2012–13 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2012–13 season
Sporting Director Michael Preetz
Manager Jos Luhukay
Stadium Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
2. Bundesliga 1st
DFB-Pokal 1st Round
Top goalscorer League: Ronny (18 goals)
All: Ronny (18 goals)
Highest home attendance 74.244 vs. 1. FC Union Berlin, 11 February 2013
Lowest home attendance 23.404 vs. Paderborn 07, 3 August 2012
Average home league attendance 40.030
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2012–13 Hertha BSC season was the 120th season in club history. Hertha BSC lost to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Promotion/Relegation Playoff. The sports court and the Federal Court of the German Football Association confirmed the club's relegation after the club appealed the result of the 2nd leg and lost both appeals. Levan Kobiashvili suspended for the rest of 2012 calendar year while Thomas Kraft was suspended for 5 matches. The suspensions were for their role in the altercation of Referee from the Promotion/Relegation playoff against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Christian Lell and Andre Mijatović were also suspended for their participation in altercation. But both were eventually released from the club.

Review and events

Hertha BSC were relegated after losing to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Promotion/Relegation Playoff. The sports court and the Federal Court of the German Football Association confirmed the club's relegation after the club appealed the result of the 2nd leg and lost both appeals.[1][2] The German Football Association handed down suspensions for some of Hertha BSC's players[3] Levan Kobiashvili was banned for a year, Christian Lell was banned for 6 matches, Thomas Kraft was banned for 5 matches and Andre Mijatović was banned for 4 matches.[3] Kobiashvili's suspension was reduced to seven and a half months and Lell's ban was reduced to 5 matches.[4][5] The suspensions were for an altercation with the referee during the Promotion/Relegation playoff with Fortuna Düsseldorf.[3] Lell and Mijatović were eventually released by the club.[6] The club was disciplined for their role in the events of the 2nd leg Promotion/Relegation Playoff match against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[7] The club originally was given a €50.000 fine and limited to 20.000 tickets sold for their league match against Paderborn 07.[7] But the fine was reduced €40.000 and the limitations on ticket sales increased to a maximum of 27.500 tickets.[7] No tickets are allowed to be sold on the matchday.[7] The club must spend an extra €40.000 on a non-profit program as part of the discipline.[7]

Christian Lell, Andre Mijatović, Andreas Ottl and Patrick Ebert were all released from the club.[6]

The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out in the first round by Regionalliga Südwest side Wormatia Worms.[8]

After their 1–0 win against SV Sandhausen on 21 April 2013, they ensure their direct promotion to the 2013–14 Fußball-Bundesliga season.[9][10]

They secured the 2012–13 2. Fußball-Bundesliga title after winning against 1. FC Köln by 2–1 on 12 May 2013, the title is their third 2. Fußball-Bundesliga title.[11]

Match results

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendly matches

2. Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

Table

Table summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 22 10 2 65 28 +37 76 12 5 0 31 12 +19 10 5 2 34 16 +18

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: kicker.de

DFB-Pokal

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

Sources:[12][13]
As of 18 May 2013

No. Pos Nat Player Total2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany Thomas Kraft 28 0 28 0 0 0
2 DF Slovakia Peter Pekarík 19 0 19 0 0 0
3 DF Georgia (country) Levan Kobiashvili 11 1 11 1 0 0
4 DF Czech Republic Roman Hubník 16 2 16 2 0 0
5 DF Germany Maik Franz 10 0 9 0 1 0
6 DF Germany Christoph Janker 5 0 5 0 0 0
7 MF Austria Daniel Beichler 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Cameroon Marcel Ndjeng 28 4 27 4 1 0
9 FW Colombia Adrián Ramos 33 11 32 11 1 0
10 FW Tunisia Änis Ben-Hatira 19 4 18 4 1 0
11 FW Tunisia Sami Allagui 26 7 25 7 1 0
12 DF Brazil Ronny 34 18 33 18 1 0
15 FW Germany Elias Kachunga 3 0 2 0 1 0
16 FW Israel Ben Sahar 18 2 18 2 0 0
18 MF Germany Peter Niemeyer 26 1 25 1 1 0
19 FW Germany Pierre-Michel Lasogga 7 1 7 1 0 0
21 GK Germany Sascha Burchert 5 0 5 0 0 0
22 DF Germany Felix Bastians 12 0 11 0 1 0
24 MF Germany Peer Kluge 27 3 27 3 0 0
25 DF United States John Anthony Brooks 29 1 29 1 0 0
26 MF Germany Nico Schulz 20 1 20 1 0 0
27 DF United States Alfredo Morales 10 1 9 1 1 0
28 MF Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger 34 0 33 0 1 0
29 MF Germany Marvin Knoll 6 1 6 1 0 0
31 DF Germany Shervin Radjabali-Fardi 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Germany Fabian Holland 17 0 17 0 0 0
33 FW Germany Sandro Wagner 32 6 31 5 1 1
34 MF Germany Hany Mukhtar 7 0 7 0 0 0
37 GK Germany Philip Sprint 3 0 2 0 1 0

