2015–16 Hertha BSC season

The 2015–16 Hertha BSC season was the 123rd season in club history.

Hertha BSC

2015–16 season
Sporting Director	Michael Preetz
Head coach	Pál Dárdai
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Salomon Kalou (14) All: Salomon Kalou (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

Background information

Hertha BSC finished the 2014–15 Bundesliga in fifteenth place, thus ensuring a place in the 2015–16 Bundesliga.^[1] It was confirmed on May 25, 2015, that Pál Dárdai will continue his role as Hertha's head coach for this season.^[2]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
MF	Niklas Stark	20	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[3]
MF	Vladimír Darida	24	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[4]
MF	Sinan Kurt	19	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Winter	2019	Undisclosed	[5]
FW	Vedad Ibišević	31	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	[6]
MF	Mitchell Weiser	21	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[7]
GK	Nils Körber	18	Hertha BSC Youth	Transfer	Summer	2017	–	[8]

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
MF	Marcel Ndjeng	32	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
DF	John Heitinga	31	Ajax Amsterdam	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[10]
MF	Fabian Holland	24	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	€300,000	[11]
GK	Sascha Burchert	25	Vålerenga Fotball	Loan	Summer		[12]
MF	Peter Niemeyer	31	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[13]
FW	Sandro Wagner	27	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[14]
DF	Nico Schulz	22	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[15]
MF	Hajime Hosogai	29	Bursaspor	Loan	Summer		[16]
GK	Marius Gersbeck	20	Chemnitzer FC	Loan	Winter		[17]
DF	Yanni Regäsel	20	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[18]
MF	Änis Ben-Hatira	27	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[19]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							Hertha BSC	Opponent
1 July 2015	18:30	A	Berlin	1. FC Lübars	7–2	1,248	Hegeler 29', 41' Langkamp 48' Blumberg 68' Mittelstädt 73', 82' Lustenberger 84'	Fell 2' Morlang 30'	[20]
3 July 2015	17:30	A	Ludwigsfelde	DB-Nationalmannschaft	10–2	745	Mittelstädt 13', 77' Hegeler 14', 32' Allagui 17', 45', 85', 86' Lustenberger 37' Kauter 62'	56' 72'	[21]
8 July 2015	18:30	A	Fürstenwalde	FSV Union Fürstenwalde	2–0	1,637	Pekarík 13', 77'		[22]
11 July 2015	18:00	A	Neustrelitz	TSG Neustrelitz	2–2	1,079	Allagui 39' Niemeyer 60'	Albrecht 58' Brinkmann 75'	[23]
15 July 2015	19:00	A	Neuruppin	Rayo Vallecano	0–1			Clavería 84'	[24]
21 July 2015	18:00	A	Grödig	SV Grödig	2–2		Ronny 54' Kalou 68'	Gschweidl 6' Wallner 64'	[25]
22 July 2015	18:30	A	Schladming	Fulham F.C.	2–2		Darida 5' Hegeler 14' (pen.)	Taggart 30' Woodrow 71'	[26]
25 July 2015	18:00	A	Schladming	Akhisar Belediyespor	1–0		Schulz 56'		[27]
1 August 2015	17:30	A	Berlin	Genoa C.F.C.	0–2	5,823		Laxalt 6' Lazović 79'	[28]
11 January 2016	17:30	A	Belek	Hannover 96	1–0		Ibišević 56'		[29]
12 January 2016	18:30	A	Belek	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2		Plattenhardt 60' Haraguchi 69'	Johnson 34' Raffael 47'	[30]
13 January 2016	20:00	A	Belek	VfL Bochum	1–4		Baumjohann 7'	Mlapa 49', 75' Sağlam 57' Novikovas 61'	[31]
16 January 2016	16:00	A	Belek	FC Vaduz	1–0		Ibišević 36'		[32]
24 March 2016		A	Berlin	Hertha BSC II	1–3		Beerens	Henning Owusu Ronny	[33]

