# 1978–79 VfL Bochum season

The 1978–79 VfL Bochum season was the 41st 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 | 32 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| | MF | FRG | Dieter Bast | 38 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | FRG | Rolf Blau | 26 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Heinz-Werner Eggeling | 39 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Eggert | 36 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Klaus Franke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hermann Gerland | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Matthias Herget (until 30 Juni 1978) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Paul Holz | 24 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Josef Kaczor | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Köper | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Lameck | 39 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| | GK | FRG | Reinhard Mager | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Walter Oswald | 37 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Pochstein | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Werner Schachten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Werner Scholz | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Franz-Josef Tenhagen | 37 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Holger Trimhold | 32 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Dieter Versen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk | 38 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Rolf Blau (from FC St. Pauli) |
| — | MF | FRG | Walter Oswald (from FC St. Pauli) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Euteneuer (to VfL Bochum II) |
| — | DF | FRG | Matthias Herget (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| — | FW | FRG | Peter Kursinski (to VfL Bochum II) |
| — | MF | FRG | Ralf Schaffeld (to SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| — | FW | FRG | Dieter Schwemmle (to FC Hanau 93) |
| — | DF | FRG | Klaus Wischniewski (to DSC Wanne-Eickel) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRG | Dieter Versen (to San Jose Earthquakes) |

## Sources

* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 2:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SV Darmstadt 98 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – SV Darmstadt 98 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen Bünder SV 4:0 (2:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. Bünder SV 4–0 (2–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen DSC Wanne-Eickel 4:2 n.V." [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. DSC Wanne-Eickel 4–2 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik FC 08 Homburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:0 n.V." [Match statistic FC 08 Homburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–0 aet] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfL Bochum gegen FC 08 Homburg 1:0 (1:0)" [Match statistic VfL Bochum vs. FC 08 Homburg 1–0 (1–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik Bayer Uerdingen gegen VfL Bochum 4:2 (1:0)" [Match statistic Bayer Uerdingen vs. VfL Bochum 4–2 (1–0)] (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.