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VfL Bochum

1972–73 season
President	Ottokar Wüst
Head Coach	Heinz Höher
Stadium	Stadion an der Castroper Straße
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
DFB-Ligapokal	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Hans Walitza (18) All: Hans Walitza (22)
Highest home attendance	32,000 (vs Borussia Mönchengladbach, 7 October 1972)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 (vs Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, 2 June 1973)
Average home league attendance	16,412
Home colours Away colours
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The 1972–73 VfL Bochum season was the 35th season in club history.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

16 September 1972 1	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–2	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30			Hartl 34' Walitza 38'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

20 September 1972 2	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
16:45	Wosab 70' Walitza 89'		Weiner 57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

23 September 1972 3	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	3–0	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
15:30	Reichert 22' Jung 73' Kohle 86'			Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Dieter Heckeroth (Frankfurt am Main)

30 September 1972 4	VfL Bochum	2–0	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Köper 43' Majgl 59'			Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

3 October 1972 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
20:00	Weidle 23' Grabowski 31', 38' Nickel 72'		Köper 14'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

7 October 1972 6	VfL Bochum	3–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
19:30	Walitza 7' Lameck 79' Wosab 82'			Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

14 October 1972 7	VfB Stuttgart	4–0	VfL Bochum	Stuttgart
15:30	Köppel 32', 33' Schwemmle 57' Handschuh 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

21 October 1972 8	VfL Bochum	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 30' Dietz 85' (o.g.)		Seliger 57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gerd Siepe (Cologne)

28 October 1972 9	Hamburger SV	2–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Zaczyk 42' Kaltz 60'		Walitza 87'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

31 October 1972 10	VfL Bochum	2–0	Hannover 96	Bochum
20:00	Lameck 66' Balte 68' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

4 November 1972 11	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
15:30	Pirrung 5' Vogt 59'		Walitza 70' Wosab 90'	Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

11 November 1972 12	VfL Bochum	2–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 21' Wosab 68'		Geye 32', 56'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Jürgen Schumann (Neuwied)

17 November 1972 13	VfL Bochum	2–4	1. FC Köln	Bochum
20:00	Lameck 65' Konopka 69' (o.g.)		Löhr 3', 85' Simmet 60' Flohe 84'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

22 November 1972 14	Kickers Offenbach	4–0	VfL Bochum	Offenbach am Main
15:30	Schäfer 24' Hickersberger 53' Semlitsch 64' (pen.) Kostedde 81'			Stadium: Stadion am Bieberer Berg Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

25 November 1972 15	VfL Bochum	0–2	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30			Hoeneß 42' Müller 90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

1 December 1972 16	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–1	VfL Bochum	Oberhausen
20:00	Kobluhn 80' (pen.)		Walitza 3'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

15 December 1972 17	VfL Bochum	2–0	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
20:00	Krämer 13' Lameck 89'			Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

20 January 1973 18	VfL Bochum	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 68' Kaack 73' (o.g.)		Erler 12' Bründl 77'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

21 April 1973 19	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Müller 41' (pen.) Horr 69'			Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

3 February 1973 20	VfL Bochum	2–2	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	Bochum
15:30	Majgl 3' Miß 39' (o.g.)		Homann 13' Pröpper 78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

10 February 1973 21	FC Schalke 04	2–0	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Budde 21' Lütkebohmert 71'			Stadium: Glückauf-Kampfbahn Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

17 February 1973 22	VfL Bochum	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Etterich 56' Majgl 73'		Nickel 51'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

23 February 1973 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–0	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
20:00	Rupp 12' Jensen 32' Danner 54' Heynckes 75' Wittkamp 79' Kulik 86'			Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)

10 March 1973 24	VfL Bochum	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Bochum
15:30	Majgl 3', 89' Köper 83'		Wosab 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

17 March 1973 25	MSV Duisburg	0–1	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30			Walitza 82'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Elmar Schäfer (Neustadt am Rübenberge)

24 March 1973 26	VfL Bochum	3–3	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 12', 50', 75'		Hönig 56' Winkler 78' Bjørnmose 87'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

31 March 1973 27	Hannover 96	1–1	VfL Bochum	Hannover
15:30	Siemensmeyer 59' (pen.)		Lameck 65'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

6 April 1973 28	VfL Bochum	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:00	Balte 15' Majgl 40' Walitza 85'			Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

28 April 1973 29	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye 18'		Hartl 24'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

4 May 1973 30	1. FC Köln	2–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Cullmann 77' Flohe 87'		Walitza 15'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)

19 May 1973 31	VfL Bochum	2–3	Kickers Offenbach	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 66' Gerland 68'		Kostedde 19', 55', 84'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

26 May 1973 32	FC Bayern Munich	5–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Müller 31', 54' Dürnberger 58' Breitner 73' Hoffmann 90'		Hartl 8'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

2 June 1973 33	VfL Bochum	2–2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Bochum
15:30	Walitza 23', 75'		Dick 38' Jakobs 64'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

9 June 1973 34	SV Werder Bremen	5–2	VfL Bochum	Bremen
15:30	Weist 10', 30', 88' Hasebrink 16' Höttges 75' (pen.)		Eggert 20' Etterich 54'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Peter Kaufmann (Walldorf)