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[34]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

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	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	9	5	3	24	15	+9	5	3	9	18	27	−9

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date Kickoff1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Hertha BSC	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	15 August 2015 15:30	A	FC Augsburg	1–0	30,000	Kalou 48' (pen.)		7th	3	[35]
2	21 August 2015 20:30	H	Werder Bremen	1–1	56,376	Stocker 6'	Ujah 26'	7th	4	[36]
3	30 August 2015 15:30	A	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	80,500	Kalou 78'	Hummels 27' Aubameyang 51' Ramos 90+3'	10th	4	[37]
4	12 September 2015 15:30	H	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	45,994	Haraguchi 14' Lustenberger 45+3'	Šunjić 36'	7th	7	[38]
5	19 September 2015 15:30	A	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	30,000		Dost 76', 89' (pen.)	11th	7	[39]
6	22 September 2015 20:00	H	1. FC Köln	2–0	40,181	Ibišević 43', 90+4'		5th	10	[40]
7	27 September 2015 15:30	A	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	46,000	Darida 82'	Meier 22'	6th	11	[41]
8	3 October 2015 15:30	H	Hamburger SV	3–0	65,427	Kalou 17' Ibišević 77', 79'		4th	14	[42]
9	17 October 2015 15:30	A	Schalke 04	1–2	61,336	Kalou 73'	Höwedes 27' Meyer 90+2'	5th	14	[43]
10	24 October 2015 18:30	A	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	15,000	Weiser 11'		5th	17	[44]
11	31 October 2015 15:30	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–4	58,566	Baumjohann 82' (pen.)	Wendt 26' Raffael 28' Xhaka 55' Nordtveit 90+1'	6th	17	[45]
12	6 November 2015 20:30	A	Hannover 96	3–1	40,200	Kalou 33', 60', 87' (pen.)	Kiyotake 70' (pen.)	4th	20	[46]
13	22 November 2015 15:30	H	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	37,045	Polanski 30' (o.g.)		4th	23	[47]
14	28 November 2015 15:30	A	Bayern Munich	0–2	75,000		Müller 34' Coman 41'	5th	23	[48]
15	5 December 2015 15:30	H	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	41,819	Darida 7' Brooks 60'	Hernández 29'	4th	26	[49]
16	12 December 2015 15:30	A	SV Darmstadt 98	4–0	17,000	Ibišević 12', 50' Plattenhardt 26' Kalou 77'		3rd	29	[50]
17	20 December 2015 15:30	H	1. FSV Mainz 05	2–0	39,835	Darida 34' Kalou 54'		3rd	32	[51]
18	23 January 2016 15:30	H	FC Augsburg	0–0	35,196			3rd	33	[52]
19	30 January 2016 15:30	A	Werder Bremen	3–3	40,141	Darida 29' Plattenhardt 42' Kalou 71'	Bartels 67' Pizarro 75', 77'	3rd	34	[53]
20	6 February 2016 15:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	74,244			3rd	35	[54]
21	13 February 2016 15:30	A	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	45,465		Die 51' Kostić 84'	4th	35	[55]
22	20 February 2016 15:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	40,126	Kalou 60'	Schäfer 53'	3rd	36	[56]
23	26 February 2016 20:30	A	1. FC Köln	1–0	48,900	Ibišević 43'		3rd	39	[57]
24	2 March 2016 20:00	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	36,608	Weiser 63' Kalou 78'		3rd	42	[58]
25	6 March 2016 17:30	A	Hamburger SV	0–2	46,136		Müller 58', 75'	3rd	42	[59]
26	11 March 2016 20:30	H	FC Schalke 04	2–0	52,000	Ibišević 42' Stark 65'		3rd	45	[60]
27	19 March 2016 15:30	H	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	40,385	Haraguchi 54' Kalou 69'	Hinterseer 75'	3rd	48	[61]
28	3 April 2016 15:30	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	53,114		Hazard 14', 80' Hahn 60' Herrmann 76' Traoré 85'	3rd	48	[62]
29	8 April 2016 20:30	H	Hannover 96	2–2	45,229	Ibišević 3' Kalou 72'	Sobiech 18' Schmiedebach 58'	3rd	49	[63]
30	16 April 2016 15:30	A	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	27,745	Stark 27'	Schär 33' Uth 85'	4th	49	[64]
31	23 April 2016 15:30	H	FC Bayern München	0–2	76,233		Vidal 48' Douglas Costa 79'	4th	49	[65]
32	30 April 2016 18:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	30,210	Ibišević 21'	Brandt 2' Bender 16'	5th	49	[66]
33	7 May 2016 15:30	H	SV Darmstadt 98	1–2	60,280	Darida 14'	Gondorf 24' Wagner 83'	6th	49	[67]
34	14 May 2016 15:30	A	1. FSV Mainz 05	0–0	33,800			7th	50	[68]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Hertha BSC	Opponent
Round 1	10 August 2015	18:30	A	Bielefeld	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	21,484	Kalou 73' Darida 88'		[69]
Round 2	27 October 2015	19:00	A	Frankfurt	FSV Frankfurt	2–1 (aet)	8,177	Kalou 56', 99' (pen.)	Golley 47'	[70]
Round of 16	16 December 2015	19:00	A	Nuremberg	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	35,204	Darida 32' Brooks 65'		[71]
Quarter-finals	10 February 2016	19:00	A	Heidenheim	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	11,900	Ibišević 14', 21' Haraguchi 58'	Feick 10' Schnatterer 82' (pen.)	[72]
Semi-finals	20 April 2016	20:30	H	Berlin	Borussia Dortmund	0–3	76,233		Castro 21' Reus 75' Mkhitaryan 83'	[73]

Player information

As of 15 May 2016^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB–Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Thomas Kraft	7	0	6	0	1	0
2	DF	SVK	Peter Pekarík	13	0	12	0	1	0
3	MF	NOR	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	36	0	31	0	5	0
5	MF	GER	Niklas Stark	23	2	21	2	2	0
6	MF	CZE	Vladimír Darida	35	7	31	5	4	2
8	FW	CIV	Salomon Kalou	37	17	32	14	5	3
9	MF	GER	Alexander Baumjohann	27	1	24	1	3	0
11	FW	TUN	Sami Allagui	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	BRA	Ronny	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	GER	Jens Hegeler	21	0	16	0	5	0
14	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker	24	1	22	1	2	0
15	DF	GER	Sebastian Langkamp	26	0	22	0	4	0
16	FW	GER	Julian Schieber	6	0	5	0	1	0
17	MF	GER	Tolga Ciğerci	19	0	18	0	1	0
18	MF	GER	Sinan Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević	30	12	26	10	4	2
20	MF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	33	2	29	2	4	0
21	DF	GER	Marvin Plattenhardt	37	2	33	2	4	0
22	GK	NOR	Rune Jarstein	33	0	29	0	4	0
23	DF	GER	Johannes van den Bergh	16	0	13	0	3	0
24	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	37	3	32	2	5	1
25	DF	USA	John Brooks	27	2	23	1	4	1
27	MF	NED	Roy Beerens	3	0	2	0	1	0
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger	34	1	30	1	4	0
29	GK	GER	Nils Körber	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	GER	Florian Kohls	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	GER	Maximilian Mittelstädt	3	0	3	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
7	MF	JPN	Hajime Hosogai (on loan to Bursaspor)	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	TUN	Änis Ben-Hatira	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Peter Niemeyer	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	GER	Nico Schulz	2	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Sascha Burchert (on loan to Vålerenga Fotball)	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	GER	Sandro Wagner	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Marius Gersbeck (on loan to Chemnitzer FC)	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	GER	Yanni Regäsel	6	0	6	0	0	0

Notes

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