2009–10 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2009–10 season
PresidentWerner Gegenbauer
ManagerLucien Favre sacked 28 September 2009
Friedhelm Funkel
Bundesliga18th (relegated)
DFB-PokalSecond round
UEFA Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adrián Ramos
(10 goals)

All:
Adrián Ramos
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance75,420 (v. Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance8,000 (v. Ventspils)

The 2009–10 season Hertha BSC season began on 1 August 2009 with a DFB-Pokal match against Preußen Münster and ended on 8 May 2010, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Bayern Munich. Hertha was eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal by 1860 Munich, and in round of 32 in the Europa League by Benfica. The club finished in 18th and last place in the Bundesliga and was subsequently relegated.

Transfers

Summer transfers

Winter transfers

Goals and appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Jaroslav Drobný 39 0 30 0 1 0 8 0
2 DF Brazil BRA Kaká1 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Germany GER Arne Friedrich 40 1 31 1 2 0 7 0
4 DF Switzerland SUI Steve von Bergen 34 0 25 0 1 0 8 0
5 DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Pejčinović2 26 0 16 0 2 0 8 0
6 DF Germany GER Christoph Janker 24 0 15 0 1 0 8 0
7 MF Brazil BRA Cícero3 41 3 30 3 2 0 9 0
8 MF Hungary HUN Pál Dárdai 23 1 16 0 2 0 5 1
9 FW Colombia COL Adrián Ramos 35 11 28 10 1 1 6 0
10 FW Brazil BRA Raffael 41 10 31 7 2 2 8 1
11 MF Germany GER Florian Kringe 15 0 12 0 0 0 3 0
12 GK Germany GER Timo Ochs 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Germany GER Marc Stein 15 0 10 0 1 0 4 0
16 DF Czech Republic CZE Roman Hubník4 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF United States USA Bryan Arguez5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Greece GRE Theofanis Gekas6 19 6 17 6 0 0 2 0
18 FW Poland POL Artur Wichniarek 27 1 19 0 1 0 7 1
20 MF Germany GER Patrick Ebert 23 1 16 1 2 0 5 0
21 DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili7 17 0 16 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Sweden SWE Rasmus Bengtsson 9 0 6 0 1 0 2 0
23 FW Bulgaria BUL Valeri Domovchiyski 25 5 16 0 2 2 7 3
25 MF Romania ROU Maximilian Nicu 26 1 15 1 2 0 9 0
26 MF Poland POL Łukasz Piszczek 42 3 31 2 2 0 9 1
27 MF Brazil BRA César8 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
28 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger 27 0 23 0 0 0 4 0
29 MF Germany GER Sascha Bigalke 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
30 GK Germany GER Christopher Gäng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Albania ALB Fanol Perdedaj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Germany GER Shervin Radjabali-Fardi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 MF Germany GER Lennart Hartmann 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
40 GK Germany GER Sascha Burchert 7 0 3 0 1 0 3 0
44 MF Serbia SRB Gojko Kačar 30 6 22 3 2 0 6 3
Notes
  • ^1 Kaká left Hertha during the winter break.
  • ^2 Nemanja Pejčinović was on loan from Rad
  • ^3 Cícero was on loan from Tombense.
  • ^4 Roman Hubník joined Hertha during the winter break, and was on loan from FC Moscow.
  • ^5 Bryan Arguez left Hertha during the winter break.
  • ^6 Theofanis Gekas joined Hertha during the winter break, and was on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.
  • ^7 Levan Kobiashvili joined Hertha during the winter break.
  • ^8 César left Hertha during the winter break.

International appearances

Appearances from 1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010 are included.

