2007–08 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC's 2007–08 season began on 4 August 2007, with their DFB-Pokal match against Unterhaching, and ended 17 May 2008, with their Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich. They finished tenth in the Bundesliga and were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.

Hertha BSC

2007–08 season
President	Werner Gegenbauer
Manager	Lucien Favre
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Marko Pantelić (13 goals) All: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	74,220 vs. Bayern Munich
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs. Unterhaching
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný 3 DF  GER Arne Friedrich (captain) 4 DF  SUI Steve von Bergen 5 DF  GER Sofian Chahed[notes 1] 6 MF  CZE Rudi Skácel (on loan from Southampton) 7 MF  BRA Mineiro 8 MF  HUN Pál Dárdai 9 FW  SRB Marko Pantelić 10 FW  BRA Raffael 12 GK  GER Christian Fiedler 14 DF  CRO Josip Šimunić[notes 2] 16 MF  BRA Lúcio 17 MF  USA Bryan Arguez 19 DF  GER Andreas Schmidt 20 MF  GER Patrick Ebert 21 FW  NGA Solomon Okoronkwo

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  SWE Tobias Grahn (on loan from Gimnàstic de Tarragona) 23 FW  BUL Valeri Domovchiyski (on loan from Levski Sofia) 24 MF  TUR Bilal Çubukçu[notes 3] 26 FW  POL Łukasz Piszczek 27 DF  GER Amadeus Wallschläger 28 MF  SUI Fabian Lustenberger 29 MF  GER Sascha Bigalke 30 GK  GER Christopher Gäng 33 FW  BRA André Lima 34 MF  GER Marcus Steinwarth 36 DF  GER Pascal Bieler 38 MF  FRA Ibrahima Traoré[notes 4] 39 MF  GER Chinedu Ede 40 GK  GER Sascha Burchert 44 MF  SRB Gojko Kačar

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Jaroslav Drobný (from Bochum) 5 DF  SUI Steve von Bergen (from Zürich) 16 MF  BRA Lúcio (from Palmeiras) 21 FW  NGA Solomon Okoronkwo (loan return from RW Essen) 22 MF  SWE Tobias Grahn (on loan from Gimnàstic de Tarragona) 24 MF  TUR Bilal Çubukçu (from Hertha BSC II) 26 FW  POL Łukasz Piszczek (loan return from Zaglebie Lubin) 28 MF  SUI Fabian Lustenberger (from Lucerne) 30 GK  GER Christopher Gäng (from Waldhof Mannheim) 33 FW  BRA André Lima (from Botafogo) 36 DF  GER Pascal Bieler (loan return from Rot-Weiss Essen) 38 MF  FRA Ibrahima Traoré (from Hertha BSC II) 40 GK  GER Sascha Burchert (from Hertha BSC Youth) 13 FW  ARG Christian Giménez (from Marseille; previously on loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  NED Dick van Burik (retired) 7 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 5] (to Stuttgart) 11 FW  NED Ellery Cairo (to Coventry City) 13 FW  ARG Christian Giménez (to Deportivo Toluca) 16 MF  GER Ashkan Dejagah[notes 6] (to Wolfsburg) 17 MF  GER Kevin-Prince Boateng[notes 7] (to Tottenham Hotspur) 18 FW  CRO Srđan Lakić (on loan to Heracles Almelo) 20 MF  GER Andreas Neuendorf (to Ingolstadt 04) 23 DF  DEN Dennis Cagara[notes 8] (on loan to Nordsjælland) 32 DF  GER Robert Müller (to Carl Zeiss Jena) 33 GK  DEN Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (to Randers) 40 GK  GER Nico Pellatz (to Werder Bremen) 43 DF  GER Christopher Storch (to Real Madrid B) 41 DF  GER Jérôme Boateng (to Hamburger SV)

