang 90+3'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 18,567 Referee: Helmut Fleischer ( Ulm)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

11 September 2004 4	VfL Bochum	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Kalla 15' Demel 75' ( o.g.)	[4]	Koller 48' Ewerthon 59'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,220 Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Kyllburg)

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

19 September 2004 5	SC Freiburg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
17:30	Schumann 58'	[5]	Bechmann 55'	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Florian Meyer ( Burgdorf)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

25 September 2004 6	VfL Bochum	1–4	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30	Knavs 68'	[6]	Borowski 54' Klose 70', 88', 89'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,110 Referee: Hermann Albrecht ( Kaufbeuren)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

3 October 2004 7	FC Schalke 04	3–2	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
17:30	Asamoah 10' Kobiashvili 13' Lincoln 44'	[7]	Misimović 49' Kalla 65'	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 61,524 Referee: Wolfgang Stark ( Ergolding)

VfL Bochum v FC Hansa Rostock

16 October 2004 8	VfL Bochum	0–1	FC Hansa Rostock	Bochum
15:30		[8]	Prica 74'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,902 Referee: Markus Schmidt ( Stuttgart)

VfL Wolfsburg v VfL Bochum

23 October 2004 9	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	VfL Bochum	Wolfsburg
15:30	Thiam 27' Klimowicz 39' D'Alessandro 42'	[9]		Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Jörg Keßler ( Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 October 2004 10	VfL Bochum	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
20:00	Preuß 54' Wosz 85' Madsen 90'	[10]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,975 Referee: Michael Weiner ( Giesen)

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

30 October 2004 11	Hannover 96	3–0	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Christiansen 17' Stendel 65' Leandro 88'	[11]		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 28,114 Referee: Lutz Wagner ( Kriftel)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 November 2004 12	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc 62'	[12]	Lembi 26'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,977 Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Kyllburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

14 November 2004 13	VfL Bochum	1–3	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
17:30	Lokvenc 66'	[13]	Guerrero 76', 81' Preuß 82' ( o.g.)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Manuel Gräfe ( Berlin)

1. FSV Mainz 05 v VfL Bochum

20 November 2004 14	1. FSV Mainz 05	1–0	VfL Bochum	Mainz
15:30	da Silva 19'	[14]		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack ( Biberbach)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

27 November 2004 15	VfL Bochum	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc 22', 50' Kalla 42'	[15]	Mintál 65'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,356 Referee: Stefan Trautmann ( Bodenwerder)

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

4 December 2004 16	VfB Stuttgart	5–2	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Kalla 5' ( o.g.) Kurányi 23', 81' Hleb 69' Meißner 75'	[16]	Edu 33' Maltritz 59'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Jörg Keßler ( Höhenkirchen)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

11 December 2004 17	VfL Bochum	1–2	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Bechmann 83'	[17]	Barbarez 26' Benjamin 34'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 25,990 Referee: Knut Kircher ( Rottenburg)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

23 January 2005 18	VfL Bochum	2–2	Hertha BSC	Bochum
17:30	Madsen 39' ( pen.) Lokvenc 79'	[18]	Rafael 3' Gilberto 16'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,262 Referee: Helmut Fleischer ( Ulm)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v VfL Bochum

29 January 2005 19	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4–0	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:30	Krzynówek 28' Voronin 31' Ponte 70' Freier 78'	[19]		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling ( Kleinburgwedel)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

5 February 2005 20	VfL Bochum	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
15:30	Madsen 19' ( pen.)	[20]	Buckley 29'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,233 Referee: Stefan Trautmann ( Bodenwerder)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

12 February 2005 21	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30	Koller 21'	[21]		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 75,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht ( Kaufbeuren)

VfL Bochum v SC Freiburg

19 February 2005 22	VfL Bochum	3–1	SC Freiburg	Bochum
15:30	Misimović 35' ( pen.) Kalla 56' Bechmann 84'	[22]	Aogo 80'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,820 Referee: Knut Kircher ( Rottenburg)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

26 February 2005 23	SV Werder Bremen	4–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Ismaël 45' Baumann 49' Valdez 53' Micoud 73'	[23]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 37,492 Referee: Markus Merk ( Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