Player Position Country Caps (Goals) Caps this season
Levan Kobiashvili DF  Georgia 88 (10) vs.  Italy9, vs.  Bulgaria9 10, vs.  Estonia10, vs.  Cameroon
Arne Friedrich DF  Germany 76 (0) vs.  South Africa, vs.  Russia, vs.  Finland, vs.  Malta,
vs.  Hungary, vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, vs.  Australia11,
vs.  Serbia11, vs.  Ghana11, vs.  England11
Pál Dárdai MF  Hungary 61 (5) vs.  Romania, vs.  Sweden, vs.  Portugal,
vs.  Russia
Theofanis Gekas FW  Greece 49 (20) vs.  Poland9, vs.   Switzerland9, vs.  Moldova9 10,
vs.  Latvia9 10, vs  Luxembourg9 10, vs.  Ukraine9,
vs.  Ukraine9, vs.  Senegal, vs.  North Korea,
vs.  South Korea11, vs.  Nigeria11
Gojko Kačar MF  Serbia 18 (0) vs.  South Africa, vs.  France, vs.  Lithuania,
vs.  Northern Ireland, vs.  South Korea, vs.  Algeria,
vs.  New Zealand, vs.  Poland, vs.  Germany11
Steve von Bergen DF   Switzerland 14 (0) vs.  Greece, vs.  Latvia, vs.  Luxembourg,
vs.  Norway, vs.  Uruguay,  Costa Rica, vs.  Spain11
vs.  Chile11, vs.  Honduras11
Valeri Domovchiyski FW  Bulgaria 9 (1) vs.  Latvia, vs.  Montenegro10, vs  Cyprus
vs  Malta
Roman Hubník DF  Czech Republic 7 (1) vs.  Belgium9 10, vs.  San Marino9, vs.  Poland9,
vs.  Northern Ireland9, vs.  United Arab Emirates9, vs.  Scotland
Adrián Ramos FW  Colombia 7 (1) vs.  Uruguay, vs.  Paraguay 10, vs.  South Africa, vs.  Nigeria
Maximilian Nicu MF  Romania 3 (0) vs.  Hungary, vs.  France
Jaroslav Drobný GK  Czech Republic 3 (0) vs.  United Arab Emirates, vs.  Scotland
Notes
  • ^9 Match played before player joined Hertha.
  • ^10 Player scored a goal in this game.
  • ^11 World Cup match.

Matches

Friendlies

4 July 2009 Rot-Weiß Prenzlau 2–5 Hertha BSC Uckerstadion, Prenzlau
17:00 CEST Kraft 33' (pen.)
Presecke 86'
Report Raffael 7', 57'
Piszczek 13'
Nicu 33'
Hartmann 45'
Attendance: 1,300
8 July 2009 Union Berlin 3–5 Hertha BSC Alte Försterei, Berlin
20:30 CEST Benyamina 14', 68'
Biran 90'
Report Wichniarek 10' (pen.), 24'
Raffael 55'
Domovchiyski 73'
Chermiti 82'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
11 July 2009 Wiener Neustadt 2–1 Hertha BSC Sonnenseestadion, Ritzing
16:00 CEST Kuljić 10'
Viana 73'
Report Wichniarek 24' Attendance: 770
14 July 2009 Ferencváros 0–2 Hertha BSC Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest
19:00 CEST Report Cícero 16'
Kačar 24'
Attendance: 5,000
17 July 2009 Bursaspor 1–2 Hertha BSC Stadion Stegersbach, Stegersbach
18:00 CEST Sal 56' Report Kačar 53'
Cícero 72'
Attendance: 355
20 July 2009 Ulm 1846 1–1 Hertha BSC Donnau-Stadion, Ulm
18:00 CEST Schmidt 61' Report Janker 10' Attendance: 2,043
Referee: Herbert Fandel
25 July 2009 FC St. Pauli 2–2 Hertha BSC Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg
17:30 CEST Kruse 39'
Bruns 58'
Report Nicu 16'
Kačar 51'
Attendance: 10,486
Referee: Sascha Thielert
28 July 2009 Lübars 0–23 Hertha BSC Stadion Finsterwalder Straße, Berlin
18:30 CEST Report Ebert 12', 26', 30'
Domochiyski 13', 14', 37', 43', 60' (pen.), 76'
Ayew12 18', 38'
Perdedaj 21'
Kaká 25'
Perišić12 35', 80'
Chermiti 41', 65', 75' (pen.), 78' (pen.)
Radjabali-Fardi 68', 88'
Bigalke 81', 90'
Attendance: 2,500
Note: ^12 André Ayew and Ivan Perišić were invited to train with Hertha during the summer break.
4 September 2009 Tus Altenberge 09 0–10 Hertha BSC Großer Berg Sportpark, Altenberge
Report Wichniarek 19', 38', 51'
César 30', 47'
Janker 32'
Scheffler13 72', 78', 85'
Bengtsson 87'
Attendance: 2,000
Note: ^13 Tim Scheffler was called up from Hertha's U-19 team for this game.
14 November 2009 Türkiyemspor Berlin 2–3 Hertha BSC Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
14:00 CET Steinwarth 64', 70' (pen.) Report Raffael 4'
Bigalke 88'
Rommel14 90'
Attendance: 500
Note: ^14 Dennis Rommel was called up from Hertha BSC II for this game.
6 January 2010 Mallorca II 1–2 Hertha BSC ONO Estadi, Majorca
15:30 CET Jaime 6' Report Kringe 39'
Domovshiyski 50'
Attendance: 180
9 January 2010 Hertha BSC 1–1 FSV Frankfurt ONO Estadi, Majorca
11:30 CET Raffael 41' Report Gjasula 57' Attendance: 70

