2006–07 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2006-07 season
President Bernd Schiphorst
Manager Falko Götz sacked 10 April 2007
Karsten Heine
Fußball-Bundesliga 10th
DFB Cup Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer League: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
All: Marko Pantelić
Christian Giménez (14 goals)
Highest home attendance 74,220 vs. Bayern/Werder
Lowest home attendance 3,500 vs. Moskva
Home colours
Away colours

Hertha BSC's 2006-07 season began on 16 July, with their UEFA Intertoto Cup match against FC Moscow, and ended on 19 May, with their Bundesliga match against Eintracht Frankfurt. They were one of eleven winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the UEFA Cup, and in the DFB-Ligapokal they were eliminated in the first round. They made it as far as the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, and finished tenth in the Bundesliga.

Contents

Squad

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

No. Position Player
3 DF Arne Friedrich
4 DF Dick van Burik
5 DF Sofian Chahed
6 DF Gilberto
7 MF Yıldıray Baştürk
8 MF Pal Dardai
9 FW Marko Pantelic
11 FW Ellery Cairo
12 GK Christian Fiedler
13 FW Christian Giménez (on loan from Olympique Marseille)
14 DF Josip Simunic
15 MF Mineiro (Joined Hertha during the winter break)
16 MF Ashkan Dejagah
17 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng
18 FW Srdan Lakic
20 MF Zecke
No. Position Player
21 FW Solomon Okoronkwo (Left Hertha during the winter break)
23 DF Dennis Cagara
27 DF Amadeus Wallschläger
29 DF Malik Fathi
31 DF Andreas Schmidt
32 DF Robert Müller
33 GK Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard
35 DF Christopher Samba (Left Hertha during the winter break)
37 MF Christian Müller
38 MF Patrick Ebert
39 MF Chinedu Ede
40 GK Nico Pellatz
41 DF Jerome Boateng (Joined Hertha during the winter break)
43 DF Christoph Storch
-- Falko Götz (Trainer)

Summer Transfers

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

No. Position Player
9 FW Marko Pantelic (from Red Star Belgrade, previously on loan)
13 FW Christian Giménez (on loan from Olympique Marseille)
18 FW Srdan Lakic (from NK Kamen Ingrad)
23 DF Dennis Cagara (loan return from Dynamo Dresden)
27 DF Amadeus Wallschläger (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
32 DF Robert Müller (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
38 MF Patrick Ebert (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
39 DF Chinedu Ede (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
40 GK Nico Pellatz (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
43 DF Christoph Storch (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)

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

No. Position Player
MF Thorben Marx (to Arminia Bielefeld)
MF Oliver Schröder (to VfL Bochum)
MF Alexander Ludwig (to Dynamo Dresden, previously on loan)
GK Gerhard Tremmel (to FC Energie Cottbus)
MF Marcelinho (to Trabzonspor)
MF Sejad Salihović (to 1899 Hoffenheim)
DF Alexander Madlung (to VfL Wolfsburg)
DF Pascal Bieler (on loan to Rot-Weiss Essen)
FW Vaclav Sverkos (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Winter Transfers

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

No. Position Player
41 DF Jerome Boateng (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)

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

No. Position Player
21 FW Solomon Okoronkwo (on loan to Rot-Weiss Essen)
35 DF Christopher Samba (to Blackburn Rovers)

Goalscorers

Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Cup DFB-Ligapokal Total
Christian Giménez 12 2 0 1 0 15
Marko Pantelic 14 0 1 0 0 15
Gilberto 5 0 0 0 0 5
Yıldıray Baştürk 1 2 1 0 0 4
Pal Dardai 3 0 0 0 0 3
Kevin-Prince Boateng 2 0 0 1 0 3
Arne Friedrich 2 0 0 0 0 2
Dick van Burik 2 0 0 0 0 2
Patrick Ebert 2 0 0 0 0 2
Malik Fathi 1 1 0 0 0 2
Solomon Okoronkwo 0 1 0 1 0 2
Chinedu Ede 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zecke 1 0 0 0 0 1
Ashkan Dejagah 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mineiro 1 0 0 0 0 1
Andreas Schmidt 1 0 0 0 0 1
Josip Simunic 1 0 0 0 0 1

Fixtures

UEFA Intertoto Cup third round (first leg)

