2004–05 VfL Bochum season

{{Infobox football club season

| club = VfL Bochum

| season = 2004–05

| chairman = Werner Altegoer

| manager = Peter Neururer

| mgrtitle = Head Coach

| stadium = Ruhrstadion

| league = Bundesliga

| league result = 16th (relegated)

| cup1 = DFB-Pokal

| cup1 result = Second Round

| cup2 = DFB-Ligapokal

| cup2 result = First Round

| cup3 = UEFA Cup

| cup3 result = First Round

| league topscorer = Lokvenc (10)

| season topscorer = Lokvenc (11)

| highest attendance = 32,645 (vs FC Bayern Munich, 14 November 2004; vs FC Schalke 04, 5 March 2005)

| lowest attendance = 20,113 (vs VfL Wolfsburg, 19 March 2005)

| average attendance = 26,376

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| prevseason = 2003–04

| nextseason = 2005–06

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The 2004–05 VfL Bochum season was the 67th season in club history.

Review and events

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Matches

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=Bundesliga=

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|round = 1

|date = 7 August 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Hertha BSC

|score = 2–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/hertha-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677676/analyse|title=Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Gilberto {{goal|6}}
Marcelinho {{goal|44}}

|goals2 = Kalla {{goal|65}}
Madsen {{goal|70|pen.}}

|location = Berlin

|stadium = Olympiastadion

|attendance = 45,435

|referee = Markus Merk (Otterbach)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 2

|date = 15 August 2004

|time = 17:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 2–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-leverkusen-2004-bundesliga-677682/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

|goals1 = Lokvenc {{goal|29}}
Preuß {{goal|69}}

|goals2 = Berbatov {{goal|66}}
Voronin {{goal|87}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 26,289

|referee = Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 3

|date = 28 August 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Arminia Bielefeld

|score = 1–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bielefeld-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677692/analyse|title=Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Buckley {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = Zdebel {{goal|31}}
Diabang {{goal|90+3}}

|location = Bielefeld

|stadium = Schüco-Arena

|attendance = 18,567

|referee = Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 4

|date = 11 September 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 2–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-dortmund-2004-bundesliga-677700/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 2:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Borussia Dortmund

|goals1 = Kalla {{goal|15}}
Demel {{goal|75|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Koller {{goal|48}}
Ewerthon {{goal|59}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 32,220

|referee = Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 5

|date = 19 September 2004

|time = 17:30

|team1 = SC Freiburg

|score = 1–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/freiburg-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677708/analyse|title=SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 1:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Schumann {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Bechmann {{goal|55}}

|location = Freiburg

|stadium = Badenova-Stadion

|attendance = 21,500

|referee = Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 6

|date = 25 September 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–4

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-bremen-2004-bundesliga-677718/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 1:4|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = SV Werder Bremen

|goals1 = Knavs {{goal|68}}

|goals2 = Borowski {{goal|54}}
Klose {{goal|70||88||89}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 25,110

|referee = Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 7

|date = 3 October 2004

|time = 17:30

|team1 = FC Schalke 04

|score = 3–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/schalke-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677732/analyse|title=FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Asamoah {{goal|10}}
Kobiashvili {{goal|13}}
Lincoln {{goal|44}}

|goals2 = Misimović {{goal|49}}
Kalla {{goal|65}}

|location = Gelsenkirchen

|stadium = Arena AufSchalke

|attendance = 61,524

|referee = Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 8

|date = 16 October 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 0–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-rostock-2004-bundesliga-677736/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Hansa Rostock 0:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = FC Hansa Rostock

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Prica {{goal|74}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 24,902

|referee = Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 9

|date = 23 October 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg

|score = 3–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/wolfsburg-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677748/analyse|title=VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 3:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Thiam {{goal|27}}
Klimowicz {{goal|39}}
D'Alessandro {{goal|42}}

|goals2 =

|location = Wolfsburg

|stadium = Volkswagen-Arena

|attendance = 20,187

|referee = Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 10

|date = 26 October 2004

|time = 20:00

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 3–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-mgladbach-2004-bundesliga-677754/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 3:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

|goals1 = Preuß {{goal|54}}
Wosz {{goal|85}}
Madsen {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 30,975

|referee = Michael Weiner (Giesen)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 11

|date = 30 October 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Hannover 96

|score = 3–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/hannover-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677764/analyse|title=Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 3:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Christiansen {{goal|17}}
Stendel {{goal|65}}
Leandro {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|location = Hannover

