# 1979–80 VfL Bochum season

The 1979–80 VfL Bochum season was the 42nd season in club history.

## Review and events

On 26 January 1980 21-year-old midfielder Lutz Gerresheim was involved in a car accident and fell into a coma. Gerresheim died on 10 March 1980.

## 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 |
| | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Abel | 37 | 16 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| | DF | FRG | Dieter Bast | 33 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Ulrich Bittorf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Rolf Blau | 36 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | YUG | Luka Bonačić | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Heinz-Werner Eggeling (until 1 December 1979) | 14 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Eggert | 27 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Klaus Franke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hermann Gerland | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Lutz Gerresheim (until 10 March 1980) | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Detlef Jaskowiak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Josef Kaczor | 29 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| | DF | FRG | Heinz Knüwe | 36 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Köper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Lameck | 37 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Reinhard Mager | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Walter Oswald | 30 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Kurt Pinkall | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Werner Schachten | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Ottmar Scheuch | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Werner Scholz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Franz-Josef Tenhagen | 38 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRG | Ulrich Bittorf (from VfL Bochum II) |
| — | MF | YUG | Luka Bonačić (from Grasshopper Club Zürich) |
| — | MF | FRG | Lutz Gerresheim (from SC Westfalia Herne) |
| — | DF | FRG | Heinz Knüwe (from SC Herford) |
| — | FW | FRG | Kurt Pinkall (from SC Viktoria Köln) |
| — | FW | FRG | Ottmar Scheuch (from SpVgg Au/Iller) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Paul Holz (to Borussia Dortmund) |
| — | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Pochstein (to BV Brambauer) |
| — | MF | FRG | Holger Trimhold (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRG | Detlef Jaskowiak (from ?) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Heinz-Werner Eggeling (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| — | MF | FRG | Lutz Gerresheim (died 10 March 1980) |

## Sources

* ↑ Piorr, Ralf (25 January 2011). "Was für ein Fußballer..." [What a footballer...] (in German). WAZ-Mediengruppe. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Düsseldorf - VfL Bochum 1:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Braunschweig 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 5:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik FV Weingarten gegen VfL Bochum 2:7 (1:2)" [Match statistic FV Weingarten vs. VfL Bochum 2–7 (1–2)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen SpVgg Fürth 2:1 (2:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. SpVgg Fürth 2–1 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen 1. FC Köln 3:3 n.V." [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Köln 3–3 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik 1. FC Köln gegen VfL Bochum 2:1 (2:1)" [Match statistic 1. FC Köln vs. VfL Bochum 2–1 (2–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.