# 1999–2000 VfL Bochum season

The 1999–2000 VfL Bochum season was the 62nd season in club history.

## Review and events

On 24 October 1999 head coach Ernst Middendorp was sacked. Bernard Dietz was appointed caretaker on 25 October 1999. Ralf Zumdick was appointed head coach on 1 January 2000.

## 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 | NED | Rein van Duijnhoven | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Samir Toplak | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Sven Boy | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Matthias Lust | 22 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 37 | 16 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schindzielorz | 32 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Achim Weber | 35 | 22 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk | 34 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley | 37 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 34 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Mike Rietpietsch | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Hilko Ristau | 26 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński | 14 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | YUG | Zdravko Drinčić | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Björn Joppe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GER | René Müller | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut | 35 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Michael Bemben | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Jan Majewski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Norbert Hofmann (until 31 October 1999) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Marijo Marić (since 1 December 1999) | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Jan Holland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | GER | Klaus Schlapka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Rein van Duijnhoven (from MVV Maastricht) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Sven Boy (from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Matthias Lust (from SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Achim Weber (from Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |
| 14 | DF | GER | Mike Rietpietsch (from SC Freiburg) |
| 16 | DF | GER | Hilko Ristau (from SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| 17 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński (loan return from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 22 | FW | GER | René Müller (from SC Preußen Münster) |
| 30 | MF | GER | Paul Freier (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Maik Kischko (to Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht (to Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 5 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch (to FC Schalke 04) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kai Michalke (to Hertha BSC) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Maurizio Gaudino (to Antalyaspor) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stefan Kuntz (retired) |
| 14 | MF | SVN | Emir Dzafič (to NK Samobor) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Andreas Zeyer (to SC Freiburg) |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Alen Petrović (to NK Slaven Belupo) |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Neşat Gülünoğlu (to A.S. Roma) |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Viorel Ion (to FC Oțelul Galați) |
| 33 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia (to Hamburger SV) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | CRO | Marijo Marić (from SSV Reutlingen 05) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | GER | Norbert Hofmann (to 1. FC Saarbrücken) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regionalliga West/Südwest | Regionalliga West/Südwest |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Antweiler | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Michael Bemben | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | MLI | Bakary Diakité | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Tobias Dudeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | CMR | Francis-Joseph Etouké | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giovanni Federico | 31 | 7 | 31 | 7 |
| | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 35 | 11 | 35 | 11 |
| | MF | GER | Tobias Gerwing-Gerwer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | POL | Arek Grad | 27 | 3 | 27 | 3 |
| | MF | GER | Benjamin Heydel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Jan Holland | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 |
| | MF | GER | Gerrit Hundshagen | 31 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Björn Joppe | 23 | 6 | 23 | 6 |
| | MF | GER | Sascha Lindner | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | FW | CMR | César M'Boma | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Jan Majewski | 29 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
| | FW | CRO | Marijo Marić (since 4 December 1999) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Wojtek Meinert | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Nicolas Michaty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | TUR | Aykan Özer | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | FW | POL | Jacek Ratajczak | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Damian Schindzielorz | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Klaus Schlapka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Sascha Siebert | 34 | 12 | 34 | 12 |
| | MF | GER | Farat Toku | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| | DF | TUR | Bekir Burak Yarar | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Alemannia Aachen 5:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC St. Pauli - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Stuttgarter Kickers - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 2:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Tennis Borussia Berlin 2:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Waldhof Mannheim 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Kickers Offenbach - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Fortuna Köln 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Nürnberg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Chemnitzer FC - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC St. Pauli 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SpVgg Greuther Fürth - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Stuttgarter Kickers 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Tennis Borussia Berlin - VfL Bochum 0:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Waldhof Mannheim - VfL Bochum 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Kickers Offenbach 6:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Köln - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FSV Mainz 05 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Chemnitzer FC 5:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "SSV Reutlingen 05 - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 6:5" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 5:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 1:2" (in German). kicker.