2008–09 Hertha BSC season

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.

Hertha BSC

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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CZE Jaroslav Drobný 2 DF   BRA Kaká 3 DF   GER Arne Friedrich (captain) 4 DF   SUI Steve von Bergen 5 DF   GER Sofian Chahed^[notes 1] 6 MF   CRO Marko Babić 7 MF   BRA Cícero 8 MF   HUN Pál Dárdai 9 FW   SRB Marko Pantelić 10 FW   BRA Raffael 11 FW   UKR Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool) 12 GK   GER Christian Fiedler 13 DF   GER Marc Stein 14 DF   CRO Josip Šimunić^[notes 2] 15 DF   BRA Rodnei 16 MF   BRA Lúcio

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   USA Bryan Arguez 20 MF   GER Patrick Ebert 22 DF   ARG Leandro Cufré (on loan from Monaco) 23 FW   BUL Valeri Domovchiyski 25 MF   ROU Maximilian Nicu^[notes 3] 26 MF   POL Łukasz Piszczek 27 FW   TUN Amine Chermiti 28 MF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger 29 MF   GER Sascha Bigalke 30 GK   GER Christopher Gäng 35 DF   GER Shervin Radjabali-Fardi 36 MF   GER Lennart Hartmann 38 MF   FRA Ibrahima Traoré^[notes 4] 39 MF   GER Florian Riedel 40 GK   GER Sascha Burchert 44 MF   SRB Gojko Kačar

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   BRA Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra) 7 MF   BRA Cícero (on loan from Tombense) 11 FW   UKR Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool) 13 DF   GER Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock) 15 DF   BRA Rodnei (from CA Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok) 23 FW   BUL Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan) 25 MF   ROU Maximilian Nicu (from Wehen Wiesbaden) 27 FW   TUN Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel) 29 MF   GER Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC II) 35 DF   GER Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Youth) 36 MF   GER Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Youth) 39 MF   GER 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. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF   CZE Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton) 7 MF   BRA Mineiro (to Chelsea) 18 FW   CRO Srđan Lakić (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo) 19 DF   GER Andreas Schmidt (retired) 21 FW   NGA Solomon Okoronkwo (to Saturn Moscow Oblast) 22 MF   SWE Tobias Grahn (loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona) 24 MF   TUR Bilal Çubukçu^[notes 5] (to Gençlerbirliği) 27 DF   GER Amadeus Wallschläger (to Carl Zeiss Jena) 33 FW   BRA André Lima (on loan to São Paulo) 36 DF   GER Pascal Bieler (to 1. FC Nürnberg) 39 FW   GER Chinedu Ede (to MSV Duisburg) — DF   DEN Dennis Cagara^[notes 6] (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   CRO Marko Babić (from Real Betis) 22 DF   ARG 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. Pos. Nation Player

Statistics

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
Cícero	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
Pál Dárdai	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
Pál Dárdai	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

Results

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Hertha BSC v   Nistru Otaci

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

  Nistru Otaci v Hertha BSC

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

Second qualifying round

  Interblock Ljubljana v Hertha BSC

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

Hertha BSC v   Interblock Ljubljana

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

First round

Hertha BSC v   St. Patrick's Athletic

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

  St. Patrick's Athletic v Hertha BSC

30 September 2008 Second leg	St. Patrick's Athletic	0 – 0	Hertha BSC	RDS Arena, Dublin
18:00 CET		Report		Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)

Group stage

Hertha BSC v   Benfica

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

  Metalist Kharkiv v Hertha BSC

6 November 2008 2	Metalist Kharkiv	0 – 0	Hertha BSC	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
18:00 CET		Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Hertha BSC v   Galatasaray

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

  Olympiacos v Hertha BSC

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

DFB-Pokal

Eintracht Trier v Hertha BSC

8 August 2008 2	Eintracht Trier	1 – 3	Hertha BSC	Moselstadion, Trier
20:30 CEST	Lacroix   26'	Report	Pantelić   8' Lustenberger   60' Ebert   81'	Attendance: 5,830 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

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

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

17 August 2008 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 2	Hertha BSC	Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
17:00 CEST		Report	Raffael   43' Ebert   60'	Attendance: 44,900 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Hertha BSC v Arminia Bielefeld

23 August 2008 2	Hertha BSC	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST	Pantelić   32'	Report	Wichniarek   37'	Attendance: 36,302 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Bayern Munich v Hertha BSC

31 August 2008 3	Bayern Munich	4 – 1	Hertha BSC	Allianz Arena, Munich
17:00 CEST	Toni   12' Lahm   54' Schweinsteiger   56' (pen.) Klose   70' (pen.)	Report	Pantelić   84'	Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

13 September 2008 4	Hertha BSC	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST	Kačar   54' Cícero   85'	Report	Costa   1' Riether   90'	Attendance: 38,921 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hertha BSC

20 September 2008 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 1	Hertha BSC	Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST		Report	Kačar   11'	Attendance: 43,193 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Hertha BSC v Energie Cottbus

