2008–09 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2008–09 season
President Werner Gegenbauer
Manager Lucien Favre
Bundesliga 4th
DFB Cup Second Round
UEFA Cup Group phase
Top goalscorer League: Andriy Voronin (11 goals)
All: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
Highest home attendance 74,422 vs. Schalke 04
Lowest home attendance 700 vs. Nistru Otaci
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007-08 2009-10 →

The 2008–09 season of Hertha BSC began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first round qualifying march against Nistru Otaci from Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were eliminated in the second round of the DFB Pokal, and the group phase the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Players in bold have appearances for their respective national team. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Czech Republic GK Jaroslav Drobný
2 Brazil DF Kaká
3 Germany DF Arne Friedrich (captain)
4 Switzerland DF Steve von Bergen
5 Germany DF Sofian Chahed
6 Croatia MF Marko Babić (signed during winter transfer period)
7 Brazil MF Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
8 Hungary MF Pál Dárdai
9 Serbia FW Marko Pantelić
10 Brazil FW Raffael
11 Ukraine FW Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
12 Germany GK Christian Fiedler
13 Germany DF Marc Stein
14 Croatia DF Josip Šimunić
15 Brazil DF Rodnei
16 Brazil MF Lúcio
17 United States MF Bryan Arguez
No. Position Player
20 Germany MF Patrick Ebert
22 Argentina DF Leandro Cufré (signed during winter transfer period, on loan from Monaco)
23 Bulgaria FW Valeri Domovchiyski
25 Romania MF Maximilian Nicu
26 Poland MF Łukasz Piszczek
27 Tunisia FW Amine Chermiti
28 Switzerland MF Fabian Lustenberger
29 Germany MF Sascha Bigalke
30 Germany GK Christopher Gäng
35 Germany DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
36 Germany MF Lennart Hartmann
38 France MF Ibrahima Traoré
39 Germany MF Florian Riedel
40 Germany GK Sascha Burchert
44 Serbia MF Gojko Kačar
-- Switzerland Lucien Favre (coach)

Summer transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Brazil DF Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra)
7 Brazil MF Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
11 Ukraine FW Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
13 Germany DF Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock)
15 Brazil DF Rodnei (from CA Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok)
23 Bulgaria FW Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan)
25 Romania MF Maximilian Nicu (from Wehen Wiesbaden)
27 Tunisia FW Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel)
29 Germany MF Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC II)
35 Germany DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Youth)
36 Germany MF Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Youth)
39 Germany MF Florian Riedel (from Hertha BSC Youth)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
6 Czech Republic MF Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton)
7 Brazil MF Mineiro (to Chelsea)
18 Croatia FW Srđan Lakić (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo)
19 Germany DF Andreas Schmidt (retired)
21 Nigeria FW Solomon Okoronkwo (to Saturn Moscow Oblast)
22 Sweden MF Tobias Grahn (loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
24 Turkey MF Bilal Çubukçu (to Gençlerbirliği)
27 Germany DF Amadeus Wallschläger (to Carl Zeiss Jena)
33 Brazil FW André Lima (on loan to São Paulo)
36 Germany DF Pascal Bieler (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
39 Germany FW Chinedu Ede (to MSV Duisburg)
-- Denmark DF Dennis Cagara (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan)

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
6 Croatia DF Marko Babić (from Real Betis)
22 Argentina DF Leandro Cufré (on loan from Monaco)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

Goalscorers

Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Cup qualification UEFA Cup Total
Serbia Marko Pantelić 7 2 4 1 14
Ukraine Andriy Voronin 11 0 0 0 11
Brazil Raffael 6 0 2 0 8
Brazil Cícero 7 0 0 1 8
Serbia Gojko Kačar 6 0 0 0 6
Germany Patrick Ebert 3 1 1 0 5
Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 3 0 0 0 3
Romania Maximilian Nicu 2 0 0 1 3
Poland Łukasz Piszczek 0 0 3 0 3
Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger 1 1 0 0 2
Hungary Pál Dárdai 1 0 0 0 1
Croatia Josip Šimunić 1 0 0 0 1
Germany Marc Stein 0 0 1 0 1