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  CZE Rudolf Skácel (on loan from Southampton) 10 FW  BRA Raffael (from FC Zürich) 17 MF  USA Bryan Arguez (from D.C. United) 23 FW  BUL Valeri Domovchiyski (on loan from Levski Sofia) 44 MF  SRB Gojko Kačar (from Vojvodina)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 37 DF  GER Christian Müller (to Energie Cottbus) 6 DF  BRA Gilberto (to Tottenham Hotspur) 29 DF  GER Malik Fathi (to Spartak Moscow)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
Marko Pantelić	13	1	14
Sofian Chahed	4	0	4
Raffael	4	0	4
Solomon Okoronkwo	4	0	4
Rudolf Skácel	2	0	2
André Lima	2	0	2
Patrick Ebert	1	1	2
Malik Fathi	1	1	2
Mineiro	1	0	1
Lúcio	1	0	1
Łukasz Piszczek	1	0	1
Fabian Lustenberger	1	0	1
Gojko Kačar	1	0	1
Valeri Domovchiyski	1	0	1

Fixtures

DFB-Pokal

First round

SpVgg Unterhaching v Hertha BSC

4 August 2007	SpVgg Unterhaching	0–3	Hertha BSC	Generali Sportpark, Unterhaching
15:30 CET	Leichleiter	Report	Fathi 44' Ebert 65' Pantelić 80'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Hirschau)

Second round

Wuppertaler Borussia v Hertha BSC

30 October 2007	Wuppertaler Borussia	2–0	Hertha BSC	Zoo-Stadion, Wuppertal
19:00 CET	Lintjens 81' Jerat 86'	Report		Attendance: 12,399 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lichtenberg)

Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

11 August 2007 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Hertha BSC	Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
15:30 CET	Amanatidis 31'	Report		Attendance: 45,900 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

18 August 2007 2	Hertha BSC	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Chahed 51' (pen.) Fathi 65' Okoronkwo 80'	Report	Hitzlsperger 15'	Attendance: 46,743 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Arminia Bielefeld v Hertha BSC

25 August 2007 3	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	Hertha BSC	Schüco Arena, Bielefeld
15:30 CET	Masmanidis 52' Wichniarek 90'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Altdorf)

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

1 September 2007 4	Hertha BSC	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Pantelić 38' Okoronkwo 88'	Report	Dejagah 61'	Attendance: 42,079 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster)

MSV Duisburg v Hertha BSC

16 September 2007 5	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Hertha BSC	MSV Arena, Duisburg
18:00 CET	Lavrić 78'	Report	Pantelić 61', 70'	Attendance: 25,070 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Hallstadt)

Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund

22 September 2007 6	Hertha BSC	3–2	Borussia Dortmund	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Pantelić 43', 54' Okoronkwo 76'	Report	Petrić 31', 88'	Attendance: 52,237 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Hertha BSC v Hansa Rostock

25 September 2007 7	Hertha BSC	1–3	Hansa Rostock	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET	Pantelić 2'	Report	Rahn 40' Hähnge 54' Dorn 74'	Attendance: 48,670 Referee: Babak Rafati(Döhren)

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

28 September 2007 8	Schalke 04	1–0	Hertha BSC	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET	Rafinha 44' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 60,511 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Hertha BSC v Energie Cottbus

6 October 2007 9	Hertha BSC	0–0	Energie Cottbus	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET		Report		Attendance: 48,715 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Sillenbuch)

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

20 October 2007 10	Werder Bremen	3–2	Hertha BSC	Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 CET	Almeida 57' Rosengerg 62' Andreasen 74'	Report	Gilberto 61' Okonronkwo 90'	Attendance: 40,280 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

27 October 2007 11	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfL Bochum	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Maltritz 26' (o.g.) Pantelić 35'	Report		Attendance: 34,580 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Altdorf)

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

3 November 2007 12	Hamburger SV	2–1	Hertha BSC	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
15:30 CET	Guerrero 4' Reinhardt 80'	Report	Ebert 59'	Attendance: 56,493 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