Bundesliga

8 August 2009 1 Hertha BSC 1–0 Hannover 96 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST Kačar 82' Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
16 August 2009 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Hertha BSC Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST Brouwers 23'
Matmour 52'
Report Kačar 53' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
23 August 2009 3 VfL Bochum 1–0 Hertha BSC rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum
15:30 CEST Yahia 47' Report Attendance: 18,800
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
30 August 2009 4 Hertha BSC 2–3 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST Piszczek 77'
Ebert 90+1'
Report Özil 57'
Borowski 74'
Naldo 83'
Attendance: 49,176
Referee: Thornsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
12 September 2009 5 Mainz 05 2–1 Hertha BSC Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz
15:30 CEST Ivanschitz 80' (pen.)
Bancé 85'
Report Nicu 50' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
20 September 2009 6 Hertha BSC 0–4 SC Freiburg Olympiastadion, Berlin
17:30 CEST Report Banović 6', 67'
Makiadi 12'
Idrissou 42'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
27 September 2009 7 1899 Hoffenheim 5–1 Hertha BSC Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
17:30 CEST Ibišević 1', 4', 21'
Obasi 58'
Carlos Eduardo 63' (pen.)
Raffael 45+1' Attendance: 29,600
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
4 October 2009 8 Hertha BSC 1–3 Hamburger SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
17:30 CEST Friedrich 9' Report Kaká 24' (o.g.)
Jarolím 38'
Zé Roberto 40'
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
17 October 2009 9 1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 Hertha BSC Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
15:30 CEST Gygax 18'
Bunjaku 26', 60'
Attendance: 38,094
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
25 October 2009 10 Hertha BSC 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 36,799
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
30 October 2009 11 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Hertha BSC Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
20:30 CET Şahin 60' (pen.)
Barrios 90+1'
Report Referee: Dr. Felix Brych (Munich)
8 November 2009 12 Hertha BSC 0–1 1. FC Köln Olympiastadion, Berlin
17:30 CET Report Novaković 79' Attendance: 48,623
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)
21 November 2009 13 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Hertha BSC Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
15:30 CET Kuzmanović 82' Report Ramos 49' Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
28 November 2009 14 Hertha BSC 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Ramos 81' Report Ochs 11'
Franz 70'
Meier 75'
Attendance: 48,253
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)
6 December 2009 15 Schalke 04 2–0 Hertha BSC Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET Kurányi 59'
Rafinha 90+2' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
11 December 2009 16 Hertha BSC 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 CET Ramos 8', 90+2' Report Kroos 76'
Kaplan 90'
Attendance: 40,474
Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)
19 December 2009 17 Bayern Munich 5–2 Hertha BSC Allianz Arena, Munich
15:30 CET Van Buyten 16'
Gómez 31'
Robben 33'
Müller 60'
Olić 77'
Report Ramos 71'
Raffael 90'
Attendance: 69,000
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
16 January 2010 18 Hannover 96 0–3 Hertha BSC AWD-Arena, Hanover
15:30 CET Report Piszczek 30'
Raffael 33'
Gekas 80'
Attendance: 28,712
Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
23 January 2010 19 Hertha BSC 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 46,090
Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
30 January 2010 20 Hertha BSC 0–0 VfL Bochum Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 38,127
Referee: Michael Weiner
5 February 2010 21 Werder Bremen 2–1 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
20:30 CET Marin 66'
Pizzaro 81'
Report Gekas 68' Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)
13 February 2010 22 Hertha BSC 1 –1 Mainz 05 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Ramos 51' Report Bancé 37' Attendance: 36,715
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
21 February 2010 23 SC Freiburg 0–3 Hertha BSC Badenova Stadion, Freiburg
15:30 CET Report Ramos 28'
Cícero 35', 56'
Attendance: 21,600
Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
27 February 2010 24 Hertha BSC 0–2 1899 Hoffenheim Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Ba 35'
Ibišević 90+2'
Attendance: 37,391
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
6 March 2010 25 Hamburger SV 1–0 Hertha BSC HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
15:30 CET Jansen 40' Report Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)
13 March 2010 26 Hertha BSC 1–2 1. FC Nürnberg Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Gekas 36' Report Bunjaku 61'
Charisteas 90+1'
Attendance: 57,761
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
21 March 2010 27 VfL Wolfsburg 1–5 Hertha BSC Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
17:30 CET Grafite 36' Report Gekas 6', 26', 63'
Ramos 8', 84'
Attendance: 29,353
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
27 March 2010 28 Hertha BSC 0–0 Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 60,441
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
4 April 2010 29 1. FC Köln 0–3 Hertha BSC RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
18:30 CEST Report Raffael 25', 45+1'
Cícero 75'
Referee: Peter Gagelman (Bremen)
10 April 2010 30 Hertha BSC 0–1 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST Report Cacau 74' Attendance: 26,851
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
18 April 2010 31 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hertha BSC Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
17:30 CEST Korkmaz 37'
Russ 63'
Report Kačar 17'
Raffael 43'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
24 April 2010 32 Hertha BSC 0–1 Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CEST Report Westermann 87' Attendance: 61,902
Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster)
1 May 2010 33 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Hertha BSC BayArena, Leverkusen
15:30 CET Friedrich 59' Report Raffael 12' Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
8 May 2010 34 Hertha BSC 1–3 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Ramos 60' Report Olić 20'
Robben 74', 87'
Attendance: 75,420
Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

