2008–09 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2008-09 season
President Werner Gegenbauer
Manager Lucien Favre
Fußball-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
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 FC 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 Europa League.

Contents

Squad

Players in bold have appearances for their respective national team. 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
1 GK Jaroslav Drobný
2 DF Kaka
3 DF Arne Friedrich (captain)
4 DF Steve von Bergen
5 DF Sofian Chahed
6 MF Marko Babić (signed during winter transfer period)
7 MF Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
8 MF Pal Dardai
9 FW Marko Pantelić
10 FW Raffael
11 FW Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
12 GK Christian Fiedler
13 DF Marc Stein
14 DF Josip Šimunić
15 DF Rodnei
16 MF Lucio
17 MF Bryan Arguez
No. Position Player
20 MF Patrick Ebert
22 DF Leandro Cufré (signed during winter transfer period, on loan from AS Monaco)
23 FW Valeri Domovchiyski
25 MF Maximilian Nicu
26 MF Łukasz Piszczek
27 FW Amine Chermiti
28 MF Fabian Lustenberger
29 MF Sascha Bigalke
30 GK Christopher Gäng
35 DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
36 MF Lennart Hartmann
38 MF Ibrahima Traoré
39 MF Florian Riedel
40 GK Sascha Burchert
44 MF Gojko Kačar
-- Lucien Favre (coach)

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
2 DF Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra)
7 MF Cicero (on loan from Tombense)
11 FW Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
13 DF Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock)
15 DF Rodnei (from Clube Atlético Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok)
23 FW Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan)
25 MF Maximilian Nicu (from SV Wehen Wiesbaden)
27 FW Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel)
29 MF Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
35 DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)
36 MF Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)
39 MF Florian Riedel (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)

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
6 MF Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton)
7 MF Mineiro (to Chelsea)
18 FW Srđan Lakić (to Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo)
19 DF Andreas Schmidt (retired)
21 FW Solomon Okoronkwo (to Saturn Moscow Oblast)
22 MF Tobias Grahn (loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
24 MF Bilal Çubukçu (to Gençlerbirliği)
27 DF Amadeus Wallschläger (to Carl Zeiss Jena)
33 FW André Lima (on loan to São Paulo)
36 DF Pascal Bieler (to Nuremberg)
39 FW Chinedu Ede (to Duisburg)
-- DF Dennis Cagara (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan)

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
6 DF Marko Babić (from Real Betis)
22 DF Leandro Cufré (on loan from AS Monaco)

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

Goalscorers

Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Cup qualification UEFA Cup Total
Marko Pantelić 7 2 4 1 14
Andriy Voronin 11 0 0 0 11
Raffael 6 0 2 0 8
Cicero 7 0 0 1 8
Gojko Kačar 6 0 0 0 6
Patrick Ebert 3 1 1 0 5
Valeri Domovchiyski 3 0 0 0 3
Maximilian Nicu 2 0 0 1 3
Łukasz Piszczek 0 0 3 0 3
Fabian Lustenberger 1 1 0 0 2
Pal Dardai 1 0 0 0 1
Josip Šimunić 1 0 0 0 1
Marc Stein 0 0 1 0 1

International appearances

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

Fixtures

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (first leg)

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

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

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

DFB-Pokal first round

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

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

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

Bundesliga day 1

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

Bundesliga day 2

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

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

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

Bundesliga day 3

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

Bundesliga day 4

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

UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

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

Bundesliga day 5

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

DFB-Pokal second round

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

Bundesliga day 6

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

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

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

Bundesliga day 7

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

Bundesliga day 8

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

UEFA Cup group phase match 1

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

Bundesliga day 9

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

Bundesliga day 10

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

Bundesliga day 11

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

UEFA Cup group phase match 2

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

Bundesliga day 12

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

Bundesliga day 13

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

Bundesliga day 14

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

Bundesliga day 15

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

UEFA Cup group phase match 3

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

Bundesliga day 16

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

Bundesliga day 17

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

UEFA Cup group phase match 4

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

Bundesliga day 18

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

Bundesliga day 19

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

Bundesliga day 20

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

Bundesliga day 21

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

Bundesliga day 22

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

Bundesliga day 23

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

Bundesliga day 24

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

Bundesliga day 25

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

Bundesliga day 26

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

Bundesliga day 27

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

Bundesliga day 28

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

Bundesliga day 29

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

Bundesliga day 30

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

Bundesliga day 31

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

Bundesliga day 32

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

Bundesliga day 33

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

Bundesliga day 34

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