5 March 2005 24	VfL Bochum	0–2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30		[24]	Aílton 30' Lincoln 77'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 32,645 Referee: Florian Meyer ( Burgdorf)

FC Hansa Rostock v VfL Bochum

12 March 2005 25	FC Hansa Rostock	3–1	VfL Bochum	Rostock
15:30	Di Salvo 36', 49' Prica 52'	[25]	Edu 70'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich ( Berlin)

VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg

19 March 2005 26	VfL Bochum	5–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Bochum
15:30	Edu 15', 38' Wosz 24' Lokvenc 40' Madsen 58'	[26]	Petrov 73'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Manuel Gräfe ( Berlin)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

3 April 2005 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
17:30	Kluge 30' Jansen 52'	[27]	Lokvenc 70' Pletsch 90' ( o.g.)	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,451 Referee: Michael Weiner ( Giesen)

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

9 April 2005 28	VfL Bochum	1–0	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Maltritz 57'	[28]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,821 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack ( Biberbach)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

17 April 2005 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
17:30	Blank 61' ( pen.)	[29]	Maltritz 39' Diabang 74'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 33,512 Referee: Florian Meyer ( Burgdorf)

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

23 April 2005 30	FC Bayern Munich	3–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Pizarro 9' Ballack 26' Makaay 63'	[30]	Tapalović 51'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Knut Kircher ( Rottenburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FSV Mainz 05

30 April 2005 31	VfL Bochum	2–6	1. FSV Mainz 05	Bochum
15:30	Lokvenc 27' Bechmann 87'	[31]	Auer 6' Thurk 60' Gerber 65' da Silva 68' Weigelt 78' Casey 84'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 31,056 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich ( Berlin)

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

7 May 2005 32	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
15:30	Daun 21' Mintál 85'	[32]	Meichelbeck 90+2'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 44,650 Referee: Markus Merk ( Otterbach)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

14 May 2005 33	VfL Bochum	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Misimović 60' Lokvenc 71'	[33]		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 30,980 Referee: Michael Weiner ( Giesen)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

21 May 2005 34	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30		[34]	Diabang 3'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 54,178 Referee: Markus Schmidt ( Stuttgart)

DFB-Pokal

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

21 August 2004 R1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:00	Podszus 10'	[35]	Madsen 28', 32' ( pen.) Lokvenc 58'	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Stefan Trautmann ( Bodenwerder)

SC Freiburg v VfL Bochum

21 September 2004 R2	SC Freiburg	3–2 ( a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
19:00	Riether 40' Dorn 90', 116'	[36]	Bechmann 24' Misimović 53' ( pen.)	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack ( Biberbach)

DFB-Ligapokal

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Bochum

22 July 2004 R1	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	VfL Bochum	Aalen
18:00	Cacau 5', 34' Szabics 85'	[37]		Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 11,198 Referee: Peter Gagelmann ( Bremen)

UEFA Cup

Standard Liège v VfL Bochum

16 September 2004 R1 1st leg	Standard Liège	0–0	VfL Bochum	Liège
20:30		[38]		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Claude Colombo ( France)

VfL Bochum v Standard Liège

30 September 2004 R1 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Standard Liège	Bochum
20:30	Maltritz 45'	[39]	Curbelo 90+2'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 23,356 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis ( Greece)

Standard Liège won on away goals.