|stadium = AWD-Arena

|attendance = 28,114

|referee = Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 12

|date = 6 November 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-klautern-2004-bundesliga-677772/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

|goals1 = Lokvenc {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Lembi {{goal|26}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 22,977

|referee = Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 13

|date = 14 November 2004

|time = 17:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–3

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-bayern-2004-bundesliga-677781/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:3|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = FC Bayern Munich

|goals1 = Lokvenc {{goal|66}}

|goals2 = Guerrero {{goal|76||81}}
Preuß {{goal|82|o.g.}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 32,645

|referee = Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 14

|date = 20 November 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = 1. FSV Mainz 05

|score = 1–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/mainz-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677788/analyse|title=1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Bochum 1:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = da Silva {{goal|19}}

|goals2 =

|location = Mainz

|stadium = Bruchwegstadion

|attendance = 20,300

|referee = Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 15

|date = 27 November 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 3–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-nuernberg-2004-bundesliga-677799/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 3:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = 1. FC Nürnberg

|goals1 = Lokvenc {{goal|22||50}}
Kalla {{goal|42}}

|goals2 = Mintál {{goal|65}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 20,356

|referee = Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 16

|date = 4 December 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart

|score = 5–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart-gegen-bochum-2004-bundesliga-677813/analyse|title=VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 5:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Kalla {{goal|5|o.g.}}
Kurányi {{goal|23||81}}
Hleb {{goal|69}}
Meißner {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Edu {{goal|33}}
Maltritz {{goal|59}}

|location = Stuttgart

|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion

|attendance = 35,000

|referee = Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 17

|date = 11 December 2004

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-hsv-2004-bundesliga-677817/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 1:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Hamburger SV

|goals1 = Bechmann {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Barbarez {{goal|26}}
Benjamin {{goal|34}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 25,990

|referee = Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 18

|date = 23 January 2005

|time = 17:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 2–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-hertha-2005-bundesliga-677829/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Hertha BSC

|goals1 = Madsen {{goal|39|pen.}}
Lokvenc {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Rafael {{goal|3}}
Gilberto {{goal|16}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 23,262

|referee = Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 19

|date = 29 January 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen

|score = 4–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/leverkusen-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677835/analyse|title=Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 4:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Krzynówek {{goal|28}}
Voronin {{goal|31}}
Ponte {{goal|70}}
Freier {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

|location = Leverkusen

|stadium = BayArena

|attendance = 22,500

|referee = Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 20

|date = 5 February 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-bielefeld-2005-bundesliga-677845/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 1:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Arminia Bielefeld

|goals1 = Madsen {{goal|19|pen.}}

|goals2 = Buckley {{goal|29}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 22,233

|referee = Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 21

|date = 12 February 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Borussia Dortmund

|score = 1–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/dortmund-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677853/analyse|title=Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Koller {{goal|21}}

|goals2 =

|location = Dortmund

|stadium = Westfalenstadion

|attendance = 75,500

|referee = Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 22

|date = 19 February 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 3–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-freiburg-2005-bundesliga-677861/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – SC Freiburg 3:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = SC Freiburg

|goals1 = Misimović {{goal|35|pen.}}
Kalla {{goal|56}}
Bechmann {{goal|84}}

|goals2 = Aogo {{goal|80}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 22,820

|referee = Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 23

|date = 26 February 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = SV Werder Bremen

|score = 4–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bremen-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677871/analyse|title=Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 4:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Ismaël {{goal|45}}
Baumann {{goal|49}}
Valdez {{goal|53}}
Micoud {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

|location = Bremen

|stadium = Weserstadion

|attendance = 37,492

|referee = Markus Merk (Otterbach)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 24

|date = 5 March 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 0–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-schalke-2005-bundesliga-677885/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 0:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = FC Schalke 04

