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
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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.

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 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 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 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 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 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)

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

DFB-Pokal first round

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

Bundesliga day 1

Bundesliga day 2

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

Bundesliga day 3

Bundesliga day 4

UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

Bundesliga day 5

DFB-Pokal second round

Bundesliga day 6

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

Bundesliga day 7

Bundesliga day 8

UEFA Cup group phase match 1

Bundesliga day 9

Bundesliga day 10

Bundesliga day 11

UEFA Cup group phase match 2

Bundesliga day 12

Bundesliga day 13

Bundesliga day 14

Bundesliga day 15

UEFA Cup group phase match 3

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Bundesliga day 17

UEFA Cup group phase match 4

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