International appearances

Player Position Country Caps (Goals) Caps this season
Josip Šimunić DF Croatia Croatia 70 (3) vs. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, vs. England England, vs. Ukraine Ukraine, vs. Andorra Andorra, vs. Romania Romania, vs. Ukraine Ukraine
Arne Friedrich DF Germany Germany 66 (0) vs. Russia Russia, vs. Wales Wales, vs. England England, vs. China China, vs. United Arab Emirates UAE
Andriy Voronin FW Ukraine Ukraine 61 (6) vs. Poland Poland, vs. Belarus Belarus, vs. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, vs. Serbia Serbia, vs. England England, vs. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Pál Dárdai MF Hungary Hungary 55 (5) vs. Denmark Denmark, vs. Sweden Sweden, vs. Albania Albania, vs. Malta Malta
Marko Pantelić FW Serbia Serbia 22 (5) vs. Faroe Islands Faroe Islands, vs. France France, vs. Lithuania Lithuania, vs. Austria Austria, vs. Sweden Sweden, vs. Austria Austria, vs. Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Amine Chermiti FW Tunisia Tunisia 13 (3) vs. Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, vs. Burundi Burundi, vs. Netherlands Netherlands
Gojko Kačar MF Serbia Serbia 6 (0) vs. France France, vs. Bulgaria Bulgaria, vs. Austria Austria, vs. Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Jaroslav Drobný GK Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 (0) vs. Morocco Morocco
Maximilian Nicu MF Romania Romania 1 (0) vs. Austria Austria

Fixtures

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (first leg)

17 July 2008
20:15 CET
Hertha BSC 8 – 1 Nistru Otaci
Pantelić  15', 36'
Raffael  23', 71'
Piszczek  33', 42', 80'
Stein  68'		 Report Tcaciuc  78'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 13,343
Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

31 July 2008
18:00 CEST
Nistru Otaci 0 – 0 Hertha BSC
Report
Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

DFB-Pokal first round

8 August 2008
20:30 CEST
Eintracht Trier 1 – 3 Hertha BSC
Lacroix  26' Report Pantelić  8'
Lustenberger  60'
Ebert  81'
Moselstadion, Trier
Attendance: 5,830
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

14 August 2008
20:45 CEST
Interblock Ljubljana 0 – 2 Hertha BSC
Report Pantelić  16', 81'
Arena Petrol, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Bundesliga day 1

17 August 2008
17:00 CEST
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 – 2 Hertha BSC
Report Raffael  43'
Ebert  60'
Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance: 44,900
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 2

23 August 2008
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 1 – 1 Arminia Bielefeld
Pantelić  32' Report Wichniarek  37'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 36,302
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

28 August 2008
18:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 1 – 0 Interblock Ljubljana
Ebert  3' Report
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 11,849
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Bundesliga day 3

31 August 2008
17:00 CEST
Bayern Munich 4 – 1 Hertha BSC
Toni  12'
Lahm  54'
Schweinsteiger  56' (pen.)
Klose  70' (pen.)		 Report Pantelić  84'
Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 4

13 September 2008
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 2 – 2 VfL Wolfsburg
Kačar  54'
Cícero  85'		 Report Costa  1'
Riether  90'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 38,921
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

16 September 2008
18:00 CEST
Hertha BSC 2 – 0 St. Patrick's Athletic
Nicu  50'
Cícero  76'		 Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 13,045
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Bundesliga day 5

20 September 2008
15:30 CEST
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 – 1 Hertha BSC
Report Kačar  11'
Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 43, 193
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

DFB-Pokal second round

24 September 2008
19:00 CEST
Borussia Dortmund 2 – 1
(a.e.t.) 		Hertha BSC
Frei  7' (pen.)
Klimowicz  104'		 Report Pantelić  22'
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 30, 012
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 6

27 September 2008
14:30 CET
Hertha BSC 0 – 1 Energie Cottbus
Report Jelić  13'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 42,297
Referee: Deniz Aytikin (Oberasbach)

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

30 September 2008
18:00 CET
St. Patricks Athletic 0 – 0 Hertha BSC
Report
Richmond Park, Dublin
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)

Bundesliga day 7

4 October 2008
15:30 CEST
Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 1 Hertha BSC
Report Voronin  89'
BayArena, Leverkusen
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 8

18 October 2008
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 VfB Stuttgart
Nicu  29'
Kačar  87'		 Report Cacau  51'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 42,336
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

UEFA Cup group phase match 1

23 October 2008
20:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 1 – 1 Benfica
Pantelić  74' Report Di María  51'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 22,144
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Bundesliga day 9

26 October 2008
17:00 CET
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 1 Hertha BSC
Kehl  71' Report Cícero  31' (pen.)
Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 10