15 July 2006
15:00 CET
Hertha BSC 0 – 0 FC Moskva Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 8,404
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

UEFA Intertoto Cup third round (second leg)

22 July 2006
17:30 CET
FC Moskva 0 – 2 Hertha BSC Eduard Streltsov Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Bülent Demirlek (Turkey)
Pantelic  25'
Baştürk  88'

DFB-Ligapokal First round

29 July 2006
15:30 CET
Hamburger SV 1 – 0 Hertha BSC LTU Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Kompany  52'

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

10 August 2006
19:00
Hertha BSC 1 – 0 FC Ameri Tbilisi Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 7,377
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)
Okoronkwo  90+1'

Bundesliga day 1

13 August 2006
17:00 CET
VfL Wolfsburg 0 – 0 Hertha BSC Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 23,496
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constatin)

Bundesliga day 2

19 August 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 4 – 0 Hannover 96 Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 37,166
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees (Münster)
Pantelic  20'  63'
Dardai  31'
Ebert  77'

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

24 August
19:00 CET
FC Ameri Tbilisi 2 – 2 Hertha BSC Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Pavel Olsiak (Slovakia)
Davitnidze  19'
Davitashvili  47'
Lakic  34'
Pantelic  88'

Bundesliga day 3

27 August 2006
17:00 CET
Hamburger SV 1 – 1 Hertha BSC HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 53,989
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)
Sanogo  18' Gimenez  64'

DFB-Pokal first round

10 September 2006
17:00 CET
SV Darmstadt 98 0 – 1 Hertha BSC Stadion am Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt
Attendance: 14,700
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lichtenberg)
Baştürk  109'

UEFA Cup first round

14 September 2006
17:00 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 2 Odense BK Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 12,814
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Gimenez  38'
K.-P. Boateng  50'
Simunic  7' (o.g.)
Oliveira  53'

Bundesliga day 4

17 September
17:00 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 0 FC Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 60,547
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
Gimenez  34'  52'

Bundesliga day 5

23 September
15:30 CET
1. FSV Mainz 05 1 – 1 Hertha BSC Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz
Attendance: 20,300
Referee: Knut Kircher (Hirschau)
Diakité  49' K.-P. Boateng  56'

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

28 September
15:30 CET
Odense BK 1 – 0 Hertha BSC Fionia Park, Odense
Attendance: 11,466
Referee: Iain Brines (Scotland)
Timm  62'

Bundesliga day 6

1 October 2006
17:00 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 2 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 48,673
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)
Friedrich  9'
Pantelic  14'
Gomez  4'
Cacau  57'

Bundesliga day 7

14 October 2006
15:30 CET
FC Bayern Munich 4 – 2 Hertha BSC Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)
Makaay  9'
Sagnol  15'
Pizzaro  53'
Podolski  78'
Fathi  58'
Pantelic  73'

Bundesliga day 8

21 October 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 43,604
Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)
Dardai  50'
Pantelic  73'
Neuville  63'

DFB-Pokal second round

25 October 2006
20:00 CET
Stuttgarter Kickers 0 – 2 Hertha BSC GAZi Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)
Okoronkwo  58'
Baştürk  74'

Bundesliga day 9

28 October 2006
15:30
Energie Cottbus 2 – 0 Hertha BSC Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kritfel)
Gunkel  66'
Shao  83'

Bundesliga day 10

4 November 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 1. FC Nuremberg Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 41,162
Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)
Pantelic  29'  65' Banovic  47'

Bundesliga day 11

8 November 2006
20:00 CET
Arminia Bielefeld 2 – 2 Hertha BSC Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld
Attendance: 21,075
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)
Zuma  28'
Kucera  76'
Gilberto  45'
Gimenez  59'

Bundesliga day 12

11 November 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 3 – 3 VfL Bochum Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 29,104
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
Pantelic  9'
van Burik  58'
Zecke  80'
Gekas  30'
Misimović  45+1'  47'

Bundesliga day 13

18 November 2006
15:30 CET
Borussia Dortmund 1 – 2 Hertha BSC Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Attendance: 70,200
Referee: Knut Kircher (Hirschau)
Frei  23' (pen.) Schmidt  10'
Gilberto  16'

Bundesliga day 14

25 November 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Alemannia Aachen Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 40,879
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
Pantelic  41'
Dejagah  62'
Lehmann  45'

