2014–15 Hertha BSC season

The 2014–15 Hertha BSC season is the 122nd season in club history.

Hertha BSC

2014–15 season
Sporting Director	Michael Preetz
Head coach	Jos Luhukay (until 4 February 2015) Pál Dárdai (interim) (from 5 February 2015)
Stadium	Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Julian Schieber (7 goals) All: Julian Schieber (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	76,197 vs. Bayern Munich, 29 November 2014
Lowest home attendance	34,636 vs. Bayer Leverkusen, 4 February 2015
Average home league attendance	50,174
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

Background information

Hertha BSC finished the 2013–14 Bundesliga in eleventh place, thus ensuring a place in the 2014–15 Bundesliga.^[1] Tolga Ciğerci^[2] and Jens Hegeler^[3] transferred to Hertha. Adrián Ramos^[4] and Maik Franz left Hertha.^[5] Levan Kobiashvili retired after the 2013–14 season.^[6]

On 5 February 2015, Hertha sacked Jos Luhukay,^[7] naming Pál Dárdai as replacement along with assistant Rainer Widmayer.^[8] Hertha had lost 1–0^[7] the previous day.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
MF	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	27	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[9]
DF	John Heitinga	30	Fulham F.C.	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free	[10]
FW	Salomon Kalou	29	Lille OSC	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[11]
MF	Jens Hegeler	26	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[3]
MF	Valentin Stocker	25	FC Basel	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[12]
FW	Julian Schieber	25	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2018	€2,000,000	[13]
MF	Tolga Ciğerci	22	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	2017	€1,500,000	[2]
DF	Marvin Plattenhardt	22	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[14]
FW	Genki Haraguchi	23	Urawa Red Diamonds	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[15]
FW	Roy Beerens	26	AZ Alkmaar	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[16]

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
FW	Sami Allagui	28	1. FSV Mainz 05	Loan	Summer	€500,000	[17]
FW	Pierre-Michel Lasogga	22	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[18]
FW	Ben Sahar	24	Willem II	Released	Summer	Free	[19]
FW	Adrián Ramos	28	Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[4]
MF	Peer Kluge	33	Arminia Bielefeld	Released	Summer	Free	[20]
DF	Fabian Holland	23	SV Darmstadt 98	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	[21]
DF	Levan Kobiashvili	36	Retirement	Released	Summer	—	[6]
DF	Maik Franz	32		Released	Summer	Free	[5]
DF	Felix Bastians	26		Released	Summer	Free	[22]
FW	Hany Mukhtar	19	Benfica	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[23]
DF	Christoph Janker	29	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Winter		[24]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							Hertha BSC	Opponent
3 July 2014	18:00	H	Berlin	DB-Auswahl	14–1	700	Ronny 1', 13' Allagui 3', 19', 29' Schulz 12' Ndjeng 18' Kauter 22' Haraguchi 28' van den Bergh 30' Ben-Hatira 39' Pekarík 40' Sahar 49', 59'	Yasin 30'	[25]
8 July 2014	18:00	A	Berlin	Viktoria 1889 Berlin	2–1	2,674	Allagui 67' Schieber 71'	Özcin 41'	[26]
10 July 2014	17:00	A	Perleberg	SSV Einheit Perleberg	9–1	2,000	Schieber 2', 22', 43' Allagui 7' Kauter 47' Wagner 57', 68' van den Bergh 62' Mukhtar 67'	Fliege 5'	[27]
15 July 2014	18:30	A	Rödinghausen	SV Rödinghausen	2–0		Allagui 4' Wagner 17'		[28]
18 July 2014	18:00	A	Gütersloh	Vitesse Arnhem	0–0				[29]
24 July 2014	18:00	H	Berlin	PSV Eindhoven	1–1		Heitinga 14'	de Jong 85'	[30]
27 July 2014	14:00	A	Karlsruhe	Karlsruher SC	1–0	7,518	Allagui 39'		[31]
30 July 2014	19:00	A	Neuruppin	Sevilla FC	0–2	3,300		Krychowiak 52' Muñoz 58'	[32]
5 August 2014	18:30	A	Schladming	SV Austria Salzburg	5–0		Beerens 24', 28' Baumjohann 37' Schieber 53', 67'		[33]
8 August 2014	18:00	A	Irdning	Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü	1–1		Haraguchi 30'	Scarione 83'	[34]
4 September 2014		H	Berlin	Chemnitzer FC	2–0		Ben-Hatira 64' Wagner 67'		[35]
10 October 2014	14:30	H	Berlin	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1–1	920	Wagner 83'	Diring 16'	[36]
13 January 2015	13:00	H	Berlin	Hallescher FC	1–3	400	Stocker 42'	Gogia 25' Aydemir 84', 87'	[37]
16 January 2015	14:30	H	Berlin	FC Energie Cottbus	1–1	400	Heitinga 57'	Kleindienst 56'	[38]
20 January 2015	15:00	A	Belek	BSC Young Boys	1–1 (2–4 (p))		Schieber 45'	Nuzzolo 25'	[39]
23 January 2015		A	Belek	FC Thun	1–0		Wagner 28'		[40]

