2001–02 VfL Bochum season
# 2001–02 VfL Bochum season

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

## Review and events

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.

## Matches

### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad

### Squad and statistics

**Squad, appearances and goals scored**

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

* Source:

### Transfers

**Summer**

| 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.) |
| 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) |

**Winter**

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 | MF | GER | Markus Ehrhard (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Sebastian Selke (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | GER | Matthias Lust (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Sascha Siebert (to SC Paderborn 07) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |

* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "LR Ahlen - VfL Bochum 2:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SV Babelsberg 03 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SSV Reutlingen 05 - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Schweinfurt 05 - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Saarbrücken 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Union Berlin - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Alemannia Aachen 5:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfL Bochum 6:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - LR Ahlen 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SV Babelsberg 03 - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SSV Reutlingen 05 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Saarbrücken - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Union Berlin 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 II - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:3" (in German). kicker.
