1976–77 VfL Bochum season

VfL Bochum 1976–77 football season

VfL Bochum

1976–77 season

President

Ottokar Wüst

Head Coach

Heinz Höher

Stadium

Stadion an der Castroper Straße

Bundesliga

15th

DFB-Pokal

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Josef Kaczor (21)
All: Josef Kaczor (25)

Highest home attendance

25,000 (vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 12 March 1977)

Lowest home attendance

11,000 (vs. 1. FC Saarbrücken, 15 January 1977)

Average home league attendance

16,041

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 1976–77 VfL Bochum season was the 39th season in club history.

Review and events

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Bundesliga

1. FC Saarbrücken v VfL Bochum

14 August 1976 (1976-08-14) 1	1. FC Saarbrücken	0–1	VfL Bochum	Saarbrücken
15:30		^[1]	Trimhold 51'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

5 October 1976 (1976-10-05) 2	VfL Bochum	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
20:00	Tenhagen 43'	^[2]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfL Bochum

28 August 1976 (1976-08-28) 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
15:30	Bonhof 31' Heynckes 58', 62', 85'	^[3]	Kaczor 30', 60'	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Horst Joos (Stuttgart)

VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg

3 September 1976 (1976-09-03) 4	VfL Bochum	2–1	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
20:00	Trimhold 16', 19'	^[4]	Thies 13'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,700 Referee: Manfred Dölfel (Fürth)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

11 September 1976 (1976-09-11) 5	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Kliemann 20' Grau 85'	^[5]		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

18 September 1976 (1976-09-18) 6	VfL Bochum	5–6	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht 24', 43' Kaczor 38', 80' Pochstein 53'	^[6]	Rummenigge 55' Schwarzenbeck 57' Müller 63', 74' (pen.) Hoeneß 75', 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

25 September 1976 (1976-09-25) 7	VfL Bochum	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
15:30	Ellbracht 5', 38'	^[7]	Segler 55'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

SV Werder Bremen v VfL Bochum

1 October 1976 (1976-10-01) 8	SV Werder Bremen	2–0	VfL Bochum	Bremen
20:00	Röber 40' Kamp 47'	^[8]		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

9 October 1976 (1976-10-09) 9	VfL Bochum	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 15'	^[9]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

23 October 1976 (1976-10-23) 10	Rot-Weiss Essen	3–3	VfL Bochum	Essen
15:30	Bast 39' Hrubesch 48', 52' (pen.)	^[10]	Kaczor 4', 68' Eggeling 9'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Frankfurt

30 October 1976 (1976-10-30) 11	VfL Bochum	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bochum
15:30	Tenhagen 9' Eggert 73' Köper 79'	^[11]	Nickel 78'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (West Berlin)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

6 November 1976 (1976-11-06) 12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	VfL Bochum	Rheinstadion
15:30	Szymanek 11'	^[12]		Stadium: Düsseldorf Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Eintracht Braunschweig

13 November 1976 (1976-11-13) 13	VfL Bochum	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Trimhold 84'	^[13]	Grobe 31'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v VfL Bochum

20 November 1976 (1976-11-20) 14	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–1	VfL Bochum	West Berlin
15:30	Wendt 78'	^[14]	Kaczor 20'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

27 November 1976 (1976-11-27) 15	VfL Bochum	1–2	1. FC Köln	Bochum
15:30	Fromm 44'	^[15]	Müller 63' Flohe 73'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)

FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

4 December 1976 (1976-12-04) 16	FC Schalke 04	3–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Lütkebohmert 6' E. Kremers 76', 78'	^[16]	Trimhold 73'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

10 December 1976 (1976-12-10) 17	VfL Bochum	4–2	Hamburger SV	Bochum
20:00	Köper 1' Kaczor 25', 37', 73'	^[17]	Steffenhagen 35', 55'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Saarbrücken

15 January 1977 (1977-01-15) 18	VfL Bochum	1–2	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 30'	^[18]	Förster 40' Ellbracht 44'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

22 January 1977 (1977-01-22) 19	Karlsruher SC	2–1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
15:30	Bredenfeld 36' Berger 90'	^[19]	Kaczor 26'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Volker Roth (Salzgitter)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

29 January 1977 (1977-01-29) 20	VfL Bochum	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
15:30		^[20]		Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

5 February 1977 (1977-02-05) 21	MSV Duisburg	0–0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
15:30		^[21]		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

12 February 1977 (1977-02-12) 22	VfL Bochum	4–2	Hertha BSC	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 7', 9', 30' Trimhold 83'	^[22]	Grau 8' Granitza 73'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: Herbert Lutz (Bremen) Referee: 18,000

FC Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

26 February 1977 (1977-02-26) 23	FC Bayern Munich	1–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Künkel 26'	^[23]	Kaczor 13'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Bochum

5 March 1977 (1977-03-05) 24	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	VfL Bochum	Dortmund
15:30		^[24]	Kaczor 18' Eggert 76'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

12 March 1977 (1977-03-12) 25	VfL Bochum	0–2	SV Werder Bremen	Bochum
15:30		^[25]	Röber 22' Meininger 86'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Winfried Walz (Waiblingen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

