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VFL BOCHUM
TEAM NOTES
Coach: Marcel Koller (since May 2005) Bundesliga (RELEGATED)
Record: 9-17-8
Rank: 16th, 35 points
Last Result: 1-0 win at Hamburger SV, May 21
Streak: Won 2 Bochum's fate was sealed after 31 rounds but still they closed out a disappointing season with two wins, including last weekend's 1-0 road victory at Hamburg. Momo Diabang struck in the third minute before seeing red shortly before time. A tearful Peter Neururer kissed farewell to the fans after three and a half "wonderful years." His contract was cancelled, with former Cologne boss Marcel Koller taking over for next season. "He is pretty different from Neururer but we're confident he can lead us back to the Bundesliga," president Werner Altegoer said. Vratislav Lokvenc will definitely part company, with Christoph Preuss and Aleksander Knavs also on their way out. Marcel Maltritz, on the contrary, looks set to stay. Bochum, a surprise UEFA Cup candidate participant after a glorious 2003-04 season, saw their season turning into a complete nightmare ever since a last-second UEFA Cup exit against Standard Liege.
SCOREBOARD
1:00 left, 2nd
VfL Bochum 1
Hamburg SV 0
Match Summary
VBO - Mamadou Diabang, 3rd min.

BUNDESLIGA STANDINGS
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Bayern Munich 21 17 1 3 41 14 54
Hamburg Sv 21 13 3 5 33 14 44
Werder Bremen 21 13 4 4 51 25 43
Schalke 04 21 10 2 9 29 16 39
Hertha Berlin 21 7 5 9 30 27 30
Hannover 96 21 6 4 11 31 26 29
Borussia Dortmund 21 7 6 8 28 26 29
Vfb Stuttgart 21 5 4 12 22 20 27
Borussia Moenchengladbach 21 6 6 9 26 27 27
Bayer Leverkusen 21 6 8 7 34 35 25
Eintracht Frankfurt 21 7 10 4 27 31 25
Arminia Bielefeld 21 6 9 6 25 30 24
Vfl Wolfsburg 21 5 9 7 22 37 22
Mainz 21 5 11 5 31 34 20
Nurnberg 21 4 11 6 22 35 18
MSV DUISBURG 21 3 10 8 19 36 17
Fc Kaiserslautern 21 4 12 5 29 50 17
Fc Cologne 21 3 12 6 28 45 15

c-league champion, r-relegated to lower division
VFL BOCHUM SCHEDULE
Date Time Teams Stories
Sun. January 23rd 11:30 a.m. ET Hertha Berlin 2, VfL Bochum 2  
Sat. January 29th 09:30 a.m. ET Bayer Leverkusen 4, VfL Bochum 0  
 

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