27 September 2008 6	Hertha BSC	0 – 1	Energie Cottbus	Olympiastadion, Berlin
14:30 CET		Report	Jelić   13'	Attendance: 42,297 Referee: Deniz Aytikin (Oberasbach)

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

4 October 2008 7	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Hertha BSC	BayArena, Leverkusen
15:30 CEST		Report	Voronin   89'	Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

18 October 2008 8	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Olympiastadion, Berlin
16:30 CET	Nicu   29' Kačar   87'	Report	Cacau   51'	Attendance: 42,336 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

26 October 2008 9	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	Hertha BSC	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
17:00 CET	Kehl   71'	Report	Cícero   31' (pen.)	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

29 October 2008 10	Hertha BSC	3 – 0	Hannover 96	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET	Pantelić   63' Voronin   84' Domovchiyski   90+1'	Report		Attendance: 31,329 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

1 November 2008 11	Werder Bremen	5 – 1	Hertha BSC	Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 CET	Kačar   14' (o.g.) Diego   20' Rosenberg   42' Pizarro   60', 85'	Report	Cícero   68'	Attendance: 40,218 Referee: Marc Seemann (Essen)

Hertha BSC v 1899 Hoffenheim

9 November 2008 12	Hertha BSC	1 – 0	1899 Hoffenheim	Olympiastadion, Berlin
17:00 CET	Voronin   70'	Report		Attendance: 58,862 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

15 November 2008 13	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Cícero   46' Domovchiyski   49'	Report	Petrić   12'	Attendance: 48,425 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

22 November 2008 14	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Hertha BSC	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
15:30 CET	Šesták   50' Mięciel   74'	[1]	Raffael   25' Kačar   33' Cícero   39'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

28 November 2008 15	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	1. FC Köln	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 CET	Kačar   24' Pantelić   86'	Report	Novaković   45'	Attendance: 40,704 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

6 December 2008 16	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Hertha BSC	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Asamoah   65'	Report		Attendance: 60,999 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Hertha BSC v Karlsruher SC

13 December 2008 17	Hertha BSC	4 – 0	Karlsruher SC	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Nicu   8' Domovchiyski   74' Lustenberger   86' Raffael   88'	Report		Attendance: 38,421 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 January 2009 18	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Pantelić   17', 51'	Report	Köhler   53'	Attendance: 39,847 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Arminia Bielefeld v Hertha BSC

6 February 2009 19	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1	Hertha BSC	Schüco-Arena, Bielefeld
20:30 CET	Wichniarek   40'	Report	Voronin   13'	Attendance: 20,700 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

14 February 2009 20	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Voronin   38', 77'	Report	Klose   61'	Attendance: 74,220 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

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

Hertha BSC v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 February 2009 22	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Voronin   28' Dárdai   44'	Report	Bradley   69' (pen.)	Attendance: 48,534 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Energie Cottbus v Hertha BSC

7 March 2009 23	Energie Cottbus	1 – 3	Hertha BSC	Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
15:30 CET	Atan   21'	Report	Voronin   34', 45', 88'	Attendance: 22,528 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

14 March 2009 24	Hertha BSC	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Voronin   50'	Report		Attendance: 58,735 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

21 March 2009 25	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	Hertha BSC	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
15:30 CET	Cacau   47' Khedira   51'	Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund

4 April 2009 26	Hertha BSC	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST	Raffael   54'	Report	Frei   25' Kehl   63' Valdez   82'	Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

11 April 2009 27	Hannover 96	2 – 0	Hertha BSC	AWD-Arena, Hanover
15:30 CEST	Hanke   29' Bruggink   62'	Report		Attendance: 47,187 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

18 April 2009 28	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Werder Bremen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST	Šimunić   71' Raffael   87'	Report	Mertesacker   43'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

1899 Hoffenheim v Hertha BSC

25 April 2009 29	1899 Hoffenheim	0 – 1	Hertha BSC	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
15:30 CEST		Report	Ebert   41'	Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

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

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

9 May 2009 31	Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST	Pantelić   39' Raffael   50'	Report		Attendance: 71,323 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC

12 May 2009 32	1. FC Köln	1 – 2	Hertha BSC	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
20:00 CEST	Chihi   90'	Report	Cícero   42' Ebert   53'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

16 May 2009 33	Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Schalke 04	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 74,244 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Karlsruher SC v Hertha BSC

23 May 2009 34	Karlsruher SC	4 – 0	Hertha BSC	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
15:30 CET	Freis   33' Franz   40' Kennedy   62', 72'	Report		Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

References

Notes

1. Chahed was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), and represented Germany at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his debut for Tunisia in October 2009.
2. Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
3. Nicu was born in Prien am Chiemsee, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Romania internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Romania in April 2009.
4. Traoré was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally and made his international debut for Guinea in August 2010.
5. Çubukçu was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level.
6. Cagara was born in Glostrup, Denmark, and represented Denmark at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Philippines in October 2011.