2024–25 Hertha BSC season

The 2024–25 season was the 132nd season in the history of Hertha BSC and the second consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team participated in the DFB-Pokal.

Hertha BSC

2024–25 season
Manager	Cristian Fiél (until 16 February) Stefan Leitl (from 17 February)
Stadium	Olympiastadion
2. Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ensar Aksakal	Göztepe S.K.	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Julian Eitschberger	Hallescher FC	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Wilfried Kanga	Standard Liège	Loan return	30 June 2024
FW	Myziane Maolida	Hibernian	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Michaël Cuisance	Venezia FC	€300,000[1]	1 July 2024	[2]
FW	Luca Schuler	1. FC Magdeburg	Free	1 July 2024	[3]
MF	Diego Demme	Napoli	Free	6 July 2024	[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Aymen Barkok	Mainz 05	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Peter Pekarík		End of contract	1 July 2024	[5]
MF	Bence Dárdai	VfL Wolfsburg	End of contract	1 July 2024	[6]
MF	Suat Serdar	Hellas Verona	€4,500,000[7][†]	1 July 2024	[8]
MF	Veit Stange	Borussia Mönchengladbach II		1 July 2024	[9]
GK	Robert Kwasigroch	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Loan	13 July 2024	[10]

Friendlies

Pre-season

FSV Bernau v Hertha BSC

30 June 2024 Friendly	FSV Bernau	0–7	Hertha BSC	Bernau bei Berlin
16:00		Report	Scherhant 4', 7', 24' Dardai 9' Reese 20' Christensen 47' Niederlechner 86'	Stadium: COMPULAN - Arena

Rot-Weiß Erfurt v Hertha BSC

6 July 2024 Friendly	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–4	Hertha BSC	Erfurt
15:00		Report	Reese 3' Dardai 11' Kempf  32' Tabaković 37' Scherhant 65' Demme  90+'	Referee: Marko Wartmann

SV Babelsberg v Hertha BSC

10 July 2024 Friendly	SV Babelsberg	0–1	Hertha BSC	Potsdam
19:00			Niederlechner 86'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 4,464 Referee: Lars Albert

FSV Zwickau v Hertha BSC

13 July 2024 Friendly	FSV Zwickau	1–6	Hertha BSC	Zwickau
15:00	Könnecke 53'	Report	Niederlechner 14' Schuler 19' Winkler 26', 34' Sessa 59' Scherhant 71'	Stadium: Stadion Zwickau Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Max Kluge

Energie Cottbus v Hertha BSC

16 July 2024 Friendly	Energie Cottbus	2–2	Hertha BSC	Cottbus
18:30	Halbauer 48' Thiele 90+1'	Report	Tabaković 20' Cuisance 28'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 5,774 Referee: Henry Müller

NEC Nijmegen v Hertha BSC

20 July 2024 Friendly	NEC Nijmegen	0–1	Hertha BSC	Schwaz, Austria
16:00		Report	Tabaković 16'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz Referee: Alexander Pale
Note: Four periods of 30 minutes

Hertha BSC v Cardiff City

25 July 2024 Friendly	Hertha BSC	1–1	Cardiff City	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00				Stadium: Koasastadion St. Johann

Mid-season

Hertha BSC v SV Sandhausen

10 January 2025 Friendly	Hertha BSC	2–0	SV Sandhausen
15:00

Hertha BSC v FC St. Pauli

19 March 2025 Friendly	Hertha BSC	0–0	FC St. Pauli
15:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1		26	8	5	13	38	43	−5	030.77
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024	4 December 2024	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	066.67
Total					29	10	5	14	46	47	−1	034.48

Last updated: 16 March 2025
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Hannover 96	34	13	12	9	41	36	+5	51
10	1. FC Nürnberg	34	14	6	14	60	57	+3	48
11	Hertha BSC	34	12	8	14	49	51	−2	44
12	Darmstadt 98	34	11	9	14	56	55	+1	42
13	Greuther Fürth	34	10	9	15	45	59	−14	39

Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[11]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

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
26	8	5	13	38	43	−5	29	2	2	8	13	20	−7	6	3	5	25	23	+2

Last updated: 16 March 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D
Position	13	14	11	8	9	7	7	9	7	6	8	11	12	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14								11

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[12]

Hertha BSC v SC Paderborn

3 August 2024 1	Hertha BSC	1–2	SC Paderborn	Berlin
13:00 UTC+2	Maza 72'	Report	Götze 42' Bilbija 48'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,591 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

10 August 2024 2	Hamburger SV	1–1	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+2	Königsdörffer 11'	Report	Kenny 86'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

Hertha BSC v Jahn Regensburg

24 August 2024 3	Hertha BSC	2–0	Jahn Regensburg	Berlin
13:00 UTC+2	Maza 90' Niederlechner 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,355 Referee: Richard Hempel

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hertha BSC

31 August 2024 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	Hertha BSC	Kaiserslautern
20:30 UTC+2	Klement 32' Opoku 45' Tomiak 68'	Report	Schuler 28', 64' Scherhant 51' Cuisance 79'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 48,608 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Hertha BSC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

15 September 2024 5	Hertha BSC	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Kownacki 13' Niemiec 66'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 50,135 Referee: Michael Bacher

1. FC Nürnberg v Hertha BSC

21 September 2024 6	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hertha BSC	Nürnberg
13:00 UTC+2		Report	Scherhant 37' Dárdai 90'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 36,553 Referee: Lukas Benen