Bundesliga day 15

2 December 2006
15:30 CET
Werder Bremen 3 – 1 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 40,168
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)
Diego  24' (pen.)
Klose  32'  40'
Simunic  25'

Bundesliga day 16

8 December 2006
20:30 CET
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 – 1 Hertha BSC BayArena, Leverkusen
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
Freier  33'
Babic  80'
Pantelic  22'

Bundesliga day 17

16 December 2006
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 42,549
Referee: Marc Seeman (Frintrop)
Gimenez  63'

DFB-Pokal Third Round

19 December 2006
20:30 CET
VfL Osnabrück 0 – 3 Hertha BSC Osnatel-Arena, Osnabrück
Attendance: 18,300
Referee: Throsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)
Malik Fathi  34'
Gimenez  41'  51'

Bundesliga day 18

27 January 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 VfL Wolfsburg Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 40,272
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
Gimenez  27'
Pantelic  86'
Madlung  18'

Bundesliga day 19

31 January 2007
20:00 CET
Hannover 96 5 – 0 Hertha BSC AWD-Arena, Hannover
Attendance: 30,584
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Sillenbuch)
Vinicius  16'  37'
Fahrenhorst  45'
Rosenthal  64'
Lala  76'

Bundesliga day 20

3 February 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 1 Hamburger SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 47,354
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)
Friedrich  78'
Mineiro  90+2'
Laas  33'

Bundesliga day 21

10 February 2007
15:30 CET
FC Schalke 04 2 – 0 Hertha BSC Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 61,482
Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)
Kuranyi  64'
Lovenkrands  75'

Bundesliga day 22

17 February 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 2 1. FSV Mainz 05 Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 35,473
Referee: Peter Sippel (Würzburg)
Dardai  22' Zidan  54' (pen.)
Andreasen  64'

Bundesliga day 23

23 February 2007
20:30 CET
VfB Stuttgart 0 – 0 Hertha BSC Mercedes Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

DFB-Pokal Quarterfinal

28 February 2007
21:30 CET
VfB Stuttgart 2 – 0 Hertha BSC Mercedes Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)
Cacau  38'
Hitzlsperger  77'

Bundesliga day 24

3 March 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 3 FC Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,220
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)
Gimenez  58'
van Burik  82'
Salihamidzic  30'
Podolski  31'
Makaay  68'

Bundesliga day 25

10 March 2007
15:30 CET
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 – 1 Hertha BSC Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 40,518
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
Rafael  32'  69'
Delura  86'
Gimenez  56'

Bundesliga day 26

16 March 2007
20:30 CET
Hertha BSC 0 – 1 FC Energie Cottbus Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 51,831
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees (Münster)
Radu  47'

Bundesliga day 27

31 March 2007
15:30 CET
1. FC Nuremberg 2 – 1 Hertha BSC Easy-Credit Stadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 45,694
Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)
Galasek  4'
Engelhardt  60'
Gimenez  69'

Bundesliga day 28

4 April 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 1 Arminia Bielefeld Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 41,512
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
Ebert  71' Kucera  19'

Bundesliga day 29

14 April 2007
15:30 CET
VfL Bochum 1 – 3 Hertha BSC rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum
Attendance: 27,181
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
Gekas  1' Gimenez  58'
Gilberto  66'
Ede  90'

Bundesliga day 30

21 April 2007
15:30
Hertha BSC 0 – 1 Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 64,382
Referee: Peter Sippel (Würzburg)
Brzenska  50'

Bundesliga day 31

28 April 2007
15:30 CET
Alemannia Aachen 0 – 4 Hertha BSC Tivoli, Aachen
Attendance: 20,800
Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern
Gilberto  7'
Gimenez  48'
Pantelic  77'
Baştürk  80'

Bundesliga day 32

6 May 2007
17:00 CET
Hertha BSC 1 – 4 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,220
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)
Gilberto  61' Rosenberg  19'  50'  82'
Diego  60'

Bundesliga day 33

12 May 2007
15:30 CET
Hertha BSC 2 – 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Altdorf)
Pantelic  32'
Gimenez  51'
Callsen-Bracker  13'
Voronin  34'
Schneider  64' (pen.)

Bundesliga day 34

19 May 2007
15:30 CET
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 2 Hertha BSC Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
Streit  61' K.-P. Boateng  48'
Pantelic  87'