Bookings

Number Nationality Position Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Red card Red card Red card
1 Germany GK Thomas Kraft 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Slovakia DF Peter Pekarík 4 0 0 0 4 0
4 Czech Republic DF Roman Hubník 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 Germany DF Maik Franz 5 1 0 0 5 1
8 Cameroon MF Marcel Ndjeng 5 0 0 0 5 0
9 Colombia FW Adrián Ramos 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Tunisia FW Änis Ben-Hatira 3 0 1 0 4 0
11 Tunisia FW Sami Allagui 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Brazil MF Ronny 4 0 0 0 4 0
18 Germany MF Peter Niemeyer 9 0 0 0 9 0
21 Germany GK Sascha Burchert 0 1 0 0 0 1
22 Germany DF Felix Bastians 1 0 1 0 2 0
24 Germany MF Peer Kluge 6 0 0 0 6 0
26 Germany MF Nico Schulz 2 0 0 0 2 0
27 United States DF Alfredo Morales 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 Switzerland MF Fabian Lustenberger 4 0 0 0 4 0
32 Germany MF Fabian Holland 6 0 0 0 6 0
33 Germany FW Sandro Wagner 4 0 0 0 4 0
37 Germany GK Philip Sprint 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 58 2 3 0 61 2

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
2 DF Slovakia Peter Pekarik 25EU VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Summer
8 MF Cameroon Marcel Ndjeng 30EU FC Augsburg Transfer Summer 2014 [14]
11 FW Tunisia Sami Allagui 26EU 1. FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2016 [15]
15 FW Germany Elias Kachunga 20EU Borussia Mönchengladbach Loan Summer 2013 [16]
16 FW Israel Ben Sahar 22EU Espanyol Spain Transfer Summer 2014 [17]
25 MF Germany Peer Kluge 31EU Schalke 04 Transfer Summer 2014 [18]
33 FW Germany Sandro Wagner 24EU SV Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2014 [19]

Out

No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources
2DFChristian Lell27EUUD LevanteReleasedSummerFree[6]
5DFAndre Mijatović32EUIngolstadt 04ReleasedSummerFree[6]
8MFAndreas Ottl27EUFC AugsburgReleasedSummerFree[6]
13MFNikita Rukavytsya25Non EU1. FSV Mainz 05TransferSummer
20MFPatrick Ebert25EUReal ValladolidReleasedSummerFree[6]
29DFSebastian Neumann21EUVfL OsnabrückTranferSummer
39FWMarco Djuricin19EUJahn RegensburgLoanSummer[20]

Kits

Home
Away
Away Alternate
Third

Sources

  1. "DFB rejects Hertha replay request". Deutsche Welle. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. "Hertha scheitert — Chaosspiel wird nicht wiederholt". Die Welt (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kontrollausschuss fordert ein Jahr Sperre für Kobiashvili". Die Welt (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  4. "Siebeneinhalb Monate! Rekordstrafe für Kobiashvili". kicker (in German). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. "DFB-Sportgericht sperrt Lell für fünf Spiele". kicker (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Die "Alte Dame" sortiert ein Quartett aus". kicker (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Hertha darf fürs erste Heimspiel mehr Tickets verkaufen". kicker (in German). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. DFB-Pokal 2012/2013 .:. Spielplan(German) DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 23 September 2012
  9. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/bundesliga/zweite-fussball-bundesliga-hertha-bsc-steigt-wieder-auf-12156950.html
  10. http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/matches/2012/index.php?tag=30
  11. http://www.herthabsc.de/de/teams/koeln-spielbericht/page/2597--45--.html
  12. "Hertha BSC - Kader" (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  13. "2. Bundesliga - Hertha BSC - Kader" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  14. Marcel Ndjeng dritter Neuzugang - Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  15. Sami Allagui kommt als vierter Neuzugang - Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  16. Elias Kachunga kommt zu Hertha BSC - Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  17. Hertha BSC holt Israels Nationalspieler Ben Sahar - Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  18. Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  19. Sandro Wagner ist Herthas neue Nummer 33 - Teams - HerthaBSC.de
  20. Hertha BSC - HerthaBSC.de

External links