# 2005–06 VfL Bochum season

The 2005–06 VfL Bochum season was the 68th season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## 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 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | China | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck | 21 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Søren Colding | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Daniel Imhof | 35 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Tommy Bechmann | 26 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POL | Tomasz Zdebel | 32 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior Pereira (since 11 January 2006) | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Joris Van Hout | 26 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | René Renno | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Moharram Navidkia (until 31 December 2005) | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Pavel Drsek | 26 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Zvjezdan Misimović | 33 | 12 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Diabang | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | DEN | Peter Skov-Jensen | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Filip Trojan | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Edu | 35 | 13 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Ersan Tekkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Philipp Bönig | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Claus Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Alexander Thamm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Thorsten Barg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Haluk Türkeri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Christian Vander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ROU | Ionel Gane (until 31 December 2005) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber (since 1 January 2006) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SUI | David Pallas | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | David Czyszczon | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GER | Sebastian Hille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | China (on loan from Flamengo) |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Daniel Imhof (from FC St. Gallen) |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Joris Van Hout (from Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 13 | GK | GER | René Renno (from Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Pavel Drsek (from MSV Duisburg) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher (from VfB Stuttgart II) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Thorsten Barg (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Haluk Türkeri (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 35 | FW | ROU | Ionel Gane (from FC Rapid București) |
| 36 | MF | SUI | David Pallas (from FC Zürich, previously on loan at FC Thun) |
| 37 | DF | GER | David Czyszczon (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 39 | FW | GER | Sebastian Hille (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Raymond Kalla (to Sivasspor) |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Peter Madsen (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Vratislav Lokvenc (to SV Austria Salzburg) |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Aleksander Knavs (to SV Austria Salzburg) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Christoph Preuß (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Miroslav Stević (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Marvin Matip (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Gaetano Manno (to Wuppertaler SV) |
| 30 | MF | ITA | Luciano Velardi (to 1. FC Kleve) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior Pereira (from al-Wahda) |
| 35 | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber (from FC Kempten) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Moharram Navidkia (to Sepahan F.C.) |
| 35 | FW | ROU | Ionel Gane (to FC Universitatea Craiova) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | GER | Thorsten Barg | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | DEN | Søren Colding | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Claus Costa | 32 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | David Czyszczon | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SEN | Mamadou Diabang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian (since 26 April 2006) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Gordon | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Bastian Görrissen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 13 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü | 31 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Faruk Gül | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Sebastian Hille | 30 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Sascha Höhle | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | LUX | Aurélien Joachim (since 1 January 2006) | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | TUR | Polat Keser | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Klinger | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Hendrik Könemann | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe (since 20 April 2006) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Mirko Mustroph | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Marc-Andre Nimptsch | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber (since 1 January 2006) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | René Renno | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Ersan Tekkan | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Alexander Thamm | 29 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | TUR | Haluk Türkeri | 26 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Suri Ucar | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Sebastian Westerhoff | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Yilmaz | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | David Zajas | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Fatlum Zaskoku | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Fisnik Zejnullahu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "1. FC Saarbrücken – VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "LR Ahlen – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Dynamo Dresden 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Kickers Offenbach – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SC Paderborn 07 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Sportfreunde Siegen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Alemannia Aachen 1:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Wacker Burghausen – VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Erzgebirge Aue 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SpVgg Unterhaching 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Saarbrücken 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – LR Ahlen 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Dynamo Dresden – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Kickers Offenbach 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SC Paderborn 07 – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Sportfreunde Siegen 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Wacker Burghausen 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Erzgebirge Aue – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Tennis Borussia Berlin – VfL Bochum 0:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC St. Pauli – VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.