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Pokal		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NED	Rein van Duijnhoven	28	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	GER	Michael Bemben	8	0	1+5	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	GER	Martin Meichelbeck	25	1	16+6	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	32	3	26+1	2	2	0	0+1	0	2	1
5	DF	DEN	Søren Colding	35	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF	CMR	Raymond Kalla	28	5	23	5	2	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW	DEN	Tommy Bechmann	31	5	13+14	4	2	1	0+1	0	1	0
8	MF	POL	Tomasz Zdebel	32	1	26+2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
9	FW	DEN	Peter Madsen	21	7	18+1	5	1	2	1	0	0	0
10	MF	GER	Dariusz Wosz	33	2	26+3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
11	FW	CZE	Vratislav Lokvenc	36	11	32	10	2	1	0	0	2	0
13	GK	GER	Christian Vander	11	0	8+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ISL	Þórður Guðjónsson (until 31 December 2004)	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	SVN	Aleksander Knavs	31	1	26	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
16	MF	BIH	Zvjezdan Misimović	36	4	17+14	3	1+1	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
17	MF	GER	Christoph Preuß	34	2	23+7	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
18	MF	CRO	Filip Tapalović	12	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SEN	Mamadou Diabang	13	3	3+8	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF	SRB	Miroslav Stević	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	CZE	Filip Trojan	23	0	14+5	0	1+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
22	DF	BRA	Edu	20	4	11+6	4	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW	GER	Ersan Tekkan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	GER	Philipp Bönig	34	0	28+1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF	GER	Marvin Matip	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	IRN	Moharram Navidkia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ITA	Gaetano Manno	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ITA	Luciano Velardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	TUR	Polat Keser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	TUR	Fatih Akyel (from 14 December 2004 until 31 March 2005)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	DEN	Peter Skov-Jensen (since 11 January 2005)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	GER	Claus Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   GER Marcel Maltritz (from Hamburger SV) 7 FW   DEN Tommy Bechmann (from Esbjerg fB) 11 FW   CZE Vratislav Lokvenc (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) 15 DF   SVN Aleksander Knavs (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) 16 MF   BIH Zvjezdan Misimović (from FC Bayern Munich) 17 MF   GER Christoph Preuß (from Eintracht Frankfurt) 21 MF   CZE Filip Trojan (from FC Schalke 04) 25 DF   GER Marvin Matip (from VfL Bochum U-19) 28 MF   IRN Moharram Navidkia (from Sepahan F.C.) 29 FW   ITA Gaetano Manno (from VfL Bochum II) 32 MF   GER Dennis Grote (from VfL Bochum II) 33 GK   TUR Polat Keser (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF   GER Paul Freier (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 12 DF   NED Anton Vriesde (to Helmond Sport) 15 DF   GER Frank Fahrenhorst (to SV Werder Bremen) 16 FW   IRN Vahid Hashemian (to FC Bayern Munich) 21 MF   RSA Delron Buckley (to Arminia Bielefeld) 23 MF   ESP Cristian Fiél (to Alemannia Aachen) 31 GK   CRO Toni Tapalović (to KFC Uerdingen 05)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF   TUR Fatih Akyel (free agent) 35 GK   DEN Peter Skov-Jensen (from FC Midtjylland)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   ISL Þórður Guðjónsson (to Stoke City F.C.) 34 DF   TUR Fatih Akyel (released)

VfL Bochum II

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Oberliga Westfalen
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	GER	Michael Bemben	1	0	1	0
	MF	GER	Claus Costa	31	7	31	7
	DF	GER	David Czyszczon	33	4	33	4
	DF	GER	Thomas Falkowski	17	0	17	0
	DF	GER	Daniel Gordon	33	5	33	5
	GK	GER	Bastian Görrissen	15	0	15	0
	DF	GER	Björn Grallert	4	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Dennis Grote	4	0	4	0
	MF	GER	Sebastian Hille	32	7	32	7
	MF	GER	Sascha Höhle	15	1	15	1
	GK	TUR	Polat Keser	17	0	17	0
	FW	ITA	Gaetano Manno	28	9	28	9
	DF	GER	Lars Marten	1	0	1	0
	DF	GER	Marvin Matip	32	3	32	3
	DF	GER	Mirko Mustroph	24	2	24	2
	DF	GER	Marc-Andre Nimptsch	4	0	4	0
	FW	GER	Martin Setzke	27	2	27	2
	DF	GER	Mirko Talaga	1	0	1	0
	FW	GER	Ersan Tekkan	11	1	11	1
	FW	GER	Alexander Thamm	33	12	33	12
	FW	TUR	Suri Ucar	30	5	30	5
	GK	GER	Christian Vander	4	0	4	0
	FW	ITA	Luciano Velardi	34	17	34	17
	MF	GER	Sebastian Westerhoff	13	2	13	2
	MF	GER	David Zajas	31	0	31	0

Sources

External links

• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2004–05 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)