DFB-Pokal

9 December 1972 R1 1st leg	Wormatia Worms	4–4	VfL Bochum	Worms
14:00	Janzon 31' de Haas 37' (pen.) Dier 51' Laube 74'		Balte 14', 32' Lameck 15' Krämer 18'	Stadium: Wormatia-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

20 December 1972 R1 2nd leg	VfL Bochum	3–1 (7–5 agg.)	Wormatia Worms	Bochum
19:30	Majgl 33' Köper 35' Walitza 66'		Laube 26'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

2 March 1973 R2 1st leg	VfL Bochum	4–4	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
19:30	Walitza 28' Balte 38', 82' (pen.) Galeski 61'		Neuberger 22', 70' Laumen 47' Görts 75'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

14 March 1973 R2 2nd leg	SV Werder Bremen	2–1 (6–5 agg.)	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Höttges 29' Kamp 75'		Wosab 6'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

DFB-Ligapokal

1 August 1972 GS 1	KSV Hessen Kassel	0–1	VfL Bochum
18:00			Hartl ?'

5 August 1972 GS 2	FC Schalke 04	4–2	VfL Bochum
20:00	H. Kremers ?' Fischer ?', ?', ?'		Walitza ?', ?'

9 August 1972 GS 3	VfL Bochum	1–0	SpVgg Erkenschwick
18:00	Balte ?'

16 August 1972 GS 4	SpVgg Erkenschwick	1–3	VfL Bochum
18:00	Kolitsch ?'		Balte ?', ?' Gerland ?'

19 August 1972 GS 5	VfL Bochum	1–4	FC Schalke 04
18:00	Balte ?'		Rüssmann ?', ?' Frey ?' Braun ?'

23 August 1972 GS 6	VfL Bochum	5–1	KSV Hessen Kassel
18:00	Zorc ?' Köper ?', ?' Majgl ?', ?'		Hansmann

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	FRG	Werner Balte	44	10	34	2	4	4	6	4
	DF	FRG	Heinz-Jürgen Blome	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	FRG	Udo Böckmann	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	GK	FRG	Harry Bohrmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Peter Bomm	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Bradler	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Klaus-Dieter Dewinski	7	0	3	0	3	0	1	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Eggert	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Günter Etterich	39	2	31	2	4	0	4	0
	DF	FRG	Harry Fechner	42	0	32	0	4	0	6	0
	DF	FRG	Erwin Galeski	34	1	27	0	2	1	5	0
	FW	FRG	Hermann Gerland	27	2	20	1	2	0	5	1
	FW	FRG	Hans-Werner Hartl	11	4	8	3	0	0	3	1
	DF	FRG	Werner Jablonski	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Klaus-Peter Kerkemeier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	40	6	32	3	4	1	4	2
	FW	FRG	Werner Krämer	13	2	11	1	2	1	0	0
	MF	FRG	Michael Lameck	44	6	34	5	4	1	6	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Laufer	21	0	16	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	FRG	Reinhard Majgl	36	9	28	6	2	1	6	2
	DF	FRG	Manfred Rüsing	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	38	0	28	0	4	0	6	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	FRG	Hans Walitza	43	22	34	18	4	2	5	2
	DF	FRG	Reinhold Wosab	31	5	25	4	4	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Zorc (until 20 November 1972)	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1

• Source:

Transfers

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRG Klaus-Dieter Dewinski (from TSG Herdecke) — FW  FRG Hermann Gerland (from VfL Bochum youth) — MF  FRG Michael Lameck (from Schwarz-Weiß Essen) — FW  FRG Reinhard Majgl (from Schwarz-Weiß Essen) — GK  FRG Werner Scholz (from Alemannia Aachen)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRG Dieter Fern (to Union Salzgitter) — DF  FRG Gerd Wiesemes (to SC Westfalia Herne)

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRG Michael Eggert (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  FRG Dieter Zorc (to Lüner SV)

Sources

1. "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
2. "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
3. "Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
4. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:0" (in German). kicker.
5. "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
6. "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 3:0" (in German). kicker.
7. "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
8. "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
9. "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
10. "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.
11. "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
12. "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:2" (in German). kicker.
13. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 2:4" (in German). kicker.
14. "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
15. "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:2" (in German). kicker.
16. "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
17. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
18. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 2:2" (in German). kicker.
19. "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
20. "VfL Bochum – Wuppertaler SV 2:2" (in German). kicker.
21. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
22. "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1" (in German). kicker.
23. "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 6:0" (in German). kicker.
24. "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 3:1" (in German). kicker.
25. "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
26. "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 3:3" (in German). kicker.
27. "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
28. "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:0" (in German). kicker.
29. "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
30. "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
31. "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 2:3" (in German). kicker.
32. "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). kicker.
33. "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
34. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
35. "Wormatia Worms – VfL Bochum 4:4" (in German). kicker.
36. "VfL Bochum – Wormatia Worms 3:1" (in German). kicker.
37. "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 4:4" (in German). kicker.
38. "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
39. "KSV Hessen Kassel – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
40. "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
41. "VfL Bochum – SpVgg Erkenschwick 1:0" (in German). kicker.
42. "SpVgg Erkenschwick – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
43. "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:4" (in German). kicker.
44. "VfL Bochum – KSV Hessen Kassel 5:1" (in German). kicker.

External links

• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 1972–73 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

• German football clubs 1972–73 season
• VfL Bochum seasons