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Hannover 96	34	9	10	15	40	56	−16	37
14	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36
15	Hertha BSC	34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	9	8	17	25	50	−25	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	SC Freiburg (R)	34	7	13	14	36	47	−11	34	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35	6	4	7	17	22	−5	3	4	10	19	30	−11

Last updated: 24 May 2015.
Source: Matches

Bundesliga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table			Ref.
								Hertha BSC	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	23 August 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	Werder Bremen	2–2	59,672	Schieber 16', 47'	Lukimya 53' Di Santo 55'	6th	1	0	[41]
2	30 August 2014	15:30	A	Leverkusen	Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	27,819	Jedvaj 24' (o.g.) Schieber 60' Niemeyer  64'	Jedvaj 50' Spahić 62' Brandt 74' Bellarabi 86'	15th	1	–2	[42]
3	13 September 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	Mainz 05	1–3	42,069	Ronny 86'	Okazaki 36', 90+1' Allagui 70'	15th	1	–4	[43]
4	19 September 2014	20:30	A	Freiburg	SC Freiburg	2–2	23,600	Ronny 36', 90+6'	Kempf 30' Klaus 79'	15th	2	–4	[44]
5	24 September 2014	20:00	H	Berlin	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	35,847	Kalou 35'		14th	5	–3	[45]
6	28 September 2014	15:30	A	Augsburg	FC Augsburg	0–1	28,532		Verhaegh 27'	14th	5	–4	[46]
7	3 October 2014	20:30	H	Berlin	VfB Stuttgart	3–2	46,312	Kalou 22', 64' Beerens 74'	Leitner 5' Wagner 83' (o.g.)	12th	8	–3	[47]
8	18 October 2014	18:30	A	Gelsenkirchen	Schalke 04	0–2	61,973		Huntelaar 19' Draxler 65'	13th	8	–5	[48]
9	25 October 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	Hamburger SV	3–0	58,768	Ben-Hatira 59', 85' Heitinga 65'		13th	11	–2	[49]
10	2 November 2014	17:30	A	Paderborn	SC Paderborn 07	1–3	14,630	Kalou 41'	Bakalorz 28' Kachunga 52' Meha 75'	13th	11	–4	[50]
11	7 November 2014	20:30	H	Berlin	Hannover 96	0–2	39,710		Briand 44' Kiyotake 76'	14th	11	–6	[51]
12	22 November 2014	18:30	A	Cologne	1. FC Köln	2–1	49,200	Beerens 28' Ndjeng 86'	Ujah 58'	13th	14	–5	[52]
13	29 November 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	Bayern Munich	0–1	76,197		Robben 27'	13th	14	–6	[53]
14	6 December 2014	15:30	A	Mönchengladbach	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	50,190	Schieber 45' Kalou 90+2'	Jantschke 9' Raffael 53' Hazard 83'	15th	14	–7	[54]
15	13 December 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	75,254	Schieber 40'		13th	17	–6	[55]
16	17 December 2014	20:00	A	Frankfurt	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–4	40,200	Brooks 21' Ben-Hatira 33' Schieber 37' Niemeyer 80'	Aigner 43' Seferovic 58' Meier 90', 90+1'	13th	18	–6	[56]
17	21 December 2014	15:30	H	Berlin	1899 Hoffenheim	0–5	39,604		Brooks 23' (o.g.) Salihović 26' (pen.) 39' (pen.) Schipplock 74' Rudy 84'	13th	18	–11	[57]
18	1 February 2015	15:20	A	Bremen	Werder Bremen	0–2	40,187		Di Santo 43', 69'	15th	18	–13	[58]
19	4 February 2015	20:00	H	Berlin	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	34,636		Kießling 49'	17th	18	–14	[59]
20	7 February 2015	15:30	A	Mainz	Mainz 05	2–0	26,756	Hegeler 35' (pen.) Beerens 42'		14th	21	–12	[60]
21	15 February 2015	15:30	H	Berlin	SC Freiburg	0–2	37,617		Klaus 14' Philipp 52'	17th	21	–14	[61]
22	22 February 2015	17:30	A	Wolfsburg	VfL Wolfsburg	1–2	27,683	Schieber 30'	Dost 10', 74'	17th	21	–15	[62]
23	28 February 2015	15:30	H	Berlin	FC Augsburg	1–0	36,015	Kalou 88'		14th	24	–14	[63]
24	6 March 2015	20:30	A	Stuttgart	VfB Stuttgart	0–0	45,420			14th	25	–14	[64]
25	14 March 2015	15:30	H	Berlin	Schalke 04	2–2	59,156	Ben-Hatira 21' Haraguchi 81'	Sané 40' Matip 90'	14th	26	–14	[65]
26	20 March 2015	20:30	A	Hamburg	Hamburger SV	1–0	53,640	Langkamp 84'		13th	29	–13	[66]
27	5 April 2015	17:30	H	Berlin	SC Paderborn 07	2–0	44,031	Stocker 68' Schulz 88'		11th	32	–11	[67]
28	10 April 2015	20:30	A	Hannover	Hannover 96	1–1	46,000	Schulz 75'	Stocker 83'	12th	33	–11	[68]
29	18 April 2015	15:30	H	Berlin	1. FC Köln	0–0	51,203			13th	34	–11	[69]
30	25 April 2015	18:30	A	Munich	Bayern Munich	0–1	75,000		Schweinsteiger 80'	13th	34	–12	[70]
31	3 May 2015	17:30	H	Berlin	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	56,881	Stocker 13'	Kruse 11' Traoré 85'	13th	34	–13	[71]
32	9 May 2015	19:30	A	Dortmund	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	80,667		Subotić 9' Durm 47'	13th	34	–15	[72]
33	16 May 2015	15:30	H	Berlin	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	60,168			13th	35	–15	[73]
34	23 May 2015	15:30	A	Hoffenheim	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	30,150	Beerens 72'	Modeste 8' Firmino 80'	15th	35	–16	[74]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal review

