2008–09 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC 2008–09 Lucien Favre Werner Gegenbauer President Bundesliga 4th DFB-Pokal Second round UEFA Cup Group stage Andriy Voronin(11 goals) Marko Pantelić(14 goals) 74,422 (v. Schalke 04) 700 (v. Nistru Otaci) 2007–08 2009–10 _hbsc0809h _hertha_0809h _hbsc0809h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF 0000FF _hertha_0809a 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 2008–09 season of Hertha BSC began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first qualifying round match against Nistru Otaci of Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the final matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal and in the group stage of the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. Players First-team squad Squad at end of season 1 CZE GK Jaroslav Drobný 2 BRA DF Kaká 3 GER DF Arne Friedrich captain 4 SUI DF Steve von Bergen 5 GER DF Sofian ChahedChahed 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. 6 CRO MF Marko Babić 7 BRA MF Cícero 8 HUN MF Pál Dárdai 9 SRB FW Marko Pantelić 10 BRA FW Raffael 11 UKR FW Andriy Voronin on loan from Liverpool 12 GER GK Christian Fiedler 13 GER DF Marc Stein 14 CRO DF Josip ŠimunićŠimunić 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. 15 BRA DF Rodnei 16 BRA MF Lúcio 17 USA MF Bryan Arguez 20 GER MF Patrick Ebert 22 ARG DF Leandro Cufré on loan from Monaco 23 BUL FW Valeri Domovchiyski 25 ROU MF Maximilian NicuNicu 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. 26 POL MF Łukasz Piszczek 27 TUN FW Amine Chermiti 28 SUI MF Fabian Lustenberger 29 GER MF Sascha Bigalke 30 GER GK Christopher Gäng 35 GER DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi 36 GER MF Lennart Hartmann 38 FRA MF Ibrahima TraoréTraoré was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Guinea internationally and made his international debut for Guinea in August 2010. 39 GER MF Florian Riedel 40 GER GK Sascha Burchert 44 SRB MF Gojko Kačar Transfers Summer In: 2 BRA DF Kaka from Académica de Coimbra 7 BRA MF Cícero on loan from Tombense 11 UKR FW Andriy Voronin on loan from Liverpool 13 GER DF Marc Stein from Hansa Rostock 15 BRA DF Rodnei from CA Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok 23 BUL FW Valeri Domovchiyski from Levski Sofia, previously on loan 25 ROU MF Maximilian Nicu from Wehen Wiesbaden 27 TUN FW Amine Chermiti from Étoile Sportive du Sahel 29 GER MF Sascha Bigalke from Hertha BSC II 35 GER DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi from Hertha BSC Youth 36 GER MF Lennart Hartmann from Hertha BSC Youth 39 GER MF Florian Riedel from Hertha BSC Youth Out: 6 CZE MF Rudolf Skácel loan return to Southampton 7 BRA MF Mineiro to Chelsea 18 CRO FW Srđan Lakić to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo 19 GER DF Andreas Schmidt retired 21 NGR FW Solomon Okoronkwo to Saturn Moscow Oblast 22 SWE MF Tobias Grahn loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona 24 TUR MF Bilal ÇubukçuÇubukçu was born in Berlin, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level. to Gençlerbirliği 27 GER DF Amadeus Wallschläger to Carl Zeiss Jena 33 BRA FW André Lima on loan to São Paulo 36 GER DF Pascal Bieler to 1. FC Nürnberg 39 GER FW Chinedu Ede to MSV Duisburg DEN DF Dennis CagaraCagara 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. to Nordsjælland, previously on loan Winter In: 6 CRO DF Marko Babić from Real Betis 22 ARG DF Leandro Cufré on loan from Monaco Out: Statistics Goalscorers PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalUEFA Cup qualificationUEFA CupTotalSRB Marko Pantelić724114UKR Andriy Voronin1100011BRA Raffael60208BRA Cícero70018SRB Gojko Kačar60006GER Patrick Ebert31105BUL Valeri Domovchiyski30003ROM Maximilian Nicu20013POL Łukasz Piszczek00303SUI Fabian Lustenberger11002HUN Pál Dárdai10001CRO Josip Šimunić10001GER Marc Stein00101 International appearances PlayerPositionCountryCaps (Goals)Caps this seasonJosip ŠimunićDFCRO Croatia70 (3)vs. KAZ Kazakhstan, vs. ENG England, vs. UKR Ukraine, vs. AND Andorra, vs. ROM Romania, vs. UKR UkraineArne FriedrichDFGER Germany66 (0)vs. RUS Russia, vs. WAL Wales, vs. ENG England, vs. CHN China, vs. UAE UAEAndriy VoroninFWUKR Ukraine61 (6)vs. POL Poland, vs. BLR Belarus, vs. KAZ Kazakhstan, vs. SRB Serbia, vs. ENG England, vs. KAZ KazakhstanPál DárdaiMFHUN Hungary55 (5)vs. DEN Denmark, vs. SWE Sweden, vs. ALB Albania, vs. MLT MaltaMarko PantelićFWSRB Serbia22 (5)vs. FRO Faroe Islands, vs. FRA France, vs. LTU Lithuania, vs. AUT