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Aílton {{goal|30}}
Lincoln {{goal|77}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 32,645

|referee = Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 25

|date = 12 March 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = FC Hansa Rostock

|score = 3–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/rostock-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677889/analyse|title=Hansa Rostock – VfL Bochum 3:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Di Salvo {{goal|36||49}}
Prica {{goal|52}}

|goals2 = Edu {{goal|70}}

|location = Rostock

|stadium = Ostseestadion

|attendance = 18,600

|referee = Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 26

|date = 19 March 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 5–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-wolfsburg-2005-bundesliga-677901/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 5:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Wolfsburg

|goals1 = Edu {{goal|15||38}}
Wosz {{goal|24}}
Lokvenc {{goal|40}}
Madsen {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Petrov {{goal|73}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 20,113

|referee = Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 27

|date = 3 April 2005

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach

|score = 2–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/mgladbach-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677907/analyse|title=Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Kluge {{goal|30}}
Jansen {{goal|52}}

|goals2 = Lokvenc {{goal|70}}
Pletsch {{goal|90|o.g.}}

|location = Mönchengladbach

|stadium = Borussia-Park

|attendance = 49,451

|referee = Michael Weiner (Giesen)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 28

|date = 9 April 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-hannover-2005-bundesliga-677917/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 1:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = Hannover 96

|goals1 = Maltritz {{goal|57}}

|goals2 =

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 23,821

|referee = Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 29

|date = 17 April 2005

|time = 17:30

|team1 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

|score = 1–2

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/klautern-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677925/analyse|title=1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 1:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Blank {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2 = Maltritz {{goal|39}}
Diabang {{goal|74}}

|location = Kaiserslautern

|stadium = Fritz-Walter-Stadion

|attendance = 33,512

|referee = Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 30

|date = 23 April 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = FC Bayern Munich

|score = 3–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677934/analyse|title=Bayern München – VfL Bochum 3:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Pizarro {{goal|9}}
Ballack {{goal|26}}
Makaay {{goal|63}}

|goals2 = Tapalović {{goal|51}}

|location = Munich

|stadium = Olympiastadion

|attendance = 63,000

|referee = Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 31

|date = 30 April 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 2–6

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-mainz-2005-bundesliga-677941/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – 1. FSV Mainz 05 2:6|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = 1. FSV Mainz 05

|goals1 = Lokvenc {{goal|27}}
Bechmann {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = Auer {{goal|6}}
Thurk {{goal|60}}
Gerber {{goal|65}}
da Silva {{goal|68}}
Weigelt {{goal|78}}
Casey {{goal|84}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 31,056

|referee = Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 32

|date = 7 May 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = 1. FC Nürnberg

|score = 2–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/nuernberg-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677952/analyse|title=1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 2:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Daun {{goal|21}}
Mintál {{goal|85}}

|goals2 = Meichelbeck {{goal|90+2}}

|location = Nuremberg

|stadium = Frankenstadion

|attendance = 44,650

|referee = Markus Merk (Otterbach)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 33

|date = 14 May 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 2–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-stuttgart-2005-bundesliga-677966/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 2:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfB Stuttgart

|goals1 = Misimović {{goal|60}}
Lokvenc {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 30,980

|referee = Michael Weiner (Giesen)

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = 34

|date = 21 May 2005

|time = 15:30

|team1 = Hamburger SV

|score = 0–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-bochum-2005-bundesliga-677970/analyse|title=Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 0:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Diabang {{goal|3}}

|location = Hamburg

|stadium = AOL Arena

|attendance = 54,178

|referee = Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

|result = W

}}

=DFB-Pokal=

{{Football box collapsible

|round = R1

|date = 21 August 2004

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

|score = 1–3

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/duesseldorf-gegen-bochum-2004-dfb-pokal-677218/spielbericht|title=Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:3|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Podszus {{goal|10}}

|goals2 = Madsen {{goal|28||32|pen.}}
Lokvenc {{goal|58}}

|location = Düsseldorf

|stadium = Paul-Janes-Stadion

|attendance = 8,500

|referee = Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

|result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = R2

|date = 21 September 2004

|time = 19:00

|team1 = SC Freiburg

|score = 3–2

|aet = y

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/freiburg-gegen-bochum-2004-dfb-pokal-677248/analyse|title=SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 3:2|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Riether {{goal|40}}
Dorn {{goal|90||116}}

|goals2 = Bechmann {{goal|24}}
Misimović {{goal|53|pen.}}

|location = Freiburg

|stadium = Badenova-Stadion

|attendance = 7,500

|referee = Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

|result = L

}}

=DFB-Ligapokal=

{{Football box collapsible

|round = R1

|date = 22 July 2004

|time = 18:00

|team1 = VfB Stuttgart

|score = 3–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart-gegen-bochum-2004-liga-pokal-674654/analyse|title=VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 3:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 = Cacau {{goal|5||34}}
Szabics {{goal|85}}

|goals2 =

|location = Aalen

|stadium = Scholz-Arena

|attendance = 11,198

|referee = Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

|result = L

}}

=UEFA Cup=

{{Football box collapsible

|round = R1 1st leg

|date = 16 September 2004

|time = 20:30

|team1 = Standard Liège {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score = 0–0

