# 1980–81 VfL Bochum season

The 1980–81 VfL Bochum season was the 43rd season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### Intertoto Cup
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Intertoto Cup | Intertoto Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Abel | 37 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| | MF | FRG | Dieter Bast | 37 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Rolf Blau | 35 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hermann Gerland | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SUI | Christian Gross | 30 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Jakobs | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Josef Kaczor | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Heinz Knüwe | 28 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Lameck | 38 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Dieter Lemke | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Reinhard Mager | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Walter Oswald | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Kurt Pinkall | 36 | 20 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| | GK | FRG | Werner Scholz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Franz-Josef Tenhagen | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk | 36 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | YUG | Ivan Žugčić | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SUI | Christian Gross (from Neuchâtel Xamax) |
| — | DF | FRG | Michael Jakobs (from SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| — | FW | FRG | Dieter Lemke (from BSV Menden) |
| — | DF | YUG | Ivan Žugčić (from SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRG | Ulrich Bittorf (to SC Herford) |
| — | MF | YUG | Luka Bonačić (to CD Málaga) |
| — | MF | FRG | Michael Eggert (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| — | DF | FRG | Klaus Franke (retired) |
| — | DF | FRG | Detlef Jaskowiak (to 1. FC Bocholt) |
| — | MF | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Köper (retired) |
| — | FW | FRG | Werner Schachten (released) |
| — | FW | FRG | Ottmar Scheuch (released) |

## Sources

* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserlautern 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 5:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 0:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen SV Wilhelmshaven 4:1 (0:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. SV Wilhelmshaven 4–1 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen Rot-Weiss Essen 5:1 (0:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. Rot-Weiss Essen 5–1 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik FSV Frankfurt gegen VfL Bochum 1:2 (0:1)" [Match statistic FSV Frankfurt vs. VfL Bochum 1–2 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik Hamburger SV gegen VfL Bochum 4:1 (2:0)" [Match statistic Hamburger SV vs. VfL Bochum 4–1 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Franz, Markus (2005). Die Jungs von der Castroper Straße (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 352. ISBN 3-89533-506-1.