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VFL Bochum



VFL Bochum is actually the first and foremost German Football League club and more interestingly, the third club in entire Europe. The ground where the team plays is Rewirpower Stadion in Bochum, where at least 32,645 people can be accommodated. Among the distinguished members of VFL Bochum mention must be made of the coach, Marcel Koller and the President, Werner Altegoer.

Aim of VFL Bochum

The VFL Bochum 1848 has been able to create a proper niche for them and give more meaning to the club. The club has been trying to find out its scope since 2003 with the help of some 1,000 supporters, sponsors, employees and other representatives of the media after the process of survey, the annual general meeting of VFL Bochum was held on 27th August, 2007. As a result VFL Bochum has realized that the core values of the club question the motive of the team and the meaning they lend to the sport. The club has to be totally clear about the direction in which they are going to proceed. VFL Bochum also looked into the very depth of their values and evaluated whether they were sufficient for fulfilling their motives. The players of VFL Bochum are fully trained to win any kind of match against the strongest team.

VFL Bochum had always obtained prominent positions in the Bundesliga, regularly in the 1970s and 1980s. More recently VFL Bochum have managed to remain in a stable and topmost position and after they were competent for the UEFA Cup both in 1997 and 2004, they came to be known as strong competitors.