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/s-luettich-gegen-bochum-2004-europa-league-703263/analyse|title=Standard Lüttich – VfL Bochum 0:0|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = VfL Bochum

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Liège

|stadium = Stade Maurice Dufrasne

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Claude Colombo (France)

|result = D

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|round = R1 2nd leg

|date = 30 September 2004

|time = 20:30

|team1 = VfL Bochum

|score = 1–1

|aggregatescore = 1–1

|report = {{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-s-luettich-2004-europa-league-703264/analyse|title=VfL Bochum – Standard Lüttich 1:1|language=German|publisher=kicker}}

|team2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Standard Liège

|goals1 = Maltritz {{goal|45}}

|goals2 = Curbelo {{goal|90+2}}

|location = Bochum

|stadium = Ruhrstadion

|attendance = 23,356

|referee = Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

|result = D

}}

Standard Liège won on away goals.

Squad

=Squad and statistics=

==Squad, appearances and goals scored==

{{Efs start|Bundesliga|DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal|UEFA Cup}}

{{Efs player|no=1|nat=NED|name=Rein van Duijnhoven|pos=GK|24|0|1|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=2|nat=GER|name=Michael Bemben|pos=DF|1+5|0|0+1|0|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=3|nat=GER|name=Martin Meichelbeck|pos=DF|16+6|1|0+1|0|0|0|0+2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=4|nat=GER|name=Marcel Maltritz|pos=DF|26+1|2|2|0|0+1|0|2|1}}

{{Efs player|no=5|nat=DEN|name=Søren Colding|pos=DF|31|0|2|0|0|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=6|nat=CMR|name=Raymond Kalla|pos=DF|23|5|2|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=7|nat=DEN|name=Tommy Bechmann|pos=FW|13+14|4|2|1|0+1|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=8|nat=POL|name=Tomasz Zdebel|pos=MF|26+2|1|1|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=9|nat=DEN|name=Peter Madsen|pos=FW|18+1|5|1|2|1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=10|nat=GER|name=Dariusz Wosz|pos=MF|26+3|2|1|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=11|nat=CZE|name=Vratislav Lokvenc|pos=FW|32|10|2|1|0|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=13|nat=GER|name=Christian Vander|pos=GK|8+2|0|1|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=14|nat=ISL|name=Þórður Guðjónsson (until 31 December 2004)|pos=MF|0+3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=15|nat=SVN|name=Aleksander Knavs|pos=DF|26|1|2|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=16|nat=BIH|name=Zvjezdan Misimović|pos=MF|17+14|3|1+1|1|0+1|0|0+2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=17|nat=GER|name=Christoph Preuß|pos=MF|23+7|2|1|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=18|nat=CRO|name=Filip Tapalović|pos=MF|5+7|1|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=19|nat=SEN|name=Mamadou Diabang|pos=FW|3+8|3|0|0|1|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=20|nat=SRB|name=Miroslav Stević|pos=MF|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=21|nat=CZE|name=Filip Trojan|pos=MF|14+5|0|1+1|0|1|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=22|nat=BRA|name=Edu|pos=DF|11+6|4|0+2|0|0|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=23|nat=GER|name=Ersan Tekkan|pos=FW|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=24|nat=GER|name=Philipp Bönig|pos=DF|28+1|0|2|0|1|0|2|0}}

{{Efs player|no=25|nat=GER|name=Marvin Matip|pos=DF|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=28|nat=IRN|name=Moharram Navidkia|pos=MF|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=29|nat=ITA|name=Gaetano Manno|pos=FW|0+2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=30|nat=ITA|name=Luciano Velardi|pos=FW|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=32|nat=GER|name=Dennis Grote|pos=MF|0+5|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=33|nat=TUR|name=Polat Keser|pos=GK|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=34|nat=TUR|name=Fatih Akyel (from 14 December 2004 until 31 March 2005)|pos=DF|0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=35|nat=DEN|name=Peter Skov-Jensen (since 11 January 2005)|pos=GK|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=36|nat=GER|name=Claus Costa|pos=MF|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=37|nat=GER|name=Alexander Thamm|pos=FW|0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}

