# 1995–96 VfL Bochum season

The 1995–96 VfL Bochum season was the 58th season in club history.

## Review and events

The 1995–96 season was the first season in German football where teams received three points for a win (instead of two), and one point for a draw. Due to the German Football Association lifting the requirement of starting squads wearing jerseys with the numbers one to eleven, it was the first season for the VfL Bochum to assign numbers to its players and feature the players' names on their jerseys.

## 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 | GER | Uwe Gospodarek | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 33 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 33 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Max Eberl | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Peter Közle | 34 | 11 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kai Michalke | 33 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 32 | 11 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński | 29 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz | 32 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Eric Wynalda (until 31 December 1995) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | GER | Christian Herrmann | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Yves Gaugler | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Þórður Guðjónsson | 29 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Robert Matiebel (until 21 September 1995) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CRO | Filip Tapalović | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Frank Heinemann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Roland Wohlfarth | 25 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Mathias Jack | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | GER | Ralf Zumdick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Holger Aden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Andreas Wieczorek | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley (since 20 September 1995) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | TUR | Eyyüp Hasan Uğur (since 1 January 1996) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | POL | Andrzej Rudy (since 10 January 1996) | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Thorsten Schmugge (since 12 January 1996) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek (from FC Bayern Munich) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth (from 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht (from VfB Leipzig) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Peter Közle (from MSV Duisburg) |
| 16 | MF | CRO | Filip Tapalović (from FC Schalke 04 U-19) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Mathias Jack (from Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 26 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Sven Christians (to Wuppertaler SV) |
| — | MF | POR | Paulo da Palma (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| — | MF | GER | Dirk Eitzert (retired) |
| — | MF | GER | Michael Frontzeck (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| — | DF | GER | Michael Hubner (to SpVgg Erkenschwick) |
| — | DF | NED | Rob Reekers (to FC Gütersloh) |
| — | DF | GER | Jörg Schwanke (to 1. FC Union Berlin) |
| — | DF | GER | Uwe Stöver (to 1. FSV Mainz 05) |
| — | MF | GER | Markus von Ahlen (to SV Meppen) |
| — | MF | GER | Uwe Wegmann (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| — | GK | GER | Andreas Wessels (to SC Fortuna Köln) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| 28 | MF | TUR | Eyyüp Hasan Uğur (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 30 | MF | POL | Andrzej Rudy (on loan from 1. FC Köln) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Thorsten Schmugge (on loan from 1. FC Saarbrücken) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Sources

* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Lübeck - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Leipzig 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FSV Zwickau - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SV Meppen 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Köln - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SG Wattenscheid 09 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Unterhaching 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Carl Zeiss Jena - VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Chemnitzer FC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Lübeck 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Leipzig - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FSV Zwickau 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SV Meppen - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Köln 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SG Wattenscheid 09 - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Unterhaching - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Carl Zeiss Jena 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Chemnitzer FC - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Sachsen Leipzig - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ Pohl, Günther (July 1996). Glückauf Bochum! Die Rückkehr in die Bundesliga 1995/96 (in German). Klartext. ISBN 3-88474-486-0.