Hertha BSC v SV Elversberg

29 September 2024 7	Hertha BSC	1–4	SV Elversberg	Berlin
13:30 UTC+2	Cuisance 60'	Report	Şahin 4' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Schnellbacher 30' Damar 52'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Nicolas Winter

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

5 October 2024 8	Schalke 04	2–2	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 UTC+2	Karaman 24' Mohr 33'	Report	Cuisance 9' Prevljak 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,939 Referee: Tom Bauer

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Braunschweig

18 October 2024 9	Hertha BSC	3–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
18:30 UTC+2	Cuisance 54' (pen.) Maza 72' (pen.) Niederlechner 83'	Report	Szabó 38'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,457 Referee: Robin Braun

Karlsruher SC v Hertha BSC

26 October 2024 10	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Hertha BSC	Karlsruhe
13:00 UTC+2	Zivzivadze 45+3'	Report	Maza 9' Zeefuik 49' Niederlechner 58'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 31,845 Referee: Florian Heft

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

2 November 2024 11	Hertha BSC	0–1	1. FC Köln	Berlin
20:30 UTC+1		Report	Lemperle 31'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 68,763 Referee: Harm Osmers

Darmstadt 98 v Hertha BSC

9 November 2024 12	Darmstadt 98	3–1	Hertha BSC	Darmstadt
13:00 UTC+1	Förster 45+2' Lidberg 65' Müller 81'	Report	Niederlechner 21'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,810 Referee: Patrick Alt

Hertha BSC v SSV Ulm

23 November 2024 13	Hertha BSC	2–2	SSV Ulm	Berlin
13:00 UTC+1	Maza 6' Scherhant 52'	Report	Telalović 38' Krattenmacher 59'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 41,758 Referee: Eric Weisbach

1. FC Magdeburg v Hertha BSC

29 November 2024 14	1. FC Magdeburg	1–3	Hertha BSC	Magdeburg
18:30 UTC+1	El Hankouri 48'	Report	Scherhant 55' Niederlechner 65' Schuler 86'	Stadium: Avnet Arena Attendance: 27,300 Referee: Richard Hempel

Greuther Fürth v Hertha BSC

7 December 2024 15	Greuther Fürth	2–1	Hertha BSC	Fürth
13:00 UTC+1	Futkeu 38', 55'	Report	Maza 5'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 12,125 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

Hertha BSC v Preußen Münster

13 December 2024 16	Hertha BSC	1–2	Preußen Münster	Berlin
18:30 UTC+1	Scherhant 28' (pen.)	Report	Kyerewaa 57' Paetow 88'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,767 Referee: Lars Erbst

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

22 December 2024 17	Hannover 96	0–0	Hertha BSC	Hannover
13:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

SC Paderborn v Hertha BSC

19 January 2025 18	SC Paderborn	1–2	Hertha BSC	Paderborn
13:30 UTC+1	Michel 90+4'	Report	Scherhant 16' Cuisance 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 14,280 Referee: Florian Heft

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

25 January 2025 19	Hertha BSC	2–3	Hamburger SV	Berlin
20:30 UTC+1	Cuisance 72' Winkler 80'	Report	Selke 23' Königsdörffer 61' Sahiti 84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,500 Referee: Tobias Welz

Jahn Regensburg v Hertha BSC

1 February 2025 20	Jahn Regensburg	2–0	Hertha BSC	Regensburg
13:00 UTC+1	Kühlwetter 45' (pen.) Huth 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 12,025 Referee: Robert Kampka

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 February 2025 21	Hertha BSC	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
20:30 UTC+1		Report	Sirch 57'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 47,443 Referee: Martin Petersen

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hertha BSC

15 February 2025 22	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hertha BSC	Düsseldorf
20:30 UTC+1	Pejčinović 55', 58'	Report	Reese 13'	Stadium: Merkur Spielarena Attendance: 38,912 Referee: Tobias Reichel

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Nürnberg

21 February 2025 23	Hertha BSC	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin
18:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 41,752 Referee: Harm Osmers

SV Elversberg v Hertha BSC

2 March 2025 24	SV Elversberg	4–0	Hertha BSC	Spiesen-Elversberg
13:30 UTC+1	Damar 11' Fellhauer 29' Zimmerschied 37' Şahin 45+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 10,607 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

8 March 2025 25	Hertha BSC	1–2	Schalke 04	Berlin
13:00 UTC+1	Reese 51'	Report	Kalas 27' Karaman 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,159 Referee: Timo Gerach

Eintracht Braunschweig v Hertha BSC

16 March 2025 26	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–5	Hertha BSC	Braunschweig
13:30 UTC+1	Tempelmann 90+1'	Report	Reese 8', 69' Scherhant 42' Nikolaou 44' (o.g.) Winkler 90+3'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,613 Referee: Florian Badstübner

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2024–25 DFB-Pokal

Hansa Rostock v Hertha BSC

18 August 2024 First round	Hansa Rostock	1–5	Hertha BSC	Rostock
15:30 UTC+2	Berisha 46'	Report	Scherhant 38' Maza 66' Winkler 75' Niederlechner 85', 88'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 25,600 Referee: Robert Schröder

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Heidenheim

30 October 2024 Second round	Hertha BSC	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
18:00 UTC+1	Scherhant 16' Cuisance 74'	Report	Schimmer 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 44,135 Referee: Robert Kampka

1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC

4 December 2024 Round of 16	1. FC Köln	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hertha BSC	Cologne
18:00 UTC+1	Niederlechner 30' (o.g.) Ljubičić 120+1' (pen.)	Report	Maza 12' (pen.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Tobias Reichel