{{Fb cs footer|u=31 June 2005 |s=Matches|date=July 2015}}

=Transfers=

==Summer==

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

In:

{{fs start|hidenote=yes}}

{{fs player|no=4|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Marcel Maltritz|other=from Hamburger SV}}

{{fs player|no=7|nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Tommy Bechmann|other=from Esbjerg fB}}

{{fs player|no=11|nat=CZE|pos=FW|name=Vratislav Lokvenc|other=from 1. FC Kaiserslautern}}

{{fs player|no=15|nat=SVN|pos=DF|name=Aleksander Knavs|other=from 1. FC Kaiserslautern}}

{{fs player|no=16|nat=BIH|pos=MF|name=Zvjezdan Misimović|other=from FC Bayern Munich}}

{{fs player|no=17|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Christoph Preuß|other=from Eintracht Frankfurt}}

{{fs player|no=21|nat=CZE|pos=MF|name=Filip Trojan|other=from FC Schalke 04}}

{{fs player|no=25|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Marvin Matip|other=from VfL Bochum U-19}}

{{fs player|no=28|nat=IRN|pos=MF|name=Moharram Navidkia|other=from Sepahan F.C.}}

{{fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Gaetano Manno|other=from VfL Bochum II}}

{{fs player|no=32|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Dennis Grote|other=from VfL Bochum II}}

{{fs player|no=33|nat=TUR|pos=GK|name=Polat Keser|other=from VfL Bochum II}}

{{Fs end}}

{{col-2}}

Out:

{{fs start|hidenote=yes}}

{{fs player|no=7|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Paul Freier|other=to Bayer 04 Leverkusen}}

{{fs player|no=12|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=Anton Vriesde|other=to Helmond Sport}}

{{fs player|no=15|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Frank Fahrenhorst|other=to SV Werder Bremen}}

{{fs player|no=16|nat=IRN|pos=FW|name=Vahid Hashemian|other=to FC Bayern Munich}}

{{fs player|no=21|nat=SAF|pos=MF|name=Delron Buckley|other=to Arminia Bielefeld}}

{{fs player|no=23|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Cristian Fiél|other=to Alemannia Aachen}}

{{fs player|no=31|nat=CRO|pos=GK|name=Toni Tapalović|other=to KFC Uerdingen 05}}

{{Fs end}}

{{col-end}}

==Winter==

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

In:

{{fs start|hidenote=yes}}

{{fs player|no=34|nat=TUR|pos=DF|name=Fatih Akyel|other=free agent}}

{{fs player|no=35|nat=DEN|pos=GK|name=Peter Skov-Jensen|other=from FC Midtjylland}}

{{Fs end}}

{{col-2}}

Out:

{{fs start|hidenote=yes}}

{{fs player|no=14|nat=ISL|pos=MF|name=Þórður Guðjónsson|other=to Stoke City F.C.}}

{{fs player|no=34|nat=TUR|pos=DF|name=Fatih Akyel|other=released}}

{{Fs end}}

{{col-end}}

VfL Bochum II

{{Efs start|Oberliga Westfalen}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Michael Bemben|pos=DF|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Claus Costa|pos=MF|31|7}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=David Czyszczon|pos=DF|33|4}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Thomas Falkowski|pos=DF|17|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Daniel Gordon|pos=DF|33|5}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Bastian Görrissen|pos=GK|15|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Björn Grallert|pos=DF|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Dennis Grote|pos=MF|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Sebastian Hille|pos=MF|32|7}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Sascha Höhle|pos=MF|15|1}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=TUR|name=Polat Keser|pos=GK|17|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=Gaetano Manno|pos=FW|28|9}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Lars Marten|pos=DF|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Marvin Matip|pos=DF|32|3}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Mirko Mustroph|pos=DF|24|2}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Marc-Andre Nimptsch|pos=DF|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Martin Setzke|pos=FW|27|2}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Mirko Talaga|pos=DF|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Ersan Tekkan|pos=FW|11|1}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Alexander Thamm|pos=FW|33|12}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=TUR|name=Suri Ucar|pos=FW|30|5}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Christian Vander|pos=GK|4|0}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=ITA|name=Luciano Velardi|pos=FW|34|17}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=Sebastian Westerhoff|pos=MF|13|2}}

{{Efs player|no=|nat=GER|name=David Zajas|pos=MF|31|0}}

{{Efs end|date=July 2015}}

Sources

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