Hertha BSC season 2008–09 Information & Hertha BSC season 2008–09 Links at HealthHaven.com

The 2008–09 season of Hertha BSC Berlin began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first round qualifying march against FC Nistru Otaci from Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were elminated in the second round of the DFB Pokal, and the group phase the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the Europa League.

[edit] Squad

Players in bold have appearances for their respective national team.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jaroslav Drobný
2	DF	Kaka
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	Pal Dardai
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	Lucio
17	MF	Bryan Arguez

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Patrick Ebert
22	DF	Leandro Cufré (signed during winter transfer period, on loan from AS 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)

[edit] Summer transfers

In:

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra)
7	MF	Cicero (on loan from Tombense)
11	FW	Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool)
13	DF	Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock)
15	DF	Rodnei (from Clube Atlético Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok)
23	FW	Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan)
25	MF	Maximilian Nicu (from SV Wehen Wiesbaden)
27	FW	Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel)
29	MF	Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC Berlin II)
35	DF	Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)
36	MF	Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)
39	MF	Florian Riedel (from Hertha BSC Berlin Youth)

Out:

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton)
7	MF	Mineiro (to Chelsea)
18	FW	Srđan Lakić (to 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 Sao Paulo)
36	DF	Pascal Bieler (to Nuremberg)
39	FW	Chinedu Ede (to Duisburg)
--	DF	Dennis Cagara (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan)

[edit] Winter transfers

In:

No.		Position	Player
6		DF	Marko Babić (from Real Betis)
22		DF	Leandro Cufré (on loan from AS Monaco)

Out:

No.		Position	Player

[edit] 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
Cicero	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
Pal Dardai	1	0	0	0	1
Josip Šimunić	1	0	0	0	1
Marc Stein	0	0	1	0	1

[edit] 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
Pal Dardai	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

[edit] Fixtures

[edit] UEFA Cup first qualifying round (first leg)

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

[edit] UEFA Cup first qualifying round (second leg)

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

[edit] DFB-Pokal first round

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

[edit] UEFA Cup second qualifying round (first leg)

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 1

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 2

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

[edit] UEFA Cup second qualifying round (second leg)

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 3

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 4

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

[edit] UEFA Cup first round (first leg)

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 5

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

[edit] DFB-Pokal second round

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 6

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

[edit] UEFA Cup first round (second leg)

30 September 2008 18:00 CET	St. Patricks Athletic	0 – 0	Hertha BSC Berlin	Richmond Park, Dublin Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Michail Koukoukalis (Greece)
		Report

[edit] Bundesliga day 7

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 8

18 October 2008 15:30 CET	Hertha BSC Berlin	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 42,336 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
	Nicu 29' Kačar 87'	Report	Cacau 51'

[edit] UEFA Cup group phase match 1

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 9

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 10

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 11

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

[edit] UEFA Cup group phase match 2

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 12

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 13

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 14

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 15

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

[edit] UEFA Cup group phase match 3

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 16

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 17

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

[edit] UEFA Cup group phase match 4

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 18

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 19

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 20

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 21

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 22

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 23

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 24

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 25

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 26

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 27

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 28

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 29

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 30

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 31

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 32

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 33

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

[edit] Bundesliga day 34

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

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