2023–24 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2023–24 season
Head coach	Pál Dárdai
Stadium	Olympiastadion
2. Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Haris Tabaković (9); All: ; Haris Tabaković (12)
Highest home attendance	66,113 vs FC St. Pauli
Lowest home attendance	35,291 vs Wehen Wiesbaden
Biggest win	Hertha BSC 5–0 Greuther Fürth
Biggest defeat	Hamburger SV 3–0 Hertha BSC
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is Hertha BSC's 132nd season in existence and first one back in the 2. Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[1]

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	SVK	Peter Pekarík
3	DF	URU	Agustín Rogel
5	MF	GRE	Andreas Bouchalakis
6	DF	POL	Michał Karbownik
7	FW	GER	Florian Niederlechner
8	MF	SWE	Bilal Hussein
9	FW	BIH	Smail Prevljak
11	MF	GER	Fabian Reese
12	GK	GER	Tjark Ernst
15	FW	COM	Myziane Maolida
16	DF	ENG	Jonjoe Kenny
17	FW	GER	Nader El-Jindaoui
19	MF	TUN	Jeremy Dudziak
20	DF	GER	Marc-Oliver Kempf
21	DF	ANG	Anderson Lucoqui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GER	Marten Winkler
24	MF	GER	Bence Dárdai
25	FW	BIH	Haris Tabaković
26	FW	DEN	Gustav Christensen
27	FW	HUN	Palkó Dárdai
28	FW	FRA	Kélian Nsona
30	MF	GER	Ibrahim Maza
31	DF	GER	Márton Dárdai
34	DF	NED	Deyovaisio Zeefuik
35	GK	GER	Marius Gersbeck
37	DF	GER	Toni Leistner (captain)
39	FW	GER	Derry Scherhant
40	FW	GER	Luca Wollschläger
41	DF	GER	Pascal Klemens
44	DF	GER	Linus Gechter

Players out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Julian Eitschberger (at Hallescher FC until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	GER	Suat Serdar (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CIV	Wilfried Kanga (at Standard Liège until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Fabian Reese	Holstein Kiel	Free	1 July 2023	^[2]
GK	Marius Gersbeck	Karlsruher SC	€300,000	1 July 2023	^[3]
FW	Smail Prevljak	K.A.S. Eupen	Free	1 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Michał Karbownik	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	8 August 2023	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2023 Friendly	RSV Eintracht 1949	0–6	Hertha BSC
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Winkler 15', 43' Richter 17' Niederlechner 30' Kempf 38' Scherhant 58'

7 July 2023 Friendly	Hertha BSC	2–0	BFC Dynamo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Winkler 54' Scherhant 56'

8 July 2023 Friendly	Young Boys	4–2	Hertha BSC	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Łakomy 5', 50' Joël Monteiro 28' Dema 87'		Dárdai 71' Kanga 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Tissot Arena

15 July 2023 Friendly	RWD Molenbeek	1–2	Hertha BSC	Leogang, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dailly 14'	Report	Reese 10' Richter 28'	Stadium: Steinbergstadion Referee: Arnes Talic

16 July 2023 Friendly	Antwerp	1–0	Hertha BSC	Saalfelden, Austria
	Balikwisha 52'			Stadium: 1508 Saalfelden Arena Attendance: 0

21 July 2023 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–1	Hertha BSC	Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drăguș 85'		Kempf 58'	Stadium: Complexe Standard de Liège

8 September 2023 Friendly	Hertha Zehlendorf	1–4	Hertha BSC	Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ernst-Reuter-Sportfeld

12 October 2023 Friendly	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–6	Hertha BSC	Berlin
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Mommsenstadion

16 November 2023 Friendly	Hertha BSC	4–0	VSG Altglienicke	Berlin
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niederlechner 13', 61' Winkler 46' Scherhant 70' (pen.)			Stadium: Olympiapark Hanns Braun

6 January 2024 Friendly	Hertha BSC	v	Erzgebirge Aue	Berlin
14:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion auf dem Wurfplatz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	28 July 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	16	7	3	6	33	26	+7	043.75
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2023			3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	066.67
Total				19	9	4	6	44	29	+15	047.37

Last updated: 9 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	SC Paderborn	34	15	7	12	54	54	0	52
8	Greuther Fürth	34	14	8	12	50	49	+1	50
9	Hertha BSC	34	13	9	12	69	59	+10	48
10	Schalke 04	34	12	7	15	53	60	−7	43
11	SV Elversberg	34	12	7	15	49	63	−14	43

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[6]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	5	2	6	24	22	+2	17	3	1	2	14	6	+8	2	1	4	10	16	−6

Last updated: 11 November 2023.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D
Position	14	17	18	14	17	15	9	12	9	11	9	12	12

