2008–09 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2008–09 season
President	Werner Gegenbauer
Manager	Lucien Favre
Bundesliga	4th
DFB Cup	Second Round
UEFA Cup	Group phase
Top goalscorer	League: Andriy Voronin (11 goals); All: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	74,422 vs. Schalke 04
Lowest home attendance	700 vs. 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.

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jaroslav Drobný
2	DF	Kaká
3	DF	Arne Friedrich (captain)
4	DF	Steve von Bergen
5	DF	Sofian Chahed
6	MF	Marko Babić (signed during winter transfer period)
7	MF	Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
8	MF	Pál Dárdai
9	FW	Marko Pantelić
10	FW	Raffael
11	FW	Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
12	GK	Christian Fiedler
13	DF	Marc Stein
14	DF	Josip Šimunić
15	DF	Rodnei
16	MF	Lúcio
17	MF	Bryan Arguez

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Patrick Ebert
22	DF	Leandro Cufré (signed during winter transfer period, on loan from Monaco)
23	FW	Valeri Domovchiyski
25	MF	Maximilian Nicu
26	MF	Łukasz Piszczek
27	FW	Amine Chermiti
28	MF	Fabian Lustenberger
29	MF	Sascha Bigalke
30	GK	Christopher Gäng
35	DF	Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
36	MF	Lennart Hartmann
38	MF	Ibrahima Traoré
39	MF	Florian Riedel
40	GK	Sascha Burchert
44	MF	Gojko Kačar
--		Lucien Favre (coach)

Summer transfers

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra)
7	MF	Cícero (on loan from Tombense)
11	FW	Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
13	DF	Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock)
15	DF	Rodnei (from CA Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok)
23	FW	Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan)
25	MF	Maximilian Nicu (from Wehen Wiesbaden)
27	FW	Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel)
29	MF	Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC II)
35	DF	Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Youth)
36	MF	Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Youth)
39	MF	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.	Position	Player
6	MF	Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton)
7	MF	Mineiro (to Chelsea)
18	FW	Srđan Lakić (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo)
19	DF	Andreas Schmidt (retired)
21	FW	Solomon Okoronkwo (to Saturn Moscow Oblast)
22	MF	Tobias Grahn (loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
24	MF	Bilal Çubukçu (to Gençlerbirliği)
27	DF	Amadeus Wallschläger (to Carl Zeiss Jena)
33	FW	André Lima (on loan to São Paulo)
36	DF	Pascal Bieler (to 1. FC Nürnberg)
39	FW	Chinedu Ede (to MSV Duisburg)
--	DF	Dennis Cagara (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan)

Winter transfers

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

No.		Position	Player
6		DF	Marko Babić (from Real Betis)
22		DF	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.		Position	Player

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

Fixtures

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (first leg)

17 July 200820:15 CET

Hertha BSC	8 – 1	Nistru Otaci
Pantelić 15', 36' Raffael 23', 71' Piszczek 33', 42', 80' Stein 68'	Report	Tcaciuc 78'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Attendance: 13,343

Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

31 July 200818:00 CEST

Nistru Otaci	0 – 0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Attendance: 700

Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

DFB-Pokal first round

8 August 200820:30 CEST

Eintracht Trier	1 – 3	Hertha 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)

14 August 200820:45 CEST

Interblock Ljubljana	0 – 2	Hertha BSC
	Report	Pantelić 16', 81'

Arena Petrol, Ljubljana

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)

Bundesliga day 1

17 August 200817:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 2	Hertha BSC
	Report	Raffael 43' Ebert 60'

Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt

Attendance: 44,900

Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 2

23 August 200815:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld
Pantelić 32'	Report	Wichniarek 37'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 36,302

Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

28 August 200818:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	Interblock Ljubljana
Ebert 3'	Report

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Attendance: 11,849

Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Bundesliga day 3

31 August 200817:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	4 – 1	Hertha BSC
Toni 12' Lahm 54' Schweinsteiger 56' (pen.) Klose 70' (pen.)	Report	Pantelić 84'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 69,000

Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 4

13 September 200815:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	2 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
Kačar 54' Cícero 85'	Report	Costa 1' Riether 90'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 38,921

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

16 September 200818:00 CEST

Hertha BSC	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic
Nicu 50' Cícero 76'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 13,045

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Bundesliga day 5

20 September 200815:30 CEST

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 1	Hertha BSC
	Report	Kačar 11'

Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 43, 193

Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

DFB-Pokal second round

24 September 200819:00 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hertha BSC
Frei 7' (pen.) Klimowicz 104'	Report	Pantelić 22'

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Attendance: 30, 012

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 6

27 September 200814:30 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 1	Energie Cottbus
	Report	Jelić 13'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 42,297

Referee: Deniz Aytikin (Oberasbach)

UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

30 September 200818:00 CET

St. Patricks Athletic	0 – 0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Richmond Park, Dublin

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)

Bundesliga day 7

4 October 200815:30 CEST

Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Hertha BSC
	Report	Voronin 89'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 8

18 October 200816:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart
Nicu 29' Kačar 87'	Report	Cacau 51'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 42,336

Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

UEFA Cup group phase match 1

23 October 200820:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1 – 1	Benfica
Pantelić 74'	Report	Di María 51'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 22,144

Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Bundesliga day 9

26 October 200817:00 CET

Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Kehl 71'	Report	Cícero 31' (pen.)

