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2008–09 Hertha BSC season

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Hertha BSC
2008–09 season
PresidentWerner Gegenbauer
ManagerLucien Favre
Bundesliga4th
DFB CupSecond Round
UEFA CupGroup phase
Top goalscorerLeague: Andriy Voronin (11 goals)
All: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
Highest home attendance74,422 vs. Schalke 04
Lowest home attendance700 vs. Nistru Otaci
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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 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.

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. 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
6 MF Croatia CRO Marko Babić (signed during winter transfer period)
7 MF Brazil BRA Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
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
15 DF Brazil BRA Rodnei
16 MF Brazil BRA Lúcio
17 MF United States USA Bryan Arguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Germany GER Patrick Ebert
22 DF Argentina ARG Leandro Cufré (signed during winter transfer period, on loan from Monaco)
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Domovchiyski
25 MF Romania ROU Maximilian Nicu
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
39 MF Germany GER Florian Riedel
40 GK Germany GER Sascha Burchert
44 MF Serbia SRB Gojko Kačar

Summer transfers

Winter transfers

Goalscorers

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

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

Fixtures

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (first leg)

Hertha BSC8 – 1Nistru Otaci
Pantelić 15', 36'
Raffael 23', 71'
Piszczek 33', 42', 80'
Stein 68'
Report Tcaciuc 78'
Attendance: 13,343
Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

Nistru Otaci0 – 0Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

DFB-Pokal first round

Eintracht Trier1 – 3Hertha BSC
Lacroix 26' Report Pantelić 8'
Lustenberger 60'
Ebert 81'
Moselstadion, Trier
Attendance: 5,830
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

Interblock Ljubljana0 – 2Hertha BSC
Report Pantelić 16', 81'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Bundesliga day 1

Eintracht Frankfurt0 – 2Hertha BSC
Report Raffael 43'
Ebert 60'
Attendance: 44,900

Bundesliga day 2

Hertha BSC1 – 1Arminia Bielefeld
Pantelić 32' Report Wichniarek 37'
Attendance: 36,302
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

Hertha BSC1 – 0Interblock Ljubljana
Ebert 3' Report
Attendance: 11,849

Bundesliga day 3

Bayern Munich4 – 1Hertha BSC
Toni 12'
Lahm 54'
Schweinsteiger 56' (pen.)
Klose 70' (pen.)
Report Pantelić 84'
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 4

Hertha BSC2 – 2VfL Wolfsburg
Kačar 54'
Cícero 85'
Report Costa 1'
Riether 90'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 38,921

UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

Hertha BSC2 – 0St. Patrick's Athletic
Nicu 50'
Cícero 76'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 13,045
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Bundesliga day 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach0 – 1Hertha BSC
Report Kačar 11'
Attendance: 43, 193
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

DFB-Pokal second round

Borussia Dortmund2 – 1
(a.e.t.)
Hertha BSC
Frei 7' (pen.)
Klimowicz 104'
Report Pantelić 22'
Attendance: 30, 012
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 6

Hertha BSC0 – 1Energie Cottbus
Report Jelić 13'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 42,297
Referee: Deniz Aytikin (Oberasbach)

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

St. Patrick's Athletic0 – 0Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)

Bundesliga day 7

Bayer Leverkusen0 – 1Hertha BSC
Report Voronin 89'
Attendance: 22,500

Bundesliga day 8

Hertha BSC2 – 1VfB Stuttgart
Nicu 29'
Kačar 87'
Report Cacau 51'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 42,336
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

UEFA Cup group phase match 1

Hertha BSC1 – 1Benfica
Pantelić 74' Report Di María 51'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 22,144
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Bundesliga day 9

Borussia Dortmund1 – 1Hertha BSC
Kehl 71' Report Cícero 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 65,000

Bundesliga day 10

Hertha BSC3 – 0Hannover 96
Pantelić 63'
Voronin 84'
Domovchiyski 90+1'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 31,329
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga day 11

