VfL Bochum

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Template:Football club infobox VfL Bochum is a German football club based in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. One of the oldest sports organizations in Germany, it was founded as the athletics club Bochumer TV in 1848, but did not field a football team until 1911. They took on the name TuS Bochum 1848 after a merger with another local side in 1919. The Nazis ordered the consolidation of the club with Germania 06 and Turnverein Bochum 1848 under the current name in 1938.

1 Honours
2 Notable players
3 Stadium
4 Team trivia
5 Trainers
- 5.1 External links

The side was first promoted to the Bundesliga in 1971 and has developed a reputation for tenaciousness on the field. After a run of twenty seasons at the top flight, Bochum has bounced back and forth between Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga since 1993-94. They currently play in 2.Bundesliga after a 16th place finish in the Bundesliga in 2004-05. Bochum secured an immediate return to the top flight on 17 April 2006 with a 2–0 win over Alemannia Aachen, which had already secured promotion.

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Honours

German Cup finalists: 1968, 1988
2. Bundesliga champions: 1994, 1996
Bundesliga: 5th, 2004
UEFA Cup play: 1997, 2005

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Notable players

Stefan Kuntz, 120 Bundesliga matches, 47 goals for Bochum, 1983-1986 and 1998-1999. Well known through a reference in the video of the popular English football anthem Three Lions.
Yıldıray Baştürk, 74 Bundesliga matches, 6 goals for Bochum, 1997-2001, now with Hertha BSC Berlin. Turkish international.
Dariusz Wosz, 209 Bundesliga matches, 25 goals for Bochum, 1991-1998 and 2001 to date.
Paul Freier, 81 Bundesliga matches, 9 goals for Bochum, 1997-2004, now with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Frank Fahrenhorst, 106 Bundesliga matches, 13 goals for Bochum, from 1996 to 2004, now with Werder Bremen.

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Stadium

The Ruhrstadion was one of the first modern football-only stadiums in Germany. It was built in the 1970s on the traditional ground of TuS Bochum 08 at the Castroper Straße north of the city centre.

The fully-roofed venue's capacity is 32,645, including standing room for 16,756.

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Team trivia

One of the most prominent supporters of VfL Bochum is popular German musician and actor Herbert Grönemeyer, who wrote the song "Bochum" which soon became the club's unofficial anthem sung by VfL fans prior to every home match.

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