Hertha BSC were drawn against Regionalliga side FC Viktoria Köln in the first round, the match will be played in Cologne.^[75] They will play Arminia Bielefeld in the second round.^[76]

DFB-Pokal results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Hertha BSC	Opponent
Round 1	16 August 2014	15:30	A	Cologne	FC Viktoria Köln	4–2	5,239	Ronny 33' Beerens 41' Haraguchi 52' Schieber 76'	Wunderlich 57' Candan 67'	[77]
Round 2	28 October 2014	19:00	A	Bielefeld	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0 (2–4 (p))	23,098			[78]

Player informations

As of 24 May 2015^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Thomas Kraft	34	0	32	0	2	0
2	DF	SVK	Peter Pekarík	31	0	29	0	2	0
3	MF	NOR	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	26	0	26	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	John Heitinga	14	1	13	1	1	0
7	MF	JPN	Hajime Hosogai	22	0	20	0	2	0
8	MF	CMR	Marcel Ndjeng	17	1	16	1	1	0
9	MF	GER	Alexander Baumjohann	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	TUN	Änis Ben-Hatira	16	4	15	4	1	0
11	FW	CIV	Salomon Kalou	27	6	26	6	1	0
12	DF	BRA	Ronny	21	4	19	3	2	1
13	MF	GER	Jens Hegeler	25	1	23	1	2	0
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker	27	3	26	3	1	0
15	DF	GER	Sebastian Langkamp	17	1	16	1	1	0
16	FW	GER	Julian Schieber	18	8	16	7	2	1
17	MF	GER	Tolga Ciğerci	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Peter Niemeyer	17	1	16	1	1	0
21	DF	GER	Marvin Plattenhardt	15	0	15	0	0	0
22	GK	NOR	Rune Jarstein	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh	6	0	6	0	0	0
24	FW	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	23	2	21	1	2	1
25	DF	USA	John Brooks	28	1	27	1	1	0
26	MF	GER	Nico Schulz	29	1	28	1	1	0
27	FW	NED	Roy Beerens	29	5	27	4	2	1
28	MF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger	28	0	27	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	FW	GER	Sandro Wagner	15	0	14	0	1	0
35	GK	GER	Marius Gersbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
6	DF	GER	Christoph Janker	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	TUN	Sami Allagui (on loan to 1. FSV Mainz 05)	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	Hany Mukhtar	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ Hertha BSC's goals first.