# 1996–97 VfL Bochum season

The 1996–97 VfL Bochum season was the 59th 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 | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 33 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 33 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Engibar Engibarov (until 31 December 1996) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch | 33 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Peter Közle | 32 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kai Michalke | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 25 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński | 27 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz | 36 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Georgi Donkov | 34 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | GER | Christian Herrmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Max Eberl | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Karsten Hutwelker | 18 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Danny Winkler | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Roland Wohlfarth | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Mathias Jack | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 37 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Filip Tapalović | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Þórður Guðjónsson | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | TUR | Neşat Gülünoğlu (since 11 March 1997) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst (since 15 February 1997) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Engibar Engibarov (from PFC CSKA Sofia) |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Georgi Donkov (from PFC CSKA Sofia) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Karsten Hutwelker (from FC Carl Zeiss Jena) |
| 15 | FW | GER | Danny Winkler (from TSG Pfeddersheim) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber (from FSV Zwickau) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić (from GNK Dinamo Zagreb) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | USA | Eric Wynalda (to San Jose Clash) |
| 17 | MF | GER | Frank Heinemann (retired) |
| 24 | MF | GER | Andreas Wieczorek (to Sportfreunde Siegen) |
| 30 | MF | POL | Andrzej Rudy (to Lierse S.K.) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Thorsten Schmugge (to Hibernian F.C.) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | TUR | Neşat Gülünoğlu (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BUL | Engibar Engibarov (to PFC Slavia Sofia) |

## Sources

* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 5:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SC Freiburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC St. Pauli - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SC Freiburg 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 6:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC St. Pauli 6:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SV Bonlanden - VfL Bochum 2:4" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC II - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Weltfussball.de.