Werder Bremen5 – 1Hertha BSC
Kačar 14' (o.g.)
Diego 20'
Rosenberg 42'
Pizarro 60', 85'
Report Cícero 68'
Attendance: 40,218
Referee: Marc Seemann (Essen)

UEFA Cup group phase match 2

Metalist Kharkiv0 – 0Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bundesliga day 12

Hertha BSC1 – 01899 Hoffenheim
Voronin 70' Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 58,862

Bundesliga day 13

Hertha BSC2 – 1Hamburger SV
Cícero 46'
Domovchiyski 49'
Report Petrić 12'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 48, 425
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 14

VfL Bochum2 – 3Hertha BSC
Šesták 50'
Mięciel 74'
[1] Raffael 25'
Kačar 33'
Cícero 39'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 15

Hertha BSC2 – 11. FC Köln
Kačar 24'
Pantelić 86'
Report Novaković 45'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 40,704
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup group phase match 3

Hertha BSC0 – 1Galatasaray
Report Baroš 69' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 62,612

Bundesliga day 16

Schalke 041 – 0Hertha BSC
Asamoah 65' Report
Attendance: 60, 999
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 17

Hertha BSC4 – 0Karlsruher SC
Nicu 8'
Domovchiyski 74'
Lustenberger 86'
Raffael 88'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 38,421

UEFA Cup group phase match 4

Olympiacos4 – 0Hertha BSC
Dudu 54'
Galletti 68' (pen.)
Torosidis 86'
Diogo 89'
Report
Attendance: 33,000

Bundesliga day 18

Hertha BSC2 – 1Eintracht Frankfurt
Pantelić 17', 51' Report Köhler 53'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 39,847
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 19

Arminia Bielefeld1 – 1Hertha BSC
Wichniarek 40' Report Voronin 13'
Attendance: 20,700
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 20

Hertha BSC2 – 1Bayern Munich
Voronin 38', 77' Report Klose 61'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,220

Bundesliga day 21

VfL Wolfsburg2 – 1Hertha BSC
Džeko 71', 84' Report Cícero 62'
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 22

Hertha BSC2 – 1Borussia Mönchengladbach
Voronin 28'
Dárdai 44'
Report Bradley 69' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 48,534
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 23

Energie Cottbus1 – 3Hertha BSC
Atan 21' Report Voronin 34', 45', 88'
Attendance: 22,528
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 24

Hertha BSC1 – 0Bayer Leverkusen
Voronin 50' Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 58,735

Bundesliga day 25

VfB Stuttgart2 – 0Hertha BSC
Cacau 47'
Khedira 51'
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 26

Hertha BSC1 – 3Borussia Dortmund
Raffael 54' Report Frei 25'
Kehl 63'
Valdez 82'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74, 000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 27

Hannover 962 – 0Hertha BSC
Hanke 29'
Bruggink 62'
Report
Attendance: 47, 187
Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 28

Hertha BSC2 – 1Werder Bremen
Šimunić 71'
Raffael 87'
Report Mertesacker 43'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 60, 000

Bundesliga day 29

1899 Hoffenheim0 – 1Hertha BSC
Report Ebert 41'
Attendance: 30, 150

Bundesliga day 30

Hamburger SV1 – 1Hertha BSC
Jansen 8' Report Kačar 66'
Attendance: 57, 000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 31

Hertha BSC2 – 0VfL Bochum
Pantelić 39'
Raffael 50'
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 71, 323
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 32

1. FC Köln1 – 2Hertha BSC
Chihi 90' Report Cícero 42'
Ebert 53'
Attendance: 48, 000

Bundesliga day 33

Hertha BSC0 – 0Schalke 04
Report
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 74,244
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 34

Karlsruher SC4 – 0Hertha BSC
Freis 33'
Franz 40'
Kennedy 62', 72'
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

References