DFB-Pokal

1 August 2009 first round Preußen Münster 1–3 (a.e.t.) Hertha BSC Preußenstadion, Münster
19:30 CEST Lorenz 53' Report Raffael 23', 120'
Domovchiyski 118'
Attendance: 18,200
Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)
22 September 2009 second round 1860 Munich 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
Hertha BSC Allianz Arena, Munich
19:00 CEST Bengtsson 10' (o.g.)
Cooper 50'
Report Ramos 76'
Domovchiyski 79'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
Penalties
Hoffmann soccer ball with check mark
Ludwig soccer ball with check mark
Mlapa soccer ball with check mark
Felhi soccer ball with check mark
Kačar soccer ball with red X
Janker soccer ball with red X
Domovchiyski soccer ball with check mark

UEFA Europa League

20 August 2009 Play-off round (1st Leg) Brøndby 2–1 Hertha BSC Brøndby Stadium, Copenhagen
20:30 CEST Bischoff 52'
Pejčinović 70' (o.g.)
Report Domovchiyski 53' Attendance: 12,050
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
27 August 2009 Play-off Round (2nd Leg) Hertha BSC 3–1 Brøndby Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
18:15 CEST Kačar 75', 86'
Dárdai 80'
Report Rasmussen 52' Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
17 September 2009 Group Phase Match 1 Hertha BSC 1–1 Ventspils Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:00 CEST Piszczek 34' Report Gauracs 48' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)
1 October 2009 Group Phase Match 2 Sporting CP 1–0 Hertha BSC Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
21:05 CEST Silva 18' Report Attendance: 16,197
Referee: Serge Guimenny (Belgium)
22 October 2009 Group Phase Match 3 Hertha BSC 0–1 Heerenveen Olympiastadion, Berlin
21:05 CEST Report Losada 36' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
5 November 2009 Group Phase Match 4 Heerenveen 2–3 Hertha BSC Abe Lenstra Stadion, Heerenveen
19:00 CET Papadopulos 3', 36' Report Domovchiyski 21', 52'
Wichniarek 90+1'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Pavel Cristian Bala (Romania)
3 December 2009 Group Phase Match 5 Ventspils 0–1 Hertha BSC Skonto stadions, Riga
21:05 CET Report Raffael 12' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Istvan Vad (Hungary)
16 December 2009 Group Phase Match 6 Hertha BSC 1–0 Sporting CP Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:00 CET Kačar 70' Report Attendance: 14,417
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
18 February 2010 round of 32 (first leg) Hertha BSC 1–1 Benfica Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:05 CET García 33' (o.g.) Report Di María 4' Attendance: 13,684
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
23 February 2010 round of 32 (second leg) Benfica 4–0 Hertha BSC Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
18:00 CET Aimar 25'
Cardozo 48', 62'
García 59'
Report Attendance: 30,401
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)