10 November 2007 13	Hertha BSC	1–0	Hannover 96	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	André Lima 87'	Report		Attendance: 34,213 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Karlsruher SC v Hertha BSC

23 November 2007 14	Karlsruher SC	2–1	Hertha BSC	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
20:30 CET	Hajnal 56' Freis 66'	Report	Pantelić 35'	Attendance: 29,217 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

1 December 2007 15	Hertha BSC	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET		Report	Ramelow 31' Barnetta 50' Barbarez 90'	Attendance: 40,527 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

1. FC Nürnberg v Hertha BSC

9 December 2007 16	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Hertha BSC	Easycredit-Stadion, Nuremberg
17:00 CET	Misimović 5' Charisteas 39'	Report	Lustenberger 65'	Attendance: 41,490 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

15 December 2007 17	Hertha BSC	0–0	Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET		Report		Attendance: 74,220 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 February 2008 18	Hertha BSC	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET		Report	Fenin 39', 60', 90'	Attendance: 35,930 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

9 February 2008 19	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Hertha BSC	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CET	Gómez 40'	Report	Pantelić 7', 45' Raffael 49'	Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)

Hertha BSC v Arminia Bielefeld

16 February 2008 20	Hertha BSC	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Raffael 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 32,031 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

23 February 2008 21	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	Hertha BSC	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
15:30 CET		Report		Attendance: 23,659 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Hertha BSC v MSV Duisburg

29 February 2008 22	Hertha BSC	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 CET	Raffael 34' Pantelić 36'	Report		Attendance: 32,382 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

7 March 2008 23	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Hertha BSC	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
20:30 CET	Kehl 45'	Report	Pantelić 50'	Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)

Hansa Rostock v Hertha BSC

15 March 2008 24	Hansa Rostock	0–0	Hertha BSC	DKB-Arena, Rostock
15:30 CET		Report		Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

23 March 2008 25	Hertha BSC	1–2	Schalke 04	Olympiastadion, Berlin
17:00 CET	Chahed 67' (pen.)	Report	Asamoah 12' Jones 23'	Attendance: 54,200 Referee: Helmut Fleisher (Hallstadt)

Energie Cottbus v Hertha BSC

30 March 2008 26	Energie Cottbus	2–1	Hertha BSC	Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
17:00 CET	Skela 41', 63' (pen.)	Report	Mineiro 21'	Attendance: 20,746 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

5 April 2008 27	Hertha BSC	1–2	Werder Bremen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	André Lima 10'	Report	Rosenberg 1' Borowski 73'	Attendance: 59,728 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

12 April 2008 28	VfL Bochum	1–1	Hertha BSC	rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum
15:30 CET	Yahia 42'	Report	Skácel 28'	Attendance: 20,883 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

15 April 2008 29	Hertha BSC	0–0	Hamburger SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET		Report		Attendance: 40,289 Referee: Peter Sippel (Würzburg)

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

26 April 2008 30	Hannover 96	2–2	Hertha BSC	AWD-Arena, Hannover
15:30 CET	Hanke 19' Štajner 26'	Report	Chahed 55' (pen.) Piszczek 66'	Attendance: 41,473 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Hertha BSC v Karlsruher SC

3 May 2008 31	Hertha BSC	3–1	Karlsruher SC	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Kačar 25' Pantelić 31' Skácel 86'	Report	Kapllani 53'	Attendance: 49,595 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

7 May 2008 32	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Hertha BSC	BayArena, Leverkusen
20:00 CET	Sinkiewicz 90'	Report	Pantelić 26' Chahed 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Thorstin Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 May 2008 33	Hertha BSC	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Raffael 74'	Report		Attendance: 47,072 Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)

Bayern Munich v Hertha BSC

17 May 2008 34	Bayern Munich	4–1	Hertha BSC	Allianz Arena, Munich
15:30 CET	Toni 3', 27', 61' Ribéry 33'	Report	Domovchiyski 84'	Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)