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[7]^[8]

29 July 2023 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Hertha BSC	Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+2	Ginczek 51'	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 40,466 Referee: Christian Dingert

4 August 2023 2	Hertha BSC	0–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Berlin
18:30 UTC+2		Report	Günther 90+2'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,075 Referee: Florian Lechner

19 August 2023 3	Hamburger SV	3–0	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+2	Jatta 38' Bénes 45+4' (pen.) Glatzel 82'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg

26 August 2023 4	Hertha BSC	5–0	Greuther Fürth	Berlin
13:00 UTC+2	Tabaković 23', 77' Winkler 31' Dárdai 46' Prevljak 66'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 35,291 Referee: Tobias Stieler

2 September 2023 5	1. FC Magdeburg	6–4	Hertha BSC	Magdeburg
13:00 UTC+2	Gnaka 7' Schuler 37' Ceka 49' Bell Bell 58' El Hankouri 68' Arslan 90+4'	Report	Reese 2' Winkler 22' Tabaković 42', 55'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26,872 Referee: Tom Bauer

17 September 2023 6	Hertha BSC	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
13:30 UTC+2	Tabaković 38', 45+2' (pen.), 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 43,528 Referee: Marco Fritz

24 September 2023 7	Holstein Kiel	2–3	Hertha BSC	Kiel
13:30 UTC+2	Pichler 54' Skrzybski 57' (pen.)	Report	Prevljak 27' Bouchalakis 39' Reese 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Florian Badstübner

30 September 2023 8	Hertha BSC	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:30 UTC+2	Scherhant 83'	Report	Eggestein 25' Hartel 74'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 66,113 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

8 October 2023 9	Schalke 04	1–2	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
13:30 UTC+2	Kabadayı 80'	Report	Prevljak 41' Reese 52'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,887 Referee: Harm Osmers

22 October 2023 10	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	Hertha BSC	Nürnberg
13:30 UTC+2	Castrop 57' Leistner 72' (o.g.) Hayashi 84'	Report	Prevljak 15'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 37,320 Referee: Florian Exner

28 October 2023 11	Hertha BSC	3–1	SC Paderborn 07	Berlin
13:00 UTC+2	Tabaković 11', 55' Kenny 45+3'	Report	Muslija 47'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 35,832 Referee: Tom Bauer

5 November 2023 12	Hansa Rostock	0–0	Hertha BSC	Rostock
13:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

11 November 2023 13	Hertha BSC	2–2	Karlsruher SC	Berlin
20:30 UTC+1	Reese 29' Niederlechner 42'	Report	Zeefuik 10' (o.g.) Jensen 81'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 58,851 Referee: Michael Bacher

24 November 2023 14	Hannover 96	v	Hertha BSC	Hanover
18:30				Stadium: Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena

3 December 2023 15	Hertha BSC	v	SV Elversberg	Berlin
13:30				Stadium: Olympiastadion

DFB-Pokal

12 August 2023 First round	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–5	Hertha BSC	Jena
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dárdai 6' Tabaković 47' Richter 49', 52' Uremović 59'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Florian Heft

1 November 2023 Second round	Hertha BSC	3–0	Mainz 05	Berlin
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Reese 45+3' (pen.) Tabaković 50' (pen.), 61' Zeefuik 78'	Report	Ajorque 90+3'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 29,621 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

6 December 2023 Round of 16	Hertha BSC	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Hamburger SV	Berlin
20:45 UTC+1	Reese 21', 90' Kenny 120'	Report	Pherai 31' Bénes 43' Königsdörffer 102'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 58,946 Referee: Sascha Stegemann
	Penalties
	Prevljak Klemens El-Jindaoui Kenny Reese		Bénes Muheim Glatzel Königsdörffer

31 January 2024 Quarter-finals	Hertha BSC	v	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion

References

^ "Das Bundesliga-Team von Hertha BSC" [The Bundesliga Team of Hertha BSC]. official website (in German). Hertha BSC. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
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^ "Smail Prevljak signs for Hertha | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. 18 July 2023.
^ "Hertha BSC sign Michał Karbownik | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. August 8, 2023.
^ "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.
^ "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.
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External links

Official website

[1] "Das Bundesliga-Team von Hertha BSC" [The Bundesliga Team of Hertha BSC]. official website (in German). Hertha BSC. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

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[4] "Smail Prevljak signs for Hertha | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. 18 July 2023.

[5] "Hertha BSC sign Michał Karbownik | Hertha BSC". www.herthabsc.com. August 8, 2023.

[6] "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 March 2023. p. 3.

[7] "Spielpläne 2023/24: DFL kündigt Veröffentlichung für Ende Juni an". kicker.

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