# 2008–09 VfL Bochum season

The 2008–09 VfL Bochum season was the 71st season in club history.
The team finished in 14th place in the Bundesliga league, after playing 34 league matches, of which they only won seven matches.

## 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 | POR | Daniel Fernandes | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Matias Concha | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz | 30 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Christoph Dabrowski | 32 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Christian Fuchs | 24 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POL | Tomasz Zdebel (until 31 December 2008) | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Stanislav Šesták | 26 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Joël Epalle | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POL | Marcin Mięciel | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs (until 31 December 2008) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Diego Klimowicz (since 4 January 2009) | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Daniel Imhof | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Vahid Hashemian | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Sinan Kaloğlu | 19 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Schröder | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 21 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Mërgim Mavraj | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Marc Pfertzel | 29 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Mimoun Azaouagh | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shinji Ono | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Philipp Bönig | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Heinrich Schmidtgal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Andreas Lengsfeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | David Zajas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | René Renno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | GER | Philipp Heerwagen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jürgen Duah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Sami El-Nounou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Roman Prokoph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Daniel Fernandes (from PAOK) |
| 6 | DF | AUT | Christian Fuchs (from SV Mattersburg) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Paul Freier (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Vahid Hashemian (from Hannover 96) |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Sinan Kaloğlu (from Bursaspor) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Mimoun Azaouagh (from Schalke 04, previously on loan) |
| 27 | GK | GER | Andreas Lengsfeld (from Jahn Regensburg) |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Jürgen Duah (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 38 | FW | GER | Roman Prokoph (from VfL Bochum II) |
| 37 | FW | GER | Sami El-Nounou (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 6 | DF | CZE | Pavel Drsek (to Panionios) |
| 7 | FW | DEN | Tommy Bechmann (to SC Freiburg) |
| 14 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (to Alemannia Aachen) |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Marc Sand (on loan to Austria Wien) |
| 17 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Byelik (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 27 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ARG | Diego Klimowicz (from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 40 | MF | GER | Kevin Vogt (from VfL Bochum U-19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | POL | Tomasz Zdebel (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 35 | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| -- | FW | AUT | Marc Sand (to Austria Kärnten, previously on loan to Austria Wien) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regionalliga West | Regionalliga West |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | GER | Jonas Acquistapace | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Mirkan Aydın | 29 | 4 | 29 | 4 |
| | MF | GER | Jürgen Duah | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Sami El-Nounou | 26 | 11 | 26 | 11 |
| | GK | GER | Michael Esser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Paul Freier | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Danny Fuchs | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü | 25 | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| | MF | GER | İlkay Gündoğan (until 31 January 2009) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Mike Hibbeln | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Christian Kalina | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Klinger | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| | FW | TUN | Mohamed Labiadh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Andreas Lengsfeld | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Christian Mäscher | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Mërgim Mavraj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Alexander Neumann | 23 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
| | FW | GER | Roman Prokoph | 31 | 12 | 31 | 12 |
| | GK | GER | René Renno | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Stefan Schattauer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Heinrich Schmidtgal | 31 | 4 | 31 | 4 |
| | DF | GER | Lukas Schmitz | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| | DF | GER | Rouven Schröder | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Oliver Schröder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Kevin Vogt (since 1 January 2009) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | David Zajas | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| | MF | CAN | Gianluca Zavarise | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | Oliver Zech | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - TSG Hoffenheim 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Energie Cottbus 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "TSG Hoffenheim - VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hannover 96 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Eintracht Frankfurt 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Preußen Münster - VfL Bochum 5:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.