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 10

29 October 200820:00 CET

Hertha BSC	3 – 0	Hannover 96
Pantelić 63' Voronin 84' Domovchiyski 90+1'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 31,329

Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga day 11

1 November 200815:30 CET

Werder Bremen	5 – 1	Hertha BSC
Kačar 14' (o.g.) Diego 20' Rosenberg 42' Pizarro 60', 85'	Report	Cícero 68'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 40,218

Referee: Marc Seemann (Essen)

UEFA Cup group phase match 2

6 November 200818:00 CET

Metalist Kharkiv	0 – 0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Bundesliga day 12

9 November 200817:00 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	1899 Hoffenheim
Voronin 70'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 58,862

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Bundesliga day 13

15 November 200815:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Hamburger SV
Cícero 46' Domovchiyski 49'	Report	Petrić 12'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 48, 425

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 14

22 November 200815:30 CET

VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Hertha BSC
Šesták 50' Mięciel 74'		Raffael 25' Kačar 33' Cícero 39'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 15

28 November 200820:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	1. FC Köln
Kačar 24' Pantelić 86'	Report	Novaković 45'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 40,704

Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

UEFA Cup group phase match 3

3 December 200820:45 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 1	Galatasaray
	Report	Baroš 69' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 62,612

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Bundesliga day 16

6 December 200815:30 CET

Schalke 04	1 – 0	Hertha BSC
Asamoah 65'	Report

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 60, 999

Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 17

13 December 200815:30 CET

Hertha BSC	4 – 0	Karlsruher SC
Nicu 8' Domovchiyski 74' Lustenberger 86' Raffael 88'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 38,421

Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

UEFA Cup group phase match 4

18 December 200820:45 CET

Olympiacos	4 – 0	Hertha BSC
Dudu 54' Galletti 68' (pen.) Torosidis 86' Diogo 89'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Bundesliga day 18

31 January 200915:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Pantelić 17', 51'	Report	Köhler 53'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 39,847

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 19

6 February 200920:30 CET

Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Wichniarek 40'	Report	Voronin 13'

Schüco-Arena, Bielefeld

Attendance: 20,700

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 20

14 February 200915:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Bayern Munich
Voronin 38', 77'	Report	Klose 61'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,220

Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Bundesliga day 21

21 February 200915:30 CET

VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Džeko 71', 84'	Report	Cícero 62'

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 29,300

Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 22

28 February 200915:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Voronin 28' Dárdai 44'	Report	Bradley 69' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 48,534

Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 23

7 March 200915:30 CET

Energie Cottbus	1 – 3	Hertha BSC
Atan 21'	Report	Voronin 34', 45', 88'

Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus

Attendance: 22,528

Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 24

14 March 200915:30 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen
Voronin 50'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 58,735

Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Bundesliga day 25

21 March 200915:30 CET

VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	Hertha BSC
Cacau 47' Khedira 51'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 26

4 April 200915:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
Raffael 54'	Report	Frei 25' Kehl 63' Valdez 82'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74, 000

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Bundesliga day 27

11 April 200915:30 CEST

Hannover 96	2 – 0	Hertha BSC
Hanke 29' Bruggink 62'	Report

AWD-Arena, Hanover

Attendance: 47, 187

Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga day 28

18 April 200915:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Werder Bremen
Šimunić 71' Raffael 87'	Report	Mertesacker 43'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 60, 000

Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

Bundesliga day 29

25 April 200915:30 CEST

1899 Hoffenheim	0 – 1	Hertha BSC
	Report	Ebert 41'

Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim

Attendance: 30, 150

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

Bundesliga day 30

2 May 200915:30 CEST

Hamburger SV	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Jansen 8'	Report	Kačar 66'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg

Attendance: 57, 000

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Bundesliga day 31

9 May 200915:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum
Pantelić 39' Raffael 50'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 71, 323

Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)

Bundesliga day 32

12 May 200920:00 CEST

1. FC Köln	1 – 2	Hertha BSC
Chihi 90'	Report	Cícero 42' Ebert 53'

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 48, 000

Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Bundesliga day 33

16 May 200915:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Schalke 04
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,244

Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga day 34

23 May 200915:30 CET

Karlsruher SC	4 – 0	Hertha BSC
Freis 33' Franz 40' Kennedy 62', 72'	Report

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

References

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