Austria, vs. SWE Sweden, vs. AUT Austria, vs. FRO Faroe IslandsAmine ChermitiFWTUN Tunisia13 (3)vs. BFA Burkina Faso, vs. BDI Burundi, vs. NED NetherlandsGojko KačarMFSRB Serbia6 (0)vs. FRA France, vs. BUL Bulgaria, vs. AUT Austria, vs. FRO Faroe IslandsJaroslav DrobnýGKCZE Czech Republic1 (0)vs. MAR MoroccoMaximilian NicuMFROM Romania1 (0)vs. AUT Austria Results UEFA Cup First qualifying round W First leg 17 July 2008 20:15 CET Hertha BSC 8–1 Report Moldova Nistru Otaci Pantelić 15 36Raffael 23 71Piszczek 33 42 80Stein 68 Tcaciuc 78 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin 13,343 Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) D Second leg 31 July 2008 18:00 CEST Moldova Nistru Otaci 0–0 Report Hertha BSC Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău 700 Anders Hermansen (Denmark) Second qualifying round W First leg 14 August 2008 20:45 CEST SLO Interblock Ljubljana 0–2 Report Hertha BSC Pantelić 16 81 Arena Petrol, Ljubljana 2,000 Fredy Fautrel (France) W Second leg 28 August 2008 18:30 CEST Hertha BSC 1–0 Report SLO Interblock Ljubljana Ebert 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin 11,849 Bruno Paixão (Portugal) First round W First leg 16 September 2008 18:00 CEST Hertha BSC 2–0 Report IRL St. Patrick's Athletic Nicu 50Cícero 76 Olympiastadion, Berlin 13,045 Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) D Second leg 30 September 2008 18:00 CET IRL St. Patrick's Athletic 0–0 Report Hertha BSC RDS Arena, Dublin 5,000 Michail Koukoukalis (Greece) Group stage D 1 23 October 2008 20:30 CEST Hertha BSC 1–1 Report POR Benfica Pantelić 74 Di María 51 Olympiastadion, Berlin 22,144 Paul Allaerts (Belgium) D 2 6 November 2008 18:00 CET UKR Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 Report Hertha BSC Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv 40,000 Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) L 3 3 December 2008 20:45 CET Hertha BSC 0–1 Report TUR Galatasaray Baroš 69 pen. Olympiastadion, Berlin 62,612 Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) L 4 18 December 2008 20:45 CET GRE Olympiacos 4–0 Report Hertha BSC Dudu 54Galletti 68 pen.Torosidis 86Diogo 89 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus 33,000 Martin Hansson (Sweden) DFB-Pokal W 2 8 August 2008 20:30 CEST Eintracht Trier 1–3 Report Hertha BSC Lacroix 26 Pantelić 8Lustenberger 60Ebert 81 Moselstadion, Trier 5,830 Guido Winkmann (Kerken) L 2 24 September 2008 19:00 CEST Borussia Dortmund 2–1 y Report Hertha BSC Frei 7 pen.Klimowicz 104 Pantelić 22 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund 30,012 Michael Weiner (Giesen) Bundesliga W 1 17 August 2008 17:00 CEST Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 Report Hertha BSC Raffael 43Ebert 60 Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt 44,900 Florian Meyer (Burgdorf) D 2 23 August 2008 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 1–1 Report Arminia Bielefeld Pantelić 32 Wichniarek 37 Olympiastadion, Berlin 36,302 Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) L 3 31 August 2008 17:00 CEST Bayern Munich 4–1 Report Hertha BSC Toni 12Lahm 54Schweinsteiger 56 pen.Klose 70 pen. Pantelić 84 Allianz Arena, Munich 69,000 Michael Kempter (Sauldorf) D 4 13 September 2008 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 2–2 Report VfL Wolfsburg Kačar 54Cícero 85 Costa 1Riether 90 Olympiastadion, Berlin 38,921 Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) W 5 20 September 2008 15:30 CEST Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–1 Report Hertha BSC Kačar 11 Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach 43,193 Felix Brych (Munich) L 6 27 September 2008 14:30 CET Hertha BSC 0–1 Report Energie Cottbus Jelić 13 Olympiastadion, Berlin 42,297 Deniz Aytikin (Oberasbach) W 7 4 October 2008 15:30 CEST Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Report Hertha BSC Voronin 89 BayArena, Leverkusen 22,500 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) W 8 18 October 2008 16:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report VfB Stuttgart Nicu 29Kačar 87 Cacau 51 Olympiastadion, Berlin 42,336 Peter Sippel (Munich) D 9 26 October 2008 17:00 CET Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Report Hertha BSC Kehl 71 Cícero 31 pen. Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund 65,000 Florian Meyer (Burgdorf) W 10 29 October 2008 20:00 CET Hertha BSC 3–0 Report Hannover 96 Pantelić 63Voronin 84Domovchiyski 90+1 Olympiastadion, Berlin 31,329 Felix Brych (Munich) L 11 1 November 2008 15:30 CET Werder Bremen 5–1 Report Hertha BSC Kačar 14 o.g.Diego 20Rosenberg 42Pizarro 60 85 Cícero 68 Weserstadion, Bremen 40,218 Marc Seemann (Essen) W 12 9 November 2008 17:00 CET Hertha BSC 1–0 Report 1899 Hoffenheim Voronin 70 Olympiastadion, Berlin 58,862 Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg) W 13 15 November 2008 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report Hamburger SV Cícero 46Domovchiyski 49 Petrić 12 Olympiastadion, Berlin 48,425 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) W 14 22 November 2008 15:30 CET VfL Bochum 2–3 Hertha BSC Šesták 50Mięciel 74 Raffael 25Kačar 33Cícero 39 Ruhrstadion, Bochum 25,000 Michael Weiner (Giesen) W 15 28 November 2008 20:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report 1. FC Köln Kačar 24Pantelić 86 Novaković 45 Olympiastadion, Berlin 40,704 Lutz Wagner (Kriftel) L 16 6 December 2008 15:30 CET Schalke 04 1–0 Report Hertha BSC Asamoah 65 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen 60,999 Michael Kempter (Sauldorf) W 17 13 December 2008 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 4–0 Report Karlsruher SC Nicu 8Domovchiyski 74Lustenberger 86Raffael 88 Olympiastadion, Berlin 38,421 Babak Rafati (Hanover) W 18 31 January 2009 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report Eintracht Frankfurt Pantelić 17 51 Köhler 53 Olympiastadion, Berlin 39,847 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) D 19 6 February 2009 20:30 CET Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 Report Hertha BSC Wichniarek 40 Voronin 13 Schüco-Arena, Bielefeld 20,700 Michael Weiner (Giesen) W 20 14 February 2009 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report Bayern Munich Voronin 38 77 Klose 61 Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,220 Florian Meyer (Burgdorf) L 21 21 February 2009 15:30 CET VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 Report Hertha BSC Džeko 71 84 Cícero 62 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg 29,300 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) W 22 28 February 2009 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 2–1 Report Borussia Mönchengladbach Voronin 28Dárdai 44 Bradley 69 pen. Olympiastadion, Berlin 48,534 Peter Gagelmann (Bremen) W 23 7 March 2009 15:30 CET Energie Cottbus 1–3 Report Hertha BSC Atan 21 Voronin 34 45 88 Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus 22,528 Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen) W 24 14 March 2009 15:30 CET Hertha BSC 1–0 Report Bayer Leverkusen Voronin 50 Olympiastadion, Berlin 58,735 Babak Rafati (Hanover) L 25 21 March 2009 15:30 CET VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Report Hertha BSC Cacau 47Khedira 51 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart 50,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) L 26 4 April 2009 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 1–3 Report Borussia Dortmund Raffael 54 Frei 25Kehl 63Valdez 82 Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,000 Michael Weiner (Giesen) L 27 11 April 2009 15:30 CEST Hannover 96 2–0 Report Hertha BSC Hanke 29Bruggink 62 AWD-Arena, Hanover 47,187 Michael Kempter (Sauldorf) W 28 18 April 2009 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 2–1 Report Werder Bremen Šimunić 71Raffael 87 Mertesacker 43 Olympiastadion, Berlin 60,000 Babak Rafati (Hanover) W 29 25 April 2009 15:30 CEST 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 Report Hertha BSC Ebert 41 Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim 30,150 Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) D 30 2 May 2009 15:30 CEST Hamburger SV 1–1 Report Hertha BSC Jansen 8 Kačar 66 HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg 57,000 Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) W 31 9 May 2009 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 2–0 Report VfL Bochum Pantelić 39Raffael 50 Olympiastadion, Berlin 71,323 Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen) W 32 12 May 2009 20:00 CEST 1. FC Köln 1–2 Report Hertha BSC Chihi 90 Cícero 42Ebert 53 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne 48,000 Knut Kircher (Rottenburg) D 33 16 May 2009 15:30 CEST Hertha BSC 0–0 Report Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,244 Peter Gagelmann (Bremen) L 34 23 May 2009 15:30 CET Karlsruher SC 4–0 Report Hertha BSC Freis 33Franz 40Kennedy 62 72 Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe 3,600 Michael Weiner (Giesen) References Notes notes Category:Hertha BSC seasons Hertha BSC