# 1998–99 VfL Bochum season

The 1998–99 VfL Bochum season was the 61st 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 | Maik Kischko | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Samir Toplak | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kai Michalke | 13 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 18 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | YUG | Zdravko Drinčić | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Maurizio Gaudino | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kuntz | 21 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Norbert Hofmann | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | SVN | Emir Dzafič | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jan Holland (until 31 December 1998) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Andreas Zeyer (since 1 January 1999) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Björn Joppe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley | 36 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann | 34 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Alen Petrović | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 27 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Neşat Gülünoğlu | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz | 30 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Michael Bemben | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Jan Majewski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Viorel Ion (since 1 October 1998) | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia (since 1 January 1999) | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Maik Kischko (from FC Carl Zeiss Jena) |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Samir Toplak (from NK Varteks) |
| 9 | FW | YUG | Zdravko Drinčić (from FK Vojvodina) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Maurizio Gaudino (from FC Basel) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kuntz (from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 14 | MF | SVN | Emir Dzafič (from NK Beltinci) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Björn Joppe (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Alen Petrović (from GNK Dinamo Zagreb) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Michael Bemben (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 29 | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak (from Flota Świnoujście) |
| 31 | FW | GER | Jan Majewski (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Peter Közle (to 1. FC Union Berlin) |
| 9 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz (to Hertha BSC) |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Georgi Donkov (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Karsten Hutwelker (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 15 | FW | GER | Danny Winkler (to Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Mirko Reichel (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Sergei Yuran (released) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | GER | Andreas Zeyer (from Karlsruher SC) |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Viorel Ion (from FC Oțelul Galați) |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia (from Persepolis F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | GER | Andreas Becker | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Michael Bemben | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Christian Brücker | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | FW | GRE | Achilleas Courtoglou | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | CMR | Francis-Joseph Etouké | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 26 | 6 | 26 | 6 |
| | FW | POL | Arek Grad | 29 | 17 | 29 | 17 |
| | DF | GER | Jan Holland | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 |
| | DF | GER | Gerrit Hundshagen | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Björn Joppe | 23 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| | DF | GER | Peter Kluth | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Sascha Lindner | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Jan Majewski | 26 | 13 | 26 | 13 |
| | MF | GER | Nicolas Michaty | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Björn Müller | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | DF | TUR | Aykan Özer | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak | 23 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Damian Schindzielorz | 28 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| | GK | GER | Klaus Schlapka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Aydin Will | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| | DF | TUR | Bekir Burak Yarar | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "– VfL Wolfsburg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FSV Zwickau – VfL Bochum 2:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:1" (in German). kicker.