18 March 1977 (1977-03-18) 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:00	Meier 75' Schwarz 78'	^[26]		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

VfL Bochum v Rot-Weiss Essen

26 March 1977 (1977-03-26) 27	VfL Bochum	2–1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bochum
15:30	Kaczor 62' Holz 63'	^[27]	Lund 67'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

2 April 1977 (1977-04-02) 28	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
15:30	Nickel 15' Kraus 44'	^[28]	Tenhagen 42' Lameck 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

12 April 1977 (1977-04-12) 29	VfL Bochum	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
20:00	Eggeling 28'	^[29]	Zewe 67' Allofs 79'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Eintracht Braunschweig v VfL Bochum

16 April 1977 (1977-04-16) 30	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
15:30	Popivoda 40' Frank 65'	^[30]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

VfL Bochum v Tennis Borussia Berlin

22 April 1977 (1977-04-22) 31	VfL Bochum	2–1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Bochum
20:00	Kaczor 52' Lameck 65'	^[31]	Stradt 72'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jürgen Walther (Würzburg)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

6 May 1977 (1977-05-06) 32	1. FC Köln	6–1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:00	Müller 15', 19', 42', 43' Flohe 33' Simmet 60'	^[32]	Kaczor 85'	Stadium: Radrennbahn Müngersdorf Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Schalke 04

14 May 1977 (1977-05-14) 33	VfL Bochum	1–2	FC Schalke 04	Bochum
15:30	Eggert 11'	^[33]	Gerland 34' (o.g.) Lander 89'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder (Oberhausen)

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

21 May 1977 (1977-05-21) 34	Hamburger SV	5–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30	Reimann 22', 30' Magath 49' Eigl 73', 85'	^[34]	Trimhold 74'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

DFB-Pokal

Spvg Steinhagen v VfL Bochum

6 August 1976 (1976-08-06) R1	Spvg Steinhagen	0–3	VfL Bochum	Steinhagen
		^[35]	Kaczor 15', 87' Pochstein 67'	Stadium: Cronsbachstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dieter Gabriel (Springe)

SV Bremerhaven 1893 v VfL Bochum

16 October 1976 (1976-10-16) R2	SV Bremerhaven 1893	1–3	VfL Bochum	Bremerhaven
	Scherff 82'	^[36]	Ellbracht 6' Gerland 31' Kaczor 54'	Stadium: Zollinland Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)

Rot-Weiss Essen v VfL Bochum

18 December 1976 (1976-12-18) R3	Rot-Weiss Essen	5–1	VfL Bochum	Essen
	Wieczorkowski 7' Hrubesch 16' Neues 53' Lorant 85' Mill 87'	^[37]	Kaczor 23'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	FRG	Werner Balte	12	0	10	0	2	0
	FW	FRG	Heinz-Werner Eggeling	14	2	13	2	1	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Eggert	32	3	32	3	0	0
	FW	FRG	Harry Ellbracht (until 20 October 1976)	8	5	6	4	2	1
	MF	FRG	Wolfgang Euteneuer	5	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	FRG	Klaus Franke	30	0	29	0	1	0
	DF	FRG	Hartmut Fromm	19	1	17	1	2	0
	DF	FRG	Hermann Gerland	35	1	32	0	3	1
	DF	FRG	Matthias Herget	37	0	34	0	3	0
	MF	FRG	Paul Holz	18	1	17	1	1	0
	FW	FRG	Josef Kaczor	37	25	34	21	3	4
	MF	FRG	Hans-Jürgen Köper	23	2	20	2	3	0
	FW	FRG	Peter Kursinski	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Michael Lameck	33	2	30	2	3	0
	GK	FRG	Reinhard Mager	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	FRG	Erich Miß	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	FRG	Hans-Joachim Pochstein	35	2	32	1	3	1
	MF	FRG	Werner Schachten	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	FRG	Werner Scholz	36	0	33	0	3	0
	MF	FRG	Franz-Josef Tenhagen	37	3	34	3	3	0
	MF	FRG	Holger Trimhold	34	7	32	7	2	0
	DF	FRG	Dieter Versen	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRG	Matthias Herget (SC Gelsenkirchen 07)
—	MF	FRG	Paul Holz (from Hannover 96)
—	MF	FRG	Werner Schachten (from FC Paderborn)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRG	Klaus-Dieter Dewinski (to Bonner SC)

Winter

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRG	Harry Ellbracht (to 1. FC Saarbrücken)

Sources

^ "1. FC Saarbrücken – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 5:6" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "Rot-Weiss Essen – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Tennis Borussia Berlin – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Saarbrücken 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 4:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Rot-Weiss Essen 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Tennis Borussia Berlin 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 6:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:2" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Spielstatistik SpVg Steinhagen gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:1)" [Match statistic SpVg Steinhagen vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
^ "Spielstatistik SV Bremerhaven 1893 gegen VfL Bochum 1:3 (0:2)" [Match statistic SV Bremerhaven 1893 vs. VfL Bochum 1–3 (0–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
^ "Spielstatistik Rot-Weiss Essen gegen VfL Bochum 5:1 (2:1)" [Match statistic Rot-Weiss Essen vs. VfL Bochum 5–1 (2–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.