# 1988–89 VfL Bochum season

The 1988–89 VfL Bochum season was the 51st 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 |
| | MF | FRG | Frank Benatelli | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Thorsten Bolzek | 24 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Dirk Bremser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Olaf Dreßel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Thomas Epp | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Jürgen Gredig | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Frank Heinemann | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Hubner | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | POL | Andrzej Iwan | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Peter Jackisch | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Thomas Kempe | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Martin Kree | 36 | 12 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Thorsten Legat | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Uwe Leifeld | 37 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| | FW | FRG | Josef Nehl | 29 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | FRG | Walter Oswald | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | NED | Rob Reekers | 31 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Dirk Riechmann | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Michael Rzehaczek | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Dirk Sadowicz (since 16 May 1989) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Martin Slawinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Andreas Wessels | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Oliver Westerbeek | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Ralf Zumdick | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Thorsten Bolzek (from 1. Traber FC) |
| — | DF | FRG | Jürgen Gredig (from Hertha Zehlendorf) |
| — | MF | FRG | Martin Slawinski (from Hammer SpVg) |
| — | DF | FRG | Oliver Westerbeek (from FC 08 Homburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Peter Knäbel (to FC St. Pauli) |
| — | MF | FRG | Volker Knappheide (to Schwarz-Weiß Essen) |
| — | MF | FRG | Michael Lameck (to TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus) |
| — | FW | FRG | Andreas Lübke (to VfB Rheine) |
| — | MF | FRG | Detlef Mikolajczak (to DSC Wanne-Eickel) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Dirk Sadowicz (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Sources

* ↑ "Stuttgarter Kickers - VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC St. Pauli 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Stuttgarter Kickers 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC St. Pauli - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 05 Uerdingen - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 5:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 4:1" (in German). Weltfussball.de.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). Weltfussball.de.