# 2000–01 VfL Bochum season

The 2000–01 VfL Bochum season was the 63rd season in club history.

## Review and events

On 13 February 2001 head coach Ralf Zumdick was sacked and replaced by caretaker Rolf Schafstall.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Rein van Duijnhoven | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Samir Toplak | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Damir Milinović | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Matthias Lust | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 22 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz | 33 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Achim Weber (until 31 December 2000) | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Thomas Christiansen (since 1 January 2001) | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk | 32 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley | 22 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Sergei Mandreko | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ante Čović | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Hilko Ristau | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Marijo Marić | 29 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | YUG | Zdravko Drinčić | 19 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst (until 31 December 2000) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Sascha Siebert (since 10 March 2001) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Michael Bemben | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Mike Rietpietsch | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | GER | René Müller (until 31 December 2000) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | GER | Christian Vander | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder (since 1 April 2001) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | DEN | Søren Colding (since 1 January 2001) | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck (from SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Damir Milinović (from HNK Rijeka) |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Sergei Mandreko (from Hertha BSC) |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ante Čović (from Hertha BSC) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 28 | GK | GER | Christian Vander (from KFC Uerdingen 05) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Sven Boy (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Jan Majewski (to SC Verl) |
| 26 | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak (to SV Babelsberg 03) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Thomas Christiansen (from Herfølge Boldklub) |
| 21 | FW | GER | Sascha Siebert (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 33 | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 34 | DF | DEN | Søren Colding (from Brøndby IF) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Achim Weber (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst (to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 27 | FW | GER | René Müller (to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | GER | Markus Ehrhard | 27 | 7 | 27 | 7 |
| | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 |
| | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | POL | Arek Grad | 27 | 11 | 27 | 11 |
| | DF | GER | Marcel Hausherr | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Benjamin Heydel | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Björn Joppe | 34 | 6 | 34 | 6 |
| | FW | GER | Seyfullah Kalayci | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
| | DF | GER | Christoph Keim | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Steve Kozole | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Tamer Kurmali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Sascha Lindner | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Wojtek Meinert | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Nicolas Michaty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Angel Parla-Diaz | 31 | 13 | 31 | 13 |
| | MF | GER | Damian Schindzielorz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Klaus Schlapka | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| | GK | GER | Marco Schulz | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Rainer Schümann | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 |
| | DF | GER | Tobias Seiler | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Sascha Siebert | 35 | 22 | 35 | 22 |
| | MF | GER | Roy Stamer | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| | MF | TUR | Farat Toku | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| | MF | ITA | Luciano Velardi | 23 | 6 | 23 | 6 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SC Freiburg - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 2:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SC Freiburg 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SV Babelsberg 03 - VfL Bochum 1:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Union Berlin - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.