29 October 2008
20:00 CET
Hertha BSC 3 – 0 Hannover 96
Pantelić  63'
Voronin  84'
Domovchiyski  90+1'		 Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 31,329
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga day 11

1 November 2008
15:30 CET
Werder Bremen 5 – 1 Hertha BSC
Kačar  14' (o.g.)
Diego  20'
Rosenberg  42'
Pizarro  60', 85'		 Report Cícero  68'
Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 40,218
Referee: Marc Seemann (Essen)

UEFA Cup group phase match 2

6 November 2008
18:00 CET
Metalist Kharkiv 0 – 0 Hertha BSC
Report
Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bundesliga day 12

9 November 2008
17:00 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 0 1899 Hoffenheim
Voronin  70' Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 58,862
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Bundesliga day 13

15 November 2008
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Hamburger SV
Cícero  46'
Domovchiyski  49'		 Report Petrić  12'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 48, 425
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 14

22 November 2008
15:30 CET
VfL Bochum 2 – 3 Hertha BSC
Šesták  50'
Mięciel  74'		 Raffael  25'
Kačar  33'
Cícero  39'
Ruhrstadion, Bochum
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 15

28 November 2008
20:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 1. FC Köln
Kačar  24'
Pantelić  86'		 Report Novaković  45'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 40,704
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup group phase match 3

3 December 2008
20:45 CET
Hertha BSC 0 – 1 Galatasaray
Report Baroš  69' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 62,612
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Bundesliga day 16

6 December 2008
15:30 CET
Schalke 04 1 – 0 Hertha BSC
Asamoah  65' Report
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 60, 999
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 17

13 December 2008
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 4 – 0 Karlsruher SC
Nicu  8'
Domovchiyski  74'
Lustenberger  86'
Raffael  88'		 Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 38,421
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

UEFA Cup group phase match 4

18 December 2008
20:45 CET
Olympiacos 4 – 0 Hertha BSC
Dudu  54'
Galletti  68' (pen.)
Torosidis  86'
Diogo  89'		 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Bundesliga day 18

31 January 2009
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Pantelić  17', 51' Report Köhler  53'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 39,847
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 19

6 February 2009
20:30 CET
Arminia Bielefeld 1 – 1 Hertha BSC
Wichniarek  40' Report Voronin  13'
Schüco-Arena, Bielefeld
Attendance: 20,700
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 20

14 February 2009
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Bayern Munich
Voronin  38', 77' Report Klose  61'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,220
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 21

21 February 2009
15:30 CET
VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 1 Hertha BSC
Džeko  71', 84' Report Cícero  62'
Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 22

28 February 2009
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Voronin  28'
Dárdai  44'		 Report Bradley  69' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 48,534
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 23

7 March 2009
15:30 CET
Energie Cottbus 1 – 3 Hertha BSC
Atan  21' Report Voronin  34', 45', 88'
Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Attendance: 22,528
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 24

14 March 2009
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Voronin  50' Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 58,735
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Bundesliga day 25

21 March 2009
15:30 CET
VfB Stuttgart 2 – 0 Hertha BSC
Cacau  47'
Khedira  51'		 Report
Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 26

4 April 2009
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 1 – 3 Borussia Dortmund
Raffael  54' Report Frei  25'
Kehl  63'
Valdez  82'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74, 000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 27

11 April 2009
15:30 CEST
Hannover 96 2 – 0 Hertha BSC
Hanke  29'
Bruggink  62'		 Report
AWD-Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 47, 187
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 28

18 April 2009
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Werder Bremen
Šimunić  71'
Raffael  87'		 Report Mertesacker  43'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 60, 000
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Bundesliga day 29

25 April 2009
15:30 CEST
1899 Hoffenheim 0 – 1 Hertha BSC
Report Ebert  41'
Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
Attendance: 30, 150
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Bundesliga day 30

2 May 2009
15:30 CEST
Hamburger SV 1 – 1 Hertha BSC
Jansen  8' Report Kačar  66'
HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 57, 000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 31

9 May 2009
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 2 – 0 VfL Bochum
Pantelić  39'
Raffael  50'		 Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 71, 323
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 32

12 May 2009
20:00 CEST
1. FC Köln 1 – 2 Hertha BSC
Chihi  90' Report Cícero  42'
Ebert  53'
RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 48, 000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 33

16 May 2009
15:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 0 – 0 Schalke 04
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,244
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 34

23 May 2009
15:30 CET
Karlsruher SC 4 – 0 Hertha BSC
Freis  33'
Franz  40'
Kennedy  62', 72'		 Report
Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

References

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