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2008–09 Hertha BSC season

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Hertha BSC
2008–09 season
PresidentWerner Gegenbauer
ManagerLucien Favre
Bundesliga4th
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andriy Voronin
(11 goals)

All:
Marko Pantelić
(14 goals)
Highest home attendance74,422 (v. Schalke 04)
Lowest home attendance700 (v. Nistru Otaci)

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.

Players

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First-team squad

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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 Czech Republic CZE Jaroslav Drobný
2 DF Brazil BRA Kaká
3 DF Germany GER Arne Friedrich (captain)
4 DF Switzerland SUI Steve von Bergen
5 DF Germany GER Sofian Chahed[notes 1]
6 MF Croatia CRO Marko Babić
7 MF Brazil BRA Cícero
8 MF Hungary HUN Pál Dárdai
9 FW Serbia SRB Marko Pantelić
10 FW Brazil BRA Raffael
11 FW Ukraine UKR Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
12 GK Germany GER Christian Fiedler
13 DF Germany GER Marc Stein
14 DF Croatia CRO Josip Šimunić[notes 2]
15 DF Brazil BRA Rodnei
16 MF Brazil BRA Lúcio
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF United States USA Bryan Arguez
20 MF Germany GER Patrick Ebert
22 DF Argentina ARG Leandro Cufré (on loan from Monaco)
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Domovchiyski
25 MF Romania ROU Maximilian Nicu[notes 3]
26 MF Poland POL Łukasz Piszczek
27 FW Tunisia TUN Amine Chermiti
28 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger
29 MF Germany GER Sascha Bigalke
30 GK Germany GER Christopher Gäng
35 DF Germany GER Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
36 MF Germany GER Lennart Hartmann
38 MF France FRA Ibrahima Traoré[notes 4]
39 MF Germany GER Florian Riedel
40 GK Germany GER Sascha Burchert
44 MF Serbia SRB Gojko Kačar

Transfers

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Summer

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Winter

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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal UEFA Cup qualification UEFA Cup Total
Serbia Marko Pantelić 7 2 4 1 14
Ukraine Andriy Voronin 11 0 0 0 11
Brazil Raffael 6 0 2 0 8
Brazil Cícero 7 0 0 1 8
Serbia Gojko Kačar 6 0 0 0 6
Germany Patrick Ebert 3 1 1 0 5
Bulgaria Valeri Domovchiyski 3 0 0 0 3
Romania Maximilian Nicu 2 0 0 1 3
Poland Łukasz Piszczek 0 0 3 0 3
Switzerland Fabian Lustenberger 1 1 0 0 2
Hungary Pál Dárdai 1 0 0 0 1
Croatia Josip Šimunić 1 0 0 0 1
Germany Marc Stein 0 0 1 0 1

International appearances

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

Results

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UEFA Cup

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First qualifying round

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17 July 2008 First leg Hertha BSC 8–1 Moldova 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)
31 July 2008 Second leg Moldova Nistru Otaci 0–0 Hertha BSC Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
18:00 CEST Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Second qualifying round

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14 August 2008 First leg Slovenia Interblock Ljubljana 0–2 Hertha BSC Arena Petrol, Ljubljana
20:45 CEST Report Pantelić 16', 81' Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
28 August 2008 Second leg Hertha BSC 1–0 Slovenia Interblock Ljubljana Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
18:30 CEST Ebert 3' Report Attendance: 11,849
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

First round

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16 September 2008 First leg Hertha BSC 2–0 Republic of Ireland St. Patrick's Athletic Olympiastadion, Berlin
18:00 CEST Nicu 50'
Cícero 76'
Report Attendance: 13,045
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
30 September 2008 Second leg Republic of Ireland St. Patrick's Athletic 0–0 Hertha BSC RDS Arena, Dublin
18:00 CET Report Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)

Group stage

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23 October 2008 1 Hertha BSC 1–1 Portugal Benfica Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 CEST Pantelić 74' Report Di María 51' Attendance: 22,144
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
6 November 2008 2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 Hertha BSC Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
18:00 CET Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
3 December 2008 3 Hertha BSC 0–1 Turkey Galatasaray Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:45 CET Report Baroš 69' (pen.) Attendance: 62,612
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
18 December 2008 4 Greece